The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-06-17
ATLANTIC.PACIFlC WATER DITCH.
The Best Project on the West Side.
Chance for Capitalists.

All West Siders know that the Silver Bow
country IS almost destitute Of water, that q
vast extent Of its rich pl"cers, covering over
q hundred square miles, lie above the line al
the bitches now constructed, and that in
then, q good head of wafer lasts but few
weeks, and the rates charged arc sufficient
tn exhaust the product IF fair mining
ground. To remedy this deficiency, tho
Humphrey BrOtIIcrs-G. .. and u. A. Hum.
phrcy- in 1868 the construction
of ditch 10 carry the waters Of the Boulder
aud tributaries on the high c"un,ry above
Butte, thence 10 be distributed over the en-.
tire field. They selected. on the east side Of
the range, lat this place I, 600 feet his'l the
der, rs u receiving reservoir, and by !, 900
inch ditch. six miles long. bring back to
this reservoir the waters IF Willow. Beaver
and Me- Perez creeks. Across the Boulder,
where ii broke through from the lake. will
liz thrown dam $40 teet wide and 10 feet
high. thus forming lake six miles in cir.
cumferrence and 10 feet deep at an altitude
Of 6,4OO Into tie centre Of this an open
cut leads up and connecting with this cut a
2,UOO feet tunnel through the Main Range
will carry the water 10 the Pacific Slope,
and thence u ditch ~ to Is miles in length
will convey the water To the reservoir above
Butte, having an altitude &. 100 feet, or 800
feet aluve Butte City, and $50 feet above
Silver Bow Creek.
For three years, against protests Of its i'm.
practiCaOiiity, ald enormous cost, and Ut
The expenditure vi every dollar they had in
the world, the Humphrey Brothers have
prosecuted this work. There ren.ai"s now
Tut aO"ut QUO feet Ut The tunnel 10 run,
about 3OO # which il through, r'ck and the
tn
the Pacific slope. From there the building
of the ditch is u comparatively light job 1t
has already cost some $25 100 or $50. 600,
and probably il will require not more than
II. OUO or u, UOO u complete 1t, when II will
become the best paying property in MOn>
txna IL delivers waler on vast placer,
rich and enduring. that cah be supplied
from no other source. The streams that
supply it are unfailing. The pruciicabi:ity
Ut TIE project il now beyond question. Its
waters can be sold from three To six times.
ant it will give employment to ut least 2. 600
l,en from the FIRST water flow in the spring
ill it freezes in the fall. Unfortunately,
however, tor theO wners and the country, the
Humphrey Brothers have not had sufficient
mcai.s Ia finish their enterpris aud nothing
has been done The present year.
To complete u they have abandoned their
(utIJouCu OOJCCS VI JClNSuIux tue eUJIIe
ownership Ut II. and are now about To in.
corporate II ~ JOINT stuck association on .
capital Oa-is Of ~, QUO. In shares Of $lOO
each, and we are glad ~ learn that some of
the wesllhlest snu shrewde.t business men
in Deer LOdge county are fav0nbly inclined
toward il. Il 10 confidently asserted il will
repay the $75.O in TIRES months from the
day water 10 turned in. A much smaller
ditch vt Butte, betOngiug To the same Dar.
ties, and ~ low that lhs water could only
he sold once Or twice, paid tl,O00 Per day
in 1853
We have devoted considerable SPACE TO
this PROJECT, Int we csusidef Il one Ut ln,>
p0risncs ~ tlss county; thal Is will pay the
builders IN Immense return, give employ.
msnt 70 vast number Vt men, and II ] i'm.
u.ensely " lbs goId product Of Dess Ldge
0r. Humphrey " now ~ town " eliscs the
incuspussss0n Vt Tbs company, and ~ AOpe
shortly " 80 u perfected aud the Atlantic
Hncific Company On = footing that viii In
enc ~ ssly conplsaioo.