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Show PLANS TUNNEL FOR IRRIGATION PROJECT Construction of a tunne! threp-ounrters of a mile Ions thiout'h one point of the Wasatch mounta in rane i involved in an i: ru-a tio;i pro;e 't i.ti which filing was made yesterday with eortre F. MKion-ale, MKion-ale, slate engineer, by J. V. Fox of Manti. Water is to he con veved from the Green River basin fur hue irrigation of lands row obtaining their supply from Manti City creek. Mr. Fox proposes to store 1"0 acre feet of water derived from the snows and floods at tire bead of Cove fork of Ferrun Creek oanyon. He says he will build a reservoir to cover furtv-seven and one-hnii" nrres. with water lorty-eiht feet do.-'i at its deepest point. To earrv of the water when wanted, he would construct con-struct a tunnel J;J37 tent through the mountain into Manti ea n y u n . The pun use is o use tiie water in irrigating irri-gating acres of land. |