Today the only gold you're likely to discover in Goldfield, Nevada are old artifacts like this locomotive. The town itself appears to be roughly 1/4 to 1/3 abandoned, but it clearly was booming 100 years ago. The old three story high school alone is massive. We looked at old houses therefor sale: the price was marked on a handwritten sign as $4000, but that was crossed out. It would be fascinating to pas through more slowly, meet some of the locals, and hear some of the stories they have to tell!
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Excellent find – love the shot too.
+Shelly Gunderson you might like this
Know a couple photography/railroad enthusiasts on flickr who would love this shot. Far back left has me awanderin' again – wondering where to now. . .???
+MollyJayne Callisse DeTerre-Foray just click on the image and send them the address from the url at the top of the screen. Since +Jeff Sullivan has posted this public people outside of g+ can see the image with a link
this is the history and we wil be history also, but sometimes, ibelieve it is one kind of beauty
Like it
Who? Going in time
+Jeff Sullivan Gonna be checking that out on one of my many trips to Nevada this coming year……yes, we bought out there. 🙂
i remembering our old gold town- kolar gold feld in india karnataka
That's cool jeff
+Paul Pavlinovich Yes, thank you, I know. The question of import: Do I want to sign into flickr now and if not, willI I remember this when I do?
Fantastic catch !
nice
interesting picture..
superbe
definitely
nice..
Superbe
Great photo.
Good
Preciosa
yes…history…=)
Fotos así no dejan morir el paso del tiempo.
photographer can getshots alongwith old tram(bretish make)train in kgf, india_karnataka
Very nice image and find! Like this, interesting, thanks for sharing.
super picture…….
thanks for sharing
I bet there is no broadband internet… how would I survive… But I could afford the house! 🙂
Great shot and I bet there's at least one nugget out there waiting to be found, because nothing is ever 100% mined. 🙂
The white tailings probably still have small flake gold. They are hauling those kind of tailings to a reprocessing center outside Oatman, Arizona to retrieve the gold missed. Nice photo.
Does the steam engine still run ? Now that is afordable houseing at $4000 not $600,000 plus. Wonder if land is farmable too ?
And thanks Jeff Sullivan for post like the photo.
You're welcome +michael dela cruz, glad you like it. It would probably take $600 in 2-3 cords of wood and a few hundred more in supplemental heating to get through the Winter, let's say about $1000, about 1/4 the value of the house! Still an incredibly low total amount though for shelter, in a developed country. I wonder how far away the nearest Costco is, to get food at a reasonable price (although then you'd need a second small house just to store it).
+Doug Thompson Welcome to Nevada, neighbor!
+Jeff Sullivan Thanks, Jeff. Bought in Washoe Valley. Just weekends now…..fulltime in few years. Come take photos of the lake.
Great comp. Like how you caught some of the mines in the background.
Esta bien….
What a shame that old engine is just sitting there rusting away. Nice picture. Thanks.
espetacular a imagem
Wow
Mi vídeo clip esta basado en una estación de tren.
bravo!
Pphotography @ it's best…!