Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-07-28

palu, CucrclOTc, lTOtn Cle SNlalier maF" ket in Arizona alone. This would mean high price for power. "t<~
 If Boulder Canyon reservoir is built, it will regulate the river in such manner that the power sites below at Bulls Head and at Parker can then be very profitably developed and will yield large amount of power. The logical sequence GO the Boulder Can yon development is the construction of a dam just above Parker to such a height as it can be carried without flooding the towns in the vicinity and the Santa Fe railroad, and this will serve the double purpose of diverting water upon the Colorado River Indian reservation, which is the largest val ley in Arizona that can be watered from the Colorado. It will be high enough to cover large areas of land which have heretofore been regarded as pumping propositions. . It will also furnish site for the development of power from all the surplus waters and from those which must flow to the Laguna dam for the Yuma and I'm, perial valleys. This double developI ment of power and irrigation would then be So promising that it would quickly follow by some means and the location is such that it would be the nearest point for reaching the power markets of southern Arizona and the large developments farther down the river. ''';'f Y ,'}}|. NaI,,AAs'; .AS.% ', ~,. The Imperial Valley Menace Y Ut is manifest that, when impartial. ly, considered the, Boulder Canyon is the logical point for: present develop ment and will furnish Arizona with. an adequate power supply more cheap ly than it can be done elsewhere. The peril, of the Imperial valley from the floods of the Colorado so engage pub- lie attention that it will be possible to secure national action in, this emer- gencM provided all interested parties will bend their; energies in this direc- tion? Thus weEwill have the benefit of the superior credit of the United States and theconsequent low rates of interest and secure power more cheap ly than could be done in any other way. This will bring it's price within the reach of various industries, such as the .electrolytic reduction of: cop per and others to which the resources of Arizona are adapted, and work a, revolution in the development of the mining and manufacturing industries as we'll as in the vast resources of irrigation pumping.
 ': An important element of national interest, in, which Arizona shares, is the conservation of the oil supply, which is being. rapidly depleted and should be. conserved not only for our own convenience but for our safety, as oil, is vital necessity of modern 1 warfare and we are depicting our supplies much faster than any other part, of the world
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 If pending or any similar. legisla- tion succeeds in passing Congress, the Boulder Canyon dam will be built by the engineers who were person. ally concerned in the construction of the Arrowrock dam in Idaho, the highest structure of it's kind in the world, which was completed for an amount 20 per cent below the esti- mate of an impartial board and nearly a year ahead of the estimated time, These men are still in the reclamation service and are giving devoted study to the plans for the dam at Boulder Canyon. They know where to obtain and how to place the most efficient and workmen, and will be able to deliver power as quick ly and complete the project as eco nomically as it can be done by human agencies.
 Very truly yours,
 A. P. DAVIS, Director.