Gunnison news-champion., 1920-12-17
STATE BUYS FISH
HATCHERY AT PITkIN
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for enlarged capacity % hatchery and
ponds -f the s~EH4t tourist a,-rartiOn Of
trout fishing IS 90 be- brought back
a her. u va. WE.Te there ussa 70 Be 4
dozen fisheFnsn thsFe are now thou
ands WEo come By automobile.
AT. FarEln says. Il may add thai,
we an- going % make the GunnisOn
County EatCheTy'On Of the finest
II not the hncs. In the stats-ihis viii
no, b. altogether through anything
The department can do. but will b.
equally due 20 the natural advantages
to b. found there IN the various spring
Of dEfcreu, rUperatgTes- something
not found anywhere else IN the state.
and - condition which would - rare
IN any other state.
In dias- s-IHg the purchase The Pit
ku Miner rrnarks:
Ia th.- connection il may D. well
20 STATE that there are some half dozen
spungs uh.ch have their source in the
hatchery grounds, ranging IN temper
a,gr. from 26 70 co degree. Only one
OF these, however. the warm one, has
| been developed 70 that the rOw can be
! utilized IN the hatchery. The cold vat
- used IN the hatchery is pIped from
vhat b. known A. the Red Jacket
! Spring. = distance Of about a quarter
I OF q mile. This Is I wonderful spring OF
ab -0.gtsly pure water, the tempeTa-
turr being 80 in winter and summer
alike, and capable Of supplying a
harhcry three times the size OF the
present one. The combining Of the
water from this spring with that OF
the warm spring, makes it possible to
vary the temperature AZ any time, 10
suIJ the needs Of the hatchery. making
IL truly an ideal condition In this
manner the time Of the hatch can be
retarded or hastened 10 suit conditions
OF the history Of this hatchery il
might be well 10 quote from the Miner
Of November 1917, as follows:
Walking about one fine day in the
summer Of 1905, James r. Chrystal
came upon a group Of springs about
a mile south OF Pitkin and in looking
around discovered near the head OF
| one Of the springs where the FISH had
] spawned and left the egg 10 hatch
NSnd hatch they did, as there vas a
/ fine bunch Of little fellows doing well
in the clear spring water. This gave
Mr.. Crystal an idea and he cOmmu.
] lllHsAAf7l aaE4 T. l-sAittAs AAAfI
| tendcnt Of the Gunnison hatchery
Mr.. Land came up and took consider.
able interest in the little bunch Of fish
[ that were fiouTishing in the spring
water. w. s. Kinkaid was then statf
superintendent Of hatcheries and the
matter was called to his attention. He
came here and examined the conditions
and tested the water A trough was
| put in the Red Jacket spring and filled
with brook trout eggs. This was
taken care Of by Mr.. Chrystal during
the winter and the eggs hatched ou,
fine from the out Of doaTs trough.
In 1906 S. +. Land purchased the
ground surrounding the springs and
erected n twelve-trough hatchery and
from that time il vas used as an auxi-
! liHry to the Gunnison hatchery.
"ln May 1911, Il. l.. Mcknight pur.
| chased the property from Mr.. Land
and erected the present hatchery and
| ponds. i; contains 80 troughS with 9
capacity for taking care Of 1000, ,0OC
eggs. The hatchery has since beer
! operated by the state under n lcast
! from Mr. Mcknight"