| Show REClAMATION Of THOUSANDS OF ACRES Of lAND NEAR C CEDAR DAR PLANNED x t BIG IRON COUNTY IRRIGATION PROTECT PROJECT NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION SOON TO BE COMPLETED Between and acres acre of of bench land In Cedar Valley directly j north of Cedar City and and 11 miles milu from Parowan Iron County Utah will trill be put under cultivation with 4 the completion of canals now under t construction by the IRON COUNTY U LAND AND WATER COMPANY a ip 1 Utah Corporation with headquarters headquarter at Scott Building Salt Lake City L Utah These works will tap the waters of Parowan Lake receiving r drainage from square miles mile of 1 drainage territory For the past four months the project ct has baa been beena rt a under construction the cut at the head bead of Hieroglyphic Canyon has hasI hasa a I been completed and also alao one milet mile t of canal completed in the lake bed so eo that the waters of the lake lak can be drained out It is estimated by bythe y the officials that there is ia enough 1 water in the lake with its constant r supply from innumerable springs and artesian wells well io to irrigate acres acre of land ll It is the plan of the company com corn pany to construct a reservoir dam damM M at the lower end of Hieroglyphic Canyon where there is a most natural nat nat- ural reservoir site as soon as the canal anal system is completed This will conserve thousands of feet acre of water which otherwise evaporates h a I t t i t k kr I t r J 1 t taY aY I I A A. VIEW AVIEW OF PART OF THE LAKE AND THIS THE OF HIEROGLYPHIC CANYON th Y 1 ih c L v 1 r r r i d' d r 1 4 1 N S Sr r 1 r Sr w 4 The above view shows the lower end of the lake and the head bead of Hieroglyphic Canyon the only outlet of the waters of Parowan Parow an Valley At this point the Iron County Land And Water Company has completed the cut and the canal for the ng off of the water of the lake each year ear Engineers have estimated that by the flood waters which enter this lake each year ear and the development t of subterranean waters enough water can be secured for at least acres of land The lake is 11 located at the lowest point joint in in Par Parowan wan Valley Val ley with no other outlet other than through Hieroglyphic Canyon which opens for a dist distance nce of three miles and a fall lall of feet on to the sage sagebrush sagebrush sagebrush brush bench of North Cedar Val Val- ley All the formation of Parowan Valley shows shon a n dip of the formation toward the lowest part of the valley and the larger port part of the precipitation and the flood waters naturally naturally ally reaches the bk lake It Jt is evident also that there are are large largo quantities tics ties of underground water which is accounted for by the many artesian i I k THE E GAP AT LOWER LOTER END OF HIEROGLYPHIC HIERO HIERO- P I G CANYON 80 FEET ACROSS r c tt i t t 4 i Y t at A 4 J q i I f. f KW- KW i f J iI l' l 1 f The above cut shows slaws the narrow pass only 80 feet solid solid so so- i lm lid lilt rock and the dam darn and reservoir site at the lower end bt bf C Hiero Hieroglyphic 1 Canyon Iron County Utah The view is taken looting looking into a A z t 1 the reservoir sito site through the pass pasa from the tho out side The Iron County Land Water company will construct a dam at this point A MS it and pump wells and the numerous springs in the lake The north side of the lake is lined with springs On the south side aide are many artesian wells It is the Company's Company plan to open up the springs and to the artesian water and thus increase the water supply Nature has hal done much far the poss possibilities pos of this new rew project All AU of the waters are located at an elevation elevation ele ele- feet above the reservoir site and feet above the lands to tobe tobe tobe be irrigated The reservoir site is il located at the lower end of Hieroglyphic Canyon where the canyon narrows narrows nar nar- rows to a pass of 80 feet wide At this point it is is' is estimated that with witha a dam 80 feet high joining the solid granite on either side approximately feet acre-feet of water can be stored The reservoir site is il located only a short distance from the lands to tobe tobe tobe be irrigated Nature has hal provided an excellent tract of land equal to any in the state of Utah The short distance from the water source to the land most of which is 11 through an open canyon will make it very inexpensive in the the ca ca- ca nal Now that the new Cedar City branch of the Union Pacific Railroad Railroad Rail Rail- road rold has been completed ample transportation has been provided It Itis Itis is stated that the of the I company have been approached by bya a sugar company with a view of erecting a u sugar factory in this lo locality locality lo- lo as soon as the canal system has been completed and sufficient land is put under cultivation Plans are already being formulated for lor the construction of a town in the heart of this great body of land which h will willbe willbe be Le within 8 miles from the Great Iron Deposits and about the same distance from the shipping point on the Cedar City Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad The company has already under underway underway way plans for the provision of culinary culin ulin culinary ary water which will be equal to any of the towns of Southern Utah Considering the wonderful resources resources resources re re- re- re sources stock range coal and timber possibilities and the great development development develop develop- ment of Iron County through the opening up of the iron mines by the Columbia Steel Corporation and the expenditures by the Union Pacific Railroad Company of large sums of money mone all of which is sure to bring bringa a large population into this this should be one of the most successful successful suc suc- irrigation projects ever placed placed ed before belore the public p MAKING CANAL WITH HIGH HIGHt t 0 EXPLOSIVES il st st. 1 S C u a e T 01 5 Itt i fr W hy M t i h. h Y I The above bove view shows the method used by the IRON COUNTY LAND WATER COMPANY in making a canal in the marshy part of the end of the lake and around the lake bottom A distance of COO feet was made by a single shot 4 men can make a canal 12 feet wide and 5 5 feet deep and 1000 feet long ong in 9 hours houn |
