Goldfield (Nev.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

Goldfield Queen May Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-22
Abstract

Formally organized in May 1904 by George Wingfield and George Nixon, the Goldfield May Queen Mining Company consisted of several mill sites throughout Goldfield, Nevada. The collection contains account ledger sheets that document expenses, capital stock, profit and loss, water plant costs, taxes, and the company’s bank account, from 1919-1921.

Dates: 1919-1921

Goldfield Deep Mines Company of Nevada Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-01
Abstract Incorporated on May 26, 1920, the Goldfield Deep Mines Company of Nevada was a merger of 6 Goldfield Mining District companies as well as other claims and land parcels in the Goldfield District. The merger, totaling 600 acres and 36 patented claims, was prompted by a need to secure funds for deep mining as well as sufficient ground to cover the entire vein system. The collection contains stockholder information, some financial, and some operational materials that document company operations...
Dates: 1919-1944

Gray Eagle Copper Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-17
Abstract

The Gray Eagle Copper Company, a copper mining company in Nevada’s Goldfield District, was owned by Newmont Mining Corporation. The collection contains the 1946 employment record for one employee, Oscar J. Berscheid.

Dates: 1946

Lewis Hahn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-16
Abstract

Lewis "Lew" Hahn was an early Wonder, Nevada miner who, after leaving the state, became the manager and owner of a number of New York City mercantile companies. This collection contains correspondence, dated 1906-1913, to and from Hahn during his Wonder, Nevada mining days as well as reminiscences of his time there. Also included is an advertising booklet for Syndicate-Alliance Trading Co., Inc. from the 1940s.

Dates: 1905-circa 1940; Majority of material found within 1906-1913

Alan Hensher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC626
Abstract Alan Hensher was a Californian and specialist in the history of the Rhyolite Herald (Nevada) newspaper. The collection includes correspondence to Hensher from Elizabeth Clemens regarding her husband Earle R. Clemens, publisher of the Rhyolite Herald; Hensher's notes on the history of southern Nevada newspapers; Earle R. Clemens's correspondence, financial, and legal papers from Rhyolite; and an official mining claims register...
Dates: 1905-1966

Idaho Mineral Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-18
Abstract

The Idaho Mineral Mining Company, a subsidiary company of the Goldfield Deep Mines Company, was located in Nevada’s Goldfield Mining District. The collection includes a bank advice from 1930.

Dates: 1930

Image of Max Meyer & Co. building, circa 1907

 Item
Identifier: UNRS-P2012-09-1
Scope and Contents

Image of five men and one woman standing on the porch the Max Meyer & Co., Dealers in Dry Goods and Clothing. Caption across bottom: Goldfield, Nevada; No. 327 Palm Studio

Dates: circa 1907

Industrial Workers of the World Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC1032
Abstract

Industrial Workers of the World was a local branch of a radical labor organization, located in Tonopah and Goldfield, Nevada. Included are membership rosters, expense books, and minutes, from 1906-1907. Of particular note are the indications of the number of women involved in the Wobbly movement in Nevada.

Dates: 1906-1907

King Leopold Mining Syndicate prospectus

 Collection
Identifier: NC66
Abstract

King Leopold Mining Syndicate was a gold mining company in Goldfield, Nevada. Collection contains printed materials advertising the mine note name of officers and superintendents, organization of the syndicate, map of claims, and other inducements to investors from 1906-1907.

Dates: 1906-1907

Letter from Bill to Kate and Mary

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-05
Abstract

Bill was a miner from Joplin, Missouri who left for Goldfield, Nevada in late March or early April 1907 to work in the mines. Collection contains one ten-page letter from Bill to wife, Kate, and daughter, Mary, in Joplin regarding how he is faring in Goldfield during a mining strike.

Dates: April 5, 1907