 The hotel was built by George Wingfield over a mine shaft that had gone dry and was opened in 1908. The hotel was luxuriously done and its clients were mainly the upper crust. Wingfield was already a millionaire as he was the owner of the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company and this venture made him even richer. At one time the hotel would play host to many affluent guests but by the 1930’s when the gold had started to dry up and the population of Goldfield was dwindling the hotel began to suffer. Cowboys and travellers began to go there. After it was used to house Army Air Corps during World War II, it closed its doors. Over the years it as many numerous owners wanting to restore and reopen the hotel, but this never happened. In 2003 it was bought by rancher Edgar Roberts again with the hope of once again opening up the hotel. The people of Goldfield hope this time it does happen but will not get their hopes to high until it is accomplished.Many ghosts have been reported being seen at the hotel the most popular being a woman known as Elizabeth, the story goes that she was a prostitute and was accidently made pregnant by Wingfield when her pregnancy became noticeable he tied her to a radiator in one of the rooms till she gave birth, this is where it as to sides one is she died in childbirth and the other was that she murdered, the child was said to be thrown down a disused mine. Now her ghost is seen wondering around the hotel searching for her child and the sound of a child crying can sometimes be heard. Other ghost that have been seen are 3 children by the staircase, and malevolent male in the dining room and Wingfield himself.
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