- Mina, Nevada
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Mina — Unincorporated community — Mina, Nevada in 2011
Mina is located in the Tonopah Basin of Nevada
MinaCoordinates: 38°23′26″N 118°6′31″W / 38.39056°N 118.10861°WCoordinates: 38°23′26″N 118°6′31″W / 38.39056°N 118.10861°W Country United States State Nevada County Mineral Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) - Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7) ZIP codes 89422 Area code(s) 775 FIPS code GNIS feature ID Mina is a small community in Mineral County in west-central Nevada on U.S. Route 95 (38° 23' 25" N 118° 06' 30" W) at an elevation of 4,560 feet (1,390 m). The 2010 population was 155.[1]
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History
Mina was founded as a railroad town in 1905 and was named for Ferminia Sarras, a large landowner and famed prospector known as the 'Copper Queen.'[2] The Nevada & California Railway, a division of Southern Pacific Railroad, had a station in the town. The railroad is long gone, but at one time a local shuttle called the "Slim Princess" allowed native Americans to ride for free on top of the railcars, and passengers and crew would shoot wild game such as jack rabbits, ducks and sage hens from the open windows. The train moved slow enough that hunters had time to retrieve their game and hop back on board.
Gee Jon and Hughie Sing were convicted of the August 27, 1921, Mina, Nevada murder of Tom Quong Kee and, as a result, Gee Jon, a 29-year-old member of the Hop Sing Tong, became the first person in the world executed by lethal gas. The execution was at the Nevada State Prison on February 8, 1924.[3]
Sodaville was an earlier town and station on the Carson and Colorado Railway, about 4 miles south of Mina. The Sodaville post office was active from October 9, 1882, until March 31, 1917, when its operations were moved to Mina. [4]
References
- ^ "Mina CDB, Nevada". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. http://factfinder2.census.gov. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ “A Mine of Her Own: Women Prospectors in the American West, 1850-1950 By Sally Zanjani"
- ^ "Asian Pacific American Historical Timeline Details (1920 to 1929)". USAsians.net. http://us_asians.tripod.com/timeline-1920.html. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ Sodaville at SilverStateGhostTowns.com
See also
- Thenardite, a sodium sulfate mineral, Na2SO4, found at Sodaville
External links
Sodaville, a ghost town 2 miles south of Mina
Municipalities and communities of Mineral County, Nevada CDPs 
Unincorporated
communitiesAurora | Luning | Mina | Rawhide | Walker Lake
Indian reservation Categories:- Populated places in Mineral County, Nevada
- Unincorporated communities in Nevada
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