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To find the cemetery, travel U.S. 50 west from Ely for 36 miles. There will be a Nevada Historical marker. Exit south on a well maintained gravel road for nine miles. The cemetery is located on the left (east) side of the road up a small rise. There is a "Cemetery" sign. Hamilton (Cave City) is located in western White Pine County at an elevation of 8,052 feet. Hamilton was the original county seat of White Pine County. The road into Hamilton may be traveled in a two-wheel drive vehicle. Access is dependent upon the weather and time of year. Hamilton was created because of the necessity for a town with a desirable location after discovery of rich silver ore in the area. Early arrivals found shelter in natural caves and by May 1868 a settlement known as Cave City was formed with approximately 600 inhabitants. It was soon renamed for mine promoter W. H. Hamilton. Many thoughtless prospectors, lured by the imagined riches, ignored the warning not to come to White Pine until the snow disappeared. The weather has been described as "ten months winter and two months damned cold weather." The post office was established Aug 10, 1868 while the area was still a portion of Lander county, Nevada. White Pine county was formed in March 1869 and Hamilton was selected as the first county seat. A fire destroyed the courthouse at Hamilton along with all of the records in Jan 1885. Records at the Ely courthouse begin Jan 5, 1885.
The following tombstone transcripts were copied May 21, 2000. This is not an official listing of all those buried in the Hamilton cemetery. It is a list of all the names that could still be read.
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NAME BIRTH DEATH COMMENTS
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Casey, Mary, 13 Jun 1870 b. Native of Cambridge Mass.,
d. , age: 19y, Top: I.H.S. In Memory
Of At bottom of stone: Erected to her
memory by her esteemed friend Isaac
Philips. This is an elaborate marble
stone in excellent condition. It is
beginning to tilt some.
Charles, Albert B. 06 Dec 1869 b. Native of Plattsburg N.Y.,
d. Hamilton
Ghirardelli, John 1896 1918 b. Italy, d. Hamilton
Heriot , R. Donald, 1894 1907
Heriot-Alden, Mary E. 1873 1907
Lani, Angela 1857 1934 Shares stone with Louis
Lani, Louis 1854 1939 Shares stone with Angela
Lani, Umberto 1886 Jul 1890 age 4yr 9mo, Sweet be your Rest
Mattson, Etta 1886 1907
Mattson, Mary 1878 1907
Paul, Charles Henry 08 Jul 1894 27 Jul 1894
Paul, Kenneth Linn 20 Jul 1892 12 Oct 1893
Paul, William John 09 Oct 1890 19 Nov 1890
Thorpe, William Allen 1876
Timson, Arthur 27 Jul 1873 06 Jan 1898 "Sweet be you sleep, Arthur My
Darling Boy"
Timson, John 23 Jan 1868 24 Jan 1888
Timson, William John 27 Apr 1824 14 Mar 1885 Masonic symbol on top of stone
Zadow, Louis C. 1838 1907 Native of Germany
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