Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-19
FOSSIL CREEK POWER ID BE HARaESsfD
Arizona Power Company Be- gins Work On Plant Fifty
 Miles East of Prescott.
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 Preliminary work of harnessing the waterfalls of Fossil creek, fifty miles east of here, will be started at once by the Arizona Power company and prosecuted with energy until electric power is ready for distribution to GUS toners in the principal cities, towns and mining camps Of the country, which will be, the management ex- poets, early in 1909.
 Officials of the company, who re- gently arrived here from New York and San Francisco will leave today foF the sites of the two proposed power plants on Fossil creek. where they will meet tAe consulting engin- eers and decide upon all details of the work.
 The undertaking is the largest of it's kind in the United States and bears the distinction of being the largest enterprise financed in New York in 1907. It involves an expenditure or S2.000,00o in the installation of the generating machinery of the two plants and the building of transmits sion lines and stations
 road will be rushed to completion 10 the lower Fossil creek spring, where the first and largest general ing plant will be installed. Work will also be started preparing the site for the machinery and the management gave out yesterday that tna building of the transmission line would be started with three large forces of men. one at each end and one in the center. When the lower spring is harnessed and the transmission line finished the plant at the upper spring will be installed and connected with the other.
 Some idea of the appropriateness of the proect may be gained from the fact that, according to Che estimates of the company's engineers, 10000 barrels of Portland cement will Dc used in the foundation for the plants, which will comprise electric and hy draulic machinery weighing 750,000 pounds. The steel towers will require 1,250,000 pounds of material in their manufacture and the water conduit pipes will require almost the same amount. The transmission line tow CTS will be fortytiye Feet high. set zoo feet apart, supporting two circuits of three wires each, carrying 10000 volts. The insulatoTs wIil be fifteen inches in diameter. The voltage will be reduce q at stations in rue differen mining centers, from which wires will be strung to the camps. According to the estimates the construction of roads will cost S30,000
 The transmission line will cross the Vprdn ri 5u-c oh ifc am fluence with Fossil creek. Following northwesterly course across Hues ton basin it will reach the summit of the Black Hills range at the head of Sycamore creek, which it will follow to the Agua Fria river, continuing westerly to point on the Bradshaw Mountain railroad between Humboldt and Mayer. A station will be built there, and one line will continue up Big Bug creek to Poland. From Pc land to this city it will touch the Mount Union. Cash. Storm Cloud and Senators mines, coming here by way of Groom creek. From here it will De built across Lonesome valley and the Black hills to the plant of tae United Verde Copper company at Jerome. Another lirer will be built along the Bradshaw Mountain railroad, touching Middleton and Crown King. A sec ond station will be installed at the latter place, from which all the pr1n- cipaI mines and camps in the Brad sha mountains will be supplied with. power and light. r
 The officials expect to return from Fossil creek in ten days and establish company offices here.