Mohave County miner., 1895-01-12
Water Osssiopmsaf N K,nemnn.

:. "eF ~ nos mutumus
IN tHss Moh"vo coualy IL ono of III.
besi ninin. sections Of the Uaited States.
bn' our eotsrprising cn;z .ns ara begin
"'nT to see the advantages tina, would
accrue to our interests u other fields Of
industry would recsivs their proper share
u attention. We have lately called ,hs
attention Of onr readers to Tho great
changes that will eventually take ul ,ce
IN ihis SECTION ny the introduction OF
electric lights. sm-lt-rs and other needed
institutions. We have given the latest
news ai'out The intention of q l.dy. In.
terestei In Q eiu:riouai ias iiutions. of
starting great seminary Tor the d,tfas-
Ion OF classical aud bn.iness education
'nd now we are happy 10 chronicle that
one of our prominent business men has
t'ksn advantage of An article sppe ,rinx
some weeks ago In onr columns regard.
ing The heneht srcruing TO This section
ny developing water for irrigation pnr.
posss.
tie has real ed m 1t the owner .hip Of
water will excesd the vAlue III many min.
ing properties, and that sniIi .isnt q IN.
thy will he the medium Of making this
an agricultural and horticultural section.
Geo NJ. B,wers wi,h his usual enter
prise and push has be~n ut work for sev.
eral weeks past developing water at a
point abont mile sou,hwest OF town.
and has m-t with the most agreeable re-.
-uli. He has developed 'hns far with
very crude machinery. u steady a w Of
five inches OF water and The prospect Of
increasing this n Nv to many hundreds Of
inches by improved ma :hinerv and by
ielving into the snb'erranean stratum is
so promising that he will hand all his !
energy for the susressful termin alton OF
This enterprise. We have not the least
doubt that before many lays he will
have volume Of water sufficiently larry. |
TO irrigtie several thousands oi acres and |
as IN. Topography Of the country il snch /
"a will conduct this water TO the Srra.
ment> valley, We prophesy tha, this
handsome valley will soon become the |
active field OF operations Of the sturdy |
and intelligent farmer. The cost of con. |
inctIng this water in open diich.s or
pipes TO the he a OF the valley will he
nut limited taking in consideration the |
number OF acres il will benefit. Any
farmer can afford 10 hny share Of water
and pay the operating ezpens-- Of dis.
'nbn'ing the same. In Southern Cali.
fornia where the evaporation is much |
lar er than in this higher altitude 1t il
considered sufficient To have one inch OF
water TO SEVEN or eight acres and We
cl.,im that "ne inch viii snfii;e for fifteen |
acres here. especially as the growing OF
.iecilnons trees does not npcpssitaie near
a. much irrigation M III At Of citrus trees.
Five hundrei inches of w,'er under
pressure will bs great snffi ;iency Tor
1919 acres OF land in the Sscrsmrnie !
valley for hous-h hold and irrigation pur.
poses and should become great source
Of revenue TO the owners and developers
of the water and the people owning
property in that section. The value OF
one inch Of water in California has heen
adj ,dged at 81 0OO which wonld make
$40 inches $5OU.0tN and this number Of
riches distributed among 1900 acres
wonld make the valne Of one share for
each acre 1853 All this land is either
government Or railroad land and can he
preemp'ed or homesieaded by the new
settlers and advantageous arrangements
can doubtIessly he made with the water
company by which the owners of The
land can becom- shareholders in the
water rights and direct in proportion TO
their interest Tn. p ,licy Of the concern.