Gemville
Gemville, also called Gem City, was an early camp dating to around 1865 during the initial boom at Dun Glen. Its name came from the Gem of Sierra, or simply 'Gem', mine discovered by John Watson and subsequently owned by J.C. Fall of Unionville. Though it was a noted producer of rich silver in 1863 and 1864, little further mention is made of the Gem or Gemville until 1875 when work began on the neighboring Goodrich Mine. Capt. Thomas Comins, listed as a resident of Gemville, installed a 10-stamp mill to treat ore from the Goodrich, and briefly a camp known as Cominsville came into being. Fall reopened the Gem during this time. Whether Cominsville and Gemville were separate or one-in-the-same is not known, but the mill seems to have ceased operation by the middle of 1876 and was sold at a sheriff's sale early the next year. The Gem seems to have gone idle around this time as well. Some work was done at the mine and with the waste dump in the early 1880s, but Gemville disappeared from maps around the turn of the century.
