[4] Spruce Mountain ranks twenty-fifth among the most topographically prominent peaks in the state.

The western side of the mountain was the site of copper, silver, and lead mining during the late 19th century.

The settlement of Sprucemont on the western slope of the mountain supported the mining activity and existed from 1868 through about 1900 and is now a ghost town.

[7] Electronics researcher Ralph Hartley was born at Sprucemont in 1888.

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