Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-18
BIG PROJECTAFOOT
OVER IN NEVADA
HYDRAULIC MINING PLANNED ON
LARGE SCALE
One Thousand Acres Will Be SUBJ
jected to Water Process in
Country NotoriousIy De-
void of Water

Seven carloads of twelve-inch pipe have
reached Round mountain, Nevada, for the
Hydraulic Mining company.
This big consignment was hauled down
from Austin by twenty-horse teams, and
presented a remarkable spectacle of pow
er and action as the great teams surged
forward dragging their giant burdens be-
hind them.
The twelve-inch pipe is all being hauled
up TO points lying between Jefferson can
yon and Shoshone creek as it is to be
used to carry the water from the can
yon to the main or sixteen-inch pipe
which begins at Shoshone
A large reservoir has been constructed
both at Jefferson and at Shoshone for
purposes of segregating as much waite;
as possible in the neighborhood of the
intakes of the various lines.
The eight-inch pipe which will bring
the water from Indian ranch is already
on the ground
No conception of the magnitude of the
undertaking may be had until one takes
walk along the route of the various
pipe lines between Round mountain and
the various intakes, which are miles
apart, Frank Balbi, who secured the
original contract for the hauling of this
vast amount of pipe, sublet the contract
to teamsters Carter and Goss. These men
have been hauling steadily since the mid
die of last August.
That the last lot hauled into camp con-
sisted of the contents of seven cars at
tests the fact that their hauls are con-
Quoted on a scale seldom if ever before
attempted on the desert. Their work is
not yet done, but after the last lot of
pipe has been hauled and delivered on the
ground Messrs. Balbi, Carter and Goss
will have the satisfaction of knowing that
they have successfully completed the big.
gest hauling contract that has ever been
let on the Nevada desert.
viii Work All Year
The unusually wet weather which has
prevailed has been source of unbounded
satisfaction to the officers and directors
of the company. 1t means that the soil
and natural underground reservoirs and
conduits which feed the various streams
by seepage, ETC., are receiving a gener-
Gus supply of water to discharge into
Them The surrounding mountains which
form the watersheds of the district are
already capped with a generous fall of
snow, which insures a copious spring sup
ply when the process of melting begins.
1t has been proven that the work of hysr
draulicking can be prosecuted throughout
tie year. AT this season of the year
evaporation is suspended and il is
found that all the streams in the GistricI
begin to rise. Naturally the heavy flush
of water will be in the spring and early
summer months.
Messrs. LOTUS and Davis, Henry j.
Bartlett and Tom DRY Wash" Wilson
have been constantly on the ground
studying and investigating all of these
features and phenomena and it is safe to
say that no details have escaped their
observations.
AS an indication of the richness of the
ground which the company will work the
following serves as a fair example,
When the water was first turned on 1t
was allowed to run out on the ground and
find. in many instances, a natural course
to the mouth of the sluice boxes, thus
cutting their own channels to act as
fumes. The subsoil thus cut out was
washed into the sluices. cleanup of
one of these deposits returned 165 ounces
of gold or over $4,000. This result was ac-
complished without power or pressure,
simply the natural flow of the water.
The company has the placer rights to
nearly a thousand acres of ground where
the surface soil varies from six inches to
fifty feet in depth.
The, active operation of the Hydraulic
company is being awaited in mining cir.
cles, not only in the state of Nevada, but
in the country at large. with degree of
interest which is astonishing. Hydraulic
mining aside from being used in q few
localities, is comparatively little to be
seen. No doubt the novelty of attempting
water mining in a country notoriously
devoid of water appeals strongly to the
popular fancy.