Fly Ranch

UPDATE: May 2011: Friends of Black Rock is able to offer tours of the geyser during the annual Black Rock Rendezvous

UPDATE: Sept 2010: Please see their website gotgeysers.com

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The Fly Ranch was first homesteaded in the late 1800s by Fred Gerlach, son of Louis, for whom the town of Gerlach was named. Later it was a part of the John Casey estate, until it was sold to Todd Jaksick (Bright Holland Corporation) in 1998. The feature known as "Fly Geyser" has attracted a substantial amount of interest since it developed from a leaking geothermal well into a striking colorful spouting statue, sitting on a dais of mud amidst ponds of warm water and thriving plants. The property is generally off limits to visitors because of liability and vandalism concerns.

• online Fly Geyser Jigsaw Puzzlele

• March 24, 2007 Fly Ranch tour photos

• November 2001 Reno Gazette Journal article

• http://green.nationalgeographic.com/environment/wallpaper/blackrockgeysermineral.html

• Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

• Some older photos

• Nevada's Last Chance Scenic Places

• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: photography, "Nature's Best" Landscape Winner

• Virtual Reality view one

• Virtual Reality view two

• Google Map

http://www.uga.edu/srel/Nevada_Hot_Springs/travel-4-2004.htm

http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/geothermal/site.php?sid=Fly%20Ranch

http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/slides/slides.php?f=geothermal

http://ndep.nv.gov/docs_04/fly_ranch081508.pdf Public Notice, Authorization to Apply Portable Toilet Fluid (Permit) TNEV2005482 TNEV2005482 for the land application of portable toilet and holding tank fluids at the Fly Ranch, Liquid Waste Management, L.L.C

http://blog.visitrenotahoe.com/2006/06/14/fly-geyser-one-of-nevadas-little-surprises/

http://planetoddity.com/a-geyser-not-like-any-other-geyser/

http://www.kuriositas.com/2010/12/fly-geyser-not-quite-of-this-world.html

http://www.pixelchrome.com/blog/?p=5369

http://www.wonders-world.com/2011/02/fly-geyser-in-black-rock-desert.html