Arizona republican., 1920-09-26

or great benefit in producing power TOT the development of the mineral re- a oes- @ Rich deposits of gold, copper [.i aitu ron are known to occur in this re- s,-,o;, put development is hindered or "Hoiiy prevented by the want of trans Portation n facilities. The production of iS,., such as seems possible in this tey might be the means of devel- oprng rich mining district
 oIIowing his disastrous experience, ii. otene cantihued to live and work on lhe rfVer. Each year as the floods came down he was more convinced that there was too much water going to waste, and that something should be uone about it. He had previously To- cated small dam site for the purpose or generating electric power for use at the mines along the river, but his constant study of water conditions proved to him that there was suffi cfent water for larger dam He, there lore, located the present dam site at the lower end of the Box canyon.
 It Is planned to back the waters of the Bill Williams up, creating a lake larger than at Roosevelt. The water shed under which the Bill Williams lies covers 5,100 square miles. The hydro graphic records for 23 years from 1895 to 1917 give a normal precipitation of 12 inches over the entire water shed. The mountains around the Bill Will AAohAS d4b NCAy IONkys SINAilS 1dPiN run off. large percentage of the water which falls consequently reaches the river
 The preliminary estimates for the project call for a dam 2s4 feet above the present level of the river at an approximate cost of $4,000. 900. A di- version tunnel a mile and a quarter long will run from the main reservoir into the canal, costing about s1.000,- 000 The main canal will be 50 miles long from the dam to Bouse and then 30 miles from Bouse above the Lotus valley. The irrigation project to ter minate at the divide south of Vicks- burg.
 The main canal running from the dam to Bouse, it is estimated, will be at 8 level of approximately 1,200 feet This, 1t is thought, will enable a fu- ture continuation of the main canal through Yuma county irrigating all lands below the 1,200 foot level.
 In this connection a study of the con- tour map and the proposed propect of the League of the Southwest for the development of the Colorado river at Boulder canyon will tend to show that it may be possible to connect this great project with the Bouse project to the south. That is careful read ing of the map discloses that it is pos- sible to make the Bouse project a link in the Boulder canyon pdoject.
 
 The probable course of the canal will be along the mesa south of the Bill Williams to a point just belew Swan sea- thence westerly to and through Ooborne pass, thence in southerly di- rection over comparatively level land to a point north of Bouse, then follow ing the contour around the northerly and easterly side of the Lotus valley to point three miles south of Vicks- burg.
 And the plan to put water on the lands near Bouse is not the only in- teresting side to the proposition. The amount of electrical energy to be pro- duced by the project is something that is interesting to every town, every rancher and every miner within large radius of the Bill Williams river. The fact that the Iaterals will be taken from the main canal at approx imately 10-foot drop at the south erly end and increasing to 150 feet near Bouse and approximately 400 feet near Osborn.
 Pass shows clearly that large amount of power may be developed.
 The development of power is caus- ing practically much interest in western Arizona as anyting else at the present time. It will mean that cheap power is to be supplied ranchers who re at present time barely able to supply expensive fuel to run their pumps. The various mines in the western portion of the state, both large and small, will have cheap pow