Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-07-15
owYmEE lnnreAr.oN COMPANY
We extract the following from n
letter written ut Boise, July 7, Ia
the Salt Lake Tribune.

q 4. Wing RI. dent Manager Of the oNyhee Land
4 Irrigation Company. With headquarters at Grand
View 0wt hse COUNTY. has heen 10 the city
"a DAYS accompanied hs his family lie Is his VA
10 prcsidence. r. l., the home u W. v. fhilp~
president 81 the comlanv lie Sill take IN thv
Maglis Fair when h@ returns In September nssir.
o,.S 81 learning something Of the work Witch NJ
Ning ha. bccn doing during tho lssst two years IA
war solving the irrigation problem IN this secion %
tdAha the TFihnpe correspondent hunted him M
ami obtained pome valuable information. Mr., Wing
ssi ~ take hut very little credit upon myself for
the work which we have performed In the Rruaean
rlyss valley. The ereii for the sncss.il completion
~ the work j. due NJ. " v Phillips ~ rnpstenev.
" l., who let say right here, l. the pionerr mis-.
sionary of feasahle Western irrigation schemes
among the Eastern capitalists His word Is law
with them, consequently when he came out and
an,tncd that BrunoMu country and reported il safe
investment he had diricultt In fnrmug com,
pans With " sn $50 capital, over halt at which II
raid In Grand View Is situated ON Snake river
tho mouth 81 The BrunuAu, about ~ miles south west
OF Mountain HOME. our nearest railroad point The
frst problem which confronted in beginning the
work was that q raising tbs water to sufficient
height a. the agricultural and placer ground
lying around the town anil extending back ~ the
foothills eight miles ssay. This We oNereame by
ing back along the Branean river distance u ~
miles and hnlding dam The site We selected Tor
this dam mos, admirable. II lies at the mouth
OF deep gorge where the action Of the water flow
ing through there for centuries past has and
cut It's through solid rock, making Arm anchor
oge either end ol the dam, which j. is4 long
and W feet high In the center. The dam, built OF
rosk and EARTH IL 90 feet wide at the bottom and -
AZ the top, and ID To- ed on the upper side with
sorry w.h SUFFICIENT ~asseways and gates TO relieve
greater part 81 the pressure la III high water
The bed az the river helow tbs Jam falls away
quite rapiis, and beginning Al the base Of the dam
the west side Of the river cut through rock for
/ perhaps too feet and emerge quarter Of mile be
io~ With canal ~ feet the bottom and sS on the
top, high enough ataare the surrounding country to
enable us 10 u-e thr water hydrHuiicaliy should
choose 60 do 20. Tso miles below this point this
/ large canal is divided into tsa smaller anes, and
4 herr The work done by the o~yhee Land & irriga
/ ton Company ceases The work OF excasatiny the
smaller canals he
1 phsus AXE contractors OF Mountain Home, have
securei the contract TO dix the io.mile canal
ming along the upper placer fields the south side
/ Of the Snake river. As this has been com
pleted the company will let the contract for the en-.
tension OF the other branch Of the main cansi
the Snake river and along the northern hank OF that
stream for distance Of 25 miles covering thousands
Of u agricultural land heretofore untilishls
Snake river Is quite narrow sc the place where
canal wiii cross and an island IN the center a. the
I stream will make the construction Of a two span
stone aqueducs comparatively easy matter Earh
Of these spans Will he about ~ feet long and will I've
the hrst of their Kind In the State, other canal
my knowledge, has been carried a the
size Of Snake river within the borders VI the State up
\ 10 this time
relative the use 10 which the water oi the canal
ON the south side Of SNAKE river would be pat, MI
Wing said: This canal all have capacity Of
4 placer mining have option ON 2n,Do ineheA OF
the water, the other d,ooo are for sale Ny ohiec,
for contracting tor this amount o water IL 10 control
! IL for the usr 81 the mining company which is my
\ purpose "a form daring visit 10 Prov idrnso.
have Thousand arres d nae placer ground which
will he covered by this canal, In fact have the
finest tract Of placer mining ground 10 he found the
whole length 81 Snake river. Mining will tvil
You that ground that ~ill yield rs cents per
cubic yard ", with plenty Of water, good pay
ground that which will ye.d - cents Is better and
that which will yield sl Ia fine. have any guam
tsy Of the latter ami some that will high As
81 50 per cutie yard and all the water require to
work II successfully Charles RAltaeh Of omaha.
Who Ls interested 10 number ~ mines around idaho
City has looked over the property, male number
oi ASSAYS Of the ground Ia various places and has in
terestesi himself IN t'ss company which siii form
while East Keep your on the BruneAu country
/ for right there yuu will Of the best mining
camps established within the borders u thr
state"