Show minh milling for water thore is a close analogy between water and gold in n certain parts of the abid region for instance along tho the foothills of tho biora mountain in southern california Goli Coli fornia tho the is very valuable for tho the reason that gold is because it is rare and 03 to obtain on the foothill slopes are acres and acres of land wo worthless adless without irrigation to obtain tho iho water that will mahe them worth all the way from to per acte acie men hunt bunt for it as they do for gold by digging holes into the bidos of the moun mountains taing As in gold n mining ain i nr p perhaps ea reaps they got it and por haps thoy dont donic it is an expensive gamble but if a yea vein 1 in of water is found it ro re turns enormous prof profits its for it is worth from 1000 to per minors inch and just fifty times that much por per cubic foot in that locality mi mining n for water possess the fascination and all tho the risks and possibilities that attend the business of mining for gold when the water is obtained it is preserved vod I 1 from rom loss by see seepage pago evaporation arid and want or waste by every device that ingenuity can isug suggest it is hoarded as the minors gold cholle water isas is as scarce and valuable as it is thero mon men do not grumble much about tho the pace pi ice they see very clearly that the value is in tho the and not in the land nobody has yet paid more for water than it is worth to them thero there for that matter wo vo doubt if they havo anywhere ir age |