Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-08-05
Continued from Yesterday.)

NHAI 10 tno VulIcy or auOQC S,UUO
acres between lower Susie aud Maggie
creeks. Here AGO acres ure owned
but none Of it cultivated. The re-
malnder is good Lind. The waters of
the streams arc only legally appro-
priated III one case where less than
20 acres are irrigated on Susie creek.
On Maggie creek, three miles above
the head Of thie lower valley, is a tine
storage point foe wateri and IL second
aoe equally us good or better lays at
the lower end OF upper Susie ten
miles above. Near tho head Of upper
Maggie Creek Valley is anot;l Or place
containing over $4,000 acres of bench
lands we'll watered. Nearly all OF this
is taken up but none cultivated, it
being owneI and used for pasturage.
Iu Squaw Valley is another chance
for COLONY. Here tho lower part If
the vallay is taken up 10y stock COIL
pany, and the ouly reservoir in the
county is located. THIS reservoir at
present furnishes water to irrigate g.
600 acres fall that are under cultIva-
tion) and the company are clearing
Off as much more TO be irrigated by
tho same reservoir. Where Rock
Creek leaves Squaw Valley is Il splen-
did chance for Il reservoir, and water
Can be stored and used in Rock creek
Basin, five. miles below. Only 1000
acres are taken in, tho bas and fully
10000 acres could DO irrigated by stor-
ing the waters above. =: ; .a.-l
These are the best points in the
Humboldt division for colonies to To-
cate, or for capital to bs invested in
storing water and bringing it upon
good agricultural lands 10 largo quan-
titles and to cover large tracts. Bat
they are only what are doomed the
best. In other places are chances
that may be equally as good. These
mentioned are only the ones that IL !,
positive can be successfully colonized;
anH it is certain that in tina places de-
scrlbcd the estimates as to amount of
lands That can be irrigated arc rather
under than over the mark.
THE COST OF STORAGE
Or water and bringing it upon the
land cannot be accurately given, rs so
little has been done in this State; but
an estimate, based upon the actual
cost Of constructing dams for reser-
voirs, and canals, in other irrigating
States Of tho Union, is $40 per mere
where the waters are stored and long
expensive canals constructed.
SETTLEMENTS IN SALT LAKE DIVISION.
The chances for the single settler
or for colony are less than in tho
Humboldt division, but where found,
are eqnally'as good. In Rock Creek
Valley two places might be settled 10
on. The upper one lays along the
west side near the head Of the valley,
north west Of Rock Springs. Small
storage points can be found and about
1000 acres put under cultivation.
Lower down in the valley, on the
bench lands west OF the creek bottom
and on the bottom itself are 10000
acres OF good land. Four reservoir
points, on es many creeks, can be
utilized to storo wator and bring up
on these lands; most OF which is Of
the second group. t -.
THOUSAND SPRING VALLEY,
At the upper part offers good chance
rs fur as amount OF land il concerned,
but the water must be stored to DO
effeptive, and tho storage point Is
poor. The water could be taken
southeast OF thu creek upon the
large valley where there arc. near
~ Go,o00 acres OF good land,