#goldfields

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Balaclava Mines, Whroo, Australia: Whroo Historic Area is 65 hectares of a remnant gold mining township within the world’s largest ironbark forest of 24,300 hectares. The open cut of the impressive Balaclava Mine marks one end of the journey. Remnants of Victoria's gold rush era can be discovered all along the way. Underground storage tanks, mining shafts and tunnels, building rubble and foundations, century old rubbish dumps and gold mining infrastructure comprise an historic treasure trove.. The Balaclava Mine was an open-cut mine in the Australian ghost town of Whroo, Victoria. The site now operates as a tourist attraction. Wikipedia

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[eopederson]

Gil's Place and abandoned motel, Hawthorne, Nevada, 2020.

[the-star-knight]

Happy birthday, Jake!

I drew the scene from my fic, where Jake invites Star and Varian to his birthday. Drew that once scene after Nate crashed his party.

[uwmspeccoll]

It's Fine Press Friday!

For today’s Fine Press Friday post, our subject is Bound for the Goldfields, published by the Australia-based Wayzgoose Press in 1990 in an edition of 55 copies, another gift from the estate of book artist and collector Dennis Bayuzick. The original story was written by Charles Dickens for his weekly journal Household Words in June 1855 and the Wayzgoose edition was designed and illustrated with linocuts and wood engravings by Wayzgoose founder Mike Hudson (1939-2021). Ours is a review copy, meaning that this specific book was originally sent out to someone to be reviewed for publication before it was actually distributed.

According to the title page, the story told in this book is a “true account of a journey from Melbourne to Castlemaine by a carrier of supplies to the goldfields.” A journey like this was long and harrowing, as described in the book’s text, which is printed vertically as part of the grassy landscape, and the wood/linocuts provide an excellent visualization of where the traveler physically is within the story being told. Readers will see many trees as the subject walks through forests, sees the night sky, and even the destination of the traveler as he arrives: the tents of those working in the gold fields.

This book was hand-set by Hudson's long-time partner and Wayzgoose Press co-founder Jadwiga Jarvis (1947-2021) in 14pt Monotype Baskerville and was printed on a Western Proof Press using Mohawk Letterpress Paper. Mike Hudson Bound the edition, 46 copies of which were in printed hessian fabric with leather thongs, as shown here.

View other books from the collection of Dennis Bayuzick.

View more Fine Press Friday Posts.

-- Sarah S., Special Collections Graduate Intern

[autistme]

sighing so loudly at the 46 real life dollars im about to spend to see anthony but i know ive been waiting for this tour for AGES so i NEED to get them before they sell out

[koofteh]

International Car Forest of the Last Church by reza fakharpour

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The Lost Dutchman Mine

A view of the Superstition Mountains where the Lost Dutchman Mine is said to be hidden! Location: Goldfield Ghost Town, 4650 N. Mammoth Mine Rd, Apache Junction, about 35 miles east of Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Time and Date: Around 5 pm on September 28th, 2014.

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[madmanwonder]

Prompt Crossover

MK1 Intro

Issei Hyoudou vs. Alto Goldfield

Issei: Are you sure that you'll be okay with Vermeil-san?

Alto: I can handle Vermeil quite well but thank you for your concern

[popculturelib]

Haunted States of America: Nevada

But You Can't Leave, Shirley (1992) by Shirley A. Porter

The Goldfield Hotel in Goldfield, Nevada, used to be one of the fanciest hotels in the state, operating in a boom town grown by the discovery of gold nearby. Since the 1940s, however, it has been in a state of constant disuse, with multiple failed attempts to restore it. Now, the Goldfield Hotel is known as one of the most reportedly haunted places in the state.

But You Can't Leave, Shirley is written by a former owner of the Goldfield Hotel, detailing her experience living in the building while trying to restore it to its former glory and dealing with its ghostly inhabitants. Among the spirits are George Wingfield, the owner during the hotel's heyday; Elizabeth, a favored prostitute of Wingfield's, who supposedly died shortly after giving birth to his child; small children; several suicide victims; and a dangerous ghost in the dining room. While Porter's account has been called into question, it is nevertheless a fascinating look at her experience in the hotel.

Today, the Goldfield Hotel is on the National Register of Historic Places and is frequented by ghost hunters.

For a more general look at ghosts in Nevada, we have Haunted Nevada (2001) by Janice Oberding.

The Browne Popular Culture Library (BPCL), founded in 1969, is the most comprehensive archive of its kind in the United States.  Our focus and mission is to acquire and preserve research materials on American Popular Culture (post 1876) for curricular and research use. Visit our website at https://www.bgsu.edu/library/pcl.html.

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[eopederson]

Stone building with red trim, Goldfield, Nevada, 2020.

[the-star-knight]

Redrew an ancient jakarian cuz this encapsulates their dynamic perfectly. Click under the cut to see the old art!

[colorsoutofearth]

Purplemat (Nama demissum) and California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) in the Mojave Desert

Photo by Jack Dykinga