Rochester
Rochester was a silver-mining town in Pershing County, Nevada, US, approximately 110 mi east of Reno. It is now a ghost town. Lower Rochester is still accessible to visitors, but was largely destroyed by a wildfire in 2012; Upper Rochester has been buried under mine tailings of the more recent Coeur Rochester open pit mine.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 6,160 feet (1,880 metres)
- Description: town in Pershing County, Nevada, United States of America
- Also known as“Rochester, Nevada”“Rochester, NV”
- Category: ghost town
- Location
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Latitude
40.28886° or 40° 17′ 20″ north
Longitude
-118.16745° or 118° 10′ 3″ west
Open location code
85G37RQM+G2
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Rochester” goes by many names.
羅切斯特Chinese
RochesterItalian
Béésh DíílidNavajo
Béésh Díílid (kinsááʼ)Navajo
RochesterSwedish
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