Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries (1905) (14763766984)

Identifier: bulletinofbureau251905unit (find matches)
Title: Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: United States. Bureau of Fisheries
Subjects: Fisheries Fish culture
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Govt. Print. Off.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries



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w Meadows 10,000 miners inches of water under a 4-inch pressure,the same to be conveyed through a ditch and tunnel, the water to be used for stock, manufacturing,and irrigation, in township 26 south, ranges 33, 34, and 35 east. The said records show that imderdate of September 13, 1883, it was ordered That prayer of said petitioners be granted and that theyhave out of said Whitney (Volcano) Creek, at said point of diversion, sufficient water to fill theirditch—that is, 10,000 inches under 4-inch pressure. The tunnel was driven through a hill (ridge) composed mainly of disintegrated granite and, Ihave been informed, soon caved in, and was then transformed into what miners call an open cut.This also caved in .so that it had to be abandoned, and the w-ater was diverted at a higher point on thestream, I believe, about IJ miles above. I have been told that the amount of water diverted throughthe tunnel was sufficient to permit the golden trout to escape into Ramshaw Creek. In 1899 when I
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FIG. 26. WHITNEY CREEK ENTERS CRABTREE MEADOW. FIG. 27. WHITNE