On N 5th Ave at Maple St, on the left when traveling east on N 5th Ave.
An original headframe from the Combination Mine, on the Combination No. 1 claim, located by Alva D. Myers and R.C. Earl on May 26, 1903. In 1989 it was moved to this location from approximately 1/4 mile mile east, in the Goldfield Mining District, . . . — — Map (db m116165) HM
On Ramsey Street at Columbia Street, on the left when traveling east on Ramsey Street.
This building was the communications center of Goldfield from 1908 until 1963. The Consolidated Telephone – Telegraph Company Building was one of the few spared by a fire that destroyed 53 blocks of the downtown area in 1923. Today, this building . . . — — Map (db m234151) HM
On State Highway 266 at State Highway 71 (State Route 774), on the right when traveling west on State Highway 266.
Gold Point was initially called Lime Point for the lime deposits found in 1868. Processing difficulties in the 1880’s discouraged silver mining locally.
Goldfield Ore discoveries in 1902 stimulated area mining interest and high grade hornsilver . . . — — Map (db m35148) HM
Goldfield came to be, and nearly vanished back into the sagebrush of the desert, an almost a decade. From its humble beginnings in 1902 of only three small mining claims, also known as grubstakes, the town exploded and was the largest city in the . . . — — Map (db m116111) HM
On Crook Avenue (U.S. 95) north of Franklin Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
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 . . . — — Map (db m42666) HM
Goldfield, being the largest city in Nevada in 1907, established three railroad lines to accommodate the growing population: the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad, the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, and the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad.
The Las . . . — — Map (db m116113) HM
On Nevada Route 266, 19 miles west of Nevada Highway 95, on the left when traveling west.
Known as a contact point for Shoshones and Northern Paiute Indians, Lida Valley was the site of early prospecting in the 1860's.
Later prospectors organized a mining district in 1867 and laid out the town in 1872. Soon stores, shops, stables . . . — — Map (db m52961) HM
On Nevada Route 266, 31 miles west of U.S. 95, on the right when traveling west.
Thinking that local Joshua trees were related to palm trees, the 1866 prospectors named the mining camp Palmetto. Although a local 12-stamp mill worked the silver ore, the town died for lack of profitable material. New discoveries in the late 1860's . . . — — Map (db m35150) HM
On Ramsey Street east of Columbia Avenus, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
This was the communications center of Goldfield from 1906 until 1963. From 1904 to 1920, Goldfield boomed as a gold producing center. It was the largest (20,000+) city in Nevada during that period, having four railroads and other modern . . . — — Map (db m114228) HM
On 5th Avenue at Pearl Street, on the left when traveling north on 5th Avenue.
Built in 1905 by Hubert Maxgut, the Santa Fe Saloon is the oldest continually operating business in Goldfield. Maxgut was killed in a gunfight in 1912, but subsequent owners kept the saloon open. It was located outside of the business district to be . . . — — Map (db m65381) HM
On Veterans Memorial Hwy (U.S. 95) at 4th Street, on the right when traveling east on Veterans Memorial Hwy.
1908 - West Side Elementary School.
1910 - Manual training & domestic science classes.
1917-1920 - Goldfield School of Mines.
1931 - Was used by Novackclub Inc. as a golf club factory.
1945 - The building & adjacent land was . . . — — Map (db m115936) HM
On Veterans Memorial Hwy (U.S. 95), on the right when traveling west.
If you're looking for Grandpa you found him – about 26 miles south of Tonopah on US 95 – where you're standing right now.
Gran Pah, in Shoshone, means “great water,” and was the first name given to the mining district . . . — — Map (db m116115) HM
