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Buffalo Salt Works is located on the west side of the [[Smoke Creek Desert]].
Buffalo Salt Works is located on the west side of the [[Smoke Creek Desert]], north of [[Salt Marsh]].
 
Buffalo Salt Works is possibly the same location as [[Salt Marsh]]?


Overton (1947) reports that Buffalo Salt Works was established in 1879 and that it produced 250 tons annually prior to 1896.  Overton states that Director Carpenter reports that Mr. Cornell, living at [[Sheepshead | Sheepshead Station]] knows where the Buffalo Salt Works is "close by"
Overton (1947) reports that Buffalo Salt Works was established in 1879 and that it produced 250 tons annually prior to 1896.  Overton states that Director Carpenter reports that Mr. Cornell, living at [[Sheepshead | Sheepshead Station]] knows where the Buffalo Salt Works is "close by"
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== Resources==
== Resources==
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:855553 GNIS Buffalo Springs Salt Works]
** "Approx Location" 40.5935129 -119.7418662, which cites Overton.
* Description of Buffalo Springs Salt Works on page 232 of Israel Cook Russell, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=xrbkAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA285&ots=sSKpGAxXvN&dq=Buffalo%20salt%20works%20nevada&pg=PA232#v=onepage&q=Buffalo%20salt%20works%20nevada&f=false Sketch of the geological history of Lake Lahontan, a Quaternary lake of northwestern Nevada]," 1885
* Description of Buffalo Springs Salt Works on page 232 of Israel Cook Russell, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=xrbkAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA285&ots=sSKpGAxXvN&dq=Buffalo%20salt%20works%20nevada&pg=PA232#v=onepage&q=Buffalo%20salt%20works%20nevada&f=false Sketch of the geological history of Lake Lahontan, a Quaternary lake of northwestern Nevada]," 1885
** * [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,1593 Granite Range (1894, Rp. 1923)] (UNR) shows the Salt Works.
** * [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/hmaps,1593 Granite Range (1894, Rp. 1923)] (UNR) shows the Salt Works.
* [ftp://nas.library.unr.edu/keck/mining/SCANS/0160/01600009.pdf Survey of minerals along the WP that discusses the Buffalo Salt Works]
* [ftp://nas.library.unr.edu/keck/mining/SCANS/0160/01600009.pdf Survey of minerals along the WP that discusses the Buffalo Salt Works]
** The WP Survey says that Buffalo Salt Works is at [http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/Mount_Diablo_Meridian/R20E/T31N Range 20E, Township 31N, Section 6]
** The WP Survey says that Buffalo Salt Works is at [http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/Mount_Diablo_Meridian/R20E/T31N Range 20E, Township 31N, Section 6], which is 40.5557077, -119.7266928, or about 2 miles south of the GNIS location.


[[Category:Smoke Creek Desert]]
[[Category:Smoke Creek Desert]]

Revision as of 17:04, 28 November 2014

Buffalo Salt Works is located on the west side of the Smoke Creek Desert, north of Salt Marsh.

Overton (1947) reports that Buffalo Salt Works was established in 1879 and that it produced 250 tons annually prior to 1896. Overton states that Director Carpenter reports that Mr. Cornell, living at Sheepshead Station knows where the Buffalo Salt Works is "close by" "[1].

References

  1. Theodore D. Overton, "B046: Mineral resources of Douglas, Ormsby, and Washoe Counties," B046, Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology, 1947. Full version with lower resolution images. Includes images of Fly Geyser, the Petrified Forest, Gerlach Hot Springs that are in the collection at UNR.

Resources