FEATURES AND WATER RIGHTS OF YUBA RIVER. 



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The crop of the fourth year will produce enough to pay expenses, and it \vill 

 increase to full bearing about the sixth or seventh year. An acre of prunes or 

 peaches in a well-managed orchard ought to clear on an average $25 per acre per year. 



PRINCIPAL BITCHES AND BESERVOIRS IN THE BASIN OF YTJBA BIVEK. 



SOUTH YUBA WATER COMPANY. 



The South Yuba Water Company was organized to furnish water for municipal 

 supply, irrigation, mining, power, etc. Its range of operations is in parts of Placer 



OSSION 



UNUSUAL TYPES OF DAMS 



rN USE IN THE 

 WBA aiV£B BJLtm 



cuironu 



DAM AT HEAD Or EXCEUSIOR DITCH 



KOUTH rOHK VWM* MIVIR 



FRONT ELEVATION SECTION 



Fig. 4 — Unusaal types of dams in Yiiba River. 



and Nevada counties. The company is the result of the consolidation and absorption 

 of a number of water and ditch companies which were organized subsequent to 1850 

 to furnish water to mines. 



