View of several seeps and gas discharge areas at Tipton Ranch in Pumpernickel Valley (PV-2) with Bret Pecoraro on the left. As of 2006, the Hot Springs (Tipton) Ranch area of Pumpernickel Valley has been leased to Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. and ORMAT Technologies Inc. for construction of a binary geothermal power plant. Photo by Lisa Shevenell. 9/12/2002