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Old Razorback Mountain (5495 ft.) is located south of [[Trego]] and [[Frog (Garrett Ranch) Springs]].
Old Razorback Mountain (5495 ft.) is located south of [[Trego]] and [[Frog (Garrett Ranch) Springs]].


The GNIS cites the name as "Original township survey plats, published in the 1800's. 1950".  The mountain is in [http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/Mount_Diablo_Meridian/R25E/T33N Township 33 North, Range 25 East].  Unfortunately, the [http://www.delamare.unr.edu/Maps/digitalcollections/nvmaps/plats/plats1.html Plats of Nevada State Lands] does not include that Township.
The GNIS cites the name as "[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/survey/default.aspx?dm_id=388884#surveyDetailsTabIndex=1 Original township survey plats, published in the 1800's. 1950]".  The mountain is in [http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/Mount_Diablo_Meridian/R25E/T33N Township 33 North, Range 25 East].  Unfortunately, the [http://www.delamare.unr.edu/Maps/digitalcollections/nvmaps/plats/plats1.html Plats of Nevada State Lands] does not include that Township. Jones (1980) includes nearby townships, but not that township.


The mountain is also known as "Mount Trego", "Trego Mountain", and "Trego Peak" and as "Sleeping Elephant".
The mountain is also known as "Mount Trego", "Trego Mountain", and "Trego Peak" and as "Sleeping Elephant".  Trego Peak and Sleeping Elephant are not commonly used.
 
The  [http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s/5bd142 1881 Gibbs map of California and Nevada] and the [http://www.loc.gov/item/98688513/ 1893 Rand McNally map] indicate that "Boiling Butte" might be another name for the mountain.  In 1903, Griffiths described the flora found on Boiling Butte.


[[File:OldRazorbackFarSide.jpg|thumb|Wallace R. Hansen, "[http://libraryphoto.cr.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/show_picture.cgi?ID=ID.%20Hansen,%20W.R.%20%2067ct Northeast toward Black Rock desert] from [http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/Mount_Diablo_Meridian/R24E/T32N sec. 11, T. 32 N., R. 24 E.] Pershing County, Nevada. 1969." USGS.
[[File:OldRazorbackFarSide.jpg|thumb|Wallace R. Hansen, "[http://libraryphoto.cr.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/show_picture.cgi?ID=ID.%20Hansen,%20W.R.%20%2067ct Northeast toward Black Rock desert] from [http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/Mount_Diablo_Meridian/R24E/T32N sec. 11, T. 32 N., R. 24 E.] Pershing County, Nevada. 1969." USGS.
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[[File:OldRazorbackBlackRockDesertJanuary2013.jpg|thumb|Christopher Brooks, view of Old Razorback Mountain from Inspiration Point, January, 2013.]]
[[File:Trego Mountain from Pahsupp.jpg|thumb|Old Razorback Mountain from Pahsupp.]]


