What is the history of Ruth, Nevada?
At the edge of the first large copper mine a settlement for the mine workers was established from tents and wood huts. The owner of the mine named the settlement after his only daughter Ruth. With the opening Nevada Northern Railway in the year 1906 copper production began to boom. By 1910 the settlement was already established a small distance for the first site. Ruth was a company town for Nevada Consolidated Copper Company: the houses belonged to the mine and the city and were administered by them. Saloons and bordellos were forbidden. Not all mine settlements were like that. In the neighboring Riepetown, whose remnants were demolished in 1995, there were 16 saloons, and knifings and robberies were common. Labor unrestLabor disputes often became bloody. October 1912 saw shootings increasing and three strikers killed. Nevada’s Governor Oddie proclaimed the martial law for Ruth, in order to terminate the strike. In 1919, disputes again arose but this time peaceful labor dispute were s
