Show 165 scene that spread out before us Finally convinced of the impossibility of the proposed drainage of the lake the party returned to base landing at Centerville In Gilbert headed a group that made a thorough study of the shore lines of ancient Lake Bonne o i we have already seen villa as After 1880 numerous explorations and surveys of the lake were made but chiefly for the purpose of water analysis and study of island bird rookeries These activities lie outside the scope of this study Grove Karl 1878-8- 0 then affiliated with the University of Utah conducted the most recent Great Salt Lake Survey in Dr T Adams C This survey was made in connection with Adams' study of the water resources of the Great Salt Lake region It was 1934-3- 5 closely associated with various lake diking projects under consideration at that time In 1935 the lake was its lowest level (almost as low as its all time low mark of 1940) so the survey at that time provided much interesting information Adams superimposed his map the King Survey yet recorded the same sheet to graphically the comparative lake area at three periods of its his- - iaap and show 9 10 Stansbury's Salt Supra map on Lake Tribune p 54 July 15 1901 |