Silver Lake, San Bernardino County, California. 1917.
Dates
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1917
Summary
Album caption: No caption. Handwritten notes on album caption: Same as photo nos. 36-39. Album caption for D. G. Thompson photo numbers 36-39: San Bernardino Co., Calif. Panorama, overlapping No. 35 at left. Looking west and northwest across Silver Lake playa from limestone point 1 mile north of town of Silver Lake, T. 15 N., R. 8 E., S.B.M. At right is low rock barrier separating Silver Lake from valley which drains to Death Valley; an old outlet is shown by a small, dark spot in lowest point of divide, just to left of black hill at extreme right. Between this and edge of playa are old strand lines from an inch to several inches high, marked by dead vegetation. Crucero quadrangle. Sept. 8, 1917. Handwritten note: WSP 578, [...]
Summary
Album caption: No caption.
Handwritten notes on album caption: Same as photo nos. 36-39.
Album caption for D. G. Thompson photo numbers 36-39: San Bernardino Co., Calif. Panorama, overlapping No. 35 at left. Looking west and northwest across Silver Lake playa from limestone point 1 mile north of town of Silver Lake, T. 15 N., R. 8 E., S.B.M. At right is low rock barrier separating Silver Lake from valley which drains to Death Valley; an old outlet is shown by a small, dark spot in lowest point of divide, just to left of black hill at extreme right. Between this and edge of playa are old strand lines from an inch to several inches high, marked by dead vegetation. Crucero quadrangle. Sept. 8, 1917. Handwritten note: WSP 578, 1929, pl. 31-B.
Index card: None for 619.
U. S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 578, 1929, Plate 31-B caption: Silver Lake, looking southwest, west, and north from hill at northeast edge of playa. Showing wave-cut cliffs at left, ancient beach, and outlet channel of Lake Mohave (marked x). The dark smooth surface is not water but hard clay.
Personal correspondence from Jeffrey Knott, Department of Geological Sciences, California State University - Fullerton on August 15, 2014: This is the north end of Silver Lake, about 10 miles north of Baker, California.
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