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Show III ;; .Important Discovery ,j by Engineers. 1 (;; It flflay Indicate an Under-I Under-I ! It ground Sea of Frosh i' Water. II ; .'-'jj .iBToles 100 and 75 Feet Deep, , Re- ' I?J spectively, and an Acre ' 7 lji i in Size. 1 ; 'ij I Utah lake phenomena, hitherto un- i I $' ' known to the oldest Inhabitants, as far ; j jjj'j as can ho learned, have been discovered ' , fcj j by Prof. George L. Swendsen nnd his i,, "lii force of engineers In the reclamation service, in the form of two great 1 i jji springs, or holes. In the northwest part jjl of the lake. One of theso holes covers dfi an area of three acres and Is 100 feet ; fH in depth, while the other is seventy-five. " 1 ji 1 feet deep and Is an acre In extent. .' ' . j As to whether these gigantic depres- V j , stons In the lake's bed are springs or ' ' merely holes In the ground the en- (j; glneers are unable to say at present, Ij ;j ! but the discovery presents wonderful it f possibilities to the minds of the Irriga-' Irriga-' , 1 j . tlon experts. Prof. Swendscn has al- (j ready ordered from "Washington a 'i meter for measuring the vertical ve- j M loclty of water, and the full meaning ? ' I of! the phenomena will be developed as ' soon as the necessary investigations ' 1! ! can be made. The presence of small holes in the I ij jfi jane nas ucen Known 10 me engmeera ' and others -for some time, but the ex- j i.L 1 lstenco of such depressions as these V has never before been suspected, the - I .average depth of the lake being In the v ', H , neighborhood of twelve feet, while the it I formation, even surrounding these big " JJ I holes, is soft mud. !! (r May Be Underground Sea. ) It Is considered quite possible that the ? i holes may have direct connection with ij ! J an Immense subterranean body of ' ? j j water, the presence of a very extensive r i ' artesian basin In that vicinity being 11 iji ; well known. But it is possible that the I jj' body of water. under ground Is of even !i greater extent" than has been imagined, i' jt., There being no streams on the eastern Mf slopes of the Oqulrrh mountains, whose '!f! summits hold vast quantities of snow . . well Into the summer season, it Is plain i ; that the waters from that Important , source must sink into the ground, and (j 1 it may be that Uncle Sam's engineers ' , I y will discover the hiding place of this ' ji. ?ij water supply and hit upon a. scheme ! J ' to utilize it as fully as though It reached i , y the valley In the usual way. |