Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-05-11
WATER STORAGE
Proposed tiiizaiion of the Sierra
Lakes.

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This subject has been mootet
during several years, and the pro
Ject, if carried out, would be Ct in
calcuable benefit to the State. Ii
Western Nevada the use Of reser
voirs Of the Sierra lakes, etc, has
been projected on n massive scale
Without Endorsement the Outlined
plans are presented. In surveying
Bonner Lake and the valley an ele.
Walton of 20 feet above the present
lake is o5tained. This will make a
reservoir Of over five square miles,
with All average depth Of 40 feet,
holding an estimate volume of 3, $50,
$50, 900 cubic feet of water in a nat
ural land locked basin, The eleva-
ton is 1856 feet above sea level
| The outlet will be Il highline canal
along the benches on the north side
of rruckee to the platsaus north and
northeast of the place and to the east
Ct Boca and Verdi, crossing Prosser
Creek and the Little Truckee river.
There can be selected reservoirs at
that point in which water enough
can be stored t. fill Dog Valley,
This will ultimately become avail
able for the valleys and plateaus
north and east of Reno. A dam
across the Truckee river about one
mile above the Central Pacific depot
is also located to make reservoir
three miles in length along the
Truckee Valley. The outlet from
this reservoir will be on the south
side of Truckee river, along the
benches and high foothills south of
Truckee city, around the Marquis |
plateau and meadows into Marquis
creek, hich flows int the Truckee
river near Boca, about ten miles be-
low Truckee. This canal throuy13
Truckee and along the hi sides IT
also afford an excellent water p ri
for mills, ETC., for a mile or more be-
fore being used on the plateaus, and
again entering the Truckee river of
ter an ample supply for Truckee
Mead VS., or it can be carried by a
higher line canal to aud around the
Nashoe basin here in Western Ne
ada.
The dam, with the reservoir it will
,reate in the Truckee, taken in con-
lection with Bonner Lake, will store
nearly or quit, G,e90,000,000 cubic
eet; quite sufficient for the supply of
ii lands now under ditch or avail
BILE therefor, as well as the reclama-
ion of /, 600, 900 more. Lake Tahoe, ;
" a dam at its outlet near Tahoe
lily, can readily be raised eight feet. =
t has drainage basin tributary to :
IS supply of at least 5000 square
niles. Lake Tahoe should be held a
4 reserve the great storage raser-
or which will meet extraordinary
eeds. Over one-third of its area is
ylthin the boundaries of Nevada, A
lnnel has been proposed to lead in "
} the Carson Valley, by which the u
-ater stored can be drawn from its u
epths at least a thousand feet below
ne surface. Three lines across the 9
ierras between Lake Tahoe and d
arson Valley have been run, the
est being near the southeast portion L
{ Lake Tahoe and the head Of Car t(
IN Valley, all in the Suite of New "
la. locating tunnel ten by ten II
et, with crown of two feet in the u
inter. The open cut from the lake Ia
the entrance of the tunnel will be
700 feet; the length Of the tunnel
7 1881 feet, or g. 40 miles, the tunnel
ID cut having a grade of two feet ~
II mile. The exit. of the tunnel, on
e Carson Valley, or east side, is to !,
, 1900 feet above the valley. The -
'ove is only portion of an inten- n
IN which, if perfected, would settle :,
e question forever of irrigation in a -
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