Twenty-six miles in a northeast direction from Walters Station, on the
line of the S. P. R. R., at an altitude of 3,004 feet, is Cottonwood
Springs. A range of mountains, in which occur granitic and metamorphic
rocks and eruptive dikes, strikes east and west across the desert, and
in these occur several springs. There is but one mine in the immediate
vicinity of the springs, and this is known as