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Postcard of mining boom on Main Street, Goldfield (Nev.), 1904
Date
1904
Archival Collection
Description
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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Postcard of Goldfield Consolidated Mill, Goldfield (Nev.), 1911
Date
1911
Archival Collection
Description
New Consolidated Mill atop the hill in Goldfield, Nevada. Goldfield mining boomed after 1897 and the town's mining and overall size increased for some time afterwards.
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Photograph of gold bullion bars, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Nineteen gold bullion bars are stacked atop one another for a photo. Inscription below reads: "Nineteen gold bullion bars having a value of more than $450,000 and taken from one of the Goldfield mines in its boom days are enough to excite anyone. These were the genuine article. Even to Goldfielders they created a sensation. It is every prospector's dream."
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Miners' tent on the ranch: photographic print
Date
1880 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Cowboy camp in the Mojave desert. Several cowboys are in the background, large tent in the right foreground
They came to rest for a few days
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Memoir of Frank Williams, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Memoir of Frank Williams, 1947
Text
Newspaper, The Goldfield News, December 23, 1904
Date
1904-12-23
Description
Article about camels used in Goldfield on page 2;
Text
Film transparency of Potosi Mine, Nevada, 1917
Date
1917
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of workers at Potosi Mine, located 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevada--Goodsprings Mining District
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Photograph of unidentified mine, circa 1890s-1910s
Date
1890 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
An unidentified mine possibly located in Nevada.
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Photograph of unidentified mine, circa 1890s-1910s
Date
1890 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
An unidentified mine possibly located in Nevada.
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Photograph of men at mining location, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
The view of men under a canvas structure eating at an unidentified mining location, possibly in Nevada.
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