The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1924-08-06

Horse shoe canyon ..-------------0 I, OVV
Hope Valley .z......---.....-.s.s.---40 0Oo
Silver King ...s.--....--.....--....-.---22, SOC
Silver Queen -.........z......-z..-.--- 1000
Dumont Meadows .--5....-----.-.--- 5000
Diamond valley ...--.----.--==-=-----z3, : 5, aOp
"The Horse Shoe Canyon site
above mentioned was at one time
recommended by the reclamation bu-
reau.
a filing was made about 1929
upon the Diamond Valley irrigation
district tTruckee Carson irrigation
district No. u. We understand that
the construction of a dam to store
approximately 23.s00 feet in the
Diamond Valley reservoir has been
contemplated and Is still under con
siaeratian by the Carson valley irri-
CATION district. Subsequent to the
filing by the United States govern
ment on May %, 1903 at Lahontan
reservoir and up to the time Of the
Richardson report IN 1913, approx
mately 2310 acres of new lands had
been brought into cultivation In Car
sen valley and It is estimated tina
from 1913 and up to the present time
and additional acreage OF 2700 acres
has been brought Into cultivation.
Pmaking a total of 500 acres est
mated as having been brought into
cultivation subsequent to the appro-
priation OF the United States govern
ment for the Newlands project.
"There remain approximately 20
Q00 acres of irrigahle lands in Car
son valley not now in cultivation.
During the latter part of last
week Directors c. +. Kent and W. A
Harmon and John T. Richardson.
Mr.. Snow. Mr.. Dent and ourselves
visited the head-waters Of the stream
IN Alpine county in order to get frs
hand information Of the actual res
erYoir construction work being don ?
at the present time and found thai
the Dangberg interests We're cor
structing dam at Heenan lake upon
the east fork of the Carson river to
impound the waters of Monitor ereeS
for irrigation purposes Work was
well under way in the construction
of a 35-foot dam TO be completed
late in the fall Of the present year.
weather conditions permitting. The
estimated maximum storage capacity
is 5000 acre feet. In view of the
small water shed available TO fiji
this particular reservoir, it is ques-
tionable If the acutal storage will
exceed 1000 acre feet. The party
also visited a small depression called
Red lake upon the west fork of the
stream where Mr.. Dressler some
years ago constructed a dirt dam and
has, during the past few years. stored
water amounting 10 approximately
400 acre feet per season. Mr.. Dress
Ter is now commencing work with
teams to enlarge the dam in order to
secure additional storage of 400 acre
feet. No construction work of any
lind was being carried on in either
Bagley valley or Silver King Mead
ows, nor so far as we are aware. is
any contemplated, at least in the
Immediate future,
Several adjudieations have been
had as to water rights between the
various intereats upon the upper por
ton of the Carosn river, but no al
Indication has been made between
the water users upon The upper por
ton of the stream and the users upon
the lower portion of the stream In
and about Dayton and Fallon. >
ut Is our opinion that the rights
of the respective water users of the
Carson river should be adjudieated.
This should include not only an ad-
iudioation between the Carson valley
lands, Alpine county lands and the
Churchill county lands, but all of
the water users upon the river as
well, in order to determine the re
spective priorities of the vested lands
in the Truckee-Carson irrigation dis
triet at Fallon, which we're subse.
quently conveyed to the United
States government We reach this