THE OVEELAND EOUTE OGDEN TO SAN FEAI^CISCO. 169 



and andesite. Not far beyond Palisade the Southern Pacific and 

 Western Pacific tracks cross, but both Unes still follow Humboldt 

 River closely. 



Gerald is a station just east of Barth. 



Barth (see she^t 10, p. 170) is a sidetrack and shipping station near 

 the lower end of Pahsadc Canyon. (See PI. XXXV, p. 153.) Just 



across the river there is an extensive deposit of iron 

 ore, which has been developed for use as flux in the 

 smelters in Utah. From 100 to 300 tons of iron 

 ore has been shipped daily from this place for a number of years, the 

 total shipments being more than 250,000 tons.» Besides the iron 



Barth. 



Omaha 1,262 miles. 



mine 



daga and the Zonoli, about a mile south of Barth, which have pro- 



vems m andesite. The ores in addition 



to silver carry lead and copper. 



with terraced floor, H 



the 



'Untry, wi 



t_, "^ o • — ^ 



soil, deeply cut by gullies. 



The old settlement at Beowawe (be-o-wahVe), which may be seen 



group 



name 



Beowawe. tx) be an Indian word meaning gate and was given 



Elevation 4,695 feet, to this placc bccause of the peculiar shape of the hills 



Population 155 * i i • i i nr- *> 



Omaha 1,274 miles. ^^^^ ^Yj ^vhich present the effect of an open gateway 



up the valley to the canyon beyond. The settlement 

 at the raiboad is comparatively modern. It contains the power plant 



Ivhoi 



miles 





mine 



was opened about 190S and is reported to be working a large body of 



low-grade gold-silver ore m Tertiary lava. Concentrates from the 

 Buckhorn (Mill Canyon) district are shipped by way of Palisade, 

 but some ore from the Tenabo and Cortez districts, south of Beowawe, 

 is shipped from this station. It is reported that 6,780 acres are 

 under irrigation near Beowawe. The land is used foi 

 and native hay and for pasture. ' 



Lcavinor behind Beowawe, the railrn^rl swino-s; fn ihf 



groA^-mg 



Aero 



ss 



Whirlwind Valley to the south may be seen a wliite line, or terrace, 

 against the distant momitain side. This is a hot-surino^ deoosit and. 



^ This deposit of iron ore is mentioned 

 in one of the reports of the Fortieth Par- 



Bessemer limit, being much less than 

 that of the Alabama iron ores. The ore 



aUel Survey. The ore is massive hema- body, a mass about 200 feet in diameter 



tite, carrying from GO to almost 70 per 

 ceut of iron. It is of high quality, its 

 coutent of phosphorus, though above the 



and about 80 feet deep or thick, has 

 been described as a replacement deposit 

 in andesite. 



