Cane Springs (Paiute Meadows)

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Cane Springs is located south of Paiute Meadows, near Elephant Mountain on the east edge of the Black Rock Range.

Note that there is also a Cane Springs (Division Peak).

Craine Spring, from the 1873 Survey Plat

Bancroft (1890) lists Cane Spring as one of the towns and settlements in Humboldt County.[1]. This Cane Spring could be Amos, located near the junction of 140 and US 95.

References

  1. Hubert Howe Bancroft, "History of Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming, 1540-1888," p. 264, 1890.
    • Granite Spring: "U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981). 31-Dec-1981. Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files. In some instances, from 1:62,500 scale or 1:250,000 scale maps."

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