Fly Geyser

The Fly Ranch was first homesteaded in the late 1800s by Fred Gerlach, son of Louis Gerlach, 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.

In September, 2010, there was a plan to buy Fly Geyser, see Archive.org: 13 May 2011 http://gotgeyser.com.

http://flyranchproject.org/ discusses Burning Man efforts at purchasing the land.

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  Fly Geyser, Feb 1965
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  Fly Geyser, 1975
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  March 24, 2007
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  March 24, 2007
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  March 24, 2007
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  2010 (Wikipedia)

See Also

• Fly Ranch
• Fred Gerlach
• March 24, 2007 Fly Ranch tour photos

Resources

• Wikipedia
• Google Map
• Las Vegas Sun, January 29, 2010 "Geyser on private land chosen as attraction to draw tourists to state."
• November 2001 Reno Gazette Journal article

Images

• University of Nevada, Reno Photography Collection
  • UNR Carpenter Collection Descriptions
    • UNRS-P1988-55-1095 "Reservoir fountain twenty-four miles north of Gerlach." (Includes online Photo)
    • UNRS-P1988-55-737 "Reservoir Fountain" 24 miles north of Gerlach to east ¼ mile of Nevada 34 Highway. 18 May 1946."
    • UNRS-P1988-55-722 "Reservoir Fountain" 24 miles north of Gerlach to east ¼ mile of Nevada 34 Highway. 18 May 1946.
    • UNRS-P1988-55-78 "Reservoir Fountain" 24 miles north of Gerlach. East ¼ mile Nevada Highway 34, Washoe County. 18 May 1946.
  • UNR Thomas Woodnutt Miller: 2154 - 2158 "Geyser, northern Washoe County between Gerlach and Littlefield." (unknown)
• Nevada Historical Museum Photography Collection
  • Washoe Book 0105, 0109 Fly Geyser 1969
  • 8059 Black Rock: Fly Geyser Scott T. Smith "Copyrighted do not copy"
• Fly Geyser Nevada (cmdrmark.com)
  • pictures (cmdrmark.com)
• Online Fly Geyser Jigsaw Puzzle
• http://green.nationalgeographic.com/environment/wallpaper/blackrockgeysermineral.html
• Some older photos
• Nevada's Last Chance Scenic Places
• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: photography, "Nature's Best" Landscape Winner
• Virtual Reality views
• http://www.uga.edu/srel/Nevada_Hot_Springs/travel-4-2004.htm
• 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

Geology

• Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Geothermal slides including Fly Geyser
• Fly Ranch section of Larry J. Garside, John Harold Schilling, Mackay School of Mines, "Thermal waters of Nevada," Volume 91 of Bulletin (Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology)
  • Archive.org version of the above with working links to some of the images.
  • Washoe County chapter of "Thermal waters of Nevada"
• 2005 Public notice about a meeting to discuss injecting Portable Toilet water from Burning Man at Fly Ranch: Public Notice, Authorization to Apply Portable Toilet Fluid (Permit), Wiki version of the notice