POWER OF ATTORNEY
                              
     
     The undersigned who is a director or officer of The Goldfield
     Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company");
     
     Does hereby constitute and appoint John H. Sottile and Stephen R.
     Wherry to be his agents and attorneys-in-fact;
     
     Each with the power to act fully hereunder without the other and
     with full power of substitution to act in the name and on behalf of
     the undersigned;
     
     To sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the
     Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
     December 31, 1997, and any amendments or supplements to such Annual
     Report; and
     
     To execute and deliver any instruments, certificates or other
     documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
     with the filing of such Annual Report, and generally to act for and
     in the name of the undersigned with respect to such filings as fully
     as could the undersigned if then personally present and acting.
     
     Each agent named above is hereby empowered to determine in his
     discretion the times when, the purposes for, and the names in which,
     any power conferred upon him herein shall be exercised and the terms
     and conditions of any instrument, certificate or document which may
     be executed by him pursuant to this instrument.
     
     This Power of Attorney shall not be affected by the disability of
     the undersigned nor by the lapse of time.
     
     The validity, terms and enforcement of this Power of Attorney shall
     be governed by those laws of the State of Delaware that apply to
     instruments negotiated, executed, delivered and performed solely
     within the State of Delaware.
     
     This Power of Attorney may be executed in any number of
     counterparts, each of which shall have the same effect as if it were
     the original instrument and all of which shall constitute one and
     the same instrument.
     
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Power of Attorney this 3rd
     day of June, 1997.
     
     
     /s/                                        /s/              
     Patricia A. Strange                        Danforth E. Leitner
     Witness                                    Director
     
     /s/
     Cheryl C. Towle                         
     Witness
     
     
     State of Florida
     County of Brevard
     
     The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 3rd day of
     June 1997 by Danforth E. Leitner, Director of The Goldfield
     Corporation, a Delaware corporation.  He is personally known to me.
     
                                        /s/
                                        Glen S. Williams                   
                                        Notary Public


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                              
     
     The undersigned who is a director or officer of The Goldfield
     Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company");
     
     Does hereby constitute and appoint John H. Sottile and Stephen R.
     Wherry to be his agents and attorneys-in-fact;
     
     Each with the power to act fully hereunder without the other and
     with full power of substitution to act in the name and on behalf of
     the undersigned;
     
     To sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the
     Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
     December 31, 1997, and any amendments or supplements to such Annual
     Report; and
     
     To execute and deliver any instruments, certificates or other
     documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
     with the filing of such Annual Report, and generally to act for and
     in the name of the undersigned with respect to such filings as fully
     as could the undersigned if then personally present and acting.
     
     Each agent named above is hereby empowered to determine in his
     discretion the times when, the purposes for, and the names in which,
     any power conferred upon him herein shall be exercised and the terms
     and conditions of any instrument, certificate or document which may
     be executed by him pursuant to this instrument.
     
     This Power of Attorney shall not be affected by the disability of
     the undersigned nor by the lapse of time.
     
     The validity, terms and enforcement of this Power of Attorney shall
     be governed by those laws of the State of Delaware that apply to
     instruments negotiated, executed, delivered and performed solely
     within the State of Delaware.
     
     This Power of Attorney may be executed in any number of
     counterparts, each of which shall have the same effect as if it were
     the original instrument and all of which shall constitute one and
     the same instrument.
     
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Power of Attorney this 3rd
     day of June, 1997.
     
     
     /s/                                 /s/
     Patricia A. Strange                 John P. Fazzini                    
     Witness                             Director
     
     /s/
     Cheryl C. Towle                         
     Witness
     
     
     State of Florida
     County of Brevard
     
     The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 3rd day of
     June 1997 by John P. Fazzini, Director of The Goldfield Corporation,
     a Delaware corporation.  He is personally known to me.
     
                                        /s/                   
                                        Glen S. Williams
                                        Notary Public


                            POWER OF ATTORNEY
                              
     
     The undersigned who is a director or officer of The Goldfield
     Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company");
     
     Does hereby constitute and appoint Stephen R. Wherry to be his agent
     and attorney-in-fact;
     
     The agent with the power to act fully hereunder without the other
     and with full power of substitution to act in the name and on behalf
     of the undersigned;
     
     To sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the
     Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
     December 31, 1997, and any amendments or supplements to such Annual
     Report; and
     
     To execute and deliver any instruments, certificates or other
     documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
     with the filing of such Annual Report, and generally to act for and
     in the name of the undersigned with respect to such filings as fully
     as could the undersigned if then personally present and acting.
     
