The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-27

rds-rst - Etza the government was
I1CH- - md MS immense reser-
F1ir -s.sa satisfied Aexicos claim by
lE-sazax 20 sraxi1e their lands with
50 lIzf ARE tses - Eater annually
sIlis5=-s . irrigzte their 5000
ARES - previously long as the
sEszz- c17fiaaess Ia lieu Of this sup
pF te= government furnishes ST.
sfs 1Hs wEieh Is not charged 10 the
ard
r. E-a Gr41de valley extends
zaoz- 50 niles IL NeW Mexico below
re dan ste. AID : composed of d
1epreszzaz a=zxeaa mountain and
highland razz=s varying in width at
iirereaf points. and in these swell
ing areaz f. TIE SeE' Mexico lands
70 he irrigated - THIS project. At
The heads q these divisions Of the
great valley Ill r. constructed the
diversion dams ard sut1-reseryoirs by
xhich 70 IL the distributing canals.
The frs 81 fhese divisions Is called
the Las PaIomas valley then comes
the Rincoa VALLEY. then the Mesilla
VALLEY. six miles teIoa Nhich the val
ley 80 NATIONS a. 10 IT, called The
Pass. beyond which lies the FL
Paso valley. shieh spreads out over
the last par Of Nea Mexico and far
into TzEss and into Old Mexico.
About I've miles heIos the site Of
the Elephant Butte dam lies the first
OF the Above described diversions Of
the system. knoNn as Las Palomas
The meaning Of the name In English
is The Doves Here. among the
foothills OF the sest side border Of
the valley. are located the famous
Hot Springs Of New Mexico. visited
by hundreds Of people annually. be-
cause Of their great beneficial effect
upon sufferers from rheumatism and
stomach, liver and kidney troubles.
This great valley Is in a high state
of cultivation. with the hills and
mountains back Of them and also
those across the valley filled with
game.
Having won fame long ere the
adoption by the government Of the
great Elephant Butte Project to irri
gate the entire great valley, by the
magnificent fruits. such as melons.
cantaloupes, plums. apricots. nee
tarines, celery and tomatoes and
abundant yields of It's alfalfa and
grain crops. raised by means Of the
several smaller and private irriga-
ton systems, the Mexilla valley has
given assurance to the world what II
will become with the completion of
the greater system.
AS early as the Pan-American ex-
position at Buffalo, n. Y, in 1901
and at the Worlds Fair, at st. Louis
In 1907. and even before these dates,
fruits such as peaches, pears, grapes
and especially apples. very large.
perfectly formed and delicious in IA
vor, raised in the Mesilla valley. and
placed on exhibition, attracted the
wonder and admiration of all peopIe
who saw and ate of them from ali
parts Of the world.
In addition to the construction of
the great dam and reservoir at Ele-
plant Butte and the building OF the
miles of additional canals and
bitches. etc, the undertaking renders
much other construction necessarv
AS units of the great whole. Sucb
was the necessity of building a diver
sion dam at Leesburg, together with
he reservoir with the same. Here il
was necessary to erect a weir dam
Of reinforced concrete 600 feet long
and 30 feet wide. 1t was built rest
ng on piles and sheet pillng, with
he noted old Penasco Rock for its
EASTERN abutment and concrete pier
or It's western abutment. There Is