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

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Creator
Creator: Giles, Edwin Scofield, 1870-1950
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
Digital ID
pho022745
Physical Identifier
0117_0013
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1sf2mh69
Details
Subject
Mining camps
Miners
Mines and mineral resources
People
Buildings
Hotels
Stagecoaches
Horses
Place
Goldfield
Resource Type
Still Image
Material Type
postcards
Citation

pho022745. Edith Giles Barcus Family Photograph Collection. PH-00117. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1sf2mh69.

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Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Extent
1943 x 1186 pixels
6.477 x 3.953 inches
6,913,434 bytes
Language

English

Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff