Miners lounging around sacks of ore from the Red Top mine, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1900 (CHS-5416)

Miners lounging around sacks of ore from the Red Top mine, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1900
Photograph of miners lounging around sacks of ore from the Red Top mine, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1900. The sacks of ore, about the size of a sack of potatoes, are stacked as high as ten bags high near a building and a mining contraption. About thirteen men can be seen sitting on, lying on, standing near or leaning against the sacks of ore. Stacks of wood piled just as high as the sacks of ore can be seen in the background. In the foreground, wild grass and rocks cn be seen. In the background at left, a large wooden structure is visible. At right, the side of a wooden building can be seen.; "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-5416
Photographer: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Filename: CHS-5416
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: 5416
Microfiche number: 1-111-67; 1-113-25
Archival file: chs_Volume98/CHS-5416.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): Mining -- Out of state -- Nevada -- Goldfield
Legacy record ID: chs-m17361; 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