The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-08-28
KING HILL PROJECT
WILL BE OPENED FOR ENTRY
OCTOBER 18th OF THIS YEAR
$4,000 Acres to be Opened Con-
struction Work Well Along
Plenty of Water Power.

project, which is to be opened for entry |
October 18th, of this year.
This was originally known as the
Glenn's Ferry project, and was one of
the pioneer enterprises of the kind in
the state 1t fell into financial breakers,
however, and has languished for years,
after doing v ork amounting to close to
100000. Carey Act lands were new,
The idea had not become known as the |
best thing in the world in the way of
land securities, and the company failed
to make good on its opportunity.
Last fall, however, G. H. Hammett.
wealthy man from Salt Lake, became
interested in the enterprise, and finally
took it over, putting in sufficient money
TO make it go from the start. New sur
veys were made, which at first contem-
plated an acreage of close to $1,000
acres. Later, however, it was decided
that it would cost so much to irrigate
all this land as to make it practically
prohibitive; and the state land board
relinquished portion of the land on
condition that the company 60 ahead
with the rest. This the company is
now doing, with remarkable success, so
that good part of the land will actu-
ally be under water at the time Of the
October opening.
The water is taken from the Malad
river, little more than mile from
where it empties into the Snake river.
The Malad is a narrow but turbulent
stream, fed by springs which double its
volume within few miles above the
diversion dam. The water supply is
therefore not at all dependent on the
Big and Little Wood rivers, which go to
make up the Malad. The water is warm
dhu tucf6 10 ShiO 10 D0 d VARIATION OF
less than one degree between the cold
est of winter and the hottest summer.
This makes it ideal for power and for
irrigation purposes.
The water is taken out of the river
from diversion dam, and carried along
the precipitous canyon walls through
fiume and canal. It will reach the
Snake river by a cutoff that saves al
most mile of the rapids just before
the Malad empties into the larger
stream, and gives a fall of about 140
feet where the pipe line crosses the
Snake. The power plant is to be locat-
ed at the bridge where the irrigation
water is syphoned across. 1t is one of
the most ideal power sites in the West,
and there will be water to develop.
10000 horse power at the lowest stage
of water
Once it crosses the river, the canal is
a succession of fumes, fills, concrete
retaining walls, and plain canals, for
some miles, until it enters into the
broader valley where the company lands
are. 1t is a difficult and expensive
piece of work, but is being so well done
as to seem almost easy, and it's perma-
nency is beyond question. The lands ex-
tend down to Glenn's Ferry where there
is a good area of the finest land to be
watered.
The construction work is in the hands
of the Slick Brothers company, one of
the best known contracting companies
in the intermountain country. They
have large force of men at work. and
are making exceptional time in the en-
terprise.
While the lands of the company will
all be south of the Snake river and
hence outside of Lincoln county, the
power plant and diversion dam and
other principal works will be in Lin
coin county, hence can be considered a
local industry.
The present plans call for the irriga-
ton of only about 1900 acres of land
instead of the original "a, 900 acres The
axcelIence of the water snnnlv-Et is as.