1920 the Ely Daily Times was started by Vail M. Pittman,
1930 Times Printing and Publishing Company,
1938 Pittman became editor and publisher again,
1951 Pittman retired from publishing, selling the Ely Daily Times and the the Ely Record (the Mining Record) to Donald W. Reynolds of the Las Vegas Review-Journal
Lingenfelter, R. E., & Gash, K. R. (1984). The Newspapers of Nevada. p.73.