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May 31, 2013

I am enjoying some old school research again…

By: Randy Hees

A few weeks ago at the SPng conference in Tonopah, I spent some time at the Central Nevada Museum, looking at microfilm of newspapers…

In our brave new world we tend to depend on Google searches… rather on research trips to find new information… Occasionally you need to go somewhere, visit a library, and look for stuff…

I came back with 25 copies from the Tonopah Miner… each a report about the Tonopah railroad, its construction, operation, and eventual conversion to standard gauge….

I am also spending time on the California Digital Newspaper project, looking for and finding more reports about the railroad.
It turns out I need a second visit to the museum in Tonopah… and a visit to a museum in Delaware that holds the Tonopah Mining Company Records… We are back to old school research libraries… I welcome the process…

The secrets of the Tonopah Railroad are there for us to find… I am following the trail…

Randy

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