Directions: Highway US 50E from Fallon 109.4 miles past the junction of SR 305; continue on US 50E about an eighth of a mile and make a left (north) on local road; head north and then generally NE for about 2.1 miles; take left fork and travel about a third mile; take right and travel about 0.6 miles.

From Fallon: 112.5 miles

What Was

Yankee Blade is another camp that came into being during the gold rush of 1863. A mere three miles away from Austin, there were over thirty stone or adobe buildings here at one time. Water in the mines caused operations to halt by 1867.

Post Office: none
Newspaper: none

What is

We found a few rock ruins hiding in the trees at Yankee Blade. Paher mentions that "Mill walls still stand" but we didn't locate anything that could be construed to resemble a mill. Thick trees prohibit a quick search, however. It's a pleasant area