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REPORT OP THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



A location for a Southern California hatchery has finally been 

 selected and what will be the most up-to-date hatchery in the world is 

 now being built on Oak Creek, in Inyo County. The hatchery building, 

 192^ feet by 45 feet, is being constructed of natural stone, gabro and 

 granite taken from the floor of the valley nearby and will cost approxi- 

 mately $60,000. The lower floor will contain, in addition to the hatchery 

 room, olSces, storerooms and a laboratory, and the second floor will 

 furnish quarters for the help. The most up-to-date plumbing will be 

 used. The location of this hatchery is unique, with snow-capped Mt. 

 Whitney, the highest peak in the United States, in the background 

 and Death Valley, 427 feet below sea level, seventy miles to the south- 

 east — the roof and the cellar of the United States. The situation on Oak 

 Creek will furnish an abundance of pure, cold water and eggs for the 

 hatchery will be obtained at the Kae Lakes in the Sierras, at an eleva- 

 tion of 10,500 feet, reached by crossing a pass 13,000 feet in elevation. 

 The rising generation may be able to point to this hatchery as the 

 finest and most beautiful one in the world. This new hatchery will 

 be able to supply fish to all points in southern California and as far 

 north as Merced and the Yosemite Valley. 



THE OLD AND THE NEW. 



Fig. 17. The Sisson H.nchery in 1894. 



