Mojave River Valley Museum
Goldfield Nevada
Elevation: 5,689 ft
Population: 440
For a 20-year period prior to 1900 the mining in Nevada fell into a slump that cast the entire state into a bleak depression and caused the loss of a third of the population.
The picture brightened overnight following the spectacular strikes in Tonopah and, shortly afterwards, in Goldfield. Gold ore was discovered here in December 1902 by two Nevada-born prospectors, Harry Stimler and Billy Marsh. From 1904 to 1918 Goldfield boomed furiously. The city had a railroad that connected into Las Vegas and a peak population of 20,000. Between 1903 - 40 a total of $86,765,044 in metals was produced here.
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Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada
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... From 1903 to 1910, Goldfield was the largest city in Nevada. From 1903 to 1940, Goldfield's mines produced more than $86
million. Major fires in 1905 and in 1906 destroyed several businesses in the town. Another portion of the town was destroyed
in l913 by a
flash flood, and in 1923 a fire leveled 54 square blocks. ...
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... Tom immediately got drunk, and the only information they could gather from him was that the rock was found thirty miles to
the south. Later after giving up on ...
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...Construction began in April 1907. The main floor of the four-story building was constructed of grey granite stones from
Rocklin, California, while upper stories were made from reddish-brown brick. The building is U-shaped and measures 180 by
100 feet. The center of the structure is recessed, with two wings for ...
