Tonopah 2000
Eleventh Annual Conference - Mining History Association, Tonopah, Nevada
THURSDAY, JUNE 1
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration, Tonopah Convention Center
5 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Welcoming Reception, Tonopah Mining Park
FRIDAY, JUNE 2
7:15-8:00 MHA Journal editorial board breakfast meeting
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration, Tonopah Convention Center
8:30-9:50 am Session 1: Mining in Central Nevada. Chair: Don Hardesty. Joseph
Tingley, Thomas Lugaski, and Alvin McLane, " History of Discovery of Mining
Camps in South Central Nevada' David Myrick, " Railroads in Tonopah and
Goldfield; Eugene Michal, "Charles A.Stetefeldt, Pioneer Silver
Metallurgist;" Sally Zanjani, " The Political Impact of the Central Nevada
Mining Boom."
9:50-10:00 a.m. Break
10:00-11:00 am Session 2: Mining in the Death Valley Region. Chair: Sally
Zanjani Emmett C. Harder, " The Last of the Death Valley Prospectors," Ted
Faye, " Of Myths and Men: Separating Fact from Fiction in the Twenty Mule
Team Story;" Edward Leo Lyman, "When the Mormons Invested in a Southern
Nevada Gold Mine."
11:00-11:10 am Break
Session 3: Mining Landscapes in California. Chair: Richard V.
Francaviglia. Andrew Johnston, "Space and Power in the Landscape of the New
Quicksilver Almaden Mine;" George A. Wheeldon, " Sierra Nevada Foothills:
Residential Land Development and Historic Mine Activity-Compatibility or a
Time Bomb?"
12N-1:15 pm Centennial Lunch. Speaker, Director of Nevada Archives Guy Rocha,
"Working in the Mines: Organized Labor in Nevada's Mining Industry,
1863-1924."
1:45 p.m. Walking tour of Goldfield and Goldfield mining sites
7:00 p.m. Awards Banquet, Tonopah Convention Center. Richard Graeme,
President. Rodman Paul Award Ceremony, John Townley Award Ceremony.
Speaker, former Nevada Historical Society Curator, Phil Earl, " The
Discovery and Development of Tonopah."
8:30 p.m. Poetry Reading: H. Mason Coggin, Fritz Wolff; Mining Skits:
Kimberly Hickinbotham
SATURDAY, JUNE 3
8:00 a.m.-Noon Registration, Tonopah Convention Center
8:30-9:50 a.m. Session 4: Memory, Myth, and Map. Chair: Erik Nordberg.
Eleanor Swent, " Putting Flesh on the bones of Mining History;" Vikki
Ford, " The Nevada Mining Oral History Project Ronald M. James and Susan A.
;James, " The Handbook of Mining Folklore;" Richard V. Francaviglia," Maps
and Mining in the American West."
9:50-10:00 a.m. Break
10:00-11:10 a.m. Session 5: Global Perspectives on Mining. Chair: Roger Burt.
Rebecca Woodward Wendelken, " E. Nelson Fell: An American Mining Engineer in
the Kazak Steppes, 1903-1908;" John Kepper, " Mining and Ore processing
at the Ancient Silver Bearing Lead-Zinc Mines, Laurion District, Greece' R.
Joe Wagner, " The Mining History of Southern Missouri."
Session 6: Mining in the Coeur d'Alene. Chair: Duane Smith. Keith R.
Long, " Tailings under the Bridge: Causes and Consequences of Eighty Years
of River Disposal of Tailings in the Coeur dAlene Mining Region' Fritz E.
Wolff, " Industrial Espionage 1890s Style: A Day in the Life of a Pinkerton
Agent."
12N-1:15 p.m. Presidential Lunch, Tonopah Convention Center. Richard Graeme,
Presidential Address.
1:30-2:15 p.m. Session 7: The Big Picture. Chair: Jeremy Mouat.
Noel Kirshenbaum, " Alluring Strategies in Mineral Exploration and Mine
Promotion Peter Maciulaitis and Frank Hammelbacher, " Financing the Gold
Rush."
2:20-3:00 p.m. Session 8: Mining Technology. Chair: James Fell. Thomas P.
Lugaski and James A. Young, " The History of Cyanide in Precious Metal
Mining in Nevada, 1890s-1920s;" Robert M. Neil, " Driving the Harold Roberts
Hardrock Tunnel, CO." 3:00-3:10 p.m. Break
3:10-4:10 p.m. Session 9: Mining Images and Preservation. Chair: Robert
Spude.
Karen and Mark Vendl, " Mines and Mining Buildings, World's Columbian
Exposition, 1893"; Jackie Powell, " The Snowstorm Dredge," James D. Sell, "
Ladies of the West: Belle Butler, Rosa May, Eilley Orrum, Olaa Smith, and
Others I Would Have Enjoyed Knowing." Rachel Dolbier, " On-Line
Historical Mining Resources at the DeLaMare Library, UofNV."
4:30-5:30 MHA Business Meeting
7:30 Evening Speaker: Author Stan Paher, " Nevada mining camps"
SUNDAY, JUNE 4
8:00 a.m.-12 Noon Bus Tour of Round Mountain Gold Mine and Belmont or Drive
your own 4WD vehicle tour of ghost towns with Stan Paher. Both tours will
meet at Belmont, where a box lunch is available. (No other food can be found
in Belmont, unless you drink lunch.)
Eleventh Annual Conference - Mining History Association
June 1-4, 2000
Tonopah, Nevada
MHA members are urged to register early to ensure attendance at all desired
events. The Round Mountain bus tour can accommodate only 48. There is no
charge for Paher’s tour, but a $10.00 box lunch can be supplied in Belmont
when both tours meet at noon.
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Conference Attendee Information
Name: ____________________
Spouse : ____________________
Address : ____________________
Daytime Phone or e:mail : ____________________
Conference Event/Fees
Conference Registration (no charge for spouse) $30 per person :
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Centennial Lunch (Friday) $15 per person :
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Awards Banquet (Friday) $20 per person :
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Presidential Lunch (Saturday) $15 per person :
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Sunday Tour:
Round Mountain bus tour and box lunch $15.00 per person :
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in Belmont
Box lunch for Paher tour $10.00 per person :
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Total :
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MHA Dues ($25.00 per year) :
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Please mail pre-registration form and check made payable to the
Mining History Association to:
Mining History Association,
P.O. Box 150300
Denver CO 80215
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