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:856508 GNIS], [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gazpublic/getgooglemap?p_lat=40.7424009&p_longi=-119.1426793&fid=856508 Map]
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:856508 GNIS], [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gazpublic/getgooglemap?p_lat=40.7424009&p_longi=-119.1426793&fid=856508 Map]
** Citation: [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/survey/default.aspx?dm_id=388884#surveyDetailsTabIndex=1 Original township survey plats, published in the 1800's. 1950]
** Variant: Mount Trego.  Citation: Carlson, Helen S., 'Nevada Place Names, A Geographical Dictionary,' Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press, 1974, 282 pp. Reference work giving historical background on place names in Nevada. p234
* [http://www.nevadadot.com/uploadedFiles/NDOT/Traveler_Info/Maps/pershingcounty1954_001.pdf Pershing County Road Map], 1954.  Shows "Old Razorback Mtn."
* [http://www.nevadadot.com/uploadedFiles/NDOT/Traveler_Info/Maps/pershingcounty1954_001.pdf Pershing County Road Map], 1954.  Shows "Old Razorback Mtn."
* Helen S. Carson, [http://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&lpg=PA234&dq=%22Mount%20Trego%22&pg=PA234#v=onepage&q=%22Mount%20Trego%22&f=false Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary]," p. 234.  The entry for [[Trego]] says that Trego is at the foot of Mount Trego.
* David Griffiths, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=qDQSAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA25&ots=qH_IcBxxyb&dq=%22Boiling%20Butte%22&pg=PA25#v=onepage&q=%22Boiling%20Butte%22&f=true Forage Conditions and Problems in Eastern Washington Eastern Oregon Northeastern California and Northwestern Nevada]," p. 25, US Department of Agriculture, 1903.  A thorough description of the flora found on Boiling Butte and the Granite Range.
* Helen S. Carlson, [http://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&lpg=PA234&dq=%22Mount%20Trego%22&pg=PA234#v=onepage&q=%22Mount%20Trego%22&f=false Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary]," p. 234.  The entry for [[Trego]] says that Trego is at the foot of Mount Trego.
** Carlson cites Trego, Robert, "[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/nevada/reno/nevada-state-journal/1955/10-23/ Black Rock Desert Roads]," Nevada State Journal, October 23, 1955, p10-11, which mentions [[Trego]]
** Carlson cites "General Highway Maps.  Prepared by Nevada State Highway Departmet, Planning and Survey Division, in cooperation with U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Public Roads 1959-1971 (GHM)," p.260.
*** [http://www.nevadadot.com/uploadedFiles/NDOT/Traveler_Info/Maps/pershingcounty1954_001.pdf Pershing County Road Map], 1954.  Shows "Old Razorback Mtn."
* Peggy McGuckian Jones, "[https://archive.org/details/emigranttrailsin00jone Emigrant Trails In the Black Rock Desert, Technical Report No. 6]," 1980, BLM. 
* Corpsfuds, [http://www.corpsfuds.com/reports/other/J09NV1116realPropertyReport.pdf Lovelock South Gunnery Range Real Property Report]," p. 106. The Pershing County Assessors Map for T 33 N, R 25 E shows "Mt. Trego".
* Corpsfuds, [http://www.corpsfuds.com/reports/other/J09NV1116realPropertyReport.pdf Lovelock South Gunnery Range Real Property Report]," p. 106. The Pershing County Assessors Map for T 33 N, R 25 E shows "Mt. Trego".
* [http://www.pershingcountynv.net:5442/docs/BK2PG10.tif Pershing County Assessors Book 2, Page 10] (1973_ shows "Mt. Trego"
* Gibbs, "[http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s/5bd142 California and Nevada]," Map, 1881.  "Boiling Butte" might be a name for the Old Razorback Mountain.
* [https://archive.org/details/mineralresources142unit Mineral Resources of the United States, 1914--Part II--Nonmetals"]  Discussion of drilling in the center of the playa for Potash: "The site selected for the boring is in the center of the Black Rock Desert, about 4 J miles due north of the flag station Trego, on the Western Pacific Railway, and 18 miles northeast of Gerlach, a division point on the railroad."  Includes a map dated October, 1913 that names [[Old Razorback Mountain]] as "White Mtn" and [[Steamboat Mountain]] as "Red Knob", see the [http://blackrockdesert.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:TregoMap1913.png Trego 1913 Map].
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Revision as of 05:01, 3 January 2016

Old Razorback Mountain (5495 ft.) is located south of Trego and Frog (Garrett Ranch) Springs.

The GNIS cites the name as "Original township survey plats, published in the 1800's. 1950". The mountain is in Township 33 North, Range 25 East. Unfortunately, the Plats of Nevada State Lands does not include that Township. Jones (1980) includes nearby townships, but not that township.

The mountain is also known as "Mount Trego", "Trego Mountain", and "Trego Peak" and as "Sleeping Elephant". Trego Peak and Sleeping Elephant are not commonly used.

The 1881 Gibbs map of California and Nevada and the 1893 Rand McNally map indicate that "Boiling Butte" might be another name for the mountain. In 1903, Griffiths described the flora found on Boiling Butte.

Wallace R. Hansen, "Northeast toward Black Rock desert from sec. 11, T. 32 N., R. 24 E. Pershing County, Nevada. 1969." USGS.
Christopher Brooks, view of Old Razorback Mountain from Inspiration Point, January, 2013.
Old Razorback Mountain from Pahsupp.

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