Columbus Marsh

Columbus Marsh
Columbus Marsh

Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA

Floor elevation 4,511 ft (1,375 m)[1]
Geography
Coordinates 38°05′09″N 117°57′54″W / 38.0857632°N 117.9651076°W / 38.0857632; -117.9651076Coordinates: 38°05′09″N 117°57′54″W / 38.0857632°N 117.9651076°W / 38.0857632; -117.9651076

Columbus Marsh is a playa in Nevada, USA. William Troup (or Troop) discovered cottonball borax at the site in 1870 or 1871. Joseph Mosheimer and Emile K. Stevenot who operated one of the borax concentrating plants at Columbus hired Francis Marion Smith to cut wood for their plant on nearby Miller Mountain in the Candelaria Hills. Smith subsequently discovered borax himself at Teel's Marsh, where he had sufficient financial success to expand and acquire the borax works at Columbus himself in 1880.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Columbus Salt Marsh". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
  2. ↑ Hildebrand, GH. (1982) Borax Pioneer: Francis Marion Smith. San Diego: Howell-North Books. pp 16-21. ISBN 0-8310-7148-6
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