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White Pine Most ghost towns in Nevada in the United States are former mining boomtowns that were abandoned when the mines closed. Those that were not set up as mining camps were usually established as locations for mills, or supply points for nearby mining operations.
With a population of six hundred, it was renamed for mine promoter W. H. Hamilton. The post office first opened for business on August 10, 1868 [4] while the community was still part of Lander County, Nevada. White Pine County was formed in March 1869, and Hamilton was selected as the first county seat.
The White Pine mine produced copper until 1995. In its early days the company was known for its use of advanced mining and transport systems (not all of which worked very well) including the Dashaveyor , a high speed transportation system, and what was at the time the world's largest hard rock tunneling machine to be sold to a mining company. [ 4 ]
Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park is an area designated for historic preservation and public recreation located 20 miles (32 km) south of the town of Ely in White Pine County, Nevada. The 700-acre (280 ha) state park protects beehive-shaped charcoal ovens constructed in the latter half of the 19th century.
White Pine mine - White Pine, Ontonagon County; the last mine to close in the Copper Country, in 1995; Whittlesey mine - Isle Royale, Keweenaw County; Winona mine - Winona, Houghton County; Winthrop mine - Central; Wolverine Mine - Wolverine; Wyandot mine - Twin Lakes, Houghton County; Wyoming mine - Wyoming (Helltown)
Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Steve Limani said early Wednesday that the abandoned mine in Unity Township where rescue crews are working to locate 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard is becoming ...
Department of the Interior – Bureau of Land Management – Abandoned mines are those mines that were abandoned before January 1, 1981, the effective date of the Bureau of Land Management's Surface Management regulations issued under the authority of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) [5]
Mines in Spruce Pine produce the world’s purest form of quartz, which plays a central role in chip manufacturing. Now, the town’s exceedingly valuable supply of high-purity quartz is at risk ...