Historical Markers of Esmeralda County
- HM 14 - Goldfield
- HM 20 - Columbus
- HM 101 - Miller's
- HM 133 - Fish Lake Valley
- HM 155 - Silver Peak (Discovered 1863)
- HM 156 - Gold Point
- HM 157 - Lida
- HM 158 - Palmetto
- HM 174 - Blair (Discovered by Accident)
- HM 242 - Southern Nevada Consolidated Telephone-Telegraph Company Building
Nevada Landmarks Home Page
*HM 14*
-- Goldfield --
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Location: Eastern Esmeralda County, Goldfield
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Date Conquered: 7/14/08
Nearest intersection: Between Columbia Ave & 5th Ave
Quick Description: A marker honoring Goldfield's celebrated life as once Nevada's largest city.
Signed: Yes -- Original cut-out shield! Signed on both lanes of US 95.
Full Description:
Exact description as reads...
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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.
