Veteran is a ghost town in the state of Nevada, USA,[1] just west of the present-day town of Ruth. It was the site of a tent city and mining town between 1906 and 1914, though the current site is abandoned.
Veteran, Nevada | |
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Ghost town | |
  Veteran, Nevada | |
| Coordinates: 39°16′03″N 115°01′46″W / 39.26750°N 115.02944°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | White Pine |
| Elevation | 7,330 ft (2,237 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| Area code | 775 |
| GNIS ID | 850913 |
When copper ore was discovered in the vicinity of Veteran in 1906, a company town for the Cumberland-Ely Copper Company was constructed in a matter of months.[2] A rail line was completed into Veteran in 1907, which was the western terminus for the Nevada Northern Railway.[3] At its peak around 1910, the town had over 100 inhabitants. Due to a crash in ore prices in 1913, Veteran's buildings were relocated to Ruth the following year and the town was disbanded. Open-pit mining continued in the area until at least the 1950s and today the former townsite is excavated earth.
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