Veteran, Nevada
| Veteran, Nevada | |
|---|---|
| Ghost town | |
  Veteran, Nevada | |
| Coordinates: 39°16′03″N 115°01′46″W / 39.26750°N 115.02944°WCoordinates: 39°16′03″N 115°01′46″W / 39.26750°N 115.02944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | White Pine |
| Elevation | 7,330 ft (2,230 m) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| Area code(s) | 775 |
| GNIS ID | 850913 |
Veteran is a ghost town in the state of Nevada. Located just west of the current town of Ruth, Veteran was the site of a tent city and mining town between 1906 and 1914, though the current site is abandoned.
Once 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.[1] A rail line was completed into Veteran in 1907, which served as the western terminus for the Nevada Northern Railway.[2] At its peak around 1910, the town held 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 this area through at least the 1950s, and today the former townsite is excavated earth.