Ghost Town

Bovard

Mineral County, NV

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Short-lived 1908 silver camp in the Gabbs Valley Range founded by Rawhide prospectors after Al Bovard’s discovery. A rival tent town (Lorena) briefly competed for water haulers; mills and the Golden Pen/Blue Sphinx mines left scattered mill ruins and mine workings. Field visit is the historic townsite and district roads—not open shafts.

Field facts

RegionMineral County, NV
Coordinates38.7908, -118.3626
ARPAArtifacts & structures are protected by federal law (ARPA) — take only photos, leave every relic in place.
CountyMineral
Era1908 boom; mill revival ~1920–21
GNIS847899

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