Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-07-22
EbKO i COUNTY,
Its Location and Size.
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TOPOGRAPHY AND HEIGHT ABOVE
THE SEA LEVEL.
Its Mining anu agricultural RE-
sources.
"A Full description of the County.
A Full description of the County.
(coMMuN1CATED.)
Continued from yesterday.


The old outlet was to the southwest.
and into the Humboldt bottom at
what is called Shoshone Point. The
lley-proper il about four miles wide
for eight miles of the upper or north
end, broadening out to SIX miles for
the nexttwentY miles. Then 1t mar
rows for the next three miles where
IT. breaks through the mountains,
and IS about three miles vida below.
Maggie creek is formed by the juno
ton of several streams about four
miles below the head Of the valley,
aud flows along the east side until it
enters the canyon through the
mountains. below the p, canyon 1t
fio~s along the west side. There are
seven small streams that empty into
the creek from the hills on the east,
two, of them (souLhn and nocsh. Lone
Mountain creeks)' being the largest.
These two Streams 7heud respectively
at the south and north end Of Lone
Mountain and ara about three miles
long. Three others at the. north end
form the head of Maggie creek, On
the west there ARE thtee large creeks
tpspsd = Beeyer, Jack .and } Coyote
creeks) that suppl the greater guam
tlty Of water IN the valley, and four
smaller ones. The mountains horth
AND west, ofTthe upper emu of the
valley ale about 10000 feet high, and
furnish "a large amount OF water
FronHthe base of these, imGuntains-.,
ltYhIch extends, Twelve miles along the
West side OF the vaIIey)-to Maggie
creek Il bench' lanui W Tia sufficient
water, ii IL Can Dc partly stored, t.
lrrigate it all. Lower downILhe val,
ley the m5anTains are not as nlgn on
eitnerslde, and tho water supply far
less although there Is just as tne
land. 9nere are $4,000 dcres OF agfl.
cultural land in the valley. Of this
fathoLht nearly SOU acre.s are on the
Maggie creek bottom, Il greut part Of
1t being meadow land, and LOU acres
.Is irrigated. rorty-two Thousand
acres of the whole ahount lays ia
Eiko county and-22,UOO acres or this
can be- cuiGlvaJed and crops Ealsed.
Inc relnalnlng 2U,0UO acres Of land is
ia tls good, and experinsfits may
'demohsGrhte the fact that crops o.
cereals can DO grown upon the greater
part oflt wIUnout lrTigaGlon. -. VI the
$4,000 acres of good land laying in
Eureka county 1900 can DO culti-
yated and water found sfor 1t. The
bench lands Mentioned us La ylng
along the loot Of the bighest mount-
ltlns (8eIerally called Beaver oreek
tmoun taIns) Nro the best in the valley,
OWING to lneir tlovatlon and prex-
unity 10 the mountain which attracts
TO lGs vicinity and causes the preclpl-
tatlon OF agreatsr amount of moisture
tIIan ELSEWHERE Here the uiyhts arc
miidertin tho Summer, the greater
rslh ADJ snowfall renders irrigation
less necessary, anu water from the
many streams can be brought upon
the ground easier aud with less ex-
pense than elsewhere. - t.
sQUAw VALLEY .
Or upper Rock creek is located in the
western part of the couhty and near
the southwest corner of the l. part
that extends along north Of Eureka
and Ladder countles. IL is an aver
age OF eight miles in width and
twenty -four 10 length north cast and
south west, covering over 10000 acres,
On the east end are the Independence
mountains, that form part OF the di-
vide between The Columbia and Hum
jbotdt rivers, aud are IL miles long;
TO be continued.)