The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1924-09-26
new STORAGE
PROFIT PLANNED

Diversion and storage rights to the
surplus waters of the Humboldt river,
amounting to 10000 acre feet, have
been requested from the Nevada state
engineer by A. jain, chairman of the
Lovelock water users association COM
mittee in charge of the project to ma
ture a reservoir scheme. The plan is
to fully supply the lands of the Love-
lock valley, when combined with the
facilities presented by the twin reser-
voirs at Humboldt, belonging to the
Humboldt -Lovelock Irrigation, Light
and Power company which is already
invested with diversion and storage
rights applying to the surplus waters
of the Humboldt river, totaling no.
900 acre feet. w C. Pitt, president
of the going reservoir company, has
a substantial force of men together
with livestock and dirt moving ma
chinery, at work at the Humboldt res
ervoirs where embankments are being
madel arger in anticipation of storing
an increased amount of water during
the season of 1924-1925. With a full
utilization of the storage rights pos
sessed by the older company and those
requested by Mr.. Jahn's committee,
total water storage of 100000 acre
feet would back Lovelock valleys ag
riculture and with prudent handling it
would make possible the full utiliba-
ton of all agricultural resources, at
least one-half of which are now in the
potential state.
1t is the purpose of the water users
associations committee to utilize what
is known as the Oreana dam site
about twelve miles north of Lovelock.
To give the scheme tangibility au-
thority for water diversion has been
requested from Nevada officials and
obtained and a notice reciting the
facts is contained on page three of
this issue of the Review Miner. In or
der to encompass its aims the commit
tee is urging the organization of an
irrigation district within which would
be incorporated the lands to be bene-
fitted and it is declared that suffi-
cient amount of acreage either has
been pledged by owners or will be
pledged at an early date. w. c. Berg
man of Newton, Iowa, one of the own
ers of the Iowa Land company ranch
adjoining Lovelock on the south and
comprising about 5000 acres of land,
was in conference with the committee
today and expressed favor for the
proposed plan.
The total area cited in Mr.. Jahn's
application to be supplied by the di-
version and storage scheme now pro-
jected is 40,640 acres, most of which
lies in the lower valley district where
crop shortages were acute during the
present season, due to lack of irri-
cation water.
Resources presented by the Oreana
dam site were largely determined by
Bonny Mcbride, former assistant
state engineer, who carried out rec
onnaissances in 1919 to disclose that
water storage aggregating 11S,000
acre feet would be presented by the
construction of dam $50 feet from
end to end and 100 feet in height. Mr..
McBride's tentative plans for the dam
structure have been made available
to the committee now engaged in
working out details. This engineering
data provides for an earthen structure
erected around a concrete core which
would rest on solid bedrock for the
entire distance of its length and would
have a top breadth of 80 feet. The
upstream slope is to be three to one
grade and the downstream slope a
two to one slope. Water would be
backed up the Humboldt valley for a
distance of Is miles, the artificial lake
reaching to Mill City vicinity.
/ The estimated cost of the proposed
dam would be $750,000 and this ap-
portioned against the present irrigat-
ed area to be additionally served
would make the per acre dam con-
structicn cost about $500. In this
connection it is figured that new lands
which would be placed into cultivation
under the stimulus of new irrigation
facilities, would defray the per acre
charge to around $25.00.
Members of the irrigation commit
tee of the local water users associa-
tion, now so earnestly working on the
enlarged scheme are A. jain, chair
man; w. w. Carpenter, John FAINT,
Vernon Westfall and C. Arobio.-