Mina, Nevada
Mina is a small, unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mineral County, western Nevada, United States. It sits along U.S. Route 95 in the Soda Spring Valley at about 4,560 feet above sea level and covers 2.41 square miles of land. The 2020 population was 127.
Founded in 1905 as a railroad town, Mina was named after Ferminia Sarras, a prominent landowner and prospector known as the Copper Queen. The Carson and Colorado Railway once had a station there, but the line closed in 1985. The area once hosted a shuttle called the Slim Princess that allowed Native Americans to ride free, and hunters sometimes shot game from open railcars.
In 1921, a murder in Mina led to the conviction of Gee Jon and Hughie Sing for killing Tom Quong Kee; Gee Jon later became the first person in Nevada to be executed by lethal gas in 1924.
The town’s name may come from the Spanish word for mine or from Ferminia Sarras. Mina is about 32 miles southeast of Hawthorne and 70 miles northwest of Tonopah. The climate there is semi-arid (BSk).
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 15:58 (CET).