To the Goldfields!

In the 1860s, the fabulous Cariboo goldfields were a lure to thousands. Miners, traders, and adventurers, many afoot, some with wheelbarrows, shared the pioneer route with mule trains, plodding oxen, freight wagons, and swaying stage-coaches.

Havens for man and beast were ...

Goldfield Mining District

Arizona

Originally called the Superstition Mining District, this district had its heyday from 1893 to 1898.

The greatest producing mines were the Mammoth, Black Queen and bull Dog. Their output was around a million dollars in gold and silver based on 1890's ...

Goldfield

For a 20-year period prior to 1900 the mining in Nevada fell into a slump that cast the entire state into a bleak depression and caused the loss of a third of the population.

The picture brightened overnight following the spectacular ...

Joe Gans and the Goldfield Hotel

The Goldfield Hotel once stood at the corner of East Lexington and Colvin Streets. Joe Gans, a Baltimore native and the first African American boxing champion, owned the hotel and its nightclub, which was one of the earliest integrated clubs ...