Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-05
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
IN BIG WATER DEAL

i Judge l.. o. Ray of Rhyoite, Ne ::
!. vada, who is one of the mining !
!. spirits in the project engineered by !
!. the Ash Meadows Water company !
!. to bring water to Greenwater Echo !
]. Lee and the Bullfrog district has !
!. been in New York tor several weeks !
!. on matters pertaining to this deal. !
+ lone company" said Judge Ray, !
). Controls practically all the water !
!. that those camps can secure, having !
j. several small Independent supplies i
!. that already have been secured by !.
!. two Bul,frog companies. But even J.
X those organizations may be glad lat !.
4 er on to secure additional water j.
]. from us. Fasteners are interested !.
!. heavily in this water project. They !.
\ include C. D. Simpson, former Gov ].
X ernor Waters and Edwin w. Ger !.
\ hardt, all of Scranton, Pa, as we'll !.
4 as Mr. Brady, Mr.. Poor and myself. !.
+ GREAT SUPPLY AVAILABLE i
). 1--WE have secured $50 acres of land !.
!. with 5000 springs at Ash Meadows, !.
j. forty miles south of Rhyolite, and \
!. twelve. miles from the Amargosa sta i
J. ton on the new Clark road. i
4 'These springs will be capable OF y
!. furnishing 400 miners inches of wa ].
!. ter or from 100000 to 100000 gal !
]. Ions every twenty-four hours. The !
+ company's holdings are all patented J.
!. and government and state titles nave y
J. been secured. Our holdings will fur \
4 nish 80 per cent Of the water in Ne !
\ vada south of the Truckee river. j
X Seven miles of pipe line are to be i
!. laid Immediately to Borax Smiths ].
!. road Three pumping plants are to i
!. be erected and large reservoir con- :
j. structed on the Funeral range or y
i mountains, which will supply Green !
]. water and the Lee district, giving i
\ a gravity flow by 12-inch pipe into !
!. Bulfrog and Echo canyon. !
\ water will be supplied to the !
j. Inyo, Skibo, Echo, Gilt Edge, Gold +
!. Tops, Mosquitoes, Echo-Lee, Burno =
!. Golden Gate and Paymell-Bradshaw =
!. properties. The water Will be =
!. pumped to an elevation of 22oO feet. >
:. 1.-The machinery necessary for this !
! work will consist of three gasoline \
!. engines of 100 horse power each, in !
\ Guiding a large centrifugal pump J
!. The engineering problem involved is y
= one of great magnitude and one OF y
j. the largest propositions ever put !
:. through in Nevada. =
X WILL REDUCE COST !
X when completed, including the !
i laterals, there will have been used 1875 !
!. miles Of pipe, the freight alone on !
!. which will aggregate $S5O,OOO y
!. 1.-The ready market that we will !
j. have for our product is best illus !
!. trated by the fact that water has !
i been selling in Greenwater for 81 i
J. barrel in small quantities. Schwab's !
:. Greenwater company last month =
!. paid $500 for water alone. Our tolls y
). will be governed largely by the =
\ amount of water used, though we !
j. expect to charge from 81 to $3.50 per !
X 1000 gallons. All of the Lee and +
!. Greenwater properties will be Only !
!. too glad to get our water and most !
j. of the Bullfrog properties will need J.
!. it also. =
!. This water means more to Neva- !
i da's mining progress than any other J
!. factor. Any mine that has ore Will :
!. now be in a position to get the :
!. necessary water to treat their pro- =
!. duct. The Ash Meadows company y
!. has a capitalization of $5,OOOOOO. =