Goldfield, named for the ore mined around it, was once Nevada’s largest city and the state’s biggest economic and political power. With the discovery of gold in 1902, Goldfield would become a rare, post1900 major gold strike. It also experienced one of the largest gold rushes (and subsequent crashes) in western history.

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