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miles long and 14 feet wide to irrigate 

 2i),000 acres of land; Z. O. Stocker, San 

 Antonio; J. S. Taylor, Laredo, Tex. 



UTAH. 



The Pioneer Electric Power Company, 

 of Ogden, has commenced the construction 

 of its irrigation canal, lying west and 

 iiorthwest of Ogden and on the north side 

 of the Weber river. The canal will have 

 a capacity of 120 cubic feet per second, 

 and is intended for the irrigation of 18,- 

 000 acres of land. 



Two companies are clawing at each 

 other in the effort to first acquire posses- 

 sion of rights on the Gooseberry reservoir 

 and irrigation scheme near Mt. Pleasant, 

 Urah, a new Richmond, with a surveying 

 corps, having lately appeared upon the 

 scene. This reservoir scheme is, with the 

 exception of the Bear River Irrigation 

 Company's, the largest and most import- 

 ant in Utah, and will involve an outlay of 

 a capital of $500,000. 



Henry M. Ryan, representing a com- 

 pany of Chicago capitalists, will shortly 

 begin the greatest undertaking ever yet 

 attempted for the development of the 

 mines in the Camp Floyd district that 

 is, a thorough prospecting of the district 

 by means of diamond and churn drills. 



WASHINGTON. 



A very large irrigation project is talked 

 of in the State of Washington. The plan 

 is to tap with a main canal the St. Joe 

 river, in Idaho, and carry the water across 

 the fertile portion of eastern Washington 

 to the arid region of the Columbia basin, 

 and reclaim two or three million acres of 

 land which is at present valueless except 

 for scanty grazing. 



A Seattle syndicate has shipped to the 

 Everett smelter, from one of a group of 

 mines owned by the syndicate, a carload 

 of ore which turned out a value of $70.96 

 per ton in gold, silver and lead. The vein 

 was discovered early in August and has 

 been traced on the surface for more than 

 1,400 feet. The mines are located eight 

 miles from Skykomish Station on the 

 Great Northern. 



Spokane is feeling the good effects of 

 the revival of mining in the Trail Creek 

 and other districts. During the past year 

 over $250,000 has been paid out in Spok- 

 ane in dividends, one mine, the War 



Eagle, alone paying $132,000. The Le 

 Roi has paid $25,000, the Slocan Star 

 $50,000, and the Cariboo claims large 

 amounts. 



The great jetty at the mouth of the 

 Columbia is nearing completion. The 

 jetty is one of the most successful works 

 of the kind ever constructed, and the cost 

 has been far within the estimates. There 

 is now a wide, straight channel 30 feet 

 in depth. 



An irrigating canal is to be constructed 

 near Walla Walla, which will water 16,000 

 acres of land. 



WYOMING. 



Application has been made to the State 

 Engineer at Cheyenne by the Wyoming 

 Irrigation and Land Company for water 

 to irrigate 21,000 acres of land. It in- 

 tends taking the water from Green river, 

 in Sweetwater county, where this company 

 has secured 48,000 acres of railroad land 

 and has applied for an equal acreage un- 

 der the Carey act. 



A. M. Crafts, the Douglas civil engineer, 

 is in Casper again viewing the territory 

 there, with the intention of carrying suc- 

 cessfully his plan of building an irrigating 

 ditch from Bessemer through the hills 

 south of Casper to Glenrock. 



A section of country that is attracting 

 more than ordinary attention just now is 

 the Four Mile placers, situated about 

 seventy-five miles south of Rawlins on the 

 Snake river, in Carbon county. 



Six thousand five hundred acres of oil 

 lands adjoining the Cudahy tract passed 

 into the hands of C. B. McClenny, of 

 Florida, last week, says the Douglas News. 



The Golden Bar Steam Dredging Com- 

 pany intend placing two large steam 

 dredges on the upper Snake river, in TJinta 

 county, for the purpose of working their 

 valuable placer ground, which consists of 

 over 1,000 acres of low bars on both sides 

 of the river. 



WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON AND BRITISH 

 COLUMBIA. 



The Northwest Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion held their annual session at Walla 

 Walla, continuing for four days, with 

 extra conclaves in the evening. It was 

 largely, attended. Dr. N. G. Blalock, 

 the president, was in the chair, C. A. 

 Tonneson, of Tacoma, acted as secretary. 



