Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-04-15
"THE HIGHEST DAM
 IN THE WORLD"
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Continued From Front Page) under the influence of the great reser- voir. The diversion dam at Laguna could then be raised to an elevation that would divert the waters into I'm perial Valley through an all-American canal, instead of winding ITO miles through Lower California and back in- to the United States, as at present. The building of this dam represents no problem to the engineer. It has the necessary feature for great dam massive surrounding walls and a great basin for water impoundment. It would practically obliterate St. Thomas, Nevada, should the basin fill to the full height of the dam, but none of the farmers of that region need filling would take more than 100 years under present conditions. And the next potential feature is the gen eration of from 2,500,000 to 100000 k. W. of electrical power, enough to electrize all railroads terminating on the Pacific slope, as well as furnishing the juice necessary to propel every piece of machinery within it's influen- ce, as we'll as furnishing lighting for all cities and towns reachable from this source.
 Congress is to be called upon at this session to provide the necessary funds to build this wonderful dam and make possible the irrigation of at least B. OOO,O0O new acres of land in the Unit ed States, as we'll as furnishing wa ter for nearly as many more acres in Mexico. Even now the Mexican gov ernment is asking the United States to build the dam, that government providing some of the money and car ing for the waters below the line, so that the many irrigators now in that section may not suffer by the aband- onment of the big line of canal from the Yuma intake. The Mexican gov ernment is to furnish $10,O00,0OO of the funds, although it is improbable that the U. s. government will recog- nize any claim that Mexico may have to the river waters, and will refuse the generous offer of our sister re- public.
 A dam there "would intercept most of the drainage of the Colorado river and therefore be a more complete so- lution of the flood control problem" the report says. "Such reservoir would also be more valuable in the ir- rigation of lands on the lower river on account of the greater proximity to them, and the consequent possibili- ty of regulating it's flow more nearly in accordance with the fluctuatlng needs. Incidentally it would furnish a large amount of power. A further report on more recent findings is un- der preparation.
 The irrigable lands of the lower Colorado River as listed by the Recla- nation Service comprise many valleys and projects with a total of 2,242,ooO acres. They include: Cottonwood Valley, Mohave Valley, Chemehuevis Valley, Parker Project, Palo Verde Valley, Palo Verde Mesa, Chuckawalla Valley, Cibola Valley, Yuma Project Imperial Irrigation District, and these extensions of the Imperial Valley, East Side Mesa, Dos Palmas, Goa chella Valley, and West Side.
 This great project, which was brought to the attention of Secretary of the Interior F. K. Lane by Anson H. Smith, of the Miner, and through him to the reclamation service of the United States, is one of the most po- tential in the world. No place that is so far known, can a dam be brought to the height that this dam will reach without encroaching upon lands valuable for other purposes or under cultivation. On the upper reaches Of the river a proposed dam having slml- lar features to that of the Boulder Canyon project would inundate 15o,- 900 acres now under cultivation and only further the irrigation of 100000 other acres and at cost of about