Show BOYD BASIN BOOMING tonopah To nevada sun 1 in the northern part of humboldt count 7 miles northwest of aln winnemucca i 4 the boyd basin district one of the greatest greatel free milling ore discoveries in recent year yea has just been made this vast mineral belt hp is confined principally to the pine forest range that extends from the oregon line on the north to the blackrock desert on the ali south the formation in the great part con boj fists of granite and porphyry the remarkable features of the ore zone is the vast number of large ledges that vary from ten to thirty feet in width on many of these ledges free gold can be panned across the entire face with values from 10 to 20 per ton many high grade streaks are found in the ledges from four to eight inches in width which assay many times up into the thousands G A lane and z bryan the pioneer locators here have b been quietly at work here since last sum summer e these gentlemen own and control the a storm group on this property are to ie found a foot tunnel and three shafts shaft that are down all the way from forty t to seventy five feet their ore is in tr true veins from nine to sixteen feet i io width it has been found that greater values value are found with depth samples from recen recent strikes on this property show values fro from to per ton J E davidson and anthony 6 ol 01 salt lake have recently uncovered ledges that pan magnificently in fact all proper tiep tie are showing up well with develop development men leasers leaders and prospectors are enthusiast tic to a man as they all claim that boyi boyd basin florence district is the most highly highl mineralized gold bearing region in the state stat already fortune hunters are wending the way to this camp the towns townsite ate of florence that was jus laid out a few days ago has already ca corn fenced to grow rapidly at present a store stor lodging house blacksmith shop two s loons a restaurant and several famille families compose the town the town badly needs a doctor an as sayer a druggist and a few carpenters seemingly everyone that comes here ditl buvit the intention of going into business SO soon gets the gold fever and goes to mining boyd basin as the name indicates is basin up in the pine forest range with a ati elevation of feet and has a ve very d de mountain ta climate A beautiful in moun stream flows through the town which pr pro vides water for all domestic purposes woo WO is I 1 ii for both domestic and mining purposes abundance |