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Tonopah and Goldfield
1900
Tonopah, Nevada
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A prospector's burro wandered off, he picked up a rock to throw at it and it was silver ore. Tonopah and then Goldfield produced enormously for about fifteen years. Goldfield went from 20,000 people to a few hundred, and Wyatt Earp ran a saloon there.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: documented spot
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