Please remember to exercise caution when exploring Nevada's Ghost Towns & Mining Camps. Open shafts, drifts going into mountainsides, and old buildings, are all DANGEROUS. Be aware of your surroundings, and let someone know where you are, especially if your plans change.

Buzanes Camp

DIRECTIONS: From Brown's Station, continue west on Nevada 2 for 6 miles. Exit left onto poor road and follow for 3 miles. Exit right and follow for 1 mile to Buzanes Camp.

"John Buzanes, who was from Greece and had been working in mines at Cripple Creek, Colorado, discovered gold in 1926. The ore, gold in iron oxide, assayed at an average of $17.20 per ton, In September 1927, Buzanes sold his property to the newly formed Magna Gold Mines Company for $200,000. The company, which owned 34 claims covering 1,342 acres, was incorporated in Magna, Utah, with Peter Athos as president. The main development was a 200-foot mine, with 2,000 feet of lateral work. A couple of smaller shafts were also dug but were never very productive. A small camp of 15 formed and five buildings were constructed. A mining office, an assay office, two bunkhouses, and a cookhouse formed the core of the camp. The company built a small Straub-type mill that began operations in April 1928. However, ore values fell dramatically during 1929, and it was no longer profitable for the company to continue mining. Magna folded in 1930, and no other activity has taken place at Buzanes Camp since that time. Today one of the bunkhouses still stands, but the only other remains are a couple of collapsed wooden buildings. The road to the site is quite rough, so exercise caution."

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