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upon it; Rhodes is unpromising, because of its small drainage area 

 and the probabihty that this area was really considerably smaller 

 than that given, and the uncertainty concerning the Red Desert 

 arises from lack of Ivuowledge of its internal topography. In all 

 other cases the doubt is due to uncertainty as to area or previous 

 OA'erflow, usually the latter. Details of all cases are contained in 

 previous pages. 



The basins of Table II are, so far as laiown, all favorable to potash 

 accumulation and, other things equal, they should be promising in 

 proportion to their area. These "other things" are beheved to be 

 really equal so far as accumulation is concerned. Questions of segre- 

 gation and accessibiUty introduce many other factors which are 

 beyond the province of this report and will not be discussed. 



It is believed, however, that the introduction of these additional 

 factors into the discussion would find its main effect in altering the 

 order in which the basins stand in Table II rather than in adding 

 basins thereto or subtracting them therefrom. The basins of greatest 

 promise from all points of view are probably contained in Table II, 

 with the possible addition of such of those of Table IV as further 

 investigation may show to be favorable. 



Table I. — Areas of the undrained basins. 



Basin. 



Lahontan 



Black Rock 



Kumiva 



Granite Spring . . .'. 



Jungo 



Hot Springs 



Honey Lake 



Truckee 



Lemmon Valley . . . 



Warm SprinRS 



Humboldt-Carson . 



Femley 



Allen Springs 



Sand Springs 



Buena Vista , 



Buflalo Springs... 



Gibson 



Clover (Snow Wa- 

 ter). 



Walker 



Bonneville 



Steptoe 



Ruby 



Butte Valley 



Murray 



White Valley 



Rush Valley 



Cedar Valley 



Sevier 



Round Valley 



Christmas Lake . . 

 Silver Lake 



Chewaucan 



(Abert Lake). 

 Summer Lake 



Alkali Lake. 



Description. 



Part of Lahontan 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Part of Humboldt 

 drainage. 



do 



do 



do 



Part of Lahontan 



Once tributary 1o 



Columbia River. 



Part of Bonneville 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Probably landlocked . 

 Part of Christmas 



Lake Basin. 

 Landlocked 



Part of Chewaucan 



Basin. 

 Landlocked 



Area. 



Sq. m. 



45,730 



10,500 



445 



890 



340 



270 



2,660 



2,975 



90 



20 



27,575 



215 



235 



200 



4,000 



500 

 1,150 

 1,075 



3,850 

 57,960 



6,590 



1,200 



740 



720 



920 



700 



300 



16,375 



170 



2,750 



750 



1,500 



560 



Basin. 



Warner. 

 Hamey. 



Catlow. 



Guano.. 



Surprise 



Long Valley. 



Alvord 



White Horse 



Thousand Creek. 

 Goose Lake 



Madeline 



Klamath Lakes. . 



Dixie Valley.. 



Fairview 



Gabbs Valley. 

 Acme 



Lnning. 



Mina 



Rhodes (max. area) 



Garfield 



Teels 



Huntoon 



Monte Cristo 



Columbus 



Clayton 



Big Smoky 



Kingston 



Edwards Orok. . 

 Smiths Creek 



Description. 



Landlocked 



Tributary to Colum- 

 bia River. 



Probably tributary to 

 Harney. 



Probably tributary to 

 Catlow. 



Landlocked (max. 

 area). 



Probably tributary to 

 Surprise. 



Probably landlocked . . 



Tributary to Alvord . . 



Tributary" to Pitt 



River. 

 Probably landlocked . . 

 Tributary to Klamath 



River. 



Landlocked 



Part of Dixie 



Landlocked 



Probably tributary to 



Walker. 

 Probably tributary to 



Rhodes. 



do 



Probably landlocked. . 



do 



Landlocked 



do 



Doubtful 



Landlocked 



do 



do 



Tributary to Big 



Smoky. 



Landlocked 



Probably tributary to 



Edwards treek. 



Area. 



Sq. m. 

 2,000 



2,000 



1,000 



2,350 



775 



3,200 



300 



1,300 



900 



2,290 

 290 



1,280 

 130 



175 



65 



670 



90 



320 



115 



300 



1,350 



550 



3,325 



1,190 



990 

 500 



