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atufft Says: The size of this building, and the vacant attempts to renovate it deserve more images. The backside includes an a/c shaft and improved elevator system, neither of which are operational. Also, there's a US Geological Survey marker retrofit to the main entrance flooring. The...
atufft Says: The white house behind the bright red Santa Fe Motel and Saloon sign, on the corner of Crook and 5th Avenues, is a house originally built by real-estate broker EE Blake in 1907. in 1919 it was purchased and was moved to its current location by Peter Fellis, who lived in...
Misc Wood Frame Houses on Franklin
atufft Says: These two unidentified wood frame residential ruins on Franklin Ave, across from the Dusty Fender Grill and Fill gas station and restaurant, are circa (left to right) 1905 and 1908. It's amazing these didn't burn down in the great fires of 1923 and 1924, or haven't burned...
Brown & Parker Auto Company Garage
atufft Says: This early Ford Dealership, that served Goldfield for many years, moved to the corner of Crook Avenue and Columbia, just across from the Goldfield Hotel, in 1924, just a year after the devastating fire of 1923.
The Other Remaining Bottle House
atufft Says: On the east side of Crook Avenue (US 95) between First and Second Streets, about midway between the Goldfield Hotel and the Goldfield Public Library, is the ruin of a bottle house built in 1905, one of two bottle houses to remain from the Goldfield boom era. I noticed some...
Yucca Mountain Project Public Information
atufft Says: South Down Crook Avenue from the Courthouse is a rather new structure built for the purpose of promoting the Yucca Mountain project. I don't know if this is for local residents or for the benefit of tourists, but Goldfield is actually not too close to Yucca Mountain....
atufft Says: Built in 1907, Sprague came to Goldfield as an established newspaperman ready to buy and expand the success of the Goldfield News. The house is known as "The Gables", where Mrs. Blanche Sprague, descendent of Mayflower Ship passengers John Alden and Miles Standish, founded...
DD Carney and John S Cook Houses
atufft Says: The house prominently featured in this series of photos, with the Dutch barn style roof, was built and lived in by early resident D.D. Carney (1908). The less well captured white house, slightly further south on Crook, actually on the corner of Crook and Belleview Avenues...
Jennie B Elder House and Beets Garage
atufft Says: On the Crook Ave lots just south of the County Courthouse building are the Jennie B Elder House (1908) and the rusty old Beets Garage (1930).
atufft Says: Located one block south of the Goldfield Fire Station #1, on the corner of Crook and and Franklins Avenues, Rickard built this house in 1906. It remains as are residence and better preserved home in Goldfield. "Tex" Rickard was mine owner, saloon owner, and boxing promoter...
Chat & Chew: Another Possibility If Truly Open
atufft Says: Prominently located at the northeast corner of Crook Avenue and Main Street, the Chat & Chew building occupies the place where the famous Hermitage Saloon was located. Unfortunately, the Hermitage Saloon burned down in the great fire of 1923, and the current Chat & Chew...
Dusty Fender Grill and Fill: Practically the ONLY Place to Eat in Town
atufft Says: You don't want to fill-up here as the price of gas will be higher than either Reno or Las Vegas, but Dusty does produce a decent grilled hamburger with fresh sliced and fried potato chips. Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner menus are available, but the places serves mostly as a...
goldfield-nevada Says: Be sure to stop in at the Chamber of Commerce during business hours for some better insight into the area and it's offerings. A foot tour of Goldfield is one of the best ways to find all it's treasures during daylight with a little assistance from your car here and there.
Unknown Name: Tourist Goldfield Kitsch
atufft Says: On the north side of town, across from the Public Library is a rambling cluster of weather beaten buildings that collectively are a shop selling all sorts of junk related to the gold rush era that was Goldfield. One of the bargain items to buy is a chunk of the goldfield...
Around Town: Mining Equipment for Sale
atufft Says: Along Crook Avenue (US 95), north of the Goldfield Hotel is a for sale sign and a collection of mining equipment. Goldfield has become more active in recent years as the price of gold has increased to the point where mining the gold dust ore is more profitable.
mtncorg Says: Prostitution is legal in the US only in certain counties of Nevada. It is illegal in the two most populous counties even here though - Washoe (Reno) and Clark (Las Vegas). In 12 of the other counties, prostitution is operated quietly under the watchful eye of the community....
mcpangie Says: More troll dolls and a tiger head.
goldfield-nevada Says: The school was built in 1907 in response to the burgeoning population that resulted from the gold and silver boom that began in 1902. Since the boom in Goldfield declined by 1910, and few modifications were needed, the large stone and brick school retains a high degree of...
goldfield-nevada Says: The building was one of a few spared by a fire that destroyed 53 blocks of the downtown area in 1923. Today, it is one of the few unspoiled examples of the work of the craftsmen of the early 1900 era
TinKan Says: Goldfield was founded in 1902 as a mining camp and boasted a population of 30,000 during its boom year of 1907. It had produced $11 million dollars in gold as the gold production peaked in 1906. In 1907 Goldfield was Nevada's largest city with a population of around 30,000...
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The Goldfield Hotel - The Goldfield Hotel was built on top of an abandoned gold mine, this 154-room hotel was opened in 1908. In the early days the Hotel was the finest and most luxurious between the Rocky Mountains and...
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Q: I have a spitoon that has a brass plate with Goldfield Hotel, Goldfield, Nevada. Could this be an original or have replicas been...
A: Wow, I found a spitoon that sounds exactly like yours. It was left in a house that we purchased here in Portland,OR . I have no idea if this is even a valid email...
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I took the title of this page from the title of the Goldfield Historical Society pamphlet that can be found for free at the Goldfield public library. Prior to discovery of gold in Goldfield, silver......
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The Goldfield Hotel was built on top of an abandoned gold mine, this 154-room hotel was opened in 1908. In the early days the Hotel was the finest and most luxurious between the Rocky Mountains and......
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The ghost town that won't die. Former residents resting place in Goldfield cemetery. An exquisite Joshua Tree bearing fruit stands guard. CLICK ON TRAVELOGUES FOR PICTURES OF...
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As a kid whenever we would drive up to Reno we would always bug our folks to stop in Goldfield. As kids do we would always ask... “Are we there yet?” and would be told the standard line that all...
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Two miners grubstaked by Tonopah's leading light, Jim Butler, discovered gold around here in 1903, just 25 miles south of Tonopah - thus silver does lead to gold. Tonopah had been Nevada's largest...
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