The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-03-12

Meadows country by the Amargosa Land &
Irrigation company, a big crew of men now
on the ground preparing to install pumping
stations, laying pipe line, building fumes,
etc. Within q comparatively few weeks the
first unit of $500 acres will be ready for the
pillow and the planter, and by the end of sum-
mer will be covered with growing and ripen-
ing crops.
The incorporators of the Amargosa Land
& Irrigation company are Hon. Chas. ).
Thomas, j. p. LOTUS, W. f. Johnson, j. r.
Davis, w. H. Bryant, F. M. Chambers, Chas.
s.. Sprague, H. G. Mayer, Chas. G. Patrick,
George Wingfeld, Loren b. Curtis and
Charles Snyder. All of the above gentle
men are men of means and influence. F. M.
Chambers of Goldfeld is the secretary of
the company.
Co-incidentally with the formation of the
company and the Inauguration of extensive
operation, work of interesting home-seekers
in this new land is being taken up, and the
company has issued a booklet that is a state
ment of the engineering details and physical
possibilities of the reclamation project, which
is under the Carey act. Chas. G.. Patrick,
engineer of the company, is authority for
the statements made in the interesting piece
of literature. Some of it's features follow:
LAND.
The land for which application is made
lies in Township 16 South, Range SO East
and Township II South. Range 40 East, M. d.
b. & M, Nye County, Nevada, and consists OF
a mesa of a gradual slope of about ten feet
to the mile, making it very desirable from an
irrigation standpoint, and is very well drained
.ao, ~ hain0 nf SufiCippt elevation
above the water table of the surrounding
country. This is a very important item and
deserves a great deal of consideration In tnat
it precludes any possibility of the land be-
coming saturated and at any future period
being spoiled by an excess OF alkall. Inc
soil consists of a sandy loan, varying IN
depth from three to fifteen feet, there being
very little wash indeed and the growth cover
ing this tract consists of bunch-grass, grease
wood and sagebrush. In referring 10 the
chemical analysis of the same. see Exhibit
A" in the appendix of this report. The eleva-
ton above sea level is from 2100 to 220O feet'
the climate being very temperate. In thirty
years the measurements show the lowest
range of temperature to be some 49,. The
possibilities of intensive cultivation are very
great as the varieties OF crops vary from
forage crops such as alfalfa, which Will pro-
duce as high as five or six cuttings a year IN
this altitude, and to the very high-class fruits
such as pOmeSrandteS, SidPCo, oPPASS'
and pears; also, figs, almonds, walnuts' sweet
notatoes and cotton are grown in this vicinity
very luxuriantly.
The railroad transportation facilities are
such that it will be possible to market produce
from this tract with not to exceed a wagon
haul of seven or eight miles to make railroad
connections with either the Las Vegas d ION
opah or the Tonopah & Tidewater ra1lroaos.
This will give transportation for settlers not
.-,- r,;+b tho main lines of the Santa Fe ana
with the san Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake
railroad. but also with local markets or north-
ern Nevada. These items give very great
financial possibilities toward the extensive
cultivation of this tract of land.
WATER.
The water which is proposed to De useo
in the initial installations for the Reclamation
of this tract will be obtained from the nows Oh
thermal or artesian springs which nave theii
outlet in a series of marshes known as .
Meadows. These springs cover an area Oh
nroctica,v two townships of land and are
without question the largest. to my knowledge,
in the state of Nevada, some of the indlVlouai
springs having a flow as high as eight cuui'
feet per second. AS shown on the maps a I ~
point of diversion in Section 16, township -
South. and in Section 4 of Township IL SOUTH
Range so East, the water from these springs
flows and collects in well-defned channels. AT
the aforementioned points there are DOZENS
of springs which contribute and make a now
at the present time without any oeVeiopnen'
whatever. of fifty cubic feet per second. Inc
temnerature of this water Is ABOUT 90
Fabrenheit. and as they break out from d
lime formation under considerable pressure
Indicate that their source is from an uhoer-
Ground flow of considerable depth, ana irom
the observations in past years nave proven
nerrnanence. There is enough water avail
ob,e at the two different points OF dlVersloh'
&C shown on the accompanying maps, TO re-
o,oip, practically all of the surveyed laho
which we desire to segregate in this appica-
ton Referring to the chemical analysis u
the water TO be utilized from the above men
toned points, we refer you to "Exnioit D.
IT is further the intention or the Compahs
70 drill for artesian wells as, without doupt'
thew will be able to develop a consloerapie
SUNNY of water from that source. In aooi-
tion IN this available supply of water there
: also the surface waters which are iounu
IN an underground stream known as 'he
Amarposa River. This stream also ho~S
tbro,eb this tract. The drainage area OF TINS
stream is some three thousand square mies
and from the Government reports ana meas
,rements the average annual rainfall over TINS
r,e+er shed would be somewhere about t"eise
inches From the fact that this unoersioun0
stream ar the station of Leland on the ron
onah &. Underwater railroad, comes WITHIN ioi''
feet of the surface and is pumped from -
nnd alGn ron