The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-12-07
THE DE LAMAR NUGGET.
SATURDAY. DECEMBER Z, 1895.



Idaho, has prompted us 10 once agaiI
give short description of the count,
and count of its varied resources.
Owyhee county occupies the extreme
southwestern corner of the safe, being
bounded by Nevada on the sonih ane
by Oregon on the west, and lying sonti
of Snake river, which forms the north
ern boundry. It's length east and ", s
is about 10 miles, and its avprag,
width north and sonth is seventy five
miles. The sonhern portion of ths
county is priucipslly devoted TO stock
raising, being mostly a rongh lavs
couiry, sparsely settled, bnt producing
fine grass. Il is mountainous aud al
though watered by nnmerons streams.
the sources ofthe Owyhre and B,nnean
rivers, the canyons through which
their courses run are deep n, d pre.,ipi-
tous and The valleys suitable for cnlti.
yatiou small aud of comparatively little
value.
The Owyhee mountains, short and
detached range, traverse The central
portion of the comfy in northw-si-rly
and sontheasterly course. The streams
flowing noriherly from these NOM.
tains and emptyng into Snake river.
have narrow hut very fertile valleys.
which are occupied by ranchers. IN .ny of
whom have built mp fn4 homes aud
produce fruits, vegetables, grain ard
hay in prolific abund tncr. while the
river plains aud the foothills fnrnsi
splendid ranges for their stock, mncl,
of which suhsissdnring he entire win
ter depending entirely upon The range
for food.
The largest of th-se valleys is that
through which the B,unean river finds
its way into Snake river. The Brnnean,
after running north from mar be Ne
vada line through one of the deep. st
and most wonderful canyons on the
continent, emurges into and rms
through beautiful valley, which was
evidently, ages ago, he basin OF lak5,
fifteen miles in length and five miles in
width. Thence the river cuts through
another canyon, emptying into Snake
river Eve miles below the valley.
From the Bruneau river west, along
the banks of the Snake, are broad
acres of very fertile lands only wanting
water to make them prolific producers
and the sites of most pleasant homes |
This want of water will exist bui little
longer for considerable portion of !
these lands. The Brunean Land ana |
Irrigation company has damned Brn-
neau river, and by a canal thirty miles |
IN length, now completed nine miles, /
will provide sufficient water 10 irrigate
10000 acres of splendid agricultural AID
'ruit lands lying below it,, as well as
IMPLYING water for sluicing or wording
hundreds of acres of rich gravel banks
long Snake river for The gold infhe M
West of the Bruneau are 'Pickrt.
catherine, Castle, Sinker, Rabbit and
seJ noius creeks, each OF "ntch' excppt
sabbIt creek, have fine, hut usually mar
ow valleys, occupied by ranches, wa
cred by the respective streams, all Of
hem productive, especially in fruit,
egetabl,s and alfalfa.
THE MINERAL BELT
t Owyhee extends in a snntheasterly
irection from Cow creek aud R .vuolds
reek, through DeLamar and Flint dis
riot and on through s'n'h mauniain,
he eastern border passing from Rev
onds creek, throngs the Ro sier
omh, War Eagle mountain and Boulder.
he eastern side of this btlt is chiefly
granite formation, while the
estern ride is principally in porphyrey