Show GOLD BASIN DISTRICT new gold camp of promise established in lander county nevada the arrival of james hume a few days ago with a shipment of high grade gold ore from the newly discovered camp of gold basin in the southwestern portion of lander county nevada has attracted considerable attention to this newfound new found bonanza and the fact that shipping ore is found in generous quantity almost at the grassroots gives hope and promise that another goldfield has been discovered in the wilds of the sage brush state the reveille of austin nevada in making mention of gold basin district says james humes of the gold basin mining company came in from carroll friday with ten tons of high grade ore for shipment to salt lake that assays essays in gold and 70 ounces in silver another lot of the same amount awaits the team which will make a minimum carload there is twice this amount of ore of the milling grade on the dump of the camp and work was only commenced the last week in september in speaking of the gold basin mining district mr air humes said while we have not opened up sufficient ground to determine the width and length of the ore bodies I 1 am satisfied as to their permanency and depth the ore we are taking out lies under quartz porphyry dikes igneous intrusions tru which make for depth wherever found surface bannings pann ings made by myself and others in the employ of the gold basin gold mining company and by other prospectors indicate the gold bearing district is a mile wide east and west and some two miles in extent north and south the area is all staked and location work is in progress no matter where we pan pail in the gulches or on the hills we almost invariably find gold the miners of gold basin district in the southwestern part of lander county held their first meeting at carroll last monday night A name of the town and camp was decided upon a district recorder was chosen the boundaries of the district were determined and several other matters of importance were settled the new mining town was christened carroll after the name of charles carroll of austin who was in at the discovery who has stayed with the camp like a mother with a newborn new born babe who has spent one winter there and is now in sight of the fortune he has earned some wanted to stay by the name of gold basin but it was pointed out that that there is already in northen lander a camp by that name and that the postoffice post office officials have put the ban on new offices in a nevada having a name beginning with gold from goldfield to gold circle there is gold this and gold that until a mail clerk can scarcely direct a letter to it its proper destination so it will be carroll lander county nevada the district formed will be known as the gold basin district it is bounded on the north by smith creek on the east by smith creek valley on the south by burnt cabin summit and canyon and on the west by east gate C V was chosen as dis brict mining recorder |