The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-09-22

Rishop Greek Electric Power Company
Now Supplying Goldfeld Lights.


Since last Tuesday evening cleo
tricity has been supplied for lighting
purposes in Goldield by the Bishop
Crock power plant, and from this time
on it. is the purpose to furnish electric
power for lighting and motive pur-
poses in all portions of Goldfeld Min
ing district. The power was turned
ON for the purpose of testing the
transformers at the sub-stations that
distribute the supply to the cities
of Goldfeld and Tonopah and contig-
uous territory, early Tuesday morning,
and the results were SO satisfactory
it was decided to utilize the current for
commercial purposes at once. Conncc-
tion was made during the day with the
plant of the Goldfeld Electric Power
company, which was absorbed by the
present corporation some months ago,
and Immediately the fires were pulled
at the local plant. 1t is not the pur-
pose to dismantle the plant at this
point, however, but to preserve 1T In
it's entirety for use in case of neces-
sity. The power from the Bishop creek
plant produces q much brighter and
.sAeniier light than that furnished by
the local plant and is in every way
its superior. All is in readiness to
supply power to the mines and mills
of the camp and as soon as the nee
essary alterations are made thereat it
will be. turned on.
The main transmitting wire leading
from Bishop creek to the camp is 80
miles in length and carries a current of
81 5000 volts; this is reduced to 5000
volts at the sub-stations and is again
reduced to 40 volts when It reaches
tho motors installed at the mines and
mills. Two sub-stations have been es-
tablished for the Goldfeld and Tono-
pah sections, the one for the former
being erected on Columbia mountain.
Over 10 miles Of fesd wires have been
strung in Goldfield and vicinity and
the work of adding to the mileage is
progressing daily. Diamondfeld is to
DO furnished with the power iii the
near future, and tributary wires are
to be strung in every direction until
the needs of the entire district have
been supplied.
At Bishop creek a water supply cap
able of furnishing Is, horse power
has been conserved, thus assuring mo-
tive power more than sufficient to meet
all demands. Not nearly that amount
is being utilized at present nor will
it be for many years TO come, but when
it is needed all that will be necessary
to make it available will be to turn it
into the pipes. The apparatus now is
place and on the way will give the
plant a capacity of 5000 horse power
and this is to be augmented as rapidly
as conditions warrant. Duplicate
transmitters, generators, ETC., have
been installed, so that in ease of a
freak down to one set, another can
immediately he placed in operation.
The water has a fall of 1868 feet and
she gravity pressure is AGO pounds.
1t is transmitted to the plant through
swo miles and a quarter of heavy steel
pipe. At the outlet the conduit is
42 inches in dimension, reducing to "a
inches farther down the hill; and at
che MOBILES it is 81. inches in size.
Three immense water wheels, which
are directly connected with the shaft
of the generators, furnish the motive
power for manufacturing the cleo
tricity. The cost of the plant, in
Guiding wires, sub-statioBs, etc, is APP
proximateiy 100000.