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| On our way home from Tonopah we went over and caught 395 just below Mammoth Lakes. These pictures are of Convict Lake the is about 20 miles south of Mammoth. |
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| The last time we were here ampule of years ago, I had to hold Joyce up so she could take pictures because the wind was blowing so hard. On the trip is was about 68 and calm. |
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| As we are leaving we could see another storm trying to make its was over the mountains. |
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| A visit to Tonopah |
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| The town of Tonopah. The mines started about 1905. |
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| Nice way to get into the mine! |
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| There are many different mines on this hill. This is the Desert Queen Hoist House. |
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| This maybe the most important house on the site. If you look close you can see that it is a 2 holer. |
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| This was the vault for the mines. Somebody blew the door off in the 1960's. Nothing to be found because the mines closed in the mid-20's. |
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| Hi Tech! This is a gas powered jack hammer. Others on the site were run by compressed air. |
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| The motors that run the compressors. |
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| The compressors that supplied the air for men and machines. |
