- Columbus Marsh
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Columbus Marsh Playa Country United States State Nevada District Esmeralda County Coordinates 38°4′56.254″N 117°57′51.57″W / 38.08229278°N 117.964325°W Timezone Pacific (UTC-8) - summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7) Topo map USGS Candelaria 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.[1]
References
- ^ Hildebrand, GH. (1982) Borax Pioneer: Francis Marion Smith. San Diego: Howell-North Books. pp 16-21. ISBN 0-8310-7148-6
Categories:- Landforms of Mineral County, Nevada
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