EXPENDITURES. The expenditures on the Yuma project are summarized in the following tables: Expenditures, according to physical features, on Yuma project to June 30, 1906. Examination of Yuma project and other prospective projects on Colorado Administration of project as a whole.. 184.13 158,769.59 90,524.28 292.36 1,201.99 1,874.39 2,209.65 3,675.95 10, 558.91 Total. Grand total. 263, 204.66 390,617.23 653, 821.89 Expenditures, according to purpose and nature, on Yuma project to June 30, 1906. tion.... 2,266.68 48,690.12 75.41 .50 150.00 16,200.05 43,003.72 4,966.84 5,074.19 5, 183.47 114.95 6,593.00 1,923.12 1,168.84 5,876.74 $239, 245. 16 COLORADO. UNCOMPAHGRE VALLEY PROJECT. GENERAL STATEMENT. The principal facts relating to the Uncompahgre Valley project are summarized below: Summary of principal data relating to the Uncompahgre Valley project. Counties: Montrose and Delta. Latitude: 38°. Longitude: 108°. Townships: 15 south, range 94-96 west; 48-51 north, range 7-12 west. Rainfall: Montrose, 6 to 11 inches; Gunnison, 7 to 13 inches; Whitepine, 8 to 20 inches. Range of temperature: Maximum, 98°; minimum, 20°; average, 48°. Principal products: Alfalfa (three crops), hay, cereals, sugar beets, fruits, vegetables. Nearest station: Montrose (8 miles from Gunnison tunnel); Olathe and Delta on project. Principal market: Denver; local mining camps. Irrigable area: 146,886 square miles. Watershed area: 3,850 square miles. Kind of head works: Diversion dam. Duty of water: 1 cubic foot per second at the head gates for every 80 acres. Length of canals: South canal, 12 miles; east canal, 35 miles; west canal, 30 miles. Power development: Drops along south canal 15,000 to 20,000 horsepower. Tunnel: Gunnison, 30,583 feet. Tunnels on south canal: 2,000 feet. Capacity: 1,300 second-feet. Per cent public land: 20. Character of soil: Rea disintegrated sandstone, gravel, adobe, and clay loam. The Uncompahgre Valley project (Pl. XXII) includes mesa and valley land on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of 5,000 to 6,000 feet above sea level. About 60,000 acres are fruit lands and 80,000 acres general farming lands. The fruit lands when properly irrigated and cultivated are very valuable, and when planted with apples and peaches some of them net as much as $500 per acre per annum. The valley lands, when properly handled and with an adequate supply of water, are also valuable for raising sugar beets and other root crops, as well as many kinds of grasses and cereals. About 20,000 acres have been very inadequately irrigated with the waters of Uncompahgre River. Six miles away, and about parallel with the Uncompahgre Valley, is Gunnison River, which drains a large area reaching to the summit of the Rocky Mountains. As Uncompahgre River does not carry sufficient water to irrigate the crops in the valley, the water of Gunnison River will be brought to the Uncompahgre Valley, through the intervening mountain range, |