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Photo of Cemetery in Gold Field Nev.

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by pmdoughty (Subscribe)

Posted on: Dec 2, 2008 at 10:14 PM PDT

Channel: Outdoors

Location: Goldfield Nevada

When returning from Las Vegas on highway 95 we noticed this cemetery in Gold Field Nevada, an old mining town where Wyatt Earp and his brother once owned a gamblng house. The gold mines didn't last long and the once bustling town of 15,000 all but died away. There are still working mines, a few stores and a saloon. Many of the old buildings still stand. If you like the old west and ghost towns you would like Gold Field.

dw says ...

On Tuesday, Dec 2 at 11:06 PM

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wonder why there is a fence?

Maxtor Man says ...

On Tuesday, Dec 2 at 11:14 PM

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Did you stop in Beatty, Nevada? It's about 110 miles north of Las Vegas, if I recall correctly. Lots of neat stuff around there. For example, there's an old ghost town nearby called Rhyolite, Nevada that was a silver mining town back in the 1800's

pmdoughty says ...

On Wednesday, Dec 3 at 9:29 PM

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Yes I stopped in Beatty. We saw a roadside flea market and stopped. We had our granddaughters with us and the man running the place gave them nice necklesses for free. My wife bought a few things but it really struck me how friendly the people were,

Bryan Dorr says ...

On Wednesday, Dec 3 at 11:15 PM

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Looks really cool. Road trip!

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