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On Nevada’s frontier, a historic mining town is ready for another boom

6+ hour, 50+ min ago  (802+ words) If you blink on the seven-hour drive from Reno to Las Vegas, you'll miss the historic mining town of Tonopah. A century ago, miners risked their lives to pull a fortune of silver and gold from the nearby mountains. Though…...