Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-08-16
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Las Jet Of the ksxS o. Ssinoa
HrerSTS Sun CSeei B4sin-and the
heal o: The Branear, lays t~;reea
the hs4ds Of Mans R.ss and North
Forx- The main stream foxs nearly
due Forth tlroEsh the valley. and
frDro the bead 10 Ebere il lesrrs the
State Is abcui IS miles The upper
psrt OF the valley Is a rolling bench
land about Eve miles vide. xatertd
by streams that sow frpn the mount
airs'ons The Ee<t Ehrye they are the
highest 'rreire miles belox ibe
hesd the beoch lands merge into
rolling bills, and tbEt part Of the rA-
ley where the settlers hare mainly
located commences and extends
north about fifteen miles; then tie
stream enters the same kind OF mar
rou, drep gorge Eist Salmon river
6oes1forstbe Reminder q the distance
in the county. There are about 1900
acres Of good lang il this valley and
over tso-third- OF Il there is water
for Tue c1uctsy IS still uusuryeyed
and may .ot De surveyed for s1pe
ume innIess s=i;ters desire it
3sunea6 n:nioS district or Mardis,
is lated II the Douutains near the
basin. This is aiming camp having
coSi. Lfsf ieiges- c~atryins rich ore
Dlt the iac4 =: transportation facilities
haN- .Snderei it an impossioili;y 10
successfully work the mines The
setiISsshsye- no market for thAir
agricultural products, and depeud
almost entirely on stock raising for a
Lying, , East OF the basin the mount
aims are covered with timber, and
there is the only place 10 the
count! where pine and other trees
grow large enough for lumber;
In fact, il Is the only place north a
the railroad where there is timb-r in
any quantity in the State II would
almost pay 10 construct a narruw
gauge railroad from Deeth into this
timber belt for thetimber trade alone,
without countiny the large mineral
and agricultural COUNTRY that would
lie oper-. The land is almost all Of
the first group and lays GOO feei AMI
O.et atoIe tHe Sci level
EAST owYHEE VALLEY
Lays We: OF Brnneau Basin and
north OF -. upper North Fork Valley.
This valley is.ip three parts. The
upper part consists OF 4 rolling BEECH
land laying in the north end Of the
large valley OF which Upper North
Fork,f Pie Creek aid Cpper Susie
Creek Valleys are parts OF. From the
iowanvidsI which separates the tgo
valleys the bench lard slopes grad
usiiy north seYaa miles covering l5,-
000 acres Of good land all OF which
a be irrigated. To the north east
Of this valley the land Is m]opntainous
but 20: rugged. rising gradually to-
wardsfhe BruDeau range with small
'ben6i lands aud valleys covering
fr ,GI terto two hundred acres 81
good land where crops oan t- raised
wiih littls or no irrigation. In this
country is Island Mountain mining
district, about five milss from the
mail, valley, consisting OF both quartz
and placer I,ines. The placer mines
have. been worked for years but are
not very rich. The quartz mines are
, rich, carrying gold and silver, but
need better railroad facilities than
nox before they can he successfully
worked: The upper main valley is
oyer 500 feet in elevation and sub
ject TO deep snow fall in the Winter;
out, what partly il not more titan
countersalaHces that, it aiPo has con-
siderable rain fall ia tho Summer
rendering irrigation almost unnecas.
sary. Atiie lower end ofthe valley
the river flows north-westerly four
miles, breaking through IA mountain
inthat distance, aud then flows north
w~estacross another valley about ten
miles long and containing 1900 ncres
III good land all OF which could he
irrigated. These lands lay on the
benches Considerably above tho Ever
On the south west side are several
settlers irrigatiHg about 900 acres OF
land with the streams that flow frolu
Bull Run mountains At the lover
end of this valley is located Cope
mining district, and Mountain City is
on the right side o; the river a shor,
distance down the canyon. This
district has cool placer and quartz
mines. but they cannot be worked
with profit now. Below the valley
the river again flows through n can.
yon or Eosge in the mountains for
about eight miles, where it enters the
largest aud best valley in this division
called ada:'. III
aisbtuH vAii.EY.
nj - At -.
This yale, is at present inside tho
Duck VuasY Indian Reservation. 1t
covers ovsf1oaouo ucres Of land. 49,.
900 mres or which are ia Nevada md
the rest 10 Idaho. Oftha $1,000 acres
in this State fully 10000 acrcs could
be irri. '1t"'. Tho valley was at ono
time M Old axe bed. "ad in high