Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-08-11
NAME MEN TO MAKE POWER SURVEY OF
 COLORADO PROJECT

ot A%s S' Af<RAs~S uioaiAS CiSINSCl lOl the United States Geological survey; Porter J. Preston, project manager of the Yuma irrigation project for the United States reclamation service, and A. G. Turner, hydraulic engineer for the state water department, as mem- bers of the engineering commission to make an investigation of the Colorado river to ascertain all possible uses of the water from the Boulder Canyon reservoir and any other diversion pro- jects on the river for the reclamation of the arid lands of Arizona, either by gravity, or pumping, was made public yesterday by w. s. Norveil, state water commissioner and Ari- zona's member of the Colorado river commission.
 The commission will meet in Phoe- nix in the office of the state water commissioner at the capital on Tues day, August 15, for the purpose of organizing. At this conference, they also will form plans for the making of the survey, which is to be made under the $20,OO0 appropriation made by the special session of the Fifth legislature for that purpose. The en- gineers will discuss the bill which pro vides for the survey and will deter mine what data is to be obtained un- der the provisions of the bill.
 Loan of One by U. s.
 The appointment of MT. LaRue and MT. Turner, was made several weeks ago by Mr. lNorviel after the United States geological survey had agreed to loan the services of Mir. LaRue to the state for the purpose of making the investigation. The appointment of MT. Preston was made on Thurs day, and following his appointment, MT. Norviel wrote to both MT. LaRue and MT. Preston, asking if August 15 was agreeable to them as the date for the conference. Yesterday he receiv- ed an answer from each of the men stating that they could be in Phoenix for the conference on that date.
 The appointment of the commission was made by MT. Norviel under the authority invested in him by an act passed by the Fifth legislature in special session which provided that he be appointed as Arizona's member of | the Colorado river commission and also provided an appropriation for his expenses as such commissioner. The act also provided that a survey of the Colorado river be made by the state under his direction to find out what uses of the waters of the river could be made toward irrigating and retaining the arid lands of the state. The special session of the same legis- lature provided $2O,OO0 in the appro- priation bill for the purpose.
 Cost of High Line Canal
 Following the passage of the act in 1921, MT. Norviel under it's pro- visions, secured the services of Harry | E. Blake to make a reconnaissance survey of the river and to furnish data as to the feasibility of a high line canal fro mthe Boulder Canyon reservoir to the arid lands of the Gila valley. MT. Blake made the survey and submitted a report to the water Commissioner. This report showed that the canal would place cost of $425 on each acre of land to be re- claimed as estimated by Mir. Blake.
 The high line canal under this esti- mate was so expensive that it was out of the question, but because of al persistent rumor among many of the people of the state that the survey made by MT. Blake was not sufficient as made to determine the feasibility of the question, Mir. Norviel went-to work to devise a plan to obtain a survey that would prove the question, and thA appointment of the three en- gineers is a part of the plan devised by the state water commissioner.
 After the plan had been worked out, MT. Noveil placed the matter before Governor Campbell, who heart lily approved it. Mir. Norviel stated yesterday that the appointment of a man from the geological survey and the reclamation service would give the commission access to the invaluable records of these two federal depart ments.
 To Use State Records
 The appointment of MT. Turner as the third member of the commission was made, MT. Norviel said, in order that the commission, which will be unable to make finished survey in the field, will have the use of the records of the state water department in making the finished surveys. The commission will take their data and plan the survey in the field, and this rough draft will later be worked into { a finished survey and report in the ] office of the state water department { by MT. Turner or under his direction.