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Gold is our past and our future
... (lo, what fools these mortals be). This month it exceeded $1,200. In 1909, Nevada's George Wingfield had forsaken Goldfield for Reno (apparently to please his new wife) and the millionaire power broker proved prophetic regarding that mining camp ... Comment?
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Recent books explore region's history, landscape
... atlas is a companion book to Paher's "Ghost Towns and Mining Camps" book. Cafferata's previous books features the Goldfield Hotel, the Mapes Hotel, the Lake Mansion and Piper's Opera House. "Tales of the Biggest Little City in the World" compiles ... Comment?
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Bottle houses: A rare oddity from a century ago
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... bottle houses exist with the occupant unaware that they're living in an essentially glass house. The town of Goldfield, Nevada , 26 miles south of Tonopah, sprung up about the same time as Tonopah. Today, two bottle houses can be seen along Highway ... Comment?
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Star Gold Updates Mineral Claim Increase at Excalibur Project
... years. This area has already shown production from nearby fields, such as: Rawhide, Paradise Peak, Tonopah, and Goldfield mines "We are extremely pleased to be able to expand our holdings in such a prolific and proven mining area." Commented Lindsay ... Comment?
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Goldfield being studied as an historic site
"Elizabeth? Are you there, Elizabeth?" Virginia Ridgway asks quietly as she walks slowly into Room 109 of the long-closed Goldfield Hotel. Comment?
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Vegas is inspiring, but not buying, ideas for tourism ads
... before, work again? (9-27-09) With Las Vegas tourism in the dumps, Virginia Ridgway, a retired gift shop owner in Goldfield - a mining boomtown decades before Vegas became a vacation hot spot - is doing her part. The longtime volunteer for the ... Comment?
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Goldfield being studied as an historic site
GOLDFIELD, Nev. - "Elizabeth? Are you there, Elizabeth?" Virginia Ridgway asks quietly as she walks slowly into Room 109 of the long-closed Goldfield Hotel. Comment?
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NV Energy Yerington business office closed after Friday
... as electronic. Payment may be made at Scolari's Food and Drug locations, including the Yerington store (176 W. Goldfield), by either cash, check, money order or credit card. This is part of 140 Show & Pay locations in 140 supermarkets, drug stores ... Comment?
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Geoff Schumacher: Nevada's big day
... boom quickly reversed Nevada's fortunes. The discovery of silver, gold and copper in what would become Tonopah, Goldfield and Ely revived the economy, keeping the state going until 1931, when the legalization of gambling triggered a prosperous new ... Comment?
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... as electronic. Payment may be made at Scolari's Food and Drug locations, including the Yerington store (176 W. Goldfield), by either cash, check, money order or credit card. This is part of 140 Show & Pay locations in 140 supermarkets, drug stores ... Comment?
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Nevada leads scramble to improve batteries
... the next 60 years and in 2008 was counted at 128 residents. The total population of Esmeralda county, including Goldfield, numbered 1,024 residents. In 1966, the Foote Mineral Co. came to the region to set up mining operations. Instead of gold and ... Comment?
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Article neglected a gaming pioneer
... on a handshake. Nick also ran the gaming for Wingfield 1931-34. They had been friends since Nick opened his Goldfield Casino in 1906. Nevada State Journal Editor Cobb wrote many columns on Nick and the Riverside. Abelman was also featured, with the ... Comment?
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Article neglected a gaming pioneer
... on a handshake. Nick also ran the gaming for Wingfield 1931-34. They had been friends since Nick opened his Goldfield Casino in 1906. Nevada State Journal Editor Cobb wrote many columns on Nick and the Riverside. Abelman was also featured, with the ... Comment?
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... endless, thin ribbons of highway are named for what miners used to pull out of the ground: Coaldale, Silverpeak, Goldfield. But the mining industry in places like Mineral County has largely disappeared, and with it, the towns it gave birth to. Those ... Comment?
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Obituary: Margaret Mary Walker
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Margaret Mary Walker, 92, of Carson City, passed away on October 12, 2009. Margaret was born on May 29, 1917, to Matthew and Annie Murphy in Goldfield, Nev. Comment?
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Winners Corner locations under new ownership
The Winners Corner locations on Main Street and on Goldfield Ave. in Yerington are under new ownership, after they were sold earlier this month by Terrible Herbst, Inc. Comment?
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Goldfield rancher agrees to pay fine
... announced Wednesday. The stipulation filed in U.S. District Court in Reno ends the government's case against Goldfield rancher Ben Colvin. John C. Cruden, acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Environment and Natural ... Comment?
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Obituary: Margaret Mary Walker
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Margaret Mary Walker, 92, of Carson City, passed away on October 12, 2009. Margaret was born on May 29, 1917, to Matthew and Annie Murphy in Goldfield, Nev. Comment?
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US Settles Grazing Suit with Nevada Rancher
... announced Wednesday by Justice Department lawyers in Washington, D.C., ends the government's case against Goldfield rancher Ben Colvin. In 2007, the government sued Colvin, the estate of late Nevada rancher Wayne Hage and Hage's son, claiming they ... Comment?
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Obituary: Margaret Mary Walker
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Margaret Mary Walker, 92, of Carson City, passed away on October 12, 2009. Margaret was born on May 29, 1917, to Matthew and Annie Murphy in Goldfield, Nev. Comment?
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