Arizona republican., 1917-06-17
POWER PLANT
 SUPPLIES B|G
 CORPORATIONS

Nothing marks more clearly the sub stantiaI advance of the mining industry in Yavapai county than the herculean efforts of the Arizona Power company to produce needed power in their hydro electric plant
 The company was incorporated in 1908. It makes use of the waters of Fossil Creek. which drops 1900 feet at the power site on the Verde river. The work of getting the machinery from the nearest railroad point was tre- mendous
 The power plant is forty-miles due east from the railroad. Roads had to be built over an extremely precipitous country In one part of the road there was an aggregate fall of 3400 feet in eight miles.
 A storage lake of twenty-eight acres was provided. A concrete lined tun- nel one mile long was driven under the mountains from the lake and the water was carried thence by a four foot reinforced concrete pipe to the line pressure pipe, where there was a head of HOO feet on the pressure con duit
 Transmission lines carrying 45000 volts were run to a substation at Po- land Junction. where they were di- vided. one line going to Prescott. These lines are carried on 40foot steel tow CTS Later, another 45,0o0 volt trans mission line was run up the Verde valley to the United Verde smelter at Clarkdale
 In 1915 a second power plant was started The new plant was not con- pIeted until May 1916. It practically doubled the output of the company. Before July. the entire output Of was taken up by new customers. although about 5000 horsepower is produced daily. Many properties could not be supplied with power A contract has just been let for an auxiliary steam and electric plant on the Verde river about three miles above Clarkdale. The plant will cost approximately ST. o00,0o0 and will generate 10000 horse power. Steam will be used
 IL should be completed by August of this year. It is hard to realize the
 
 developing of Yavapai county's mines.
 Fifty Per Cent Saved
 The price charged has resulted in saving of 30, to 50 per cent to consum- CTS as compared with other means of power generation. In many cases it has supplied power easily. where the condition of the roads and the country would practically prohibit the trans portation of fuel.
 Among the principal customers con- nected to the companYs lines at the present time are the following:
 Customer. H F. Used T. T. X $. f Railway ............ 100 Prescott Pumping Plant, Del iRo. 100 Consolidated Arizona Smelling
 Co, Humboldt Gncludes Hum
 boldt Shelter and Mill, Blue Bell
 and De Soto mines) .......... 500 United Verde Copper Co, Jerome 4O00 L. V. Ex. Copper Co. Jerome. =. 500 Hayden Development Co....-... 300 Prescott Gas & Electric Coz. 350 Big Pine Mining Co.............. 300 Stoddard Mining Co.............. 350 Copper Queen Mining Co......... 100 Jerome-Verde Mining Co. ....... 100 Pittsburg- Jerome Mining Co.,. 100 Arkansas and Arizona Copper Co. 100 Jerome Portland Copper Co.,. 75 Jerome Victor Extension Co.,. l50
 Electric light and power is furnished for the cities of Prescott, Jerome, Clarkdale. Humboldt and Mayer The plant for producing the electricity quired an expenditure of more than S2.500, 900 since 1908. All the capital for building and equipping this enor- nous system was brought in from out side sources