The Deserts of Nevada And the Death Valley

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The Deserts of Nevada And the Death Valley
Robert Hollister Chapman
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About 25 miles southward from the Stovepipe Spring, Furnace Creek flows from the lower part of a large wash which heads in the Grapevine Range. Here is one of the properties of the Pa- cific Coast Borax Company, which years ago constructed small irrigating ditches, sowed hay and planted trees, built houses, and established a plant for the treat- ment of the salts in the flat near by.
At 225 feet below sea-level are about 100 acres of emerald-like fields, long rows of fig trees, and abundant run
...ning water, while behind the frowning cliffs and sharp peaks of the Funeral Range guard the valley from the advance of the treasure-hunter from the east.
The borax plant is now idle, though the valuable beds are still owned by the company, which maintains a resident superintendent or foreman. The white flat which we saw from the mountain is THE DESERTS OF NEVADA 493 a; CQ - O 03 h u Q O 494 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE Q O ex S c$ O -C GO THE DESERTS OF NEVADA 495 composed largely of salt, * borax, and gypsum.


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