The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-02-09
WATER IN ABUNDANCE FOR eoLDr1ELD

The aav has aone by when there need be n apprehension for IN culture
growth of the town and camp IF aoldfeld, for reasons # a limited water supply
Time was when thu prospecbr we these hills and w the residents OF
the owl were more concerned about their waters supply than about their
grub for the water holes were few and far between, and the precious elixir
Because Of this scarcity of water, the impression naturally spread broadcast
throughout the country that Goefad could never become a large and permanent
a important mining and milling center. Consequently there was hesitation %
invest heavily in real estate and substantial improvements and to enter upon
large business enterprises
But nature, somehow, seems to compensate for her apparent limitations
whenever the needs of man appear to demand it, and nw that a great popula-
ton is crowdins into this distrc. good and generous Providence interpOses, and
supplemented by the ingenuity o. man, behold thres water m WAFER
abundance for more people than will ever require it. Paradoxical as it may
seem, this arid desert abounds with water, and all that is needed is to reclaim
and convert it to our use And The water is as heaEhful and platable as nature
supplies hr most chosen people.
Within the past few months three waters companies have entered this field
and are doing battle fr the business of town and camp. One company gets its
porous strata into great tunnel reservoirs Another gets it's supply from ne IF
the u;res IN the nortb end # the district where great underground water
course seems to be good for al unlimited amount. And still another gets its sup
ply from deep wells near the town. whence it is pumped to al elevated station on
the bluffs fer the pur :cs of high pressure Any IF these systems has water
enough for the present population.
But thnet another source Of supply that as yet has not been called upon
and that is to be found in the region called the Montezuma mining district less
tain range; this range pliers aiarger water shed thar any who have. given no
study to the question, would yer suppose; and there is water in abundance
there One can bore intoa almost n gully in the Montezuma range from Lone
mountain to Palmetto ant ret a :easees DO OF water THIS watershed grauSases
the melted SHOWS in the direction Of Godhed's wants. Take Mount Carroll, at
N elevation of $500 feet above esy acces to the Goldheld watsrl line, and one
can readily see that there necessarily must be a big supply Of water for all time
within the reach of this city. There car be no doubt about water being found in
great plenty IN the further side Of the Montezuma mountain range in the valleys
leading up to and beyond Alkau springs. There water bubbles out OF the ground
be put under cultivation to supply partially. at least, the demands of this region
for frns vegetables and bav Tbe entire valley from Lone mountain to Pal
meto has a double watershed, and there is enough water in that valley to supply
the domestic demands Of half million people and all the mills INC shelters that
can ever possibly be needed.
travelled by water mainsc tut no hgure in water works engineering OF the present
day provided the demand is present and jushfes.
There lis n limitation to the population that can be sustained in this district
as far as the question of water IS concerned, and this element might a. well be
eliminated when it Genes TO calculations for future development along whatever
line The water problem being solved, there is every treason why Goldheld should
become the undisputed mining and business metropolis Of Southern Nevada,
city of $4,000 inhabitants tMse %