White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13
Hamilton Road 10
Cost $4,000 a Mile

The work on the new road from
Fly 10 Hamilton according to present
llans will soon be started and push.
bed to completion at the earliest pos
slble date.
Some time ago c. C. Cottrell. as
sistant engineer of the State Highway
commission visited this section and
III company with the members of the
hoard Of County Commissioners went
over the situation and discussed the
adyisability as TO tie change in the
road. II was considered practically
certain at that time that the change
would be made. but by a resolution
| recently passed by the commission
ers, they are joining hands with the
state and federal authorities TO make
the much needed improvement
II Is estimated that this road will
cost about $4,000 per mile to build
hui when completed will be a great
boon TO the town of Hamilton and
the mines surrounding the once pros
porous camp.
At the present time the hauling
of ore from Hamilton is a consider
able task. There Is but little choice
between hauling To Eureka or to
Kimberly. either routes of which Is
very expensive. At the present time
# costs from sixteen to seventeen
dollars to haul ore TO the railroad
cars aud this added 10 the railroad
transportation charges makes it DIFF
ficult for the miner TO get an ade-
quote return for his labor IN extract
ing the ore
The new road as proposed viii
leave Robinson canyon at the Key
stone and follow the county tele-
phone line to Illipah. Il viii be nee
essary 10 cross only one low sum
nit as against the two submits
which ii Is now necessary to cross
by tho present route in going from
Kimberly TO Hamilton. The narrow
canyons are avoided by the propos-
ed new route and there are Two wa
toring places between Keystone and
| Illipah. The rough trip across the
ulkali In Jake's flat is also avoided
and instead OF a road that Is never
good and practically impossible sey.
eral months In the year. the new
route viii be far above the average
country road
The amount of S62 ,6e9.36 Is now
cn hand and work will soon be start
cd. The road will be designated as
state and national highway and II
/ Is believed that within the next few
years improvements will also be
made IN other sections OF the coun-
+ t. on the same order. The burden
of building state and national high
WAYS under the existing laws does
not rest entirely with the county
Lut when an appropriation Is made
/ for the purpose BY a county after
the w.rk has beer agreed upon be
tween the county commissioners and
The state authorities the state put NJ
an equal portion with the county
and 10 this the federal government
adds like amount, so that the bur
den is not so heavy upon the tax
rayers as 1t would otherwise be.
White Pine County is always found
in the foreground i'm the way of I'm.
provements and the county commits
sioners are deserving of great praise
/ in grasping the opportunity TO get
| the financial assistance from the
state and nation md giving the pee
pie of all sections of the county the
best possible roads over which to
haul their ore produce to market and
get in touch with civilization without
the hazards of the desert as they are
usually felt
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