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THE IKEIGATION AGE. 



STRAWBERRY VALLEY IRRIGATION TUNNEL. 



An interesting account of the work on the Strawberry 

 Tunnel, Strawberry Valley Irrigation project, Utah, has just 

 been received from the engineer in charge. This tunnel, 

 which will have a total length of 19,200 feet, or more than y/ 2 

 miles, will bring water from the Colorado River drainage 

 basin through the Divide into the Great Basin. Its capacity 

 will be about 500 second-feet. 



To date, 11,190 feet of this tunnel have been excavated, 

 the progress during the past month being 290 feet. The 

 prevailing material encountered was red and gray sandstone, 

 with an occasional strata of limestone. Water has dripped 

 from the roof at the face during the entire month, making 

 it difficult and unpleasant for the workmen, and the flow of 

 water from the mouth of the heading is about 7 second-feet. 

 The best rubber clothing can not keep out the cold water, 

 and the men are constantly quitting, the average time worked 

 being from 5 to 10 shifts. 



The work of lining the tunnel with concrete is following 

 the excavation, 359 feet of the sides and arch, and 998 feet 

 of floor lining having been put in during the past month. 

 In order to put in the bottom lining the floor is unwatered 

 by means of a cofferdam and two 14" pipes. The water is 

 backed up 2' or more in depth and the pipes are laid 

 along each side of the tunnel a few inches above the grade, 

 extending through the cofferdam. This scheme is con- 

 sidered preferable to pumping, as it saves the wages of 

 three pump men. The bottom is unwatered in 500-foot sec- 

 tions. A recent snowfall put the roads in such condition 

 that the tunnel is cut off from the rest of the world, all 

 freighting having been suspended. A box of emergency 

 provisions has been placed in the tunnel near the heading, 

 containing pilot bread, pork and beans, tomatoes, etc. 



A bond of $400,000 was filed with the board of direc- 

 tors of the Bent and Prowers Irrigation district by the 

 Southwest Constructive Company of Lamar, which com- 

 pany holds the contract for the construction of the sys- 

 tem for the irrigation of about 80,000 a.cres of land con- 

 tained in the district. 



IMPORTANT NOTICE OF THE YAKIMA IRRIGA- 

 TION PROJECT. 



The Secretary of the Interior has issued a public notice 

 announcing that on and after April 6, 1911, homestead entries 

 may be made on lands under the Tieton Unit of the Yakima 

 irrigation project, Washington, for the farm units shown on 

 the following plats : 



Town 13 North, 

 Town 13 North, 

 Town 14 North, 

 Town 14 North, 

 Town 14 North, 

 Town 16 North, 



Range 17 East. 



Range 18 East 



Range 16 East. 



Range 17 East. 



Range 18 East. 



Range 16 East. 



Each entry must be accompanied by water right applica- 

 tion and by payment of at least one installment of the building, 

 maintenance and operation charges, not less than $10.80 per 

 acre. The second installment will be payable on April 1, 

 of the following year, and subsequent installments will be 

 due on April 1 of each year thereafter until fully paid. All 

 charges are payable at the local land office at North Yakima, 

 Washington. No water will be furnished in any year until 

 the portion of the charges for operation and maintenance 

 then due shall have been paid. The amount of water to be 

 furnished shall, until further notice, be not to exceed 2.17 

 acre-feet per acre per annum. The charge for building 

 works is $93 per acre and the number of payments are not 

 to exceed ten. 



An irrigation project, which will result in the reclamation 

 of 50,000 acres of dormant land in Elko County, Nevada, has 

 just been started under the direction of Engineer Van Nagle, 

 assistant to State Engineer Kearney and representatives of 

 the Pacific Reclamation Company. The proposed project is 

 for storing the waters of Marys River and irrigating lands 

 under the Carey act lying east of the river and extending 

 across Taber Creek to the lands irrigated by Bishop Creek. 



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