Historic+Goldfield


 * __Project Title:__** Modeling Historic Goldfield Nevada


 * __Particpants:__** Pat Guiberson: ( patg@unr.edu ); ...

__**Project Description:**__ In this project we are ..


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The historic marker in Goldfield (#14): //"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 one-third of the population. The picture brightened overnight following the spectacular strikes in Tonopah and, shortly afterwards, in Goldfield. Gold ore was discovered here in December, 1902, by two Nevada-born prospectors, Harry Stimler and Billy Marsh. From 1904 to 1918 Goldfield boomed furiously. The city had a railroad that connected into Las Vegas and a peak population of 20,000. Between 1903- 40 a total of $86,765,044 in metals was produced here."// [pg]

Until you get some of you own screen shots up, here some links to Goldfield with lots of photos and history: http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/goldfield.html http://www.westernmininghistory.com/gallery/nevada/goldfield/modern/towns/1/ http://www.legendsofamerica.com/NV-Goldfield.html and http://www.legendsofamerica.com/NV-GoldfieldHotel.html http://www.knpb.org/productions/historicnevada/esmeralda.asp These links will also help you flesh out the story once your maps are done. [pg]
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