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[[underlined]] Salt Valley [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]] Sept.2 [[/underlined]]. Followed the bottom of valley about 30 miles north between the Guadalupe & Cornudas Mts. ^[[& camped]] about 10 miles south of the lower end of Dog Canyon out in the middle of valley. The valley is 10 to 30 miles wide, flat bottomed with partly sloping sides. The lowest part is opposite Guadalupe Peak & is occupied by numerous larg, shallow lakes of salt & alkaline water. At present since the unusually heavy rains these lakes nearly fill the playas & water has been running in the connecting channels between. The whole bottom part of the valley is approximately level & the soil is usually full of alkalie, lime, or gypsum or salt. 

Only the south & north ends of the Guadalupe range have been visable, as the front range of rough limestone ridges cuts out the middle part.

In passing the Carnudas we had a good view of them as they appear, a sharp little group of craters & peaks of lava. The Sacramentos appear as a blue ridge far to the north. A low range of rocky hills, apparently limestone, lies just west of camp