Show THE NEW ROSEBUD DISTRICT another new and popular mining district has been added to nevadas constellation of wealth producing sections it is called rosebud and is located in humboldt county nothing was known of this new district until october of this year and already mining men prospectors and investors are flocking into the new eldorado by the hundreds C D and associates of salt lake were among the first to get in on the ground floor in rosebud camp and they have a large number of valuable claims there besides a fine townsite which is now being platted an application will soon be made for a post office which will probably be called rosebud although the name of powhattan is looked upon with favor because of an indian romance associated with this euphonious euphone ous cognomen rosebud is located sixty miles due west of winnemucca twenty eight miles north of humboldt and thirty eight miles northwest of mills humboldt or mills being the most favored points from which to leave the railroad for this wonderfully rich mineral section the formation of the district is generally porphyry and huge porphyry dikes run through the country the ore carries both gold and silver and runs from a few dol lars up into the thousands in these metals some of the gold is free milling and the silver frequently occurs in the form of ruby and antini onial silver the cross sectioned survey of the western pacific railroad passes very near to the townsite being surveyed by mr and associates and the road will probably be built along this survey W J lawrence has secured a foothold at rosebud and goldfield and tonopah people were earldin early in the field among the number being malcolm macdonald and frank keith salt lake is all stirred up over the new district and many of our best mining men are now securing property there |