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* [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/geothermal/site.php?sid=Fly%20Ranch Fly Ranch section] of Larry J. Garside, John Harold Schilling, Mackay School of Mines, "Thermal waters of Nevada," Volume 91 of Bulletin (Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology)
* [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/geothermal/site.php?sid=Fly%20Ranch Fly Ranch section] of Larry J. Garside, John Harold Schilling, Mackay School of Mines, "Thermal waters of Nevada," Volume 91 of Bulletin (Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology)
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20050117151751/http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/geothermal/photos/Thumb2.jpg Archive.org copy of The Thumb, north of Fly Ranch Geyser, formed from the discharge of a 1916 well.]
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20070714145932/http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/geothermal/site.php?sid=Fly%20Ranch Archive.org version of the above with working links to images.]
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20040109051436/http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/geothermal/pix.php?id=FlyGeyserWell Archive.org copy of Larry Garside at The Thumb, which is a travertine deposit developed over Geyser Well, a water well drilled in 1916 near Ward's Hot Springs (FlyRanch), Washoe County. Photo by Patricia Garside. about 1970]
** [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/b91/Washoe.pdf Washoe chapter] of "Thermal waters of Nevada"
** [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/b91/Washoe.pdf Washoe chapter] of "Thermal waters of Nevada"



Revision as of 08:33, 28 December 2012

UPDATE: May 2011: Friends of Black Rock is able to offer tours of the geyser during the annual Black Rock Rendezvous

UPDATE: Sept 2010: Please see their website gotgeysers.com


The Fly Ranch was first homesteaded in the late 1800s by Fred Gerlach, son of Louis, for whom the town of Gerlach was named. Later it was a part of the John Casey estate, until it was sold to Todd Jaksick (Bright Holland Corporation) in 1998. The feature known as "Fly Geyser" has attracted a substantial amount of interest since it developed from a leaking geothermal well into a striking colorful spouting statue, sitting on a dais of mud amidst ponds of warm water and thriving plants. The property is generally off limits to visitors because of liability and vandalism concerns.


   


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