24 The Springs of Southern Nevada. [ January, 
a very large boulder of conglomerate, or more strictly of breccia, 
. transported from 
some distance, from 
the under side of 
which the water of 
the spring gushes 
into a little pool or 
basin it has made 
for itself. From this 
basin the water, 
overflowing, trav- 
erses fora few yards 
the gravelly bed of 
the wash, when it 
sinks and is seen no 
more. The huge 
boulder that shad- 
ows this little basin 
with its overhang- 
ing edge is mainly 
‘sale composed of a very 
S| 
Hh hard arenaceous 
matrix, in which 
are seen imbedded 
many rounded peb- 
bles of various 
sizes, and also large 
angular fragments 
of rock. The most 
remarkable t hing 
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i was the fact that it 
had only been running about two years, having suddenly sprung 
into existence, the miners said, since they had been in the vicinity. 
Upon the eastern edge of the Amargoza Desert is quite a large 
area called Ash Meadows; so named from a small species of ash 
tree growing there. The meadows are covered with good grass 
and are well watered by numerous warm springs. 
-The principal spring was about thirty feet in diameter and situ- 
ated at the foot of a small butte. The water issued from the 
~ bottom, through a tufaceous mass of rock. 
about this spring - 
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