Columbus Marsh
| Columbus Marsh | |
|---|---|
  Columbus Marsh Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States | |
| Floor elevation | 4,511 ft (1,375 m)[1] |
| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 38°05′09″N 117°57′54″W / 38.0857632°N 117.9651076°W / 38.0857632; -117.9651076 |
Columbus Marsh is a playa in Nevada, United States. 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.[2]
References
- ^ "Columbus Salt Marsh". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
- ^ Hildebrand, GH. (1982) Borax Pioneer: Francis Marion Smith. San Diego: Howell-North Books. pp 16-21. ISBN 0-8310-7148-6
