Show 34 ”r Nevada Playground Will Add To Utility of Gigantic Boulder Dam Project Plans Under Way for CrcafioiMkf NaUonalPark ’ Fishing Boating apt! Other ltecfea- tion Would Be Provided By FLORENCE LEE JONES LAS VEGAS Nev— Boulder dam the moit gigantic engineer big feat ever attempted by man is nearing Completion end already the turbulent end muddy waters of the Colorado fiver have been f tamed mllaa la height Standing at a majeaUc height of two and Along the crest Boukler dam la T2? feet above the river bed the 48 feet In tinge concrete wedge between the 1180 feet In length and cdlorful canyon walla surpasses breadth However It spreads out at tbs bsas to a width Imagination whila back of tha dam inf bresdth - - — 830 feet the Boulder lake la forming and An elaborate cooling system was create will the largeet eventually Inaugurated and the structure Itself artificial lake in the world Plane for the area around the was dtslgned to be made of a group Bbulder dam and lake to be made of 230 vertical columns with Inter the a ‘national park are now being eon locking keys placed between end columns eiflered by authorltiea In Washing' faces of the various five-fopour of the ton D C for beside the man mad on top of each h pipe through structure and huga body of clear concrete which refrigerated water waa green water the beauty of the rug- forced led to the control gstsa in ged landscape I unique and recog nised as worthy of becoming ane the slot down the center of the dam structure Following the cool tlonat monument Ing process all cracks opened up Changing Scene between the columns by tha conThe sheer walls of Black canyon traction were grouted the magnificent Fortification hill and The cooling system was closed mountains down late In March when the final tha barren rising above the desert present an cooling was completed acenc against the The measured length of the pipes Vivid coloring of the desert sky used in the cooling process has been Thee scene were viewed last estimated by the government angt travyear by 26® 434 visitor who nears according to tha report from eled to Boulder dam to watch the the bureau of reclamation in Boulconstruction on tha project and der City to be 130 miles long and went away impressed not only by the weight of reinforcement ateel the genius of the engineera who bars and rails for tha project Is were engaged in building the mar- 33000000 pounds vel of the ages but also with the un The Jowerlng of huge steel gate in February stopped the flow of the surpassed beauty of tha location Already more than 100000 per- Coloredo river and began the storing sons have visited the project in 1933 of water back of the great Boulder and it is expected that the tourist dem At present the lake has reached travel to Boulder City thia year will length of almost 30 miles and has an average depth of 138 feet The break the record set last year In April 34443 tourists entered flow of the river is approximately the reservation gate at Boulder City 13000 cubic feet per second and according to the report of the bu- about 7200 cubic feet per second are reau of reclamation 391)84 in Feb- being allowed to flow through the diversion tunnel No 1 on the Nevada ruary and 33348 in March Work on a road leading around aids of tha oanyon the lake connecting with the Boul Marky Tellew der City highway at Midway and The water of the Colorado river - leading -approximately W mile made famous by a historic song as across to Overton la expected to “Tha Silvery Coloredo” has always tart as soon a a survey of the been a murky yellow color until the route is completed The construc- storage of water in the reservoir was Now the water flowing tion will be done by more than 200 started C C C workers under the direction through the diversion tunnel toward ef Colonel Tom Miller The road the south to be used for Irrigation will be in sight of the Boulder lake purposes In the Imperial valley is a clear green color throughout most of Its length The lake itself is a deep clear color Fester Hospital with a mirrorhke surface which reEfforts for a government hospital flects the mountains of the landscspe to be located at Boulder City and a in such exact reproduction that it is naval base on the Boulder lake are difficult to tell in a photograph which being foatered by the Lae Vegas is the top of the picture chamber of commerce When the lake Is filled It will conAlthough a yet no single unit tain 30 500 000 acre feet of water an Of the Boulder dam project la com- amount sufficient to cover the state plete only two forms on the dam of New York to a depth of one foot remain to be poured One of these The area of the reservoir will be Is on the Nevada side and the other 143000 acres or 227 miles on the Arizona tide Pouring of It will extend 113 miles by river