At first glance the town of Goldfield doesn't look like much. There's an old mine, a few old buildings that are really new, and some tumbleweed. Yet believe it or not the town of Goldfield once had a population of 4000 and boasted a general store, post office, blacksmith, hotel and even a school. And it was home to one of the richest gold mines of the time. More than $3 million of gold was mined here before the year 1900. So what happened to Goldfield? A break in the gold vein forced the mines to close. Without jobs, there was little for the townspeople to do. So they packed their belongings and abandoned the town, leaving Goldfield to become the Arizona ghost town it is today.