Each week for the month of March will bring to light a number issues concerning Eagle Lake. In 1928, Susanville’s two newspapers—Lassen Advocate and Lassen Mail—vigorously reported on the status  of the Bly Tunnel and related topics. There is the account of a well known Virginia City, Nevada mining engineer who inspected the tunnel. There was after the engineer’s recommendations how to finance the corrective measures. Then, the issue of the lake’s water alkalinity content was a major concern, that the University of California, Berkeley examined. There was a lot of hope riding among the members of the irrigation districts who struggled with the bond payments, but burdened without an adequate supply of water from the lake to sustain their farms.

Tim