The Consolidated Telephone-Telegraph Company Building served as Goldfield’s communications center from 1908 until 1963. It was one of the few buildings spared by a fire that destroyed 53 blocks of the downtown area in 1923. The building survives as an unspoiled expression of turn-of-the-century craftsmanship and as an example of business life in the Tonopah-Goldfield area during the years when the mines were producing millions and bringing new prosperity to Nevada. From 1904 to 1910, the region’s gold mines boomed, and with more than 15,000 people Goldfield was the largest city in Nevada, with four railroads and other modern conveniences. A flash flood damaged the town in 1913, mining declined, and many people left the area. After the fire of 1923, the remaining residents departed, and today Esmeralda County is Goldfield’s largest employer.