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Show RESERVOIRS AT DEEP CREEK. Former Incorporation to Use Streams from Ibapah Mountains. Ibapah Oct R. Two jears ago the waters wa-ters at the heid of Deep creek and stream from the Ibapah range of mountains moun-tains wero Incorporated for the purpose of reclaiming about twelve thousand arres f table lands there The articles of Incorporation claimed all the surplus-nice surplus-nice from Johnson Hfteen-mlle Hteves ant Mudd crteks The site for the main reservoir was nt the Junction of the first two named creeks a short distance above the Indian lanehos A m stern of flumes was then conternplalnd to cam the water wa-ter into th mtln naervnlr and sub-res- rvolra Ulow over stretcher nf loose snmlv mil soil when It natural!) wasted lu luge bod Ir s btfore rrarhlutc tolnts de. sired for Irrlratlon tirposr r At the hend of these tributaries and two smaller ones farther down exi aviittong Into the mountain moun-tain slle were also Intended for the ob. toct nf Increasing the flow and to a Id Tier holies to supply the Increase 1 de- , and At thnt lime ( hlcngo and Denver parties were taking an Interest In tho pioposed Improvement but for some reason rea-son the recorded artltlea were permitted to become void by Ihe failure to commence com-mence work within the time specified hy A new move Is now tmder couHratlon, which will cover nil the witeis mentioned nnd the head of Bprlng creek ln adlltlon The flow from this stream Is mm h great-er great-er than either of those herein named The waters tin n from will cover an ndllttonal area of several thousand acres which tould not lw reichel b) the origin.! plans There are ihixtns of large seap-ag. seap-ag. h nlong th eourse of thl stream which If pro erly opened und tiled would ino'p than double the present supil) nnd thus nttalm thousands of acres of the best hinds In the valle Trom n close es tlinnte not ! sh than fifteen thousind aires can bt tiought under cutttvnttou all of which reprenvnt soils fnr suierlor tt the creek bottoms b reason of tho noil bring on higher tallea and free from sa mmh nlkall With the astem com plctf 1 as now nnti mptated no farmer In D.ep creek valle will ever sufTir Trom latk of vnter whn hit lands require It Ah It Is at the present time fullv ho per mni of all th naWr from the mountain sheds passes down the nt reams ut tlmeo when it la useless for Irrtgatlmc purposes Plats and maps showing the ground have been made nnd In due time will be filed nnd recorded MINING NOTPH The holler engine and pumping machinery machin-ery for th J I' Oardner mines In Ulf. ton dlstrlft arrived vesterdi) nnd are being unloaded upon the grounds Unity It look tweut) hnrsrt to bin. I the freight upm the ground I t" Karrack tome In from Kilt lake Clt a da) r two ago an 1 Is n w I mk-Iuk mk-Iuk ovr the Imprnvpimnta being made b M Merrltt on his Hprlng i mk group Clarence Itooklldge manaver of the Qurn of Hheb. mills, rrtunietl from Salt ll.o Ul on estnm s stage |