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# Sprucemont Ghost Town
- URL: https://www.starbuck.org/sprucemont-ghost-town/
- Published: 2019-05-08T23:52:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-05T15:35:43.000Z
- Author: Guy Starbuck
- Tags: Eastern Nevada, Nevada, GPS Only, Historic, Mining, #needs writing, #needs directions

Sprucemont (really called Spruce Mountain) was actually a few mining camps spread across Spruce Mountain. First mined for lead-silver ore in 1869, it was a long-lived and successful mining area. The mines here produced ore all the way into WWII, almost a hundred years worth.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ab/3d/ab3dddda-7a06-4b47-b9e2-e2787a08191a/content/images/2021/06/IMG_9058.jpg)

The mines are now caved, and only a few ruins remain today. It remains a very picturesque site.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ab/3d/ab3dddda-7a06-4b47-b9e2-e2787a08191a/content/images/2021/06/IMG_8208.jpg)

Approaching storm

I've been going to Sprucemont since 2004, so some of my photos are old and grainy.

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## GPS Waypoints

- Sprucemont: 40.55032°, -114.8715°

[Photo Gallery](https://starbucksexploring.smugmug.com/Exploring/Nevada/Sprucemont/n-t7fkk3?ref=starbuck.org)