Editing Ely, Nevada (section)

==Economy==
===Tourism===
[[File:DowntownElyNV.jpg|thumb|right|Ely in 2003]]
Ely is a tourism center, and is home of the [[Nevada Northern Railway Museum]]. 
The railroad museum features the Ghost Train of Old Ely, a working steam-engine passenger train that travels the historic tracks from Ely to the Robinson mining district.

Ely is the nearest city to the proposed site of the [[Clock of the Long Now]] on [[Mount Washington (Nevada)|Mount Washington]].<ref name=prototype>{{cite web|url=http://www.longnow.org/clock/prototype1|title=Prototype 1–10,000 Year Clock |publisher=The Long Now Foundation |date=December 31, 1999|access-date=December 13, 2011}}</ref>

The historic six-story [[Hotel Nevada and Gambling Hall]]<ref name=HotelNevada>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotelnevada.com/|title=Hotel Nevada – The Heart of Ely, Nevada|website=www.hotelnevada.com|access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref> is in downtown Ely. Opened in 1929, it was the tallest building in Nevada until 1931 and was the state's first fire-proof building. It is a popular lodging, dining, gaming, and tourist stop.

The long stretch of road on [[Nevada State Route 318|State Route 318]] near Ely is known for the annual {{convert|90|mi|km}} [[Silver State Classic Challenge]] course, an authorized time-trial [[Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash|Cannonball Run]]-style race that attracts entries from all over the world.

The Ely Renaissance Society is responsible for more than 20 outdoor murals and sculptures in the downtown area. Artists from all over the world have been commissioned to create images of area history, using different art styles. They also maintain a historical village consisting of a general store and several shotgun houses which display the history of the people that came to the area to work for the railroad and the mine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elyrenaissance.com|title=Ely Art Bank|website=www.elyrenaissance.com|access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref>

Ely is also home to regional offices of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, and Nevada Department of Wildlife.

====Outdoors and recreation====
Nearby are [[Great Basin National Park]], [[Cave Lake State Park]], the [[Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park]], and the state parks of [[Lincoln County, Nevada]].

Ely was the host of the 2016 [[National Speleological Society]]'s annual convention.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brean|first=Henry|title=Cavers descend on Ely for national convention almost too big for rural Nevada town|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada/cavers-descend-ely-national-convention-almost-too-big-rural-nevada-town|website=Las Vegas Review-Journal|access-date=December 23, 2016|date=July 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ely Art Bank to host cave photo exhibit|url=http://www.elynews.com/2016/07/15/ely-art-bank-host-cave-photo-exhibit/|website=The Ely Times|access-date=December 23, 2016|date=July 15, 2016}}</ref>
The [[Bureau of Land Management]], operates an area supporting an elk herd south of town. The Ely Elk Viewing Area offers visitors the opportunity to see an elk community up close.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ely Elk Viewing Area|url=https://www.blm.gov/visit/ely-elk-viewing-area|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref>

===Mining===
[[File:Ely Mine Locations 2.PNG|thumb|right|Geologic structure map showing mining operations west of Ely. Hatched area indicates traces of copper while the shaded area indicates traces of gold]]

Starting in 1867, iron-rich [[gossans]] were mined for precious metals in Lane Valley west of Ely. The Aultman and Saxton Mines were operating by the 1870s. The Chainman Mine was developed by the 1890s and became the most productive in the area. Starting in 1903, copper was mined by the Giroux Consolidated Mining Company and by the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company in 1904. In 1913, Consolidated Copper Mines Company took over Giroux.
 
In 1936, Fulton and Smith first described [[magnesite]], yet by 1942, when deposits were first studied no magnesite mining existed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0978a/report.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215212721/https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0978a/report.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-15 |url-status=live|last=Vitaliano|first=Charles J.|title=Magnesium-Mineral Resources of the Currant Creek District, Nevada|work=Contributions to Economic Geology, 1951 Geological Survey Bulletin 978-A|publisher=United States Government Printing Office|year=1951|access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref>

In 1943, [[Kennecott Copper Corporation]] took over Nevada Consolidated and by 1958 had consolidated all of the properties in the district.<ref name=James>{{Cite book |author=Laurence P. James |title=Gold in the Ely (Robinson) Copper District, White Pine County, Nevada in USGS Bulletin 1857 Gold in Copper Porphyry Copper Systems |publisher=United States Government Printing Office |year=1990 |page=E28-E29}}</ref>

[[KGHM Polska Miedź|KGHM]] International Ltd. owns a large copper mine, formerly owned by Quadra FNX, employing 510 people near Ely.<ref>[http://www.quadrafnx.com/s/RobinsonMine.asp Quadra FNX] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819064554/http://www.quadrafnx.com/s/RobinsonMine.asp |date=2011-08-19 }}</ref>

The Joana Mine in Robinson Canyon, 2 miles North of Ely, has exposed a limestone [[geologic formation]] named the [[Joana Limestone]] after the mine.