Goldfield Mining District, Goldfield, NV, 1907. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "Looking east from Florence hill. The numerous mines are only a few of the hundreds operating the district at the time. The newly completed tracks of the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad, one of four serving Goldfield, can be seen in the center of the photo. Milltown, one of Goldfield's four satellite camps, appears on the right." There is a date stamp: 1985.
At top of map: 'Compliments of the Forward Mining Development Co.' On left and right margins: 'The Patrick Investment Company, Fiscal Agents.' At bottom of map: '19 Toltec Block, Denver, Colorado.' 'The Williamson-Haffner Co., Denver.' Relief shown by hachures. Properties owned by Patrick Investment Company are marked in red. Shows railroads, roads, and pipelines. Scale [ca. 1:39,000. 1 in. to approx. 3,250 feet].
An abandoned mining camp alongside a mountain. A label at the bottom of the photo: "A now deserted mining camp in El Dorado Canyon near a town now called Nelson south of Las Vegas."