Residents in a rural North Texas community have voted not to become the state's newest small city as supporters attempted to regulate a nearby Bitcoin mine.

Unofficial results show voters in Mitchell Bend, a small community south of Granbury, voted overwhelmingly not to become a Type B municipality.

Supporters had been campaigning for months in an effort to regulate the Bitcoin operation, owned by MARA Holdings, within its boundaries. They say the mine makes a constant humming noise that has caused health issues including lack of sleep, nausea and vertigo.

Cheryl Shadden, who runs the Facebook page Bitcoin Noise Hood County, lives directly across the street from the Bitcoin mine. She said she’s suffered from hearing loss and the noise has also impacted her livestock.

“We're not against

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