1908 



RECLAMATION SERVICE 



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ever, is of satisfactory depth, and is 

 of fine quality for growing all kinds 

 of farm crops common to a latitude 

 500 miles south of this. The climatic 

 conditions in the Shoshone basin are 

 controlled largely by the mountain 

 ranges which entirely surround the 

 Shoshone and Big Horn basins. The 

 snowfall, like the rainfall, is very lim- 

 ited. The weather conditions are in- 

 dicated by the fact that building work 

 on reinforced concrete structures has 

 been carried on continuously through- 

 out the entire winter. 



Coal and 

 Oil Deposits 

 Handy 



There are abundant coal 

 measures within team- 

 ing distance of the irri- 

 gated lands. A coal mine has been 

 opened within the area served by the 

 Frannie extension of the Garland 

 canal. Also oil, in commercial quan- 

 tities, has been developed in the vicin- 

 ity. The oil has a paraffin base, and 

 can be refined for illumination. 



Richness 

 of Water 

 Power 



Power for all purposes 

 will be available in 

 great quantities from 

 the Shoshone dam. Practically all the 

 water to be impounded into the reser- 

 voir will be discharged under a pres- 

 sure of 240 feet.. Two 42-inch cast- 

 iron pipes are being placed in the base 

 of the dam for immediate power gen- 



eration, thus insuring for the people 

 of this project one of the most inex- 

 pensive and permanent water powers 

 in the entire West. The power thus 

 made available will belong exclusively 

 to the irrigators filing on the lands, 

 the receipts from the sale of power 

 ^oing naturally first to defray the cost 

 of maintaining and operating the irri- 

 gation works ; and as the power is 

 utilized it should, and undoubtedly 

 will, yield a substantial annual rev- 

 enue, probably more than sufficient to 

 operate and maintain the entire canal 

 system. 



The Shoshone reservoir now under 

 construction, when completed, regu- 

 lating as it will the entire discharge 

 of the north and south forks of the 

 Shoshone River, will provide water 

 sufficient to cover 400,000 acres of 

 land three feet in depth each year. The 

 Garland canal, now under construc- 

 tion, is only one of four main canals 

 which may ultimately be built. 



There is not a wooden structure on 

 the entire project. The Shoshone 

 dam, the highest masonry dam in the 

 world, will be of concrete masonry. 

 The Corbett diverting dam is of con- 

 crete masonry reinforced with steel 

 bars. This structure has an overflow 

 weir 400 feet long, with a capacity iv 

 handle twice the greatest flood eve 

 known in the Shoshone River. 



ONIONS AS IRRIGATORS 



While it is unquestionably true that ir- 

 rigation water in general must come from 

 wooded mountain slopes, it appears this 

 is not absolutely the only source. A 

 farmer in Ohio has made a discovery 

 that will be of vast importance to farm- 

 ers during a dry season. He has found 

 that when onions and potatoes are plant- 

 ed in the same field in alternate rows 

 the onions, being so strong, bring tears 

 to the eyes of the potatoes in such vol- 

 umes that the roots of the vines are kept 

 moist and a big crop is raised in spite 

 of the drought. 



