The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-03-05
MONSTER DRILL BORE
FOR ARTES|AN WATER

of drilling machinery constituting the
highest type Of standard steel rig
we'll drilling apparatus, with steam
boiler and air compressor. are now on
the way over the Tonopah & Tfdewa-
ter to southern Nye County to engage
in water exploration. The drilling
will be directed by s. F. Catey, an
operator who is known throughout
the entire range Of Pacific coast
States as the highest authority on
! sinking for either water or oil. His
outfits are the best that money can
buy and this particular n is the
greatest ever brought into Nevada
for IN purpose.
Frank NJ. Jenifer, traffic manager
of the Tonopah & Tidewater, who was
in Tonopah Saturday. came here to
attend to the details Of initiating the
important development which will
have a far reaching influence in pop
| ulating the lower end Of this county
under the Pittman Act. The drill
| equipment will be sent first to Pah-
rump ranch where Fred Shoup, the
manager, is anxious to extend the
acreage under cultivation after prov
| ing up the existence Of an underfiow
commensurate with the proposed cul-
| tivation. The Pahrump ranch now
has 500 acres watered by al artesian
flow hat is encountered at a depth
| of 200 feet, and II the water can be
increased the acreage of the ranch
will be enlarged proportionately.
After finishing the exploration at
Pahrump the equipment will be
brought up to the vicinity Of Iceland
station on the Tidewater, adjacent to
the demonstration farm of the rail
road company, and five or six wells
will be drilled as fast as possible that
farm operations may begin this year.
Long Beach capitalists have filed on
"a sections of lands which have been
surveyed by United States surveyors.
| This means that under the Pittman
Act at least six sections will be put
under cultivation. The wells will be
| 16 inches In diameter and the water
| will be conducted to the land under
| cultivation through cement pipes to
avoid loss of evaporation. For this
purpose a cement pipe machine will
be installed in the district and the
pipe made right on the premises.
This is the elimination Of a move
ment hat has been under advisemert
for nearly three years, but which was
held up by the fact that the ground
had not been surveyed and therefore
could not be entered through the
land office. Through the efforts of
Clay Tallman this neglect was re-
dressed recently by sending a corps
of surveyors to the Amargosa valley,
where they have completed three
townships along the California line
dhu - INV PiOoSS0tAA8 ShoAA OAh
in California. Under the Pittman
Act the entryman has the right to To-
cate four sections on developing wat
err and engaging in practical farm
ing on 20 acres. Then he will be en-
| titled to one full section, but may
take up contiguous sections under
the regular Homestead law. In the
Amargosa valley a steady flow of
water of apparently unlimited guam
tity has been found at a depth Of $50
feet. The soil is most fertile and
capable of growing anything except
tropical fruits. AS an illustration of
what has been done ON the demon
| stration farm 1t is mentioned that
tamaraek trees, which are grown in
Imperial valley for railroad ties,
made a most wonderful growth at
Iceland. Cuttings stuck in the ground
in March, 1919, to act as windbreaks,
have grown in two Summers to a dia-
meter of four inches without any at
tention.