200 Best Fishing in Retirement Locations

Location Number  71:

Ely, NV

Ely (pronounced ['eeÐlee], rhyming with "freely") is a city in White Pine County, Nevada, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 4,041. It is the county seat of White Pine County. The Clock of the Long Now is to be built near Ely.

Ely is a mining town, suffering through the boom and bust cycles so common in the West. Originally Ely was home to a number of copper mining companies, Kennecott being the most famous. With a crash in the copper market in the mid 1970s, Kennecott shut down and copper mining disappeared (temporarily).

With the advent of cyanide heap leaching -- a method of extracting gold from what was previously considered very low grade ore -- the next boom was on. Many companies processed the massive piles of "overburden" that had been removed from copper mines, or expanded the existing open-pit mines to extract the gold ore. Gold mines as widespread as the Robinson project near Ruth, and AmSelco's Alligator Ridge mine 65 miles from Ely, kept the town alive during the 1980s and 1990s, until the recent revival of copper mining.

As Kennecott's smelter was demolished, copper concentrate from the mine is now shipped by rail to Seattle, where it is transported to Japan for smelting. The dramatic increase in demand for copper in 2005 has once again made Ely a copper boom town.

Former First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon was born in Ely on March 16, 1912.

The historic, six-story Hotel Nevada.  is located in downtown Ely. Opened in 1929, it was the tallest building in Nevada well into the 1940s and was the state's first fire-proof building. It is a popular lodging, dining, gaming and tourist stop.

The Bureau of Land Management, part of the United States Department of the Interior, 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.

State Fish:

Lahontan cutthroat trout   Click this link for pictures and more information.

Types of Fish:

http://dcnr.nv.gov/nrp01/bio05.htm

State Fish & Game Website:  (Licensing requirements & Etc)

http://www.ndow.org/fish/

Fishing Information Links:

http://www.aa-fishing.com/nv/nevada-fishing.html

http://parks.nv.gov/cl.htm#FISH

http://www.fishingworks.com/lakes/nevada/white-pine/ward-mountain/big-lake/

Income & Housing Costs Numbers:

Estimated median household income in 2006: $43,300 (it was $36,408 in 2000)

Ely	$43,300
Nevada:	$52,998

Estimated median house/condo value in 2006: $158,300 (it was $71,300 in 2000)

Ely	$158,300
Nevada:	$315,200

Geographic:

Elevation: 6427 feet

Land area: 7.13 square miles.

Population density: 562 people per square mile

(low).

In-Depth Facts and Figures as listed below, plus other information:

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For the above information and photos, click this link:

http://www.city-data.com/city/Ely-Nevada.html

Total Tax Burden--Data for Calculation

http://www.retirementliving.com/RLstate2.html#NEVADA

Cost of Living Calculators Links:

http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/costofliving/costofliving.html?step=form&x=36&y=3

http://www.bankrate.com/brm/movecalc.asp

http://cityrating.com/costofliving.asp

http://www.relocationessentials.com/aff/www/tools/salary/col.aspx

http://swz.salary.com/CostofLivingWizard/layoutscripts/coll_start.asp