Nickel Mines is a hamlet that is located in Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The zip code is 17562 and the area code is 717. The area now has a sizable Amish community. History. The nickel mines that give the town its name were worked in a deposit of sulfide ore, principally millerite. The mines were originally opened during the early eighteenth century for copper, but were given up as unproductive. In 1849, the Gap Mining Company attempted to work the mines for copper, again unsuccessfully, but discovered the presence of nickel in late 1852 or early 1853.
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Nickel Mines is a hamlet that is located in Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The zip code is 17562 and the area code is 717. The area now has a sizable Amish community. History. The nickel mines that give the town its name were worked in a deposit of sulfide ore, principally millerite. The mines were originally opened during the early eighteenth century for copper, but were given up as unproductive. In 1849, the Gap Mining Company attempted to work the mines for copper, again unsuccessfully, but discovered the presence of nickel in late 1852 or early 1853.
