Arizona republican., 1909-02-07
HEIGHT IF
 THE B|GDAN One Hundred and Eight Feet
 Greatest Elevation WATER IN LAKE ROOSEVELT
It is Sixty-Five Feet Deep at the Lower End-Con- tractor O'Rourke is Rush. ing the Construction With Five Derricks.

Roosevelt, Feb. 4.-(Special cores pondence of The Republican )-The
 height of dam highest point is about
 1os feet; height of dam, lowest point is about 70 feet; height of dam, center point is about 90 feet.
 The water in the lake reaches up to about five feet below the lowest point of top of the dam, making the depth of water at the dam at some sixty five feet, while the lake extends up the Salt river about four miles and up the Tonto three or three and a half miles.
 O'Rourke & Company started to work again a week ago last Monday and since that time the dam, though increasing daily in size, has not been added to in height or rather no ap- preciable height has been added to it in the eye of the casual observer, as the face of the dam that fronts the lake, and on which the height of the dam is estimated, has not been added to. But the back part of the dam is being raised to a corresponding eleva- tiOn with the face and during the last ten or twelve days quite a bit of work has been done. Four derricks were at work until Tuesday, while the water was flowing over the dam at the low est part; but on the lowering of the water in the lake at that date so that the water stopped flowing over the dam, a fifth derrick was paced at this point and all are now in opera ton. MT. O'Rourke, who has been away, arrived home during the week and things have had an added energy, as they always do when M. gets back. Rock is being placed in position on the dam as fast as it can be re- moved from the quarries and the lat ter have a hard time to keep the sup ply equal to the demand.
 We visited O'Rourke's camp the other day at about quitting time and the men came from work while we were there and for about ten or fif- teen minutes we realized that there were a few men working on the dam. In fact, for about that space of time we forgot our surroundings and imag- ined for the moment that we were on Spring or Broadway in Los Angeles as we viewed the endless string of men coming from work These of course represented only the day force and the night force of Roosevelt is almost as large. Added to all of this the new town of Roosevelt has it's quota of some 150 Mexicans and Indians work ing for the government on and about the dam and other government works.
 Such large force of white men also works for the different departments of the government.
 To see the stages going out in the early mornings one would think that the camp must soon be depopulated. But it doesn't seem to make any diff ference, for where one goes another comes and no trouble is found in keep ing places filled. Stages coming in at night bring new men and willing hands to take any and every place made vacant by the output of the morning.
 It has been quite windy at inter vals during the last week and the lake has taken on a choppy appearance that forebodes an upheaval by those addicted to sea sickness, that have oc casion to make use of small boats dur ing the blow. We had several show CTS during last night and this fore noon with very slight inclination to hail at one time, while snow fell up in the mountains on the east.
 L. L. Stedman while out hunting the other day, and doing a little pros pectfng on the side, found what he considered good indications of the de- sirable metal, and forthwith staked out a claim. AS he is something of a