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Photograph of Mohawk Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1906

Date

1906

Description

Mohawk Mine during production in Goldfield, Nevada. Inscription below image reads: "General View of the Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nevada. The Greatest Gold Mine Known. First Sixy Days Operation, $6,000,000 Production. Copyright No. 4200 P. E. Larson Photos. Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada. 1906." Listed underneath are the 19 different mine and lease sites that make up the Mohawk Mine area.

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

Date

1904

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 Main Street, Goldfield (Nev.), 1906

Date

1906

Description

Main Street in Goldfield, Nevada. Carriages line the street and people stroll along the sidewalks.

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Postcard of Main Street, Goldfield (Nev.), 1906

Date

1906

Description

Front of the postcard - Main Street in Goldfield, Nevada.

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Postcard of Main Street, Goldfield (Nev.), 1906

Date

1906

Description

Back of the postcard - There is no stamp. Written across the card reads: "Property of Edwin S. Giles Goldfield Nevada Box 666" and "E-4014 FRASHERS." Written along the side of the card in blue ink reads: "Notice two children in picture. Mrs. --- Parker and her sister Helen."

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Photograph of barrel race, Goldfield (Nev.), July 4, 1906

Date

1906-07-04

Description

Main Street Barrel Race in Goldfield, Nevada for the fourth of july parade in 1906. Spectators line the street watching people race to the finish line in wheelbarrows.

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Postcard of Goldfield (Nev.), 1920s

Date

1920 to 1929

Description

Paved road leading into Goldfield, Nevada. Inscription at the bottom of the postcard reads: "Entering Goldfield Nev. From The North"

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Postcard of main street, Goldfield (Nev.), 1920s

Date

1920 to 1930

Description

Spectators and townspeople gather together on Main Street in Goldfield. Some people have climbed up the telephone poles (on the right). Inscription on/with image reads: "Greatest Gold Camp Newsdealers, Goldfield, Nevada. Pub. by Harry-POLIN BROTHERS-Louie. Main St. Goldfield Nev as the Photographer saw it."

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Postcard of Dockstader's Minstrels performance, Goldfiled (Nev.), 1898-1904

Date

1898 to 1904

Description

Dockstader's Minstrels performed on Main Street in Goldfield, Nevada. Lew Dockstader was a vaudeville comedian that traveled as a show performer at the start of the 1900s.

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Postcard of dugout houses, Goldfield (Nev.), 1903

Date

1903

Description

Original dugout houses in Goldfield, Nevada. Houses appear to have been made right out of the surrounding rock, blending in to the mountain around it.

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