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Show I - Water inTest in Test WellIndicates Well WellIndicates jWater Indicates Sprins Spring Flow Within four hours after an auto auto- automatte automatic automatic - matic matte measuring device had beeninstalled been beentnataUed beeninstalled tnataUed installed in a test hole near theDry the theDry theDry Dry Pork Fork Springs Friday Frida ) ' the waterraised water waterral8ed waterraised ral8ed raised TO 70 'TO ' feet , . according to Jhi J JM JM M hi Warnick Warn1ck Warniek supervisor of of.U ofU iXJ . U 0Bureau S SBureau SBureau Bureau of or Reclamation Service Serv1ce op operations op- op operations operations - erations in the Vernal area . _ , Atest A Atest A Atest test , hole recently completed . to todept.h todepth todepth dept.h depth . of 93 feet in the canyon floorby floor floorby floorby by the Reclamation Service , . Is Ja us used US- US USed m - - ed to measure the sub-surface sub surface sub-aurtace aurtace - - - wa water wa- wa water waten - - ter ten terAn tenAn An automatic measuring devicewas device devicewas devicewas was placed in the pit Friday Jrr1day at11 at 11 a m and ten feet of 01 ci water wasIndicated was wasIndicated wasindicated Indicated By y 3 o 0 clock clod : the Ue ti'e tie ) ' sameafternoon same sapie sameafternoon sapieafternoon afternoon there was recorded 10 10feet 70feet O Ofeet feet At th6 the th Bamc same sam time the tbe gaugereached ca gauge gaugereached _ reached the 70 foot ft ( ) mark mark narkwater narkwaterbegan , , , W\ter W ter Wterbegan waterbegan & \ began flowing f10wlng from the Dry'EWkSpring DryEWkSpring Jrtl Dry1 JrtlFWk ) ' FWk B\k B k FWkSpr1n8 Bkpning \ * Spr1n8 pning , . according accord1nS to Lewis Le\V Le V \ Cc 1U > CQjUey CQjUeyand OoUlerand and Leonani Louazd Horrocks liorrocks H , wlio "Wbo Wbo " "et et " Ttferepresent 'er er 'erpresntat ' . presntat ? at t tha thO time Ume They 'l"hey lhey 'l'hey ' " ' ' ; said WewntAr.came WewntArcame t\ie t ie . \ tieW'aUtt iJe W'aUtt WaUtt ' . . e up iJeUp eraduaUy- eraduaUy giduaflj-e giduaflj e eraduaUyandpaclear 81 d ' * ' - - azi4 axi&a axia axi&aiItar andp-aclear andp aclear ; ' & - a acJeat cJeat iItar ' . , cold coI4 stream ftr a1n atreamflow 1JQ\v 1JQ v \ flowed d for f9i f9rabapt f9rabaptten aboutten abcn1t : abcn1tten ten minutes nU1Utes bitbutes . . . Then tho th water waterttimed ater -ttim-ed ttim ed inr inred - - " ad ed murky murll:1 murll1 : and Increafed 1ncreasec1 Increased to shout shoutthree aboutthree three second secou4 feet feetAs . . As Aa the water recede 1'eCe4e.I 1eCe4e.I 1eCe4eI recedes ' . * In Iii the pit pU , , a study of the different'stratas differentstratas different'strataswU1 different'stratas differentstratas different'strataswill different ' ' ' etrataswill wU1 will be made and much valuableInformation valuabl valu&bl valubl valu&blinformation & .1nformation 1nformation information . for tor future developmentof developmentor development of or the area will be made available avallable availableThe availableme : The Th me ' test pit was WM commenced lasttall last lastfaU lastfall faU fall by the Ashley ABhley Valley Reservoircompany Reservoir Reservoircompany ReservOircompany company and was dug to a depthof depth depthof depthof of 61 feet teet Later the theReclamation ReclamationService Reclamation ReclamationService eclamation eclamationService Service took over the work and cxtended ex extended es- es cx- cx estended - tended the hole to Its present presentJiepth presentdepth presentdepth Jiepth depth The 'The ' pit is 1.s 1s . In the spring arealocated area areai arealocated i located about 2 1-2 1 2 - miles mUes northwestof northwest of Dry Pork Fork settlement settlemt'nt settlemtnt settlementIt settlemt'ntIt ' It was discovered . that t.hat \ the U\e U e wat wa.t- wa.t 'eat- 'eat eat wa.ter 'eaten ' water . - er en In the creek channel did noteffect not SlOt noteffect SlOtefftct effect efftct the e depth of the water inthe in inthe Inthe the test pit Although the pit hasbeen has hasbeen hasbeen been dug to a depth of fl2 92 ffl fed ( ) < et ? t Itba It Ithu itbaa hu baa been Impossible to reach read bed1ock bedtoct bed- bed bedOCk - toct 1-ock 1 ock . * - OCk > , It wa WM wait < r observed that thedeeper the tile the4ee tiledeeper 4ee deeper r down the Ute hole went theI the thecoarse1 e ec coarser c araer coarse1 ' the formation tOJ1t1atJon fogmatlon became beCSISlC woUenearer wn.u wnu 'ehh1 ehh1 'ehh1learer ' . [ learer arer toe the surface eunface thi- thi the ! thiformation - formaUObita formation formaUOb foilfltlOIS formationro foilfltlOISka * ita & ka < ro & "tighter tighter "Ughter Ughter " " and more moreWkt.e impervious 1m , l - ' 'prater prater 5Vatet Wkt.e- Wkt.e ' Wkt.eflowing . > * - flowing 120wtng from the tbf.t tbft tbf.tmeasurlnB . ecfWS'reached ecfWSreached ecfWS'reachedmeasuring eldUP eldUPreached . . , : ' reached , ; $ a ' -measuring measuring -measurlnB measurlnB ineasurth - - guase suqe guqe guase3 . , . 1-2 1 2 1211OTSDryk -3 3 - fn11 " . SctuementAli&O SctuementAliO se ett1eniett t n n13o . 11OTSDryk . * OWjDryijPotk z7J1'otJr z7J1otJr . > : ' ? l 13o & a.t'ni a.tni atni a . . ' L . Sunday Suhd6Y Sutiday Suhd6Ywater ilievterwa- ilievterwa ilievterwabed 'rho rho ' -water water - waterEeadied . - " be4 died < ? bed Dry Fork Wrk Fiirk Sunday SUttdJ.J SUttdJJ . " ! aftCrn tttxnoonand 9fl 9fles1&4waaezpected aI24 aI24was es1&4waaezpected es14waaezpected & , was : waa expected upected botoeotw tobeatthe to be at _ jua-ction jua ction J Jun- Jun JunCtjen gn . - etJon Ctjen of Aabley AU1Jey thley Creek Monday IoD41aJ Mm457 ! * |