unlv.year. MS-11E Guide to the Florence-Goldfield Mining Company Records Finding aid written by Kelli Luchs Special Collections, UNLV Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.October 2008 Finding aid encoded by Kelli LuchsFebruary 2009 Descriptive Summary Florence-Goldfield Mining Company Records1912-1918 (inclusive) MS 11-E Florence-Goldfield Mining Company 1 document box (.42 linear feet) University of Nevada, Las Vegas. UNLV Libraries. Special Collections. Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-7010.This collection is comprised of financial records from the Florence-Goldfield Mining Company, one of the leading producers in the Goldfield mining district in Esmeralda County, Nevada. It contains a single series – financial – with over five hundred documents, primarily bills and receipts, that reflect the purchases of the Florence-Goldfield Mining Company between 1912-1918. The majority of the bills have the original billhead of the contracted company attached. A partial list of the Goldfield businesses in the collection include: Nevada-California Power, Al Mills-General Blacksmithing, Wood & Sullivan Hardware, Verdi Lumber Company, Ferrys Transfer Company, and the Union Drayage CompanyEnglish Preferred Citation:

Florence-Goldfield Mining Company. MS 11-E. Special Collections, UNLV Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

 Acquisition Information:

unknown.

 Processed by:

Kelli Luchs, October 2008.

 Access:

This collection is open for research.

Publication Rights:

For permission to reproduce or publish from this collection, please contact the Director of Special Collections.

 Organizational History

The Florence-Goldfield Mining Company was one of the leading producers in the Goldfield mining district in Esmeralda County, Nevada. The mine was located on Malpais Mesa, and the mill was located on the outskirts of Goldfield. By 1904 the city of Goldfield was booming and had grown from a small mining claim into a camp of several thousand. The Goldfield News even boasted that the camp was, “The greatest camp ever known!” By August 1904, the average daily output of the mine was over $10,000 a day.

Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of financial records from the Florence-Goldfield Mining Company, one of the leading producers in the Goldfield mining district in Esmeralda County, Nevada. It contains a single series – financial – with over five hundred documents, primarily bills and receipts, that reflect the purchases of the Florence-Goldfield Mining Company between 1912-1918. The majority of the bills have the original billhead of the contracted company attached. A partial list of the Goldfield businesses in the collection include: Nevada-California Power, Al Mills-General Blacksmithing, Wood & Sullivan Hardware, Verdi Lumber Company, Ferrys Transfer Company, and the Union Drayage Company

 Arrangement of the Records

The collection is organized into one series: Financial 1912-1918

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Related Collections:

For related topics and further information see the following collections:

• MS 11, Mines & Mining

• MS 11A, Techatticup Mine

• MS 11B, Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada

• MS 11C, Nevada-Utah Miners & Smelters Corporation

• MS 11D, Eberhardt & Aurora Mining Company

Subject Headings Organizations:Florence-Goldfield Mining Company – Records and correspondence. Subjects:Gold mines and mining -- Nevada -- Goldfield Mining District – History.Mineral industries -- Nevada -- Goldfield Mining District – History. Business enterprises – Nevada – Goldfield – History.Places:Goldfield (Nev.) – History. Inventory: Series 1. Financial 1912-1918 (1 box)

This collection is comprised of a single series that includes financial documents that reflect the purchases of the Florence-Goldfield Mining Company from 1912-1918.

BoxFolderContents11Bills & Receipts, 19122Bills & Receipts, 19133Bills & Receipts, 19144Bills & Receipts, 19155Bills & Receipts, 19166Bills & Receipts, 19177Bills & Receipts, 1918End of Inventory