Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-07-27
ELKO COUNTY.
Its Location and Size.
TOPOGRAPHY AND HEIGHT ABOVE
THE SEA LEVEL.
Its Mining and Agricultural Re-
sources.
"A Full Description of the County.
A Full Description of the County.
(coMMUNIcATED.)
Continued from Saturday.
SALT LAKE DIVISION.
ROCK CREEK VALLEY

DALI LAKE DIVISION.
ROCK CREEK VALLEY
Lays the farthest north in this di-
vision. The headwaters flow from
the same high mountain that Little
Goose creek and the main tributary
OF Salmon river on the east derive
their source. From this mountain,
which is only 10 miles south of the
Idaho line and 20 west of the Utah
boundary, the head of the valley is
about 5 miles southeast and the
general course trihe west of south
for IL miles To where it joins Thou
sand Spring Valley. Six miles be-
low the head are the Rock Springs
on the old emigrant road. This was
the first water on the south side Of
the watershed between The Great
BASIN and Columbia river struck by
the eInigranLs when they turned
south to get into the humboldt
Valley. The valley is about live miles
WIDE. Rock Spring Greek flows
along the east side and the bottom
along the creek is about three-auar.
ters of u mile wide. East of the crock
are rolling hills. No streams flow in
To the valley from this side. On the
west the valley is broken into bench
lands, and watered by four large
streams und several Smaller ones.
These are living streams at their
heads in the mountains and for some
distance into the valley; and during
The Spring months enormous quuntl.
Ties Vi water flow " waste from melt
Inv SHOWS. Owing to The peculiar
formation OF country these streams
How across there are the storage
points on all Of them. They rise hi
The high mountains on the West, and,
after flowing q couple miles froui
those mountains, meet and break
through u low range of hills that
trend north and south. At each place
OF such breakage there is q deep,
narrow canyon, and, back of tia level
valley, forming the necessary reSer-
volr basin. Tnere are no ranches in
tho valley. About $1,000 acres OF
land could be irrigated III the valley
and there are over 10000 acres more
for which it IL thought there will be
no water 10 irrIgate. The land along
EiOck Creek bottom and most Of the
bonch lands are Of the second group
The oLner lands ure OF the first group.
| THOUSAND SPRING VALLEY
1eads almost due nor TN OF the town
Of Wells 10 miles distant and just
north OF Upper Bishop creek, 1t
drains north 10 miles and receives the
waters OF four large streams in that
distance, which rise in the Tuber
crock mountains on the west. Then
it drains southeast 7 miles and turns
mort beast for IL miles where Rock
Creek Valley joins it. The part of the
valley above the junction with Rock
creek is called Upper Thousand
Spring Valley. This part consists OF
the bottom land along the creek,
which 10 an average OF half mile
wide for tho lower 8 miles, and tho
upper 10 miles, and milo wide the
II miles between. Along the upper
III miles there is q good bench land
which extends west from tho creek
three miles, and is we'll watered be.
longing to the second group. The
II miles below this OF the valley is, in
reality, the northwest end Of large
basin or valley that extends % miles
southeast, covering 10000 acres
of land, over half OF which
is tho best in tho county.