     The agent named above is hereby empowered to determine in his
     discretion the times when, the purposes for, and the names in which,
     any power conferred upon him herein shall be exercised and the terms
     and conditions of any instrument, certificate or document which may
     be executed by him pursuant to this instrument.
     
     This Power of Attorney shall not be affected by the disability of
     the undersigned nor by the lapse of time.
     
     The validity, terms and enforcement of this Power of Attorney shall
     be governed by those laws of the State of Delaware that apply to
     instruments negotiated, executed, delivered and performed solely
     within the State of Delaware.
     
     This Power of Attorney may be executed in any number of
     counterparts, each of which shall have the same effect as if it were
     the original instrument and all of which shall constitute one and
     the same instrument.
     
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Power of Attorney this 3rd
     day of June, 1997.
     
     
     /s/                                 /s/
     Patricia A. Strange                 John H. Sottile                    
     Witness                             President
     
     /s/
     Cheryl C. Towle                    
     Witness
     
     
     State of Florida
     County of Brevard
     
     The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 3rd day of
     June 1997 by John H. Sottile, President of The Goldfield
     Corporation, a Delaware corporation.  He is personally known to me.
     
                                        /s/
                                        Glen S. Williams                   
                                        Notary Public


                             POWER OF ATTORNEY
                              
     
     The undersigned who is a director or officer of The Goldfield
     Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company");
     
     Does hereby constitute and appoint John H. Sottile to be his agent
     and attorney-in-fact;
     
     The agent with the power to act fully hereunder without the other
     and with full power of substitution to act in the name and on behalf
     of the undersigned;
     
     To sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the
     Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
     December 31, 1997, and any amendments or supplements to such Annual
     Report; and
     
     To execute and deliver any instruments, certificates or other
     documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
     with the filing of such Annual Report, and generally to act for and
     in the name of the undersigned with respect to such filings as fully
     as could the undersigned if then personally present and acting.
     
     The agent named above is hereby empowered to determine in his
     discretion the times when, the purposes for, and the names in which,
     any power conferred upon him herein shall be exercised and the terms
     and conditions of any instrument, certificate or document which may
     be executed by him pursuant to this instrument.
     
     This Power of Attorney shall not be affected by the disability of
     the undersigned nor by the lapse of time.
     
     The validity, terms and enforcement of this Power of Attorney shall
     be governed by those laws of the State of Delaware that apply to
     instruments negotiated, executed, delivered and performed solely
     within the State of Delaware.
     
     This Power of Attorney may be executed in any number of
     counterparts, each of which shall have the same effect as if it were
     the original instrument and all of which shall constitute one and
     the same instrument.
     
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Power of Attorney this 3rd
     day of June, 1997.
     
     
     /s/                                 /s/
     Patricia A. Strange                 Stephen R. Wherry                   
     Witness                             Vice President
                                   

     /s/
     Cheryl C. Towle                         
     Witness
     
     
     State of Florida
     County of Brevard
     
     The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 3rd day of
     June 1997 by Stephen R. Wherry, Vice President of The Goldfield
     Corporation, a Delaware corporation.  He is personally known to me.
     
                                        /s/
                                        Glen S. Williams                   
                                        Notary Public


                             POWER OF ATTORNEY
                              
     
     The undersigned who is a director or officer of The Goldfield
     Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company");
     
     Does hereby constitute and appoint John H. Sottile and Stephen R.
     Wherry to be his agents and attorneys-in-fact;
     
     Each with the power to act fully hereunder without the other and
     with full power of substitution to act in the name and on behalf of
     the undersigned;
     
     To sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the
     Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
     December 31, 1997, and any amendments or supplements to such Annual
     Report; and
     
     To execute and deliver any instruments, certificates or other
     documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
     with the filing of such Annual Report, and generally to act for and
     in the name of the undersigned with respect to such filings as fully
     as could the undersigned if then personally present and acting.
     
     Each agent named above is hereby empowered to determine in his
     discretion the times when, the purposes for, and the names in which,
     any power conferred upon him herein shall be exercised and the terms
     and conditions of any instrument, certificate or document which may
     be executed by him pursuant to this instrument.
     
