Copper Country

From 1864 to 1964, the famed open-pit copper mines of eastern Nevada, including the Liberty Pit, the largest in the state, lay two miles south of this point. Through the first half of the 20th century, this area produced nearly a billion dollars in copper, gold, and silver. The huge mounds visible from here are waste rock removed to uncover the ore. Two miles east, near Lane City, stood the Elijah, the first mine discovered in the Robinson Mining District. Lane City, originally called Mineral City, was settled in 1869 and had a population of 400, and Mineral City was the site of the Ragsdale Station, a hotel and stage station.

Ruth, Nevada · United States