from Black canyon to Bridge canyon concrete in the slot an eight-foopening down the center of the the limit of the backwater and up dam structure is in progress and the Virgin river about 33 miles In U expected to bf completed soon width the lake will vary from sevin the eral hundred feet in the canyons to Installation of elevator two center towers on the dam will a maximum of eight miles Work on the power house Is now begin as soon as construction on in progress and is expected to be the towers which Is in progress at completed early next fall If the pres elevator The is completed present will penetrate the dam structure to ent program la carried out Five units of machinery are c a depth of 328 feet and will be used in place in the powei pected of the houses to be next to facilitate the maintenance early year and the first project will be furnished from the The two outside towers at the power at that time crest of the dam will contain rest- project -- THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNINGJUNE fl Nmdi' 1835 i Improvement Achieved at r r 'VVvW 4 fr l" r 'V’1 1 if -- ‘'U ‘ AV - 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route the over which the traveler reache this ' national monument J - -Some of tho feature In thia ntigw cavern have been said to rival those in any cave in tho country and every chamber offers variety In formations Soma are connected by narrow long passages others by very short pasEntrance is by an immediate sage ‘ dropdown flights of stairs deep into A the earthj reaching a point where a i temperature varies little the year r around In addition to the caves themselves visitor have facilities for trout fishing In creek within walk Ing distance - Nesr by also are prehistoric cliff drawings and heiroglyphics of race long departed which appears to have Inhabited smaller eaves in the region although there wu no visible evidence of tho existence of Lehman cava until it wu discovered by the cowboy for whom it wu named This occurred in the '80s when hoot cruhed horse’s Lehmsn’s through the ground while his rider wu searching for csttle on the long slopei of Mount Wheeler Investigation-revealed the tremendous uvera underneath the tiny bole mad bf — the horse’s foot It is possible to hike from the caves to the top of Mount Wheeler and return in a day if one is in good condition but many prefer the horseback Great Watersheds- to the summit arrangement for rides An extremely important use for which can be made al the caves mountain land of the intermountain This peak towering over 13000 west is for Watersheds Probably no feet js one of the highest In Nevada a tremendous view of single use of land is of more conse- and afford states on clear days from the three quence than that which protects the Wuatch range near Salt Lake" City ' water supplies to the Sierras in California Arvin Car Raiics Willard Catteries FiTna-rZOUIITAE- r i i Dealers Throughout Utah Idaho Wyoming and Nevada EZccd 'r' 'll rji ever-changi- Vc Oiler Complete Cooperative Service to the Automotive Lehman Cave " r rose-tinte- d ty i - Camp-Groun- ds ot arch-gravi- VA Sf) One-inc- Flan Illumination Plana for floodlights to illuminate the Boulder dam after its completion are at present being considered Work on the Intake towers is now in progress More than 6300000 pounds of trash racks gate holsta and gate controls remain to be installed Certain architectural and ornamental features at the crest of the dam art being completed Lights on the parapets of the dam will be so placed aa not to shine in the eyes of drivers of automobiles who are — — crossing the dam — When the reservoir Is filled no water will flow over the crest of the dam the overflow being taken care of by spillways located on the Nevada and Arizona at aea of the canyon and being large enough to float a battleship The spillways are not yet finished Concrete bridges span the spillways V Vi o'ne-four- th rooms The dam structure Itself is of the concrete type and contains more than 3 000000 cubic yards of concrete which was carried into the canyon across giant buckcableways bearing eight-yar- d ets of the material Included in the mass which forma tha barrier cross the age-ol- d channel of the Colorado river are more than 3000-00- 0 barrels of cement and approximately 8000000 tons of ggregate The weight of the material contained in the dam is estimated by engineers to approximate 1000000 tons For comparison the amount of concrete contained in the Boulder dam would build a standard highway extending from Seattle Wash cross country to Miami Fla or would be sufifcient to build a concrete monument 100 feet square and v tjjW Dodge and Plymouth —and Dodge Trucks a Few Stept From the 431457 South Pottoffice ” Main SALT LAKE CITY : POCATELLO BOISE GRAND JUNCTION 6-- |