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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18G9_the-santa-fe-saloon_Goldfield-NV.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZSA_lida_Goldfield-NV.html
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 an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSMH_goldfield_Goldfield-NV.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSD6_southern-nevada-consolidated-telephone-telegraph-company-building_Goldfield-NV.html
This was the communications center of Goldfield from 1906 until 1963. From 1904 to 1920, Goldfield boomed sa a gold producing center. It was the largest (20,000+) city in Nevada during that period, having four railroads and other modern convenienc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNHZ_palmetto_Goldfield-NV.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMW0_gold-point_Goldfield-NV.html
Known originally as Lime Point, this area was first settled about 1880. The early camp was abandoned by 1882. In March 1908, a silver strike brought a new camp into existence. Called Hornsilver, it flourished for about a year, boasting about 800 r…