The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-09-15
ORyhee County.
Its Wealth and Resources.

and from parties in search Of homes
that the following brief description O
the territory embraced within it's boun-
daries has been prepared In answer tc
the frequent letters received by our
business men.
TOPOGRAPHY
Owyhee County occupies the extreme
southwestern corner of the state, being
bounded on the south by the state OF Ne
vada and on the west by the state OF
Oregon. The great Snake river forms
the principal portion Of its northern
boundary. The area Of the county is a
little more than 5000 square miles. The
length east and ives, is about 100 miles,
and north and south All average of
about seventy-fve miles. The greater
portion OF the southern and cas- ern
portion, is an extensive, broken lava
plateau occupied only as ranges for live
stock. The northern portion of
the county is traversed by the Owyhee
mountains, from which numerous
streams run into Snake river through
narrow but very fertile valleys, occu-
pied by prosperous ranrhers. / he larg
est of these is the Bruneau river, the
source of hich is in the Elk mountains
in Nevada in three forks which unite
shortly after crossing the line into Ida
no, where is prosperous stock raising
community, known as Three Forks or
Big Flat. This is fine hay and graz
ing section, but at too high an elevation
for general agriculture. After leaving
the Big Flat country the river enters
the
BRUNEAU CANYON
which it traverses for distance of sew
enty-five miles. This grand canyon,
though but little known to FAINT, is one
of the sublimest stretches Of scenery on
the continent, second only in length /
and depth to the famous Colorado Can
yon. 1t is grand assure whose walls
Of basaltic rock rise above the stream
In many places TO height of fully 1000
feet while the distance from wall 10
wall is scarcely half tina, distance. lis
length of seventy five miles has never
been traversed by man. Leaving the
canyon this beautiful river debouches
into
BRUNEAU VALLEY.
This happy valley, fifteen miles in
ength and about three miles wide is
me of the finest and most productive
pieces of agricultural land in the world.
t produces the most prolific crops of
ruits, vegei ahles, cereals aud lus ern
rown anywhere, and being surrounded
IN nearly all sides by high walls OF
ock, its winters are very mild. AT tile
PIPER end of this valley are several J,
normous bot springs hose curative !,
roperties viii, sooner or later, give !.
hem world wide famr.
Leaving the valley, the river cuts
trough another short canyon and en-
srs Snake river. A mile abov-. here y
enters Snake river, an immense dam j,
as been constructed and work is being "a
rosecuted on great canal which will a.
i'm the water onto the Snake river r,
aims below and reclaim about % 600 u
res of rich land now arid, and in te
,ort time will provide homes for hum r.
-eds of families, on rich and product Il.
g lands. The water from the canal IN
i'll also be employed to work thousands ri
acres of
RICH PLACER GROUNDS
ong soak e river. The completion of en
is canal, thr settling MP of these rich st.
ricultural lands and The WORKING of ~
e placers, known 10 be rich, VIII add Ia
eatly to the material prosperity oftile ma
unity. IN
Further west, running into snake riv- We
are several creeks, with narrow but foi
objective valleys occupied by prosper cal
8 ranchers. go
LIVE STOCK. act
Almost the entire area of the county me
ine grazing ground, on which range ba
rds of horses, cattle and sheep, and rec
Try year extensive shipments Of hor- ed
beef cattle, mutton and wool are clio
de. The live stock Interests repre- OF
t vast sums of money, and support cou
fifty and industrious people. ten
THE MINING INDUSTRY. ant
'wyhee county is now everywhere mig
ognized as one Of The richest miner
producing sectors in the United A
les. There are several districts each cou
met and separate from the others, VII
ere mining and prospecting are now NH
ig extensively pursued. To mention are
.e districts in the order of their sive
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