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Postcard of mining boom on Main Street, Goldfield (Nev.), 1904

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Date

1904

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Stagecoaches and miners hustle down MainStreet in booming Goldfield, Nevada in front of the Hotel Esmeralda. Type at the bottom says: "When Goldfield was envy of mining world." Inscription on the back reads: "Goldfield, Nev., about 1904, looking north on Main St., with Columbia Mt. looming in the background. Peak boom population was 30,000, with fabulous gold strikes yielding $120,000,000." Print from Edwin Scofield Giles' collection

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pho022745

Physical Identifier

0117_0013
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    pho022745. Edith Giles Barcus Family Photograph Collection. PH-00117. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1sf2mh69.

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    Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

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    1943 x 1186 pixels
    6.477 x 3.953 inches
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    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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