Show RAILROAD TO HAMILTON record ely nevada ed mcellin one of the successful successful mining men of hamilton who is spending the week here visiting his family gives it as his opinion that hamilton will get its first road from eureka the united states smelting smelling Sm elting company owns the lead silver mines of ruby hill at eureka which are capable of producing a tremendous tonnage of ore which is greatly in demand at the smelter but for some unexplained reason the railroad from palisade to eureka is is so lacking in equipment and physical condition generally as to be able to handle only a small proportion of the amount desired mr mcellin is of the opinion that a deal of some kind will soon be made whereby the road will be placed in stronger hands and not only be repaired and put into condition for business but will also be extended on to hamilton that the smelting smelling sm elting company may also draw upon the rich lead ores of that section A roadbed has already been graded from eureka toward H hamilton amilton for a distance of more than twenty miles which would save a considerable expense to the promoters of such an enterprise mr mcellin states that hamilton is one of the greatest lead silver camps in the state and he fea reasons sons and logically too that it will not be longer overlooked by the smelting smelling sm elting interests which are at the present time hustling everywhere for that class of ore the fact is apparent that lead smelters shelters sm elters are hard pressed for lead ores and they must have them even though it be necessary to build railroads to haul them |