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Show the low _serve the Sprngnd afl sesonthein Swmner farfytuntl the rains came. temporary "sand-damnu.ght. topography of the country at the Lower Dam sit1-"cri,-ffered..l Upper Dam. Tpere is no canyon here· hut south of the stream is a gently sloping stone table-land ove which the flood waters miht spread far and wide in making the turn to the The from that at the Dam, The westward. table-land in the of course, was table-land; spillway, even this low stream onto built from the north side of the and with little a small construction stream in the River on the was available at the headgate for the irrigation canal. town, however, the water could be gotten lower the fields,and the upkeep of the comparatively level only to ditch was expensive. readily With the Dam In 1948 so a an.?>,he }jer the near 403-ft. well was drilled a short distance beQW an-ely Upper Dam; need; built.., ..J:::;f:::"' the pumped by electric power only when tae4 all the water for which the Lower Dam had been was was upper-ditch; and the lower structure soon fell into disuse. pumped well as about $5,300.00. Of the 6 veins the heaviest stream came from the lowest yein much water of encountered, The yield when in the well---342-378 ft. below the surface of the earth. minute. was about 1,100 ga110ns per pumping by electricity bega.n placed in was The the st of this The Reservoir meeting of the Irrigation Co. Jan. 18, 1902--tae same meeting in whi.ch-t.he Lower Dam was ordered finished immediately--the purchase of By 1922 some 626 acres land otito.? 1uild a Reservoir was conisdered. In the had been obtained; but reservoir purposes. No. * Sec. Portion S!NW 25, Railroad S!Sec.25, 24, Se. pa sturage, * Cert. Ariz. of Smith, Nov., 1929. The Reservoir was sold because it was was Co. deed, date 1-21-1905, 320 80 of Purchase Highway 66, shallow; 226 deed, 1-1-1911, J.H.Richards 82.2 Ac., lying No. E. of this some not usable for * an d too high for use, spreading over so Ac., " 600.00 11 was much $320.00 Joseph sold to Mr. land, it produced much in Irrigation Co. the rental of vJhi ch assisted materially expenses. 1904 and 1914, I have understand some 150 nacres" of I no the expense of this Reservoir water-rights2-' issued to individuals for Being in Ariz,. na rut little of personal r-eco.rd of this matter. construction. the time between * dam was done during the winter of Most of the construction of the long March 26, 1904 reads:--Vzy diary entry of 1903-04· and completed in 1905. Point is progressing Plaster-of-paris "Wrk on the new Reservoir near ani on Wide top, * The Dam is to be 8 ft. idens 3 ft. forless nicely. No grade 8 ft. than hgh. In places it is more each foot in depth. than 5 ft. 5 and 6 ft. creases * high· has been "let" so far. high is 9¢ per cubic yd.; l¢ per cu. yd. The pric for. grade and this prce for each foot increase or nc:ease an dee:rease shares of Capital Stocm At other times, a number of for Upper Dam improvement. between were ---------------------- or de he Lght ," perhaps issue ......--------.. |
