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<br />in a saving of $1,.'120,000 to the consumers in the Los Angeles metropolitan
<br />area.
<br />In a recent survey of the 15 largest American cities, Los Angeles was found
<br />to have the lowest energy rates of any on a basis of 30,000 kilowatt-hours at
<br />150 kilo,,'att, or over, demand. This fact is of tremendous importance to
<br />the industrial consumer, and is one of the reasons for the rapid industrial
<br />growth of the southern California coastal region during the past decade.
<br />Comparable rates are reflected in all energy rates, and the maximum ratc at
<br />present (1948) is only4 cents a kilowatt-hour.
<br />The benefits of low.cost energy, however, have not been confined to indus-
<br />trial centers of the Southwest. Perhaps no phase of the area's economy has
<br />been more directly affected than its mining and mineral industries. Since
<br />1941, \"hen the first ortwo transmission lines was completed from Parker
<br />Dam to the central Arizona region, the community of Bagdad has received
<br />huge blocks of energy from the Hoover and Parker plants, which are
<br />interconnected,
<br />Directly, or through its interconnections, Hoover Dam energy has figured
<br />ill mineral production throughout the Southwest in the following places and
<br />industries. In California: tungsten at Bradensburg; saline deposits at
<br />Owens and Searles Lakes; steel at Fontana (the Kaiser plant); borax near
<br />Kramer; cement at Victorville, Colton, and Monolith; aluminum at Torrence.
<br />In Nevada: brucite and magnesite at Gabbs; silica sand near Overton; and
<br />manganese near Boulder City_
<br />Mines in the area of Pioche, Nev., have been revitalized, This region,
<br />located 156 miles north of Hoover Dam in Lincoln County, Nev., was com-
<br />pletely without electric service before Hoover Dam power became available.
<br />Now, the Lincoln County Pmver District No. I, delivers Hoover power to
<br />silver, lead, and zinc mines, at 3.5 mills a kilowatt-hour.
<br />The most dramatic result of Hoover Dam's operation, perhaps, is the rise
<br />of the community at the basic magnesium plant, located at Henderson, Nev.
<br />The site of Henderson, Nev. was chosen on the desert 12 miles northwest of
<br />Boulder City. Waler was made available from Lake Mead, and power was
<br />within easy transmission distance from Hoover Dam. In 1941 construction
<br />of the huge magnesium plant was started. And within a little more than a
<br />year the plant was producing magnesium, and a modern community had
<br />been created. With a population of more than 6,000 in 1945, the town was
<br />third largest in the State of Nevada.
<br />Although magnesium no longer is produced at the basic plant, it stilI
<br />remains intact. At the present time (1948) the State of Nevada is complet.
<br />ing negotiations for the operation of the plant. With 17.6259 percent of
<br />Hoover's energy reserved for the State of Nevada, the future potentials of this
<br />great plant hold enormous significance to industrial development of this
<br />southwestern State_
<br />And while southwestern economy is being stimulated by the use of hydro
<br />electric power from Hoover Dam one of our most precious natural resources
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<br />is being conserved. The Hoover power plant i" conserving annually about
<br />10,000,000 barrels of oil, which otherwise would have to be used in electric
<br />generation,
<br />These examples of the effect of the distribution of low-cost hydroelectric
<br />energy generated at Hoover Dam are but a fev," of the myriad benefits of this
<br />great dam in the South\vest.
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<br />The Boulder Canyon project has not resulted in full development of the
<br />Colorado River's resources. It has only cleared the way for future incal-
<br />culable gains. Only the future holds the answer to the measure in which
<br />futUl'e developments of the river's resources will multiply to the benefit of
<br />southwestern economy.
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