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Sand Pass is located at the southern end of the [[Smoke Creek Desert]].  The Western Pacific [[Railroad]] buildings are on the [[Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe | Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation]], so day use permits are required. In 1936, a gravel plant was constructed to provide gravel for maintaining the WP grade<ref>The Deseret News, "[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19360318&id=8IouAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b0cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6951,1745044 Railroad to Renew Grade]," March 18, 1936.  Description of gravel plant.</ref><ref>Theodore D. Overton, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=P_WKUKn3HzsC&lpg=PA63&ots=b3qU8Abi7B&dq=%22David%20Pennick%22%20gerlach&pg=PA63#v=onepage&q=%22David%20Pennick%22%20gerlach&f=false B046: Mineral resources of Douglas, Ormsby, and Washoe Counties]," B046, Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology, 1947. [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/b46.pdf Full version with lower resolution images]. Includes images of Fly Geyser, the Petrified Forest, Gerlach Hot Springs, Sand Pass that are in the collection at UNR.</ref>
Sand Pass is located at the southern end of the [[Smoke Creek Desert]].  The Western Pacific [[Railroad]] buildings are on the [[Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe | Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation]], so day use permits are required.  


[[Bonham Ranch]] is to the north and Flanigan and [[Pyramid Lake]] are to the south.
Lincoln (1923) states that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuller%27s_earth Fuller's earth] was found at Sand Pass, and that the Standard Oil Company prospected the area but found the deposit to not be economical<ref>Francis Church Lincoln, "[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011432807;view=1up;seq=252 Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada]," Verdi, Nev.: Nevada Newsletter Publishing Co., p. 238, 1923.</ref>.


In 1936, a gravel plant was constructed to provide gravel for maintaining the WP grade.<ref>The Deseret News, "[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19360318&id=8IouAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b0cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6951,1745044 Railroad to Renew Grade]," March 18, 1936.  Description of gravel plant.</ref><ref>Theodore D. Overton, "[http://ronhess.info/docs/b46_douglas_ormsby_washoe.pdf B046: Mineral resources of Douglas, Ormsby, and Washoe Counties]," B046, Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology, 1947. [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/b46.pdf Full version with lower resolution images]. Includes images of Fly Geyser, the Petrified Forest, Gerlach Hot Springs, Sand Pass that are in the collection at UNR.</ref>
In December, 1945, it was reported that calcareous marl from [[Sutcliffe]] was being used by the Lodi Fertilizer Company as a soil conditioner and that 60 car loads per month had been generated.  At Sand Pass, 470 acres of private land were under lease and at [[Zenobia]], 400 acres were under lease from the Indian department.  A sacking plant was planned for Zenobia.<ref>Nevada State Journal, "[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/nevada/reno/nevada-state-journal/1945/12-09/page-22?tag=zenobia+railroad&rtserp=tags/zenobia-railroad?psi=63&pci=7 Pyramid Marl Finds Market]," December 9, 1945, p. 22</ref>
Florence Drew was a telegraph operator at Sand Pass and later married Roland Bonham.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=f9gjAQAAIAAJ Nevada: The Silver State]," Vol. 2, p. 859, Western States Historical Publishers, 1970.</ref>
[[Bonham Ranch]] is to the north and Flanigan, the [[Never Sweat Hills]] and  [[Pyramid Lake]] are to the south.
[[Image:Cscrm_000335_07_access3675x2040.jpg|right|thumb|WPRR 1910 Timetable showing Sand Pass]]
[[Image:1930_D&RGW_WP.jpg|right|thumb|c. 1914 map of the W.P.R.R. showing Sand Pass]]
[[Image:1930_D&RGW_WP.jpg|right|thumb|c. 1914 map of the W.P.R.R. showing Sand Pass]]


== References ===
== References ==
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:843486 GNIS]
* [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/843486 GNIS]
** United States Geological Survey, Bureau of Graphical Names Folder [http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/feat_folder?p_file=805546 NV_843486_001_Sand Pass_frm_1965.pdf]
** United States Geological Survey, Bureau of Graphical Names Folder [http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/feat_folder?p_file=805546 NV_843486_001_Sand Pass_frm_1965.pdf]
* Helen S. Carlson, [https://encrypted.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&lpg=PA20&ots=KPJyVjaZya&dq=sheepshead%20nevada%20place%20names&pg=PA209#v=onepage&q=sheepshead&f=false Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary].
* Helen S. Carlson, [https://encrypted.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&lpg=PA20&ots=KPJyVjaZya&dq=sheepshead%20nevada%20place%20names&pg=PA209#v=onepage&q=sheepshead&f=false Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary].
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* [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/spphotos,5070 Civilian Conservation Corps, Sand Pass Well, G-86], photograph of the [[Gerlach CCC]] putting in a well at Sand Pass in 1940.
* [http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/u?/spphotos,5070 Civilian Conservation Corps, Sand Pass Well, G-86], photograph of the [[Gerlach CCC]] putting in a well at Sand Pass in 1940.


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[[Category:Nobles Trail]]
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[[Category:Smoke Creek Desert]]
[[Category:Smoke Creek Desert]]

Latest revision as of 20:34, 28 December 2021

Sand Pass is located at the southern end of the Smoke Creek Desert. The Western Pacific Railroad buildings are on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation, so day use permits are required.

Lincoln (1923) states that Fuller's earth was found at Sand Pass, and that the Standard Oil Company prospected the area but found the deposit to not be economical[1].

In 1936, a gravel plant was constructed to provide gravel for maintaining the WP grade.[2][3]

In December, 1945, it was reported that calcareous marl from Sutcliffe was being used by the Lodi Fertilizer Company as a soil conditioner and that 60 car loads per month had been generated. At Sand Pass, 470 acres of private land were under lease and at Zenobia, 400 acres were under lease from the Indian department. A sacking plant was planned for Zenobia.[4]

Florence Drew was a telegraph operator at Sand Pass and later married Roland Bonham.[5] Bonham Ranch is to the north and Flanigan, the Never Sweat Hills and Pyramid Lake are to the south.

WPRR 1910 Timetable showing Sand Pass
c. 1914 map of the W.P.R.R. showing Sand Pass

References

  1. Francis Church Lincoln, "Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada," Verdi, Nev.: Nevada Newsletter Publishing Co., p. 238, 1923.
  2. The Deseret News, "Railroad to Renew Grade," March 18, 1936. Description of gravel plant.
  3. Theodore D. Overton, "B046: Mineral resources of Douglas, Ormsby, and Washoe Counties," B046, Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology, 1947. Full version with lower resolution images. Includes images of Fly Geyser, the Petrified Forest, Gerlach Hot Springs, Sand Pass that are in the collection at UNR.
  4. Nevada State Journal, "Pyramid Marl Finds Market," December 9, 1945, p. 22
  5. Nevada: The Silver State," Vol. 2, p. 859, Western States Historical Publishers, 1970.

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