Wedge Pit
Wedge Pit is a mine in White Pine, Nevada and has an elevation of 6,808 feet. Wedge Pit is situated nearby to the village Ruth, as well as near the locality Lane City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mine
- Description: mine in White Pine County, Nevada, United States of America; geonames ID = 5514738
- Also known as: “Wedge Shaft” and “Wedge Test Pit”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ruth and Lane City.
Ruth
Village
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Ruth is a census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Founded in 1903, it had a population of 440 at the 2010 census. Ruth was built as a company town for the adjacent Robinson Mine, a large open-pit copper mine, which is still in operation as of 2022.
Lane City
Locality
Lane City or Mineral City was a settlement in White Pine County, Nevada. It is now a ghost town. A mining camp was founded in 1869 just west of Ely, Nevada, and named Mineral City until 1876. Lane City is situated 2½ miles southeast of Wedge Pit.
Ely
Photo: Hermann Luyken, CC0.
Ely is the only city in and the county seat of White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Ely was founded as a stagecoach station along the Pony Express and Central Overland Route.
Wedge Pit
- Category: industry
- Location: White Pine, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Wedge Pit” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wedge Pit”
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