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Big Bill Murphy was a hero of the tragic Tonopah Belmont Mine fire that killed 17 miners on February 23, 1911. He went down in the mine cage a number of times to bring up stricken miners. On the last trip he did not return.
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Tonopah, Nevada · United States
