History of Nevada; . range of mountains, in the southwesternportion of Elko County. In high water thej becomeunited, and form a sheet of brackish water aboutfifteen miles long, and seven miles wide. Theyhave no outlet, and are merely reservoirs, where thesurplus waters of the surrounding mountains accu-mulate, and are absorbed in the land and evaporatedin the dry summer. About twenty miles east isGosh-Ule Lake or pond, and to the northeast, aboutthe same distance, is Snow Lake. These are smaller,but possess the same characteristics as the GEOLOGY OF NEVADA. 113 DONNEll LAKE. Donner, i
History of Nevada; . range of mountains, in the southwesternportion of Elko County. In high water thej becomeunited, and form a sheet of brackish water aboutfifteen miles long, and seven miles wide. Theyhave no outlet, and are merely reservoirs, where thesurplus waters of the surrounding mountains accu-mulate, and are absorbed in the land and evaporatedin the dry summer. About twenty miles east isGosh-Ule Lake or pond, and to the northeast, aboutthe same distance, is Snow Lake. These are smaller,but possess the same characteristics as the GEOLOGY OF NEVADA. 113 DONNEll LAKE. Donner, iloiic}. Mono, and Owens Lakes, tliouijlinot within the State, yet forminj^ a ])arl of thatseries of reservoirs lyinijj aloiii; the rim of theGreat Basin, and near the line of Nevada, are j)er-haps entitled to a passing notice here. DonnerLake lies two and a half miles northwest of is about three miles long, one mile wide, and 200feet deep. This, and Lake Tahoe, are thought bysome to be craters of extinct volcanoes, the mount-ains around them presenting evidence of volcanicformation. The waters are cold, and clear as is surrounded on three sides with towering mount-ains, which are covered with a heavy growth of fir,8]iruce, and pine. Its watei-s are discharged intothe Truckee liiver. HONEY L.\KE Is a circular sheet of water, about ten miles across,and lies fitly miles north of Truckee City. Willowand Susan Creeks from the north, and Lone \^allcj-Creek from the south, supply its waters. It has nooutlet and its waters ar
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