Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-10
EDITORIAL COMMENT
GREAT WATER PROJECT.

There is a scheme afoot, is yet in the bud, to bring water from
Pine creek, on the Oddie ranch near Belmont, into Goldfeld, The pos
ibiities embrace the tapping Of the line and running a supply into Ton
opal. It is estimated that the pipe line will cost approximately a mil
lion and a half dollars.
been advanced for the development Of the desert. Tonopah and Gold
field are already big cities of the desert, and they are growing. Both
are destined to become railroad IS well as mining centers. For years to
come thy VIII pe sending tut tneir millions TO the mills and shelters,
ind the production of ore on this vast desert is but in its infancy. The
best Of mining experts will tell you that; the new discoveries and the
camps springing up constantly bear out the expert opinions.
The drawback to both Tonopah and Goldfed has been the lack OF
water Tonopah is fairly well supplied, but in the nature of things,
the supply will be inadequate to the growth of the city. Goldfeld is
infinitely worse off than this camp. We who have interests here want TO
eeman here. but there is no reason why we should be obliged forever to
put up with the many inconvenience that now beset us. The scarcity OF
water makes the cost of living high. We have to pay much more than
9 ought to for water; instead Of it being a cheap commodity, it is an ex-
pensive luxury. The lack of it makes insurance almost prohhtive in
Goldfeld, while it is high enough here, where W have a good force, and
he best methods for fighting fire.
With a water supply like that which is projected from Pine creek.
wonders could be accomplished on this barren desert.
Think of what water has done for southern California, which was
ene q wilderness. a great barren waste. Look at Los Angeles, and its
oeauthu surroundings, Pasadena, Riverside, Redlands and San Bernar-
dino. All these places, once without water, We're as barren as the mala-
PAL back Of Goldheld. Now they are among the garden spots of the world.
There are beautiful drives along avenues of delightful shady trees, there
are magnificent lawns and beautiful gardens, cool and inviting orange
groves.
All this is the work of comparatively few years, and all accom-
pished by rrigation-al artificial beauty. What has been done in
southern California can be done in southern Nevada. Tonopah and
Goldfeld can have their ane lawns, their delightful trees of shade,
their beauifulg gardens and orange groves. AT comparatively small cost.
che man of moderate means in this country a live like a civilized
being.
No better promotion than the bringing Of water from Pine creek.
mas ever been engineered in southern Nevada. Water is something that
win always be in demand, and the returns from a proposition of the kind
are a certain as dividends from the merger. The Pine creek water sup
oily would be a boon to this country, which would be greater in its bene-
dts than anything yet performed or in contemplation. A supply Of
RvoVOVV gallons a day is insured, and we would have cheaper and
Better water than W e could ever hope to have from any other source on
che desert.
The pipe line to Goldfeid would be ninety miles in length, an engt,
aeerfng feat of no difficulty whatever err; and the water could be brought
Ivy graviahon nearly. if not, all the way. With such a supply and such
. force. the wonders that could be wrought, are simply inimitable.