AZ vs. CA:04 California Exhibits, Vol. IV; Nos. 151-192

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-15- Value of Mineral Production within 250 Mile Radius of Proposed Boulder Canyon Dam Site, for year 1917. Arizona Calif. Nevada Utah Total Gold $ 3,561,397 $ 819,141 $ 5,031,086 $ 67,886 $ 9,479,510 Silver 2,135,508 631,347 6,888,368 285,492 9,940,715 Copper 44,912,780 703,441 26,176,148 1,059,056 72,851,425 Lead 608,466 1,880,607 2,012,772 518,274 5,020,119 Zinc 1,846,197 408,159 2,245,480 421,613 4,921,449 Total $53,064,348 $4,442,695 $42,353,854 $2,352,321 $102,213,218 It will be noted that most of the metal production is in the States of Arizona and Nevada where fuel costs are high and good prices should be obtained for power. There seems little doubt that a good market could be obtained for all the power that could be developed and it would furnish an important assistance in the development of a broad, comprehensive project of control of the Colorado River. Negotiations with Mexico. The High Line Canal entirely on American soil, as proposed in H. R. 6044, is not the cheapest method of irrigating Imperial Valley. It is now irrigated without this and with the proper connection with permanent heading like that of Laguna dam and a proper protection to the water supply en route through Mexico and proper storage to provide for future growth, its water supply could be secured more cheaply through the Alamo Canal than by means of the High Line Canal. With proper storage, the Alamo Canal enlarged could also serve the major portion of the lands in Mexico as it is now serving a part of them. A High Line Canal, however, is necessary to irrigate the high land on the East Mesa, the