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Newberry siding, 6 miles west of Troy, is notable for the great 
spring which issues from the volcanic tuff at the foot of the mountain 
a short distance southwest of the station. The water 
is piped to the station, pumped into tanks, and used 
ies, 40T railway and residents as far east as Bagdad, an 
interval in which no good local water is obtainable. 
Fer this service the operation of a daily train of 20 tank cars, hold- 
ing 10,000 gallons each, is required. This spring is supplied by rain 
water which sinks underground in crevices on the mountain slope 
and finally accumulates in some main joint plane which extends to 
an outlet at the foot of the range. 
North of Newberry is a wide flat extending to Mohave River, the 
course of which is indicated by a line of mesquite trees plainly in 
view from the train. These trees are always indicative of the prox- 
imity of water, although in some localities the supply is deep under- 
ground and in but small volume. They occur in considerable numbers 
about the spring at Newberry and on the flat near Troy, where the 
water is so near the surface. To the south is N ewberry Mountain, 
a prominent steep ridge showing a thick succession of volcanic rocks 
(tuff, breccia, and rhyolite) dipping at a moderate angle to the south- 
west. These beds are probably the “Rosamond series,” a formation 
characteristic of the borders of the Mohave Desert. 
The Mohave Desert is a large quadrangular area of arid land lying 
north of the San Gabriel Mountains and southeast of the Sierra 
Nevada. Its eastern limits have not been exactly defined. The 
railway runs close to the southeast border of this desert between 
Barstow and Summit. 
From Newberry to Daggett the country is nearly level, for the train 
traverses the broad river plain and gradually approaches Mohave 
River, which is but a short distance north of Daggett station. 
The village of Daggett serves as a source of supplies for numerous 
mines and a few ranches scattered along the valley. Here trains of 
ence the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, 
Elevation 2,007 fect. °° 2H from the northeast, pass upon the Santa Fe 
KansasCity 1,658 miles. acks, which they use to Colton. Two miles north 
of Daggett the Calico Mountains, so named because 
of the bright variegated color of their slopes, rise abruptly from the 
north margin of Mohave Valley. They consist of a thick succes- 
sion of beds of ash and other fragmentary materials thrown out of 
volcanoes and sheets of light-colored lava (rhyolite), dipping at 
moderately steep angle to the east. On the south slope is the Calico 
mine, which has been a large producer of silver. On the east side 
of the Calico Mountains the voleanic series includes clays containing 
Newberry. 
Elevation 1,831 feet. 
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