California And Its Natural Resources

[Music] take bone dry desert wastes touch them with water and make them the food basket for a [Music] nation take rugged Mountain slopes add power and Dot them with mines of 58 valuable minerals take a Clips guard Coastline tap its underground oil and natural gas and by this industry make possible the fastest growing cities in the world [Music] this is the story of California and its natural resources written in minerals water petroleum and power choring the Blue Pacific for a, miles from the Mexican border to the state of Oregon California is surrounded by mountain ranges forming a great Central Valley in this vast Treasure House great natural resources remain locked until this 20th century in 1769 sunscorch sand and desert Beauty were nearly all the pioneering Spanish Padres found beautiful but hopeless desolation yet these Franciscan Padres built with almost nothing but Faith a chain of missions a Day's Journey apart along the California coast while the American Revolution raged in the east and with the help of mission Indians they tried to make the olive grape and orange of Spain grow in the Thirsty soil the fertility of the Earth was being discovered but for nearly a 100 years the Spanish raneros along the coast were contented with raising a few cattle and sheep and living pleasantly from Siesta to Fiesta [Music] [Music] for [Music] in 1848 great was the excitement for the young cavaliero was the Barrow of news that was to sweep the world or gold had been discovered in California Del nor by James Marshall in the tail race of Sutter Mill to the motherload country came under the greatness of men in the history of our country population for California on the road to Gold workers with every skill and strength to build a state consumers needing food housing and the manufactured goods of Industry a gold standard isn't a standard of living food must be grown or imported here in the Great Central Valley was land and Sun for yearr round farming but not enough rainfall Imperial Valley a waste of cactus greas wood and mosquet yet the Prospectors had a say where the mosquite grows you can make fence posts Bloom if you bring water to unlock the Treasures of the soil and climate Farmers look to the mountains of the north the Sierra Nevada a huge Watershed a Priceless natural resource from the snowcapped Peaks melting snow running off each spring full life for Desert dead [Music] Earth torret of year round irrigation if the Rushing Water could be stored controlled and led hundreds of miles down to where it was needed the Sacramento River fed by the melting Snows of the cisu and Sierra Nevada mountains in the northern end of Central Valley funneled off the precious Waters of the ocean in the southern end sanen was a drain pipe for five Mountain Streams but leaving a dry Valley after the spring floods far to the south and east the turbulent Colorado the most fractur River of the West yed out great Canyons ravaging the lowlands with devastating floods but carrying the richest promise of a desert harvest in its muddy flow at the risk of more Bloods Rivers were tapped by early projects like the Centerville Kingsburg and Fresno canals and the Mountain Water began to make magic with the fertile soil of California yet this was just the beginning California was still crippled by another deficiency power power was needed to build great dams in the mountains power to dig more canals power to bring more water to more desert power to develop raw materials on the mountains were great stands of Timber Redwood and Ponderosa pin but there was no power for large scale logging there were mountains of limestone but no power to process them into cement in the motherload country mines closed down costs for power and transportation made it economically impractical to work the Deep shafts boom towns became ghost towns there was no coal for the steam engines that were creating giant Industries in other states water wheels powered a few Northern California Mills but this was just a trickle to the great needs of California a giant helpless without a source of power in the dawn of the 20th century oozing out of the ground of the Golden State near Los Angeles came a new kind of gold black gold [Music] oil here was power for Machinery to build dams dig canals VI down forests spread Cities Power to mine and manufacture and develop every natural resource of California power for the fast developing internal combustion [Music] engine Discovery after discovery of oil was made from the lower coastal areas on over the mountains and into the valley of the sanin great pools were tapped from the crowded tangle of Wells covering Signal Hill to the well space dercks of Kinga no in Fresno County from the tiand operations pulling the oil by slant drilling from the ocean bottom in the harbor of Wilmington to the Santa Barbara and Ventura County Wells set out in the waters of the Blue Pacific came the yield to make California one of the largest petroleum producers in the nation efficient production without waste from the oil pools and the sleeping giant of kettman hills and other fields still more power natural gas instead of being wasted this gas is captured forced back into the ground to repress the oil pools or piped away for industrial or home uses natural gas forced by big booster pumps to cities hundreds of miles away power through pipes for every growing Metropolis here was California solution to her lack of coal a huge supply of lowcost Fu today this state is one of the largest users of natural gas in the union fuel for Ste plants to generate more electricity for more manufacturing fire for the kils and stills of industry for cooking and heating homes offices factories and for Research Laboratories the treasure house was half open by Aladdin's gas burning lamp but in some of the valleys land was going back back to Desert the need was for more water controlled water again California looked to the mountains and now with petroleum to power construction equipment began to build the engineering marbles of our time from minerals and metals produced within its own borders the huge multiple purpose dams Chasta in the North End of Central Valley to hold back the Sierra and cisu Mountain Water for flood control irrigation and the generation of hydro electric energy a huge water conservation program looking far into the future more water and more power for the Treasure House and Below Shasta kesic Dam still more power from the waters released by Shasta at the lower end of the Great Central Valley Bryant Dam at the headquarters of the sanen river fourth largest storage dam in the world Bryant impounds the flood waters of the sanin for diversion into the great Madera and Bryant Kern canals these canals when finished will help reclaim more than a million acres in five counties by supplying new irrigation water the Frant Kern Canal will be 70 ft wide at the top and 15 ft deep will carry enough flow to drown a city block under 2,000t of water every 24 hours lined with concrete it will be a young River a man-made River to add to the Natural Riches of our nation Hoover Dam highest in the world controlling the turbulent Colorado turning its water into hydroelectric power although not within the state itself Hoover sends a Lifeline of energy to Southern California C is 300 mil away spanning the mountains and the deserts power to flow through rivers of wires power desperately needed in the cities and on the farms power from water man's most versatile and valuable mineral Parker Dam below Hoover to divert the water released from the Big Dam into the Colorado Aqueduct more water for Los Angeles and the southern coastal cities pumped over mountains and other man-made River sheathed in concrete and steel forced uphill to reach the valleys and plains Beyond and more water for the Arid deserts powered by hydroelectric energy great desilting works remove the reddish brown mud from the Colorado River and deliver a clean sparkling flow to the long irrigation channels the lifegiving allamerican canal an arrow of blue cutting across the miles of trackless waste to hit the heart of dry white desert with an explosion of green making California first in the nation in value of crops produced desert Conquest year round water for a 365 day growing season 200 different crops from garden vegetables to Exotic tropical fruits water for the Thirsty soil of America food basket endless grows of oranges grapefruit lemons billion dooll industry oranges the year round sometimes Blossom green and ripe fruit on the same tree at the same time 115,000 car loads per year carrying California brand names to the markets of the world an ocean of oranges processed by the power from the water which grew them of desert Earth vast Vineyards the largest in the Western World supplying 93% of the nation's grapes from half a million Acres of sandy soil Valley Vineyards dotting the state from north to south table grapes jellies delicious juices jams and other products from a vast industry producing quality products to Delight the pallet of the world grapes or raisins dri it under the ever shining sun in Fresno Central Valley the world's raisin Center seedless raisins for the mixing bowls of America from Santa Clara Valley cherries apricots prunes pears and peaches California today the dried fruit and canning center of the world here is the fruit bowl of a Nation dates from the palm trees of Indio and Arabia below sea level in the Coachella Valley one of the Exotic tropical fruits that grow nowhere else in the United States a California exclusive and figs in the Fresno area of the sanen valley amm avocados or call them alligator pears or Lao peaches a semi-tropical fruit which grew into a nationwide industry Alfalfa five to six cuting of the rich fder annually creating a vast Dairy and dairy products industry exceeded in volume by only one other state sheep raising has become a big time industry too with power for sharing and processing California is third in the nation in Wool production and here in Petaluma known as the world's egg basket the surrounding hillsides Echo with the cackle of chickens producing a billion 8 million eggs per year making California's second in the nation great plants of incubators hum with lowcost hydroelectric power turning out chicks on assembly lines at the rate of 20 million every 12 months Petaluma also manufactures incubators for the nation an incubator is the word for the great flat magic Acres of the irrigated Imperial sanen and selenous valleys where grow The Fabulous crops of tomatoes lettuce celery carrots honey dewes watermelons cantaloupes everything to Supply more than half the melon and vegetable needs of the entire nation mass production that would be impossible without mechanization powered by oil products for a fabulous Harvest and hydroelectric power or highspeed processing not the Wheat State that it was in byg days California still fills a large part of its own needs using a great volume of its own petroleum products for the planting and reaping long staple cotton from the paler and sanin valleys where each acre yields twice as much Harvest as anywhere else in the world for the planting and harvesting of thousands of Acres of potatoes gasoline to diggers here in Kern County along with the Power Machinery are unbelievably de hands working with machines and man-made rain and man-made ice hydroelectric power to manufacture Frost the ice making it possible to ship the fruits and vegetables of California in refrigerated Freights pulled Eastward over mountains and deserts by oil burning locomotives power for the diesel driven fishing fleets from California offshore Waters now come the greatest catches of the world's most valuable fish the biting tuna a harvest reaped for the billion dollar canery Industries at San Pedro and San Diego Fisherman's luck California is first among all the states in fishing resources and number one in commercial output an endless stream from the blue Waters of the Pacific fresh food for the nation caught by power and preserved by power great clawed crabs are trapped in deep Northern Waters and shipped alive to markets and refrigerated trucks planes and trains and simply boiled alive as at the world famous Fisherman's warp in San Francisco good a shellfish treat for the top of any Gourmet men salmon for the canaries and the sport fisherman sardines are netted off the coast in the Dark of the Moon processed by the ton in San Pedro San Francisco and montere canaries heads and tails clipped by Electric knives packed by machine and cans with natural oil mustard or tomato sauce to help satisfy the nation's demand for seafood and the power of P products to harvest the forests of Ponderosa and Sugar Pines the white and red fur that cover the mountain slopes for 1/4 of the vast land area lightweight portable power to bring this valuable Timber to Earth Timber oil to fuel the boilers of locomotives that haul the logs to the mil bonds logs to be sawed into lumber for the manufacturer of crates to carry thousands of train loads of fruits and vegetables to markets all over the world and power to handle the gigantic redwood trees almost unbelievable in size this one containing enough lumber to build three large five room homes a giant is toppled aimed precisely to save nearby trees forestry conservation to safeguard our valuable timber timber to be picked up again by oil powerered hoists to be sawed in hydroelectric and steam powered Mills for the building of more factories and more homes today each new dwelling can be fabricated and completely furnished with materials from California's Earth and shaped in California factories multiple carving Ma Ma and a great Furniture Factory carving a long row of identical Parts at one time before there was power Furniture had to be imported now the furniture manufacturing industry of the state is one of the biggest of the [Music] nation power from mining with the energy of petroleum and hydroelectric power California's vast mineral resources have been made available to 20th century industry the Earth of the golden state contains 58 commercial minerals a wider variety than in any other state of the union copper zinc and iron pyrites the mines of Shasta and Trinity County pulling out over 1 half million tons a year from Ino County 25 million PB annually borax the entire Supply for the United States comes from the desert of Ino Kar and San Bernardino counties one time as colite it came from Death Valley by 20 Mule Team wagons but now razor right a much higher grade borax ore produces more per ton and also from the driest CS Lake in the desert comes great quantities of sodium bicarbonate and many other mineral products including as a byproduct more borax and quicks silver or call it Mercury California's 54 mines lead the nation in output reducing nearly 70% of the national total unbelievable that from this red ore called cinear we can get silvery Mercury for thermometers barometers switches lamps and mercur from the mines in the wild country near Bishop high in the sieras for electric light bulbs tungsten and mbona from the same shafts located 12,000 ft above sea level at sea level the mineral filled water of San Francisco Bay supplies the mother liquid for Great Salt Works which produce Rich bromides magnesia and gypsum $21 Million worth per year gypsum 2 from Riverside County for California's booming building industry cement from mountains of limestone processed at Victorville in San berardino County and in the largest cement plant in the world at Permanente near San Francisco tal or soapstone from the desert mines Near Death Valley for face powder paints filler for paper soap fire and electric switchboards clay and Terra Cotta at lincol on on top of great deposits of high- grade clay are huge Pottery Works turning out beautiful facades for magnificent buildings and the Beautiful ears and table wear for which California is famous dry ice from beneath the desert east of the salt and sea comes carbon dioxide out of sand pockets on the bed of an ancient Lake to be processed for modern refrigeration California is the world's largest producer of diamite basic ingredient for many insulating and filtering materials open pit deposits at Lok in Santa Barbara County and in the palace Verdes Estates in Los Angeles County produce great quantities of wonderful Purity diatoms are the fossilized remains of ancient Sea algae looking like white stone diamite is so light it will float in water among its many uses is as a filtering agent for the clarification and purification of [Music] liquids used as a heat insulator one side will remain cool while the other side is hot enough to light a cigarette in Gold output California still leads the nation with mining operations made possible by petroleum and hydroelectric power huge chain bucket dredges make their own channels as they slowly inch through the gold bearing land and as they move the Monster Machines wash the gravel for the precious metal costing hundreds of thousands of dollars these mining goliaths searched the Central and Northern River areas for the Buried treasur and hydraulic gold mining too made possible by the great water pressures built up by melting snows Mighty streams against mountains ripping and tearing away at the bases and slopes of earn and Rocky masses terrific power to bring down mountains putting the gold flect Earth into a muddy watery solution from which the precious metal settles to the bottom into man-made ripples from which the gold is easily gathered gold is one also From The Underground ports mines of Grass Valley here power has enabled the sinking of some of the deeper mining shafts of North America from such mines come today's cheap supply of gold millions of dollars [Music] worth for heavy industry iron Power Shovel scoop the rich ore from open pits of San Bernardino County and loaded on diesel powered trucks for the open Hearth furnaces of Fontana California's huge steel [Music] mill [Music] hydroelectric powered machines spinning out miles of basic steel products rolling Mills smashing out the girders and supports for the building of the West more great factories in the making to use the raw materials of the mines the forests and the fields to manufacture for every local need and Export now with these great sources of Power Water electricity natural gas and petroleum to put her fabulous natural resources to work California is growing into one of the leading industrial Giants of our nation the 20th century [Music] stat first an airplane production capital of the world in flying ship output here are the enormous plants to keep California a leader in the coming air age today second only to Ohio in the manufacturer of rubber tires California is becoming a leader in the production of synthetic rubber goods and Plastics byproducts of our great oil refining industry oil refining also second in the nation powered by the Abundant supply of low cost hydroelectric energy are the great catalytic crackers big as ocean liners and taking as much time and money to build mechanical marbles turn out tremendous quantities of high octane gas nasel fuels kerosene lubricating oils and many synthetic byproducts conserving this great natural resource by turning every drop of crude to useful purpose Cosmetics using synthetics native oils and tals California delivers packaged glamour by the tons and earns millions of dollars for drugstores and beauty parlor all over the world and more Glamour the motion picture industry of Hollywood and nearby communities this fabulous industry employs 45,000 people with almost every imaginable trade skill a leader in ship building on San Francisco Bay one of finest natural Harbors in the world magnificent transpacific liners near completion ships soon to be carrying the passengers and goods of the West to all of the World San Francisco San Diego a Haven large enough for our entire Navy Stockton an inland Port where ocean liners can load cargo produced on The River's Edge Los Angeles the world's largest man-made Harbor at San Pedro built from mud flats and Wasteland with the power of petroleum and hydroelectric current and her great airports are already the gateways of the world West to the Orient and Australia over the pole to all points on the globe planes from buenos Iris can reach San Francisco in the same time it takes them to get to New York or Chicago petroleum power has also made California the motor a wide super highways and transport Lanes have been spread like ribbons along the coast over the mountains through the deserts and valleys leading to every kind of outdoor pleasure and a huge tourist industry millions of yearr round visitors who spend within California's borders over2 billion dollar annually because California's facilities for all year round Recreation cannot be excelled bathing in the Blue Pacific with sandy beaches stretching the length of the state warm water and clear skies snow fun in nearby mountains ice skating slaying and the spectacular Thrills of skiing in a dozen winter sport areas world famous Resorts Palm Springs Oasis on the edge of the desert at the foot of San hento Mountain a winter Paradise of warm dry days and Cool Desert Nights for lovers of Nature and scen Grandeur there are dozens of national and state parks forests takingly beautiful Yos fall the highest free leaping waterfall in the world dropping a half a mile straight down the face of a solid rock mountain and magnificent Vernal Falls also in Yos Park a mecca for sightseers the famous Redwood Highway the forests of giants aquus massive big trees the world's largest and oldest living [Music] things and wildlife of [Music] Plenty from bear to game birds California has the greatest variety of Game and Fish reserves in the United States hundreds of Mountain Streams be into the fly fisherman the clear cold water from the melting snows abound with game fish of many varieties the Blue Waters of beautiful Mountain Lakes The Lure of fighting big trout wonderful sport in glorious surroundings and the reasonable limits set by a conservation-minded fish and game department assures good fishing for all time to come and lower altitudes bass and other game Fish the year round state of contrasts Mount Whitney the highest point in the United States and your 60 M away is the lowest spot desolate Death Valley vacation land of beautiful desert Crystal Lakes and magnificent mountains and overall a gentle climate and a friendly Sun California has the ingredients to give its people a helpful outdoor way of re the year round California is also becoming the cultural capital of the West with inspiring churches of every faith and denomination fine modern schools and universities from which graduate more Americans of every race Creed and color each year than from the schools of any other state in the Union and the crowning Glory of California the sparklers in the treasure chest her cities with the singing Spanish names Sacramento capital of the state where an alert Department of Natural Resources is aware that if California is to continue as a Land of Plenty its resources must be wisely administered carefully developed and wherever physically possible conserved or are reproduced San Diego navy Town San Francisco once a Barron peninsula of Rocky Hills now banking center of the West Maritime capital of the Pacific City of the world's two greatest Bridges cable cars of the gay90s Metropolis with an international population including the largest settlement of Chinese outside of China Los Angeles from a small peblo in an arid Basin to the nation's thirdd most populous city over 2 million people almost within the span of a single lifetime city of Palm lined streets and Beautiful Homes Center of the richest county in the United States Hub of leading Industries Los Angeles one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world is still growing by Leaps and Bounds all of these great California cities and the hundreds of towns and Villages tell the story of the natural resources that surround them and all this since the turn of the century California the upto-date El Dorado fashioned by mountainwater hydroelectric power natural gas 58 commercial minerals and a vast petroleum Industry California is indeed the 20th century State a monument to progress and to power [Music]