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There was a time when “Goldfield, Nevada” was known around the world as a city growing in the Nevada desert, seemingly out of nowhere, with no natural resources except for the extremely rich and plentiful mineral found in the ground: Gold! In England they were afraid the amount of gold mined in Goldfield would flood the market making gold worthless. In Germany gold seekers heard of the riches and made their way to the remote desert site. Those that had gone to Alaska for the great Klondike rush were now headed to Nevada. Goldfield was the last great gold rush on the American frontier. Discovered in 1902, its boom lasted about a decade and then came the inevitable and fateful decline. Yet for all that, its story is largely unknown. Outstanding Nevada historians and scholars have documented Goldfield for years, others have amassed vast collections of ephemera, artifacts and photographs. And some have even collected and restored the town’s most impressive buildings. This book is the result of private collectors and little known collections willing to share as of yet unseen images of Goldfield. While professional photographers documented Goldfield well and most of those images are published this is the story of Goldfield, writ small. Through personal photo albums of those who were there and accounts and captions this book reflects life in Goldfield, Nevada, The Last Great American Gold Rush.
Ted Faye is a documentary filmmaker, exhibit curator, and historical researcher on stories and people of the Nevada and California desert regions. Faye has worked with tourism boards on both the state and local levels to develop materials that tell the stories of their communities. He was the archivist at US Borax and has also worked with private collectors to help preserve their archives. This book reflects some public collections and others only in the hands of private collectors willing to share.
There was a time when “Goldfield, Nevada” was known around the world as a city growing in the Nevada desert, seemingly out of nowhere, with no natural resources except for the extremely rich and plentiful mineral found in the ground: Gold! In England they were afraid the amount of gold mined in Goldfield would flood the market making gold worthless. In Germany gold seekers heard of the riches and made their way to the remote desert site. Those that had gone to Alaska for the great Klondike rush were now headed to Nevada. Goldfield was the last great gold rush on the American frontier. Discovered in 1902, its boom lasted about a decade and then came the inevitable and fateful decline. Yet for all that, its story is largely unknown. Outstanding Nevada historians and scholars have documented Goldfield for years, others have amassed vast collections of ephemera, artifacts and photographs. And some have even collected and restored the town’s most impressive buildings. This book is the result of private collectors and little known collections willing to share as of yet unseen images of Goldfield. While professional photographers documented Goldfield well and most of those images are published this is the story of Goldfield, writ small. Through personal photo albums of those who were there and accounts and captions this book reflects life in Goldfield, Nevada, The Last Great American Gold Rush.
Ted Faye is a documentary filmmaker, exhibit curator, and historical researcher on stories and people of the Nevada and California desert regions. Faye has worked with tourism boards on both the state and local levels to develop materials that tell the stories of their communities. He was the archivist at US Borax and has also worked with private collectors to help preserve their archives. This book reflects some public collections and others only in the hands of private collectors willing to share.