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Spring, which furnishes a watering place on this road, near the pass,
issues a short distance north of the summit, on the hillside 300 yards
west of the road, and yields a seeping flow of good water.
KEANE SPRING (INYO 14).
Keane Spring has a somewhat larger flow than Daylight Spring
(Inyo 13). It issues on the western slope of the mountains, about 3
miles southwest of Daylight Spring, in a large wash some distance
south of the main road.
Like most of the desert springs, those in the Amargosa Range are
of essentially surface origin, and the two last described are hardly more
than seepages, but they are of sufficient permanence to be dependable
watering places and have long been used by travelers.
CHINA RANCH SPRINGS (INYO 36).
The China ranch is situated in the canyon of Willow Creek, half a
mile or more above its junction with Amargosa River and 5 miles
north of Sperry station on the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad.
Willow Creek is supplied by springs of considerable flow and of good
quality, which issue from sandstones and clays of Tertiary age that
form the canyon walls. The water is used to irrigate several acres of
alfalfa and garden vegetables, and the ranch forms one of the few
oases in the desert eastern part of the State. It is a stopping place
and supply point on one of the main desert routes between the mining
camps of eastern California and western Nevada. The springs were
visited by Fremont in 1844, when returning eastward from his
exploring expedition.
OWL SPRINGS (SAN BERNARDINO 5).
A number of small springs in the detached desert mountains and
ranges of San Bernardino County form watering places on the prin-
cipal routes of travel, these routes being, indeed, largely determined
by the locations of the springs. Owl Springs are on the road that
leads southwestward from South Death Valley to Randsburg, and
are about 2 miles north of the pass between Owl Mountains and
Avawatz Mountains. The water issues as seepages in trenches and
pits that have been dug in a wash. It is slightly saline but is the
only supply on the road for about 17 miles in either direction.

LEACHS SPRINGS (SAN BERNARDINO 7).
Leachs Springs, about 17 miles by road southwest of Owl Springs,
form one of the principal camping places between South Death Valley
and Randsburg. They are in a canyon on the northern side of Leach
Mountain, 3 or 4 miles south of the direct course of the road, but most
travelers leave the main road and make a night camp at the springs.