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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OJ2_blair_Silver-Peak-NV.html
Mining fever in the Tonopah boom reached out in all directions and revived many dormant mining towns. Land speculators at near-by Silver Peak bought up the land in that area and jacked the land prices so high that the 100-stamp mill planned at Sil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OIY_gans-vs-nelson_Goldfield-NV.html
Fight
Gans VS. Nelson
Sept. 3, 1906
42 Rounds
Goldfield, Nevada
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/HMNHX_gold-point_Brookline-NV.html
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…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q4_millers_Benton-NV.html
As a result of the mining excitement at Tonopah in 1901 and subsequent construction of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad, Millers was founded in 1904 as a station and watering stop on that line. The name honors Charles R. Miller, a director of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q3_silver-peak_Benton-NV.html
Discovered 1863
Silver Peak is one of the oldest mining areas in Nevada. A 10-stamp mill was built in 1865, and by 1867 a 20-stamp mill was built. Mining camp lawlessness prevailed during the late sixties, and over the next 38 years, Silver Pe…