Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-07-19
ELKO COUNTY.
Its Location and Size.
TYPOGRAPHY AND Heb! ABOVE
TIE SEA LEVEL
Its Mining AMI Agricultural Is--
SOURCES ).
A Full cScrirt.on orthc County.
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th"re are about CSj,upO acres OF good
agricultural land in the district.
Nearly 5000 acres OF this lays 10
such a position that water can either
hs stored for them. or the water now
flowing past can b, us.d on them at
onca without storage. There are no
good large storage points III tie dis
trIct, and It will be found necessary,
IN many cases, to use bitches TO carry
the water TO he stored Ia the points
where reservoirs cLn be male. these
small reservoirs can lie made Of earth
uy plows and scrapers with no ex-
pense hut il time aud labor, and for
the few pieces of lumber needed for
Satewa!s. II has been practically
demonstrated that for dams, IUr RESET
rolrs earth Is as safe aud good "A
--uIerIai as can be used: the only pre-
caution Needed UcILg 10 have the top
Of the dam OF IL sufficient height above
The water .eve!, and the Uase broad,
With the waste WAY out into the hills.
OF bulls, entirely away from the dam,
and 81 arranged that the OVERLOOKING
stream cannot come hear 10 under
mine and wash 1t away. The small
reservoir points can b. found general
~ about Il mile west OF the fo1t of the
mountains On the east side; although
some are close 10 the mountains. and
some are In the canyons IN the noun
tains. On the west side Of TIE valley
tho ground is more even than on the
east, the fall t. Huntiugi IN creek not
SO great, and better Sturdg. points
can Uo found; but, what more than
counteroLlauces thIs, the mountains
are lower aId the Water supply far
less. The best reservoir pUint on this
side, and the best in tue valley, is 90
Miller creek On this eide also,
owing To the lighter scope Of the
ground, the water that sinks aud
no"s UNDERNEATH does So Ee..r the
surface, and quite large tIacts ut land
can DO secu "uurS sOu.e agricultural
productions Il he raised without
irrigation. OIc Of these places is on
smith Creek, Uuu ii mile b:l, the
oliver Rifle ranch. where tue under
ground stream spreads out over u
thousand acres of land and suU-irri-
gales 1t AL. Only rye grass anu sage
crush grows upon That trlcs at p.rs.
ent, Out experiments elsewhere have
proven tina: where rye ,rasS grows
without irrigation, alfalfa can also be
RAISED without irrigat:on; and also
grains have been successfully grown
upon tho same kinds OF land with
only the moisture from beiow and
iIsnt rainfalis We have III this Sta,e
TO mature them.
MOUND VALLEY.
Mound Valley is situated north of
Huntington, and, also, extends from
the Ruby mountains west, being
about twelve mIles square. Tho main
stream that flows through the dis
trict is Smith Creek, which rises in
the Ruby range, flows southweslerly
for six miles, then northwest las,
miles where huntington creek Joins
u, and thence north. Where i. turns
northwest several STREAMS join il, and
a valley about two miles IN diameter
Is formed in which are n couple of
SIN all mounds about twenty Ice. hugh
and two hundred feet in dinmetcr,
iru.n which tho district derives its
name. Flowing into this small valley
from the south Is south smith creek
which rises in Hastings Pdss-tIe only
pass through tue nuOy range except
Secret Valley-hnd from the cast Is u,I.
Ocfi Henry aud McCutcheun creeks.
North of Smith Creek. Dry Cotton
"uOd and Willow creeks riso in tho
Ruby range dmd, flowing north
westerly, empty into Smith creek be.
low It's Junction with Huntington.
The RuDy mountains being higher
mud having II far greater precipitation
OF moistuIe north OF Hastings Pass
than south, tho rauchc, are CLOSER
together, und agriculture is carried
OH moro extensively than in Hunting
ton district. OSing To tho pJ,r
market for their produce though, the
ranchers place most OF their depend.
enco upon thor stock, and FAR less
lnnd is now cultivated than formerly.
II large part OF tho gram lands being
seeded to hay. There urc aJout u.s..
90 acres OF agricultural lnud in tho
valley. OF this amount 500 ncrcs
arc now under irrigation; nearly -.
eD acres more might no irrigated by
ia" waters now flowing to waste and
10y sturuge; and tho remainder, nj
though good land. il is not lIkeIy
sufficient water couih Ue stored for il.
The greater part OF the lands now
Irrigated, or that could bo irrigated.
belong Ia tho first group that IL.
laidJ over which tho climitiJ con.
ditlpns arc aucii That fruits mud ycu,,. |
tables ~ we'll III cereals and hay Gun
bc raised. IL must be kept ia mind
that tho qunlIty oi tho soil lus less
Ia do with tho agricultural possibIli. !
ties in this county, Or State, than the !
climate. In fact wc have good soil
eyer! plncJ; and watcr und Il skillful
uae Of water and climate IL what IL
decided IN prove to outsiders that We !
have n rich country, rich both In
agricultural aud mineral RESOURCES,