Traffic passes through Tonopah, Nev. on Oct. 6, 2022. The town of Tonopah, Nev., was born out of a silver rush, when more than 10,000 people moved in during the early 1900s, racing to make money from a prized natural resource.
It didn’t last. Today, Tonopah is home to a little over 2,000 people.
But now a new mining boom has arrived to this town halfway between Reno and Las Vegas. You can see it when you check in at the old Mizpah Hotel , all faded glory, ghost stories and tales about Wyatt Earp. Above the cash register, a screen […]
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