Show will ile he ift biff project and wll VIII ul millions says akil idock springs miner W E jones of the U 8 it S left lef t the first part of the week for ti tie the e browns park country where lie will spend the next month or six weeks exploring that section for coal lime atone and cement this thia trip of mr jones is on a different line of work from that he had previously engaged in and is made at this time on account of the high water in the ladore canyon which prevents further investigation as to the depth of the bed rock it is the desire of the government to locate coal limestone and clay to be used in the construction of the main mammoth dam that is ia being considered for that section and which will in all probability be authorized according to present plans the dam will be built of limestone about two hundred feet high and will back the water in green river up for almost forty miles if a satisfactory clay can be found within fifty miles of the proposed work it is the intention of the government experts to P ai alvir ir own comand th r av bk ba iuta L co rui j will be used fur for fuel in the for inin rip gr jiing oi ing etc according Acco iding to t the im esty nate as propos proposed cd this thia project will be one of the largest ever constructed ted by the government and yell cost coat over it is expected that a special constructing engineer from washington v imal ill reach this thia city early in august to look over the work already done and much will depend upon his hia report the water impounded in tho the mammoth reservoir forty miles long and from one to five miles milea wide will be used to store the surplus water of green river and will bo be used to irrigate lands in colorado Co orado utah and arizona As AB soon as the water in green river is low enough mr jones will recruit another drilling corps and the werk of locating bedrock bed rock through the canyon will be pushed as rapidly as possible |