Show A NEW LAKE LArtE l FIVE l MILES ULI S 1 HO HOTA TA TABIONA IONA CAUSED BY A LANDSLIDE LA I There js a new lake in fu a moun mountain 1 tain tamn overlooking the Uintah ba ba- sin It is so new that it has not 1 been named This lake is not I Ivery very large bu but t is very deep It Itis It is located about five miles mUes above Tabiona in a canyon running into into into in in- to Farm creek One year ago last July there thero was a land slide in the canyon at the bottom of which is a creek bed with water flowing a part of the year This slide occurred on one side ot or the canyon and strange to say it follows the crook closely It varies in width on the opposite side from a few feet to hundreds of or feet The length is now about 3 miles and andis is still sliding In places the earth and rock is thrown up to 20 feet and in other places the depression is many feet teet The ultimate destination of or this convulsion or upheaval of the earth Is Farm creek whose normal flow has been about eight second feet teet This slide has j caused a constant flow in the creek which as above stated flowed only part of the year The growth along the path of ot this slide was pine trees and sage brush Trees Trees three feet in diameter were torn up by the roots This slide moved moved ed cd feet in ten days Ben Den Clarke government ditch rider on the Pike ditch resides near the scene The Information with reference to the slide was secured from Mr Clarke |