BULLETIN 61, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Basin. 
Bonneville. 
Steptoe 
Ruby 
Butte Valley... 
Murray 
White" Valley. . . 
Rush Valley 
Sevier 
Christmas Lake . 
Silver Lake 
Chewaucan — 
Summer Lake. 
Alkali Lake. 
Warner 
Harney 
Catlow 
Guano 
Surprise 
Long Valley. 
Duck Flat. . . 
Alvord 
White Horse 
Thousand Creek. 
Madeline 
Goose Lake 
Description. 
Klamath Lakes. 
Dixie Valley \ 
Fairview 
Edward's Creek 
Gabbs Valley j 
Acme 
Lulling. 
Garfield 
Teels 
Hun toon 
Monte Cristo . 
Columbus . . . 
Clayton 
Big Smoky... 
Smiths Creek. 
Kingston 
Goldfield 
Diamond Valley. 
Railroad Valley. 
Kawich 
Once tributary to 
Columbia River. 
Part of Bonneville. . 
....do 
....do 
....do 
....do 
....do 
....do 
Probably landlocked 
Part of Christmas 
Lake Basin. 
Landlocked 
(Abert Lake). 
Part of Chewaucan 
Basin. 
Landlocked 
....do 
Tributary to Colum- 
bia River. 
Probably tributary 
to Harney. 
Probably tributary 
to Catlow. 
Landlocked (maxi- 
mum area). 
Probably tributary 
to Surprise. 
Tributary to Sur- 
prise. 
Probably landlocked 
Tributary to Alvord. 
do 
Probablv landlocked 
Tributary to Pitt 
River. 
Tributary to Kla- 
math River. 
Landlocked 
Part of Dixie 
do 
Landlocked 
Probably tributary 
to Walker. 
Probably tributary 
to Rhodes. 
....do 
Probably landlocked 
(maximum area). 
Probably landlocked 
Landlocked 
do 
Doubtful 
Landlocked (includ- 
ing Big Smoky). 
Landlocked 
Probably tributary 
to Columbus. 
Probably tributary 
to Big Smoky. 
Tributary to" Big 
Smoky. 
Probably landlocked 
do 
Landlocked (maxi- 
mum area). 
Probably tributary 
to Railroad. 
Area. 
Basin. 
Square 
miles. 
57,960 
6,590 
1.200 
740 ! 
720 ; 
920 
700 
16, 375 
2; 750 
750 
1, 500 
560 
400 
2,000 
Penoyer.. 
Gold Flat. 
Emigrant. 
Yucca 
2,000 
1,000 
2,350 
775 
610 
3.200 
300 
1.300 
900 
2.660 
285 
400 
1.280 
130 
175 
65 
540 
90 
320 
115 
300 
5, 225 
550 
550 
1.190 
330 
930 
6, 340 
370 
Frenchman Flat. 
Indian Spring... 
Pint Water. . . 
Lee Canyon. . 
Sheep Range. 
Spring Valley. 
Gannett 
Opal Mountain. 
Mono 
Aurora 
Owens 
Searles . 
Panamint. 
Saline Valley 
Eureka Valley 
Deep Springs 
Kane 
Willard 
Granite Mountains 
Owl 
Death Valley 
Ralston. 
Stonewall Flat 
Sarcobatus Flat 
Pahrump Valley 
Mesquite Valley . 
Soda Lake 
Description. 
Probably tributary 
to Railroad. 
Probably landlocked 
Probably landlocked 
(maximum area). 
Probably tributary 
1 Frenchman 
Flat. 
Probably landlocked 
Tributary to Colo- 
rado River. 
....do 
....do 
Probablv landlocked 
Doubtful 
Tributary to Colo- 
rado River. 
Probably landlocked 
Landlocked 
Part of Mono 
Once tributary to 
Searles. 
Almost always land- 
locked (maximum 
area). 
Landlocked (area 
does not include 
Searles or Owens). 
Landlocked 
Probably landlocked! 
Landlocked ! 
Probablv landlocked 1 
do 
do 
do 
Landlocked (includ- 
ing Mojave and 
Amargosa). 
Part of Amargosa 
drainage. 
do 
do 
Area. 
Rodriguez Lake. 
Harper Lake 
Coyote Lake 
Cronese Lake 
Langford Lake . . 
Ivanpah 
Bristol Lake 
Tributary to Amar- | 
gosa (maximum 
area). 
Probably tributary j 
to the Amargosa. 
Part of Mojave , 
drainage. 
....do |. 
....do I. 
....do !. 
Square 
miles. 
1,000 
640 
1,000 
300 
740 
650 
730 
300 
300 
1.550 
150 
580 
770 
100 
2, 825 
4,850 
1,950 
825 
550 
190 
900 
250 
150 
60 
23, 160 
1.750 
343 
755 
1,400 
Cadiz Lake. 
Danby Lake. 
Mesquite Lake i 
Dale Lake 
....do 
do 
Landlocked 
Probably tributary 
to Colorado River. 
Tributary either to 
Danby" Lake or to I 
the "Colorado 
River. 
Probably tributary ! 
to Colorado River 
(maximum area). 
Tributary to Colo- 
rado River. 
....do 
350 
4,150 
The areas given m this table are understood to be approximate. For a description 
of the basins given the reader is referred to the bulletin already cited. 
Recent interest in the development of the potash resources of the United States 
has directed considerable attention to the possibilities of the Great Basin as a source 
of this compound. _ The Bureau of Soils and the United States Geological Survey have 
maintained investigators in this region for some time. Under the direction of the 
United States Geological Survey a bore has been sunk in the Carson Sink area to a 
depth of 985 feet. Many of the smaller basins have also been explored by shallow 
bores. Through the Bureau of Soils a study of the general conditions in these basins, 
