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The Mohawk mine and mining facilities, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1905
Photograph of the Mohawk mine and mining facilities, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1905. Several mine shaft contraption, used for raising and lowering miners into the mine and for extracting ore, can be seen jutting above the land throughout the area. The buildings surrounding them are mills, boarding houses, cabins, storage houses, or other mining buildings. Several inactive railroad cars stand dormant on one of the several railroad tracks that go through this mining facility. A horse-drawn carriage and its driver are preparing to travel up a hill towards the mining facilities (foreground). Wheel tracks streak the ground. Legible signs include: "Mohawk", "best on earth, A1 [...]", "T. & N.O., 9826, 33FT [...] inside AP 50,000 [...] WT, LPS.", "B. & O., 136, 257 [...]", "BAL, TIM, CRE, & O. [...]", "O.S.L., 4737".; "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.
Call number: CHS-5427
Photographer: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Filename: CHS-5427
Coverage date: circa 1905
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Format: glass plate negatives
Type: images
Geographic subject (city or populated place): Goldfield
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 5427
Microfiche number: 1-111-78; 1-113-9
Archival file: chs_Volume99/CHS-5427.tiff
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Subject (adlf): mine sites
Project: USC
Repository email: specol@usc.edu
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1905
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Geographic subject (state): Nevada
Subject (file heading): Mining -- Out of state -- Nevada -- Goldfield
Legacy record ID: chs-m17369; USC-1-1-1-14218
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Geographic subject (county): Esmeralda
Subject (lcsh): Mines and mineral resources
Date circa 1905
date QS:P,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/17366
Author Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946

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