Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-17
Vast Reclamation Project to
Cultivate 100000 Acres
OF Fertile Land.
Goldfied Parties File on Choice Sections in
Anargosa and Pahrump Districts.


lples, peaches, grapes, and other
fruits, which command price that
cannot be obtained by fruits grown
in the lower and warmer valley
lands
The soil itself is one especially
inviting to the horticulturist. 1t is
rich aluvium, from so to more
than 100 feet deep, composed from
the wash and weathering of the
misunderstanding hillsides of many
thousands of years. 1t is full of
all those mineral salts which give
richness and coloring to fruit, that
lend nutrition to vegetables, and all
plant life. 1t is virgin soil. 1t has
never known the plow or the reap
er. It's richness has been lying for
ages, awaiting the touch of the man
who should conserve the moisture
of the surface and underground
streams and wed it to the thirsty
acres. No richer soil can be found
the world over. Nowhere is there
brighter or more equable sunshine.
The waters Of the Amargosa
river, which has a watershed 150
miles long by 40 miles wide, to-
gether with springs, alone afford
water for the irrigation of 10000
| INF fo11 of dc
much more water, but it sinks out
of sight in the desert sands. Drill
ing has proved that this water, and
| the water from distant watersheds,
travels under that valley in great
subterranean streams, some of them
of such pent-up buoyancy and life
that they bubble to and far above
the surface when the driller pro-
vides way. Others provide great
reservoirs from which the water,
cold clear and pure, must be
pumped. But there is water for
every acre.
''There is ample money behind
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the great American desert into a
garden spot. Plans now being rap
idly perfected will place the first
unit of this reclamation project un-
der irrigation and ready for the
home builder in six months from
the present time. Then another
unit will be irrigated, and another,
and another, until the whole wit
nesses the magic transformation
that has been seen on other parched
lands when soil and water are we'd
ded. There are more than $4,000
actually in hand to put through the
initial work and turn the first units
into productiveness. Back of this
! $751; 900 is a fund totaling $4,000
600, which, or any part of which,
will become available as soon as the
men promoting this great reclama-
ton scheme say that it is needed.
1.-The two railroads that traverse
this new domain have already given
word that they will help in the de-
velopment of this new, self-support-
ing empire in every way possible.
They will advertise it, they will help
colonize it, they will give new rates
for passenger and freight traffic to
this new country that will aid in
showing the outside public the true
resources, advantages and appeal of
this new Ell Dorado. Here a man
may be sure of his profits. Mining
offers greater returns, but to the
lucky few.
Development of agricultural Ne
vada is beginning to appeal to all
the large interests and most of the
live men of the state, for they fore
see that the agricultural and horti-
cultural interests will help make the
state self-supporting and lend back
|; bone to the mining interests; that
in order that the state reach its
highest destiny, the soil must be
! titled at the surface. while Others
] burrow beneath it,
Throughout the state other rec
lamation projects are under wa,
J that involve the expenditure of i'm
mense sums. In northern WashoC
| county, 10000 acres have been re-
/ claimed by a capitalist from Seattle
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