On the occurrence of hanksite in California

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Abstract
THE best known locality of hanksite in California is Borax Lake, owned by the San Bernardino Borax Company.This lake lies in township twenty-five Sonth, range forty three East, Mount Diablo base and meridian, and in the northwest corner of San Bernardino county, the largest in the state, very near the Inyo county line.This vast deposit of soluble salts was discovered and located February 14, 1873, by Dennis Searles and E. M. Skillings.Up to the present time it has produced 10,500 tons of borax, and is still far from being exhansted.When the state becomes more populous, and facilities for cheaper transportation multiply, other minerals will also be exiracted, to the benefit of those interested, as well as to the State.The so•called "Dry Lake," "Alkali Flat" or "Salt Marsh," is a pan.like depression in the desert, ten miles long and five wide more or less.It is the sink of a wide spread water• shed and a small stream which heads some fifty miles south.It is the opinion of those who have long resided at or near the locality, that it is a secondary sink of Owens Valley and is partly fed by seepage from Owens and Little Lakes.The climate is generally very dry, but during some seasons, considerable water finds its way to this depression.Having no outlet, the water spreads out and forms a shallow lake or marsh.In the dry season the surface is covered with an alkaline incrustation, which is principally common salt.On the
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Authors H. G. Hanks
Journal american journal of science
Year 1889
DOI
10.2475/ajs.s3-37.217.63
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https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.s3-37.217.63
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