Tonopah in Nye County, Nevada — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Framing Building
Photographed by Trev Meed, 2014
1. Framing Building Marker
Inscription.
Framing Building. . The pile of pipe beside the building is fan pipe which was used to send air down the mine and through the workings for ventilation. The air was supplied by large fans on the surface. The pile of wire on the hill behind the building is banding from bundles of timber that was shipped in on the railroad. The timbers were unloaded from the railroad cars and brought down to the framing building where it was cut to the dimensions needed for mine timbering and other uses. The building had saws inside and out. The saws were belt driven by electric motors and the pulleys can still be seen in the rafters. The boxes contain core samples from core drilling done to explore the eastern portion of the Tonopah District during the 1980's. Nothing of commercial value was found. Drills and other equipment from the grounds of the Tonopah Historic Mining Park are displayed inside.
The pile of pipe beside the building is fan pipe which was used to send air down the mine and through the workings for ventilation. The air was supplied by large fans on the surface. The pile of wire on the hill behind the building is banding from bundles of timber that was shipped in on the railroad. The timbers were unloaded from the railroad cars and brought down to the framing building where it was cut to the dimensions needed for mine timbering and other uses. The building had saws inside and out. The saws were belt driven by electric motors and the pulleys can still be seen in the rafters. The boxes contain core samples from core drilling done to explore the eastern portion of the Tonopah District during the 1980's. Nothing of commercial value was found. Drills and other equipment from the grounds of the Tonopah Historic Mining Park are displayed inside.
Location. 38° 4.216′ N, 117° 13.783′ W. Marker is in Tonopah, Nevada, in Nye County. It can be reached from Burro Avenue. The location shown is not correct. Please help by correcting this marker location. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 110 Burro Ave, Tonopah NV 89049, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Mojave Desert and in Central Nevada. It is also in the American Southwest and in the Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
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Saws were mounted inside and outside the building and all timber for the Tonopah Mining Co. operations was cut to size here.
Photographed by Trev Meed, 2014
3. Framing Building
Markers are seen to the right of the door.
Photographed by Trev Meed, March 28, 2009
4. Framing Building
Photographed by Denise Boose, October 10, 2021
5. Framing Building interior
Credits. This page was last revised on May 8, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 14, 2015, by Trev Meed of Round Mountain, Nevada. This page has been viewed 445 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 14, 2015, by Trev Meed of Round Mountain, Nevada. 5. submitted on December 12, 2021, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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