Report of the State Mineralogist . nes. Ten men employed on construction, and in haul-ing material and supplies for plant. Charles Trumble, superintendent;home office, Biff Pine, California. INYO COUNTY. 297 SALT. Sodium chloride is deposited as a major ingredient in the saline crustsof Death Valley, Saline Valley, and Salt Wells Valley, and in the watersof Owens Lake. It occurs in smaller amounts in the niter beds thatborder the Amargosa River. The only production in the county is nowfrom the Saline Valley deposits. Bibl.: Bull. 24, The Saline Deposits of California. Owens Valley Salt Company
Report of the State Mineralogist . nes. Ten men employed on construction, and in haul-ing material and supplies for plant. Charles Trumble, superintendent;home office, Biff Pine, California. INYO COUNTY. 297 SALT. Sodium chloride is deposited as a major ingredient in the saline crustsof Death Valley, Saline Valley, and Salt Wells Valley, and in the watersof Owens Lake. It occurs in smaller amounts in the niter beds thatborder the Amargosa River. The only production in the county is nowfrom the Saline Valley deposits. Bibl.: Bull. 24, The Saline Deposits of California. Owens Valley Salt Companys Deposit. It is 12 miles in airlinenortheast of Swansea, where companys mill is situated. The depositis in the lowest depression of Saline Valley. The deposit is worked dur-ing the summer months, and a sufficient supply is harvested to operatethe mill during the year. Under lease to Taylor Milling Company,1520 San Fernando road, Los Angeles, California • G. W. Russell, super-intendent. Bibl.: U. S. G. S. Bull. 540, pp. Photo No. 35. Bed of silica 8 feet thick near Shoshone, Inyo County. Associated OilCompanys deposit. Photo by T. P. Henderson. SILICA. Shoshone Silica Deposit. The deposit is situated ^ mile west ofShoshone, a station on the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad. Holdings consist of two placer claims, 320 acres, recently purchasedfrom R. J. Fairbanks of Shoshone. Elevation 1,700 feet. In low hillson the western edge of Amargosa Valley, beds of silica 8 feet thickoccur in the Pleistocene sediments. The deposit has been developed andprospected by a series of pits. Its extent has been proven 1,000 feet innorth and south direction, and about 800 feet in an eastern working, the deposit is first stripped of its clay overburden, whichis from 2 to 10 feet thick. Material is sacked and shipped to the Asso-ciated Oil Companys refining plant. It is used for filtering and puri- 298 MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES. fying oils. Twenty men employed. Owners, Assoc
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