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Ely, Nevada
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Ely, Nevada
Ely
(, ) is the largest city and
county seat
of
White Pine County
,
Nevada
,
United States
. Ely was founded as a stagecoach station along the Pony Express and
Central Overland Route
. Ely's mining boom came later than the other towns along
US 50
, with the discovery of
copper
in 1906. Though the railroads connecting the
First Transcontinental Railroad
to the mines in Austin and Eureka have long been removed, the railroad to Ely is preserved as a
heritage railway
by the
Nevada Northern Railway
and known as the Ghost Train of Old Ely. As of the
2010 census
, the population was 4,255.
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