Show 0 THE ELY celebration the railroad celebration at ely nevada was in full blast just as the last issue of the mining review was on the press and consequently the occasion could not well be given the mention it so justly deserved the celebration in itself was but an indulgence dul gence of good fellowship and jollification usually accompanying an occasion of this character many present were fully aware of the importance and real significance of such an event as the completion of a railroad into a camp of such vast possibilities others participated in the celebration because of the pleasant time and outing that the opportunity presented both classes returned home with vastly different impressions of the trip and visit it was right that there should be a grand celebration of this event and for the reason that the driving of the last spike in the completion of the nevada northern railroad means so much for the section of country that this new road has invaded that a country so richly blessed in its mineral possessions should have for so long been overlooked over looked and neglected is a mystery that few can solve if solved can be but now that men have come to a realization of its wonderful possibilities and can see in it a coming butte a second bingham there is no foretelling what the future has in store for this favored spot one thing we know and that is that development on a giant scale will give ely the resemblance of a beehive of industry for many years to come another feature of importance is the fact that plans will now be matured for the construction st of immense reduction works for the treatment of the vast tonnage of ore that will soon come forth like a deluge from the great mines of the camp and last but not least by any means is the fact that one can easily conceive of ely taking on proportions of a town of population at no distant day glomst every visitor to ely on railroad day was highly pleased with the entertainment with the generous hospitality of its people many will make investments there and not a few will decide to settle there and go into business |