Headframe, Mizpah Mine

Tonopah, Nevada, USA, now on the grounds of the new and excellent mining museum. The Mizpah was one of the main silver producers in the district. The name looks Paiute ("pah" = "water" in Shoshoni, as in "Tonopah" itself), but evidently it's from the Old Testament. It was named by Belle Butler, wife of the discoverer and co-owner of the mine. Belle was apparently quite the businesswoman, and in a more recent era would no doubt have been one of the mine executives in her own right.