Hamilton Nevada, Ghost Town

In 1868 Hamilton started as a boomtown and eventually 25,000 people of all types migrated to the area where silver ore was for the taking.In 1887big-scale production ceased and the population left just as quickly as they had come. Today the town is abandoned with few of the buildings remaining.

Located in the White Pine Range of eastern Nevada the town was the first county seat of White Pine County, from 1869 until 1887, when a fire led to its replacement by the town of Ely. The community was named for W.A. Hamilton, a surveyor.