Witch Shaft
Witch Shaft is a mine in White Pine, Nevada and has an elevation of 6,900 feet. Witch Shaft is situated nearby to the locality Lane City, as well as near the village Ruth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mine
- Description: mine in White Pine County, Nevada, United States of America
- Also known as: “Ely Witch Mine”
- Address: NV
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lane City and Ruth.
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.
Ruth
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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. Ruth is situated 2½ miles northwest of Witch Shaft.
Ely
Photo: Hermann Luyken, CC0.
Ely is the largest 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.
Witch Shaft
- Categories: historic site and industry
- Location: White Pine, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.25883° or 39° 15′ 32″ northLongitude
-114.95391° or 114° 57′ 14″ westElevation
6,900 feet (2,103 metres)Open location code
85F7725W+GCOpenStreetMap ID
node 369158992OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mine
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In Other Languages
“Witch Shaft” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Witch Shaft”
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