The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-07-25

IL starts down the canyon, and will be driven through solid
granite 1000 feet until it reached a point under the lake
bed. now marked by a little island, where it energies to the
surface. When the reservoir is filed the outlet will have a
head of 60 feet.
On the middle branch of Bishop creek, above the equaliz-
ing reservoir, still another huge reservoir is under construc-
ton, and is more than half completed. The dam for this
reservoir will be 7s7 feet long, and as feet high and en-
pound nearly as much water as the big dam on the south
branch. The dam is a mammoth undertaking and hundreds
of men with all the most approved machinery Tor heaVy
rock and concrete work are utilized. Work has been going
on for six months and the dam is to be completed oy .ne
latter part of October.
still another reservoir on the west fork will be added TO
the system. Only the preliminary work for this unit has
been done. The dam will be so feet high and 2so feet
long. To get the material to this site, it will be necessary
TO build a tram from middle fork over a p~recipitous ana
high divide.
$4,000 Spent in Roads
In addition to all these reservoirs and dams, the power
bonses win have to be built and the machinery installed In
each unit. The machinery is extremely heavy and has 10
be hauled up steep canyon roads built by the company,
from one end of the system to the other. The company mas
spent in building roads alone, the sum of s4o'ooo, ana 10
land freight from the depot to some OF the stations ~
cents per hundred.
The building of these roads has made accessible to the
pubIic some of the most rugged and picturesque mountain
scenery in the west. Bishop creek comes tumbhng down a
steep canyon, from lakes that lie nestled at the foot of some
of the loftiest snowclad peaks and crags OF the sierra
Neyadas. Already reS0rttrS nave cdIHe u nv ~
Effectiveness of the locality, and one resort has been estab-
lisbed. called Andrews camp, that is destined to become
very popular, as it is in a beautiful little park, s,ooo feet
above sea level, surrounded by fine fishing and hunting
country. The camp is seven miles from the mouth of the
CANYON. and it is six miles further up the canyon to the
power company's lake, which is $3.50 feet above the level
of the sea.
Delos Chappelle, president and general manager of the
power company, and Charles F. Potter, general counsel, are
at Bishop creek, personally experimenting the work being
done.
Expect Great Things
After going over the entire plant and understanding the
magnitude of the work outlined and the enormous product
in the way of electric energy that is to be produced, The
News man said to President ~Chappelle:
ssYou are now producing something over 6,0Oohorse
power, and it seems to be filing the demand. What do you
propose to do with this enormous excess power that you are
preparing to generated
ssThat is up to the people of Southern Nevada to an
EXTENT said Mr.. %Chappelle. ''W are expecting great
things of your country and we are showing our faith In the
future development of the mining region with our cash.
Southern Nevada is only in the infancy OF its development
But still. we have in immediate view a large additional con-
sumption of power. You are building two great mills at
Goldfeld. There are to be new mills built at Bullfrog. Our
lines are about to be extended to the Keane Wonder, and
will supply the Bonnie Clare. Then the mill at Blair will
be enlarged, and Manhattan's several mills will have to be
supplied. Perhaps there will be e~nlargements at Millers.
iRound Mountain has four or five mills that are clamoring
for power, and there are new camps coming in all the time.
We expect Goldfeld itself to largely increase its demand at
the mines and in the town, for Goldfeld is not half or one
quarter the camp it will be when her mineral district is
power plant is entirely completed, we expect to have use
for the entire $4,000 horse power we will generate, and on
this, we are banking pretty heavily as you VIII see from the
magnitude of our work"