, 1921-07-07
COUNTY'S WONDER-
fUl RESOURCES
Presentation Of Eads" ia Matter, Of
AppiCs6m Of 81 {. 10 Discontinue
Service and Abandon Road Brings
Out Storyof Wonderful Resources
Of Southern Carbon County

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and when completed will bring under
of said project is hereto attached.
hibit c.; . Photographic view show
country to be irrigated Is also here
to attached, made q part hereof and
marked Exhibit Gil"
9. Another project is known as
the Mccoy Project, or Enlargement
of the Grand Encampment Ditch,
which, when completed will bring
under irrigation and cultivation
1000 acres; q blue print of said pro-
je.: 10 hereto attached, made a part
hereof and marked. Exhibit H.; a
Photographic view showing the char
acter and contour Of the land to be
irrigated is also hereto attached,
made Q part hereof and marked "Ex-
hibit HI"
10. Another project with great
merit IL the Condict Project out OF
Brush Creek, which IL nearing the
stage OF completion, and which, when
completed, will irrigate some 1000
acres that attached hereto, made .
part hereof and marked Exhibit r.,
a blue print showing the project
and the following schedules marked
Exhibit H." Exhibit L., Exhibit
I-3" and Exhibit la, exhibit I-5y,
shows q Photographic view OF said
project and a large portion OF the
land to be irrigated and other por-
lions. ready for cultivation.
II. That another project known
An the Fitzgerald project II in course
Of construction and when completed
viii irrigate 5000 acres: that at
tached hereto, made a part hereof
and marked Exhibit j.. Is q blue
print showing the lands that will be
irrigated when the project is COM
pleted.
10. One Of the largest and most
feasible projects of the Valley is
known as the ..Castael",s - project
which, when constructed, VIII = tm-
brace an area Of irrigable land APP
proximating $1,000 acres. For this
project there 10 one Of the finest
natural reservoir sites in the Inter-
mountain States. with 0 capacity of
more than one million feet o fwater;
a blue print Of said project Is here
to attached, made q part hereof and
marked Exhibit K"; q Photographic
view showing the contour Of the land
to be irrigated is also hereto attach
ed. made q, part hereof and marked
Exhibit XII"
10. That the engineers of the Re-
claamation Service Of the United
States, and the State Engineers or
the State OF Wyoming, are now en-
ployed in making surveys on a pro-
jcct that will cover q large area of
beautiful virgin territory between
Saratoga and Walcott, Wyoming,
along the line Of the Saratoga and
Encampment Railroad, approximat-
ing some $4,000 acres; that mo- re-
port. IN writing, OF the Reclamation
Department, nor OF the State Engi-
neer, has as yet been rendered; how
ever. those in charge have stated
during the month that the project is
entirely feasible and that there is
amply water to take care OF samss
attached hereto, made . part heSeof.
and marked Exhibit Lei" and EEK
.hlbit L-2" are some Photographic
views showing the contour OF the
land to be irrigated and also show
ing the Saratoga and Encampment
Railroad passing through the lands.
IA. That the timber resources Of
the territory tributary to the Sara
toga and Encampment Railroad are
inexhaustfble; that attached hereto,
made q part hereof and marked Eek
hibit M" is q letter received from
the Federal Officer in charge Of the
Forest Reserve which sets forth the
supply Of ties which can be taken
perpetually from the. forest without
decreasing the output. That in add
tion to the tie supply, SONG 100000
props for mining purposes can be
taken from said forests annually.
L. That at the present time all
OF the ties and props Manufactured
In the Platte River Valley and on
the streams tributary thereto are
floatsd In the early reason down the
streams and the Platte River to Fort
Steele, wyoming; that the manage
mont Of the timber companies have
stated that Il costs upwards OF &c Per
piece to float the timbers from sara
toga, Wyoming to Fort Steele. Wyo-
ming; that the average nunb0r OF
pieces Heated each year approxiMate
from G1o,eee TO 9ee.00e; that tAe
"a iSEstota and: EncampQfsns &atl-
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