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Goldfield

Once Nevada's largest city

The faded boomtown of Goldfield, Nevada
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Goldfield, Nevada, exploded after a 1902 gold strike to become the largest city in the state, with around 20,000 people, grand hotels, and its own stock exchange. The gold thinned within a decade and fires and floods finished the decline, leaving a shrunken town of a few hundred residents amid stone ruins and a famous, reputedly haunted hotel.

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