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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.
After the Salt Lake Tungstonia Mines Company ceased operations in early 1918, the population dwindled precipitously immediately thereafter. That company's property was leased by the Griffin Mining Company during the summer of 1918, but this venture proved fruitless and most of the remaining residents abandoned the site.
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.
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Here are six abandoned historic homes for sale that you can buy right now. Located in the quaint town of Milton, North Carolina, the Gordon-Brandon House was possibly built circa 1850 by a local ...
Pleasant Valley, is a ghost town, a historical mining town, and a former populated place in White Pine County, Nevada. [1] There was a post office from March 1892 until April 1894. [2] [3] In 1997, there were 8 families associated with the Apostolic United Brethren living at Pleasant Valley. [4] The settlement was abandoned sometime after 2004.
The White Pine Mine, just east of the state park in Ontonagon County, was the last copper-focused mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. ... Ojibwe tribes have a longstanding history with the creek ...
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.