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Goldfield Hotel, Goldfield, Nevada.  185 miles north of Las Vegas on highway 95 is a small town Goldfield Nevada. The town was founded in 1902 & was a boom town during the mining industry. By 1906 the town had a population of 30.000. By 1908 the mining industry began to decline & the size of the town began shrinking. In the center of the town sits the Goldfield Hotel & in it`s heyday boasted a bar so big, that they had 80 bartenders. After the "showdown At OK Corral" in Tombstone Arizona, the legendary Earp brothers resided in Goldfield. Wyatt was a pit boss at Tex Rickards Saloon & his brother Virgil was a deputy sheriff until his death in 1905.
Goldfield suffered two major fires & a flash flood, which destroyed a good portion of the town & along with the decline in the mining business, Goldfield joined the ranks of a ghost town. The Goldfield Hotel closed in the 1940`s.
Today Goldfield is the county seat of Esmeralda County & the town has a population of only a few hundred. For years I heard stories about the Goldfield Hotel being haunted & it was even featured on the TV show "America`s Scariest Places". In 1992 I finally visited Goldfield & I lived there for a short time in 1994.
One night I took my dog for a walk through Goldfield at about 10 pm, as we passed by the hotel I got very eerie feeling that I was being watched. It was such a creepy feeling that my dog began acting crazy & the hair on my arms stood straight up. I couldn't`t help but feeling that I needed to get away from there as quickly as possible & my dog was literally playing tug of war with me to leave.
I`ve had many creepy feelings in my life, but this was one I will never forget! This was not my mind playing tricks, THIS WAS REAL! There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that the Goldfield Hotel is occupied by spirits of the past.
I highly recommend that you visit this jewel of American history if you ever get the chance.
 Goldfield Courthouse
Inside The Hotel
Goldfield Cemetery
Goldfield Hotel
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