The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1899-04-22
MORE POWER.

past few months OF the establishment of
one or more pumps at different points
on the Comstock besides the c.. and c.
shaft. While. as shown by the report
OF General Manager Ross published in
another column, the pump on the G.
and C. is gradually unwatering the lode
as far south as the Combination shaft,
still, the installation OF a pump. OF of
pumps of the same description in the
middle mines would lead to quicker re-
suits, and in the Gold Hill mines would
be an absolute necessity il anything of
Importance is to he done in that quarter.
There is no doubt that the mines of
middle Comstock and Gold Hill contain
large and valuable bodies of ore below
the water line and how to exploit these
treasures Of precions metal now lying
useless is the question that confronts us.
The elevator in the C. and G. shaft is a
success the problem OF an effective and
economical pump is thus disposed OF;
but the other thing yequisite--power to
operate more pumps than that in the G.
and C.-is lacking.
The elevator in The G. and e. shaft re-
qnires from one hundred to one humid
red and fifty inches of water per diem
the water company cannot, at the ut
most, furnish more than two bundled
inches, and whatever there is 10 spare
between the amount that The water
company can supply and the amount re-
quired by the elevator in the Z. and G.
shaft will be needed to furnish com
era. There is no question that whatever
water there is to lie had il being used,
and whatever water may ln supplied
will be needed independently OF any
second pumping plant.
Since the capacity Of the present
water supply is not equal TO The de-
mands of a second pumping plant, the
question of the day, so lar MS the Com
stock is concerned, is the obtaining Of
cheap and effe, tive power to run one or
more pumps in the middle ami south
end mines, or wherever else necessary
or available.
There are two suth sources of supply
Lake Tahoe and the Truckee river.
The last legislature denied us the right
to avail ourselves OF the power facilities
..Gns1al lac TIM nr,,a p. nnSp1rnpfl, IL
Is to the Trucke- we must look for The
necessary power. The objection raised
to the tapping OF Lake Tahoe was that il,
would deprive Wasloe county rancllers
of a part of their irrigation supply.
This difficulty therefore is 10 be
avoided.
At u point in the canyon Ct the
Truckee, below Clark's Station on
on the way from Reno to Wads-
worth, is an ideal place for such IA
purpose. There are no farms'or ranch
es adjacent aud no water rights TO be
disturbed. On the contrary, by the con-
struction OF low and comparatively in
expensive dams, enough water could he
%impounded each winter to only OPP
crate the power plant for the Conlstock
but to permit to be released during The
dry season, a quantity sufficient to af-
ford all ranches below The dam a sure
and steady supply Of water for agri-
cultural purposes at a time when such
II supply is most needed and hardest
to obtain. The idea, therefore, instead
of exciting the opposition oi the Wash.
oe county ranchers is calculated rather
to invite their cordial appreciation and
hearty cooperation. The people OF
Reno are naturally our friends. and
much OF the prosperity that would en-
sue upon the installation OF a power
plant on the Trucxee near Clark's
station would be shared by them.
Consequently WI have nothing other
than the heartiest good will to expect
from them. aud with the friendship o
The agricultural element assured, Wash.