Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-08-18
A BIG PROJECT
ON COLORADO

1
dam at Bulls Head Canyon in Color
ado. This week force of 800 men
began activities drilling in the river
bed to find suitable foundation for
the big structure.
| This is the big project being put
| forward by the Chuckawalla Devel-
| opment Co. The company is to erect
a big dam at the point mentioned
which will impound the waters OF
the Colorado for purposes of supply
ing power to big electric generating
plant to be built at the site of the
dam
This power plant will supply the
energy for driving pumps to lift the
water from the Nile of the West to
irrigate a big tract of land in the
Chuckawalla Valley furthur down the
river. and located at too great mn alti
tude to permit of getting the water
on the land by gravity.
George Wharton James, writing in
the Twentieth Century Magazine for
August has fine article dealing with
this project of reclaiming the Chuck
walla Valley. He says in part;
"R. NJ. league, who is president
of the development company, is one
of the largest citrus nursery men in
the state. He and his engineer, A. H.
Koebig, have recently returned from
a trip of inspection over the route Of
the proposed irrigation system. 1t is
proposed toput in dam at suit
able point above Needles, there gen.
crate several thousand horse power.
transmit it to the point of water in
take. and there install pumping
plants which will pump the water to
the canals of the Palo Verdi Mesa
and the Chuckawalla Valley.
Mr.. James makes the forecast that
the result of the undertaking will be
to develop country that will be sec
ond to none. not excepting the fam
Gus Imperial Valley, nor the fertile
reg,on around Redlands and River
side
Locally, the project will be of
great benefit in that it will demon
strate what can be done by the appli-
cation of water to the so-called desert
lands SO long given over to the dom
inion of coyotes, rabbits. lizards and
the rattlesnakes.
In view of the big reclamation
scheme, now coming to ahead, where
by the Valley View Land and Water
Co will reclaim 10000 acres in the Pi-
ute Valley adjacent to Searchlight.
residents of this section will be much
interested in the Chuckawalla under
taking. While the two projects are
entirely separate and independent of
each other, they are similar in object
and nature
The dam at the Bulls Head will
have the effect of backing up the
waters east of Searchlight many miles
on the river, forming lake some
eight miles in width Immediately to
| the east of this place and a little
over ten miles distant. The depth of
this lake will be 100 feet.
The construction work, which will
cover period of some four years.
will mean good deal in business
, way to Searchligth. as it is expected
that this will be the shipping and
supply point for the outfit.
The ranchers along the river will
also benifit to no small extent, as
they can find an easy market for their
produce and live stock in supplying
provisions for the workers. 1t will be
only necessary : for the ranchers to
load their stuff upon barges and float
/ them down the stream, coming back
empty. using gasoline power boat,
for towing the empty barges.-Search
! light Bulletin