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Title
A train in front of a combination mine, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1905
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1905
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a train in front of a combination mine, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1905. The locomotive (at left) is hauling five cars behind it. Nearby the locomotive is a mineshaft. Further up, within a fenced in community are mining camps (left), mills (center), another mineshaft (center left) and various mining facilities.
"In 1902 gold was discovered in the hills near Tonopah, Nevada. Soon a few tents dotted the barren hills among the Joshua trees, and the boomtown of Goldfield was born. In 1903 only 36 people lived in the new town. By 1908 Goldfield was Nevada's largest city, with over 25,000 inhabitants. Along with the influx of miners and businessmen, came the labor unions. The Western Federation of Miners, the Industrial Workers of the World and the American Federation of Labor all vied for power in the region. During the early years, the unions were able to control wages and working hours. But in November, 1906, the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company was incorporated by owners George Wingfield and United States Senator George Nixon, signaling the beginning of monopoly control in Goldfield, and the start of an adversarial relationship between mine owners and the unions." -- unknown author.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17370
USC-1-1-1-11937 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-5430
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17370
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-5430.jpg
Subject
Transportation--Draft--Wagons
Mining--Out of state--Nevada--Goldfield
Wagons
Horses
Mines and mineral resources
Mine sites
Time Period
circa 1905
Place
Esmeralda
Goldfield
Nevada
USA
Source
1-111-81; 1-113-12 [Microfiche number]
5430 [Accession number]
CHS-5430 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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