Recently, Mark Englebretson was kind enough to answer a few questions about his Nevada casino ashtray collection, his love of small-town Nevada and the Nevada Casino Ashtray Project.

Mark's enthusiasm for preserving the history of gaming in the outlying areas Nevada rubs off on others easily and you may find yourself seeking out chips, ashtrays and other artifacts from some of the out-of-the-way places in the Nevada desert.

I've just posted my interview with Mark, which you can read by clicking the link to Cottonchipper's Chip Log below.