Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-25

LIZZIE Logan, Ifllla kOsstf, May heN ser,
Bobbia Drake, Emma Parkinson, ks;ie
Driesbach. Dannie Quill.
Eighth Grade Belle Hanson. Mary
Pechner, Cora C!eaver. Edith Anderson.
Ida Edwards, Lizzie Lnfkin, Mary
Benoi,. Edith White, May Mccormack.
Celia McCarty. Alice Farrell. Nelly FL
sew. Gerry Fiddler, Laura Gaige. Dora
Bergman. Frank Oliver. Willie CaviL
Gus Moore, Charley Barklay, Llton
Cleayer. leroy Parkinson. Eeorg" Fryer,
koueft farTow.
N.RlKTTs Lar. ritaa:sd in the Sierra
Abou. E!ne mil-s !i;tie north ~ west "t
Carson, is 10 afford the main supply for
the Virginia Water Company pipes and
;irme Al present Franktovn creek is
the sourc- Of supply "f water Tor this
compsny: and though -ufficlenI for
Ordinary household purposes, it is made
quat. for tie supply Of the miif-, for
whic:.. on account % It's purity, il is
greatly superior 10 that raised floE. the
mines. To obtain the desired amount
of water the company are about laying
another pipe, parallel with the present
one. across the south end of Nashoe
Valley. From their reservoir in the
they will construct iiume
some five or six miles to the most favor
able place for tunnel TO Narlette Lake.
This tunnel will be six by seven feet,
abozt a mile long, and will be three or
four hundred feet beneath the summit
OF tne mountain. There are nov some
fifty men at work grading for the tiume
and preparing for the construction OF the
tuuael through which the hume will be
ruR The aume from the reservoir to
the tunnel will he OF size sufficient to
run wood therein, for which purpose II
will be used portion of the time. The |
lake above mentioned, which took its /,
nams from our eX-surveyor general. by |
when il was formerly claimed, few
years ago covered only thirty to forty |
acres, but by building q dam some ten or |
tweIce feet high and TIVE rty-h i've or thirty |
feet long at its narrow outlet into Lake
Tahoe, General Earlette caused the
water TO cover three or four hundred
acres. The extent of the lake can very
ea,ily he greatly increased. ana dontt-
les will be enlarged. It il capable of
being made al immense reservoir. 1t is
led Ir mounta.n nrrin, :, aud the ridges
surrounding the lake are seldom free Of
Snow. At pIesent there are immense
bodies Of snow, many acres in extent. on
the summit between Carson and this
lake. Our informant. who passed that
10 Loot fu.
men lin the employ of our lellOw-citiZen
whose family are now liV-
ing on the summit, engaged in opening
4 wood road across in the direction Of
he lake. They had shOveled passage
way through tbs snow banks al irregu-
ar intervals. leaving snow walls on either
lani from two to fifteen feet high. They
we're protected from snow blindness by
,reen goggles that also disguise but
would never ornament the human eoun-
enauce. The pine forest in the vicinity
# the lake is vet comparatively undis-
urbod. 4 few deserted Iudely con5true
ed voodmeu's or hunters cabins are in
he vicinity Of the lake. From tho
oLth end Of the lake the Summit tume
5 supplied with wafer, through tunnel,
shich il carried by way of Spooner's
tat!On ana Clear creek TO the south END .
# Carson. From the summit west OF
arson, and not far distant from the
idge in sight from the town, the eieva-
ion is sufficient to bring into view Mar
stte lake, Lake Tahoe, Washoe lake.
arson Valley with its winding river, ]
succession Of snowy mountains. rocky i
caks. brown hills and pine forests.
lie difficulties overcome in gaining the
anmit, the trip to the lakes Is easy and -
lters5tiGg.
Asus CANYON. to the west q town,
Nv years ago the scene Of much activ-
y il the wood business, and the loca- =
on Of a lumber mill and quartz mill, 4
,0m present Indications VIII soon be- i
oms as silent as it is supposed to have :
cen before the settlement Of this sec
ION by white men. lis timber has dis