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Crowbar Spring is located south of [[Elephant Mountain]], east of the [[Black Rock Range]].
Crowbar Spring is located south of [[Elephant Mountain]], east of the [[Black Rock Range]].


The name "Crowbar Spring" first appears in the 1979 1:24,000 map by the same name.<ref>USGS, [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/Browse/NV/NV_Crowbar%20Spring_517358_1979_24000.jpg Crowbar Spring 1:24,000, 1979].</ref>
The 1946 Biennial Report of the Nevada State Engineer states that B. F. Porter Estate was using Crowbar Spring for stock watering.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0mkYAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Crowbar+Spring%22&dq=%22Crowbar+Spring%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_nuq4mezMAhVQ52MKHZ1gB_YQ6AEIHDAA 1946 Biennial Report of the Nevada State Engineer]," p. 110, 117, 1946.</ref>
 
The name "Crowbar Spring" appears in the 1979 1:24,000 map by the same name.<ref>USGS, [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/Browse/NV/NV_Crowbar%20Spring_517358_1979_24000.jpg Crowbar Spring 1:24,000, 1979].</ref>


[[File:CrowbarSpringUSGS1979.png|thumb|The portion of the 1979 1:24,000 USGS map that shows Crowbar Spring.]]
[[File:CrowbarSpringUSGS1979.png|thumb|The portion of the 1979 1:24,000 USGS map that shows Crowbar Spring.]]

Revision as of 22:25, 21 May 2016

Crowbar Spring is located south of Elephant Mountain, east of the Black Rock Range.

The 1946 Biennial Report of the Nevada State Engineer states that B. F. Porter Estate was using Crowbar Spring for stock watering.[1]

The name "Crowbar Spring" appears in the 1979 1:24,000 map by the same name.[2]

The portion of the 1979 1:24,000 USGS map that shows Crowbar Spring.

References

Remote Resources

  • GNIS
    • Citation: "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."