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Confidence Niter bed, Confidence Mine millsite, Inyo County, California, USAi
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Confidence Niter bed- not defined -
Confidence Mine millsite- not defined -
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° North , 116° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~1km
GRN:
N24W68
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Mindat Locality ID:
259171
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:259171:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Further study of the area's niter beds was undertaken by the U.S. Government in 1912 and 1914, and by the California Nitrate Development Company in 1914 and 1916. The only concrete results of all this study and testing were recommendations that further tests and studies be made. Finally, in 1922, the USGS issued the definitive report of the niter deposits of the region. Eleven deposits in and near south Death Valley were exhaustively studied, including the two major deposits within the Monument boundaries: the Saratoga bed, lying south and southwest of Saratoga Springs, and the Confidence bed, running ten miles north and south of a point directly opposite of the Confidence Mill site.Latschar, 1981

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References

[1]Latschar, John A. (1981), U.S. National Park Service, Historic Preservation Branch, Pacific Northwest/Western Team, Denver Service Center, Death Valley – Historic Resource Study – A History of Mining, Volume II (Parts 1 and 2): Part 2: IV.D.3.b)(1).
www.nps.gov (2008) http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/deva/contents.htm
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