| Show I Divers on Jel At Moon I r lake r ese vr Under Way Way- Construction Camp Will Vill WillBe Be Bc Completed This Week Actual tunneling on the 18 foot fore for the tho spillway and diversion diversion diver diver- sion tunnel at the Moon Lake Project will probably bly be under underway underway underway way by the end of the week it was announced Tuesday by Jos E. E Nelson superintendent in charge of the project for T T. T E E. E Connolly contractor It is expected that 60 to 70 7 0 days will be required to complete the tunnel Mr Nelson said Difficulties encountered at the portals of the tunnel through th the sliding of the loose formation are delaying the work considerably 40 Shovels working at each end are attempting to clean out the face of the for the portals but buttons buttons buttons tons of the loose dirt and rock are constantly slipping down to delay the work It is possible according accordIng according ac ac- ac- ac cording to Mr Nelson that much of the tunnel will have ha to be con- con by digging out an open cut constructing the concrete tunnel and then filling back around around around ar ar- ar- ar it it Construction Nearly Ne Completed Construction of the camp is la about completed with the office buildings mess halls and shops already finished and only a few tent-houses tent used as living quarters quarters quarters for the men still under con con- Close to men are now under the employ of the contractor working in two 7 hour shifts With the installation in the near future of a suitable lighting plant it Is expected that the shovel crews will probably put in three shifts a day Gre Great lt Change Chango Evident Many changes have become evident evident evi evi- ev- ev dent at the da dam site during dUling the Continued on Pago Page 8 Moon oon Lake Diversion Tunnel Under Way Yay Ta Y Continued From Page 1 last five weeks On May 1st a trip to the lake lale revealed only a few reclamation engineers on the job making a few preliminary surveys The lake lae was frozen over and a sm small Il stream of water flowed flowed flowed flow flow- ed down the Lake Lale Fork serene and unmolested Today one finds a scene of bustling activity A large space has been cleared and leveled on a small bench under tinder the hill near the water level just below the dam site to provide for the numerous numerous numerous num num- erous camp buildings Here men menon menon menon on duty are busy unloading lumber lumber lumber lum lum- ber and machin machinery ry erecting the buildings etc while those who have completed a shift or arc are waiting to begin one are at rest watching the activity Prominent in the middle of th the camp is the mess hall where good cooks provide ride the men with the fuel for their labors If one is on the job or fortunate to be present present pres pres present ent at noon and rec receive ive an invitation invitation invitation tation to join at the meal a real treat is in store Great platters with choice of meat potatoes in two styles three vegetables bread cakes and coffee and a choice of I pie or pudding for dessert a and d allin all allin allin in apparently unlimited quantities are provided to insure the men their fill of food they like Across the creek which is now nowa a large larg-e swift moving torrent one hears the clatter and shriek of the shovels at work biting into the face of the hillside where the tunnel portals are to be construct construct- ed Trucks are receiving the dirt and rocks and hauling them along the hillside to be dumped on the Northeast side of the reservoir Up on the hillside near the ultimate ul ultimate ultimate ul- ul West Vest end of the dam is a completed building occupied bythe bythe by the reclamation staff and other buildings under construction for their use Here and there over the hillside are the surveyors and their helpers checking on the progress progress pro pro- progress gress of the work and setting lo location location location lo- lo cation flags which mark the entire entire entire en en- tire site Flanking the road along the hillside above the dam site is isa isa isa a great area where the sage sagebrush sagebrush brush has been uprooted an and and l scrapped into rows in preparation preparation preparation tion for the huge barrow pit where the earth for tor the dam will be shoveled out Cabins Under Construction Moving up to the resort on the lake additional activity shows itself in the construction of new I cabins which are arc to house the reclamation crew during the construction construction construction con con- period and which will rill later provide tourist a- a A new store pool hall and beer parlor are also under construction construction con con- to be in operation by July 1st The lake lale itself thawed out some three weeks ago presents its beautiful surface to entice tire the fisherman to try his luck and give cr credence to the reports of several limit catches at its head already this spring |
