THE RECLAMATION SERVICE. 



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involves the building of a tunnel from Gunnison River, six miles in 

 length and requiring four years to build. 



Idaho. — The Minidoka project is for the reclamation of 100,000 to 

 120,000 acres of vacant public land on both sides of Snake River, at a 

 cost of $26 per acre. This is to be accomplished by the construction 





Gunnison Canyon near Head of proposed Diversion Tunnel. 



of a dam and canals and development of the gravity and pumping 

 systems. 



Kansas. — Investigations are being made of the feasibility of pump- 

 ing water in Kansas, and particularly of the quantity and rate of move- 

 ment of the- so-called underflow of western Kansas, and the practica- 

 bility of bringing this to the surface. 



Montana. — The Milk River project is for the reclamation of nearly 

 00,000 acres of land, mostly public, and located mainly on the south 



