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1967 Map of Ninemile Mtn SW

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Ninemile Mtn SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Rauch Ranch and a series of remote water sources anchor this high-desert landscape in Elko County, mapped during the late 1960s. The terrain is defined by the deep incisions of Twentyone Mile Draw and Kane Canyon, which carve through the high plateaus and ridges. Human activity is sparse and focused on water access, evidenced by several uniquely named wells such as Toilet Well No 1, Toilet Well No 2, and the Eightyfoot Well.

A Jeep Trail provides the primary means of traversal through the undulating landscape, leading toward Ives Pass in the southeast. Natural water features like North Spring and Lewis Spring suggest the critical nature of these points for ranching and survival in the Great Basin. The grid-like surveying lines of Range 66 and 67 East intersect here, marking the structured division of this otherwise isolated territory.