Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18
THE GOOD LORD ON OUR SIDE.
AN UNEXPECTED FEEDER TO
ELMoRE LAKE RECENTLY
DISCOVERED.
The People OF this Section to BE
Blessed with Pure Mountain
Water.

The People OF this Section 20 IN,
Blessed with Pure Mountain
Water.
There are, | regret to say, few
low, cheeky, disrepatable fellows in
our midst, but the Lord is still or
our side" remarked a prominent
citizen Of Mountain Home Just af.
ter returning from a visit to the big
reservoir last Monday. The gentle
man was somewhat excited over
what he had seen and dwelt long on
the future greatness of this now
lovely village, owing to the fact that
Gilmore Lake now possessed a large
natural flow of water into its basin.
Saturday afternoon Mr.. Little,
who supervises the reservoir and its
surroundings, notified S. G. Rhodes,
manager and engineer in charge,
that large body of water was fore
ing its way through the crevices of
the lava rock at the lowest depths
of the lake. Mr.. Rhoades repaired
to the reservoir for an examination,
and after careful observation for two
days pronounced it a 'sure thing"
and so reported it. The BULLETIN
editor waited upon Mr.. Rhoades and
asked his opinion of this important
discovery, and he kindly gave it as
follows:
| think this flow of water comes
from the underground channel
formed by the sinking of Rattle
snake creek and the many springs
which rise in the foothills, flow a
short distance and disappear in the
ground. There have been many
leaks in the reservoir this season,
caused mostly by badger holes,
which lead to crevice in the bed
rock or hard-pan, and from there to
a crevice in the lava. Some Of these
:revices are large enough TO let
low of water eight inches in diam
,tcr pass through, and they have
been discovered all over the reser-
'oir. As fast as the water recedes
hese holes have been enlarged
Town to the lava in many cases and
will all be filed with stone and |
lightly cemented and the dirt re-
placed over them before the reser-
'oir is again filled with water. |
Iuch dirt and rubbish has passed |
through these holes, and my theory
5 that this debris has found it's wav
nto the underground channel of
sattlesnake creek and, somewhere
n narrow place, has been confined
nd accumulated until il has formed
dam which has entirely stopped
he flow Of water through the un-
channel. The water in
he reservoir has softened the hard
AN in the bottom, and as the wa
er has receded the pressure has
cen diminished, and when the
ressure was overcome by the wa
er confined in the underground
hannel that water has broken
trough some weak place ia the
afdpan and come into the reser-
DIR with sufficient force to make
self manifest through twelve feet
{ dead water over the outlet. 1t il
I great Importance to the irrigation
pmpany and Mountain Home if
his flow will continue, and also
that these under I
round streams could easily be
iped to the surface if they could
My be discovered and damned up
Glow"
Mr.. Rhoades being asked if he
bought this flow of water would be
replied: This being the
ry season of the year, certainly ,
ave great hope that it will be con-
nuous."
One week has elapsed since the
Dove mentioned discovery and the ;
irface of the lake over the outlet
,ntinues to bubble and boil, and
says. "Let 'er bilel"
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