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Erik: I would have started the trip in Las Vegas Myself with a trip to Nelson, then Darwin and Cerro Gordo followed by Lone Pine, Bishop, Bodie, Aurora, Masonic, Virginia City, Sutro,Yerington and then Tonopah, Gold Field and Silver Creek. Then I would head out for Salt Lake City through Austin, Ely, Elko, and Salt Lake City. If you want to poke around there are lots of side roads and they all either go to a mine or a ranch. Hertz, with the supplemental insurance and a cellular phone should be all you need. Here is a list of the book you should try to find. Myron Angel, Ed, History of Nevada, Arno Press, New York, 1973 Stanley W. Paher, Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, Howell North Book, Berkeley, 1970 Lambert Florin, Ghost Towns of the West, Promontory Press, New York, 1970 Stanley W. Paher, Colorado River Ghost Towns, Nevada Publications, Las Vegas 1976 Muriel Sibell Wolle, The Bonanza Trail, Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of the West, Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1953 and my all time favorite. Nell Murbarger, Ghosts of the Glory Trail, Desert Printers, Inc. Palm Desert, CA 1956 Best Wishes Mason %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%