A desert stage going through a canyon heading towards Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1900 (CHS-5428)

A desert stage going through a canyon heading towards Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1900
Photograph of a desert stagecoach going through a canyon heading towards Goldfield, gold mining boomtown in southwestern Nevada, ca.1900.
The stagecoach, pulled by four horses, is carrying a load of equipment and three men on top. Two men appear to be climbing onto the stage. Several horsemen and a few more horses are waiting(?) a few yards behind the stagecoach. (Comment: Actually a following stagecoach has gotten its horses tangled.)
Large boulders form the canyon walls. Cacti or desert vegetation are visible in the distance.


"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-5428
Photographer:


C. C. Pierce
 (1861–1946)  


Alternative names

Charles C.

Description
American photographer

Date of birth/death

22 November 1861 
7 November 1946 

Authority control

: Q61995887
VIAF: 68114291
LCCN: n91108254
WorldCat



creator QS:P170,Q61995887
Filename: CHS-5428
Coverage date: circa 1900
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: 5428
Microfiche number: 1-155-; 1-113-10
Archival file: chs_Volume76/CHS-5428.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: [email protected]
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1900
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Geographic subject (state): Nevada
Subject (file heading): Transportation -- Draft -- Stage coaches; Mining -- Out of state -- Nevada -- Goldfield
Legacy record ID: chs-m11808; USC-1-1-1-11960
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Geographic subject (county): Esmeralda
Subject (lcsh): Coaching; Horses; Mines and mineral resources