     This Power of Attorney shall not be affected by the disability of
     the undersigned nor by the lapse of time.
     
     The validity, terms and enforcement of this Power of Attorney shall
     be governed by those laws of the State of Delaware that apply to
     instruments negotiated, executed, delivered and performed solely
     within the State of Delaware.
     
     This Power of Attorney may be executed in any number of
     counterparts, each of which shall have the same effect as if it were
     the original instrument and all of which shall constitute one and
     the same instrument.
     
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Power of Attorney this 3rd
     day of June, 1997.
     
     
     /s/                                 /s/                                  
     Patricia S. Strange                John M. Starling
     Witness                            Director
     
     /s/
     Cheryl C. Towle                         
     Witness
     
     
     State of Florida
     County of Brevard
     
     The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 3rd day of
     June 1997 by John M. Starling, Director of The Goldfield
     Corporation, a Delaware corporation.  He is personally known to me.
     
                                        /s/
                                        Glen S. Williams                   
                                        Notary Public


                           POWER OF ATTORNEY
                              
     
     The undersigned who is a director or officer of The Goldfield
     Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company");
     
     Does hereby constitute and appoint John H. Sottile and Stephen R.
     Wherry to be his agents and attorneys-in-fact;
     
     Each with the power to act fully hereunder without the other and
     with full power of substitution to act in the name and on behalf of
     the undersigned;
     
     To sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the
     Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
     December 31, 1997, and any amendments or supplements to such Annual
     Report; and
     
     To execute and deliver any instruments, certificates or other
     documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
     with the filing of such Annual Report, and generally to act for and
     in the name of the undersigned with respect to such filings as fully
     as could the undersigned if then personally present and acting.
     
     Each agent named above is hereby empowered to determine in his
     discretion the times when, the purposes for, and the names in which,
     any power conferred upon him herein shall be exercised and the terms
     and conditions of any instrument, certificate or document which may
     be executed by him pursuant to this instrument.
     
     This Power of Attorney shall not be affected by the disability of
     the undersigned nor by the lapse of time.
     
     The validity, terms and enforcement of this Power of Attorney shall
     be governed by those laws of the State of Delaware that apply to
     instruments negotiated, executed, delivered and performed solely
     within the State of Delaware.
     
     This Power of Attorney may be executed in any number of
     counterparts, each of which shall have the same effect as if it were
     the original instrument and all of which shall constitute one and
     the same instrument.
     
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Power of Attorney this 3rd
     day of June, 1997.
     
     
     /s/                                 /s/                                
     Patricia A. Strange                 James Sottile
     Witness                             Director
     
     /s/
     Cheryl C. Towle                         
     Witness
     
     
     State of Florida
     County of Brevard
     
     The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 3rd day of
     June 1997 by James Sottile, Director of The Goldfield Corporation,
     a Delaware corporation.  He is personally known to me.
     
                                        /s/
                                        Glen S. Williams                   
                                        Notary Public



                         SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATE
                              
     
     I, John M. Starling, certify that I am the duly elected, qualified
     and acting Secretary of The Goldfield Corporation, a Delaware
     corporation (the "Corporation"), that I am authorized and empowered
     to execute this Certificate on behalf of the Corporation with
     respect to the Annual Report on Form 10-K and further certify that
     the following is a true, complete and correct copy of a resolution
     adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on June 3,
     1997, which resolution has not been amended, modified or rescinded:
     
     RESOLVED, that each officer and director who may be
          required to execute an Annual Report on Form 10-K or any
          amendment or supplement thereto (whether on behalf of
          the Corporation or as an officer or director thereof or
          otherwise) be, and each of them hereby is, authorized to
          execute a Power of Attorney appointing John H. Sottile
          and Stephen R. Wherry and each of them severally, his
          true and lawful attorneys and agents to execute in his
          name, place and stead (in any such capacity) said Form
          10-K and all instruments or reports necessary or in
          connection therewith, and to file the same with the
          Securities and Exchange Commission, each of said
          attorneys and agents to have the power to act with or
          without the other, to have full power and authority to
          do and to perform in the name and on behalf of each of
          said officers and directors, or both, as the case may
          be, every act which is necessary or advisable to be done
          as fully, and to all intents and purposes, as any such
          officer or director might or could do in person.
          
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 3rd day of
     June, 1997.
     
     
     /s/                           
     John M. Starling, Secretary