Show A river A recent from C T prall one O 0 of f the ers ot of the survey has reported the existence ot a stream whose water in the eummer summer leuon entirely vanishes midway in its course the river tar Is known as the dry fork email small stream la im northwestern baab tributary tributary to ashley creek about fourteen en m aliea lea from its source in too the uinta mountains this stream reaches a large basin or sink whose walls are from 76 75 to feet high except on the up tide side the pool to Is apparently bottomless and the water in it revolves with a alow slow circular motion caused either by the incoming waters or by suction from below nr both tho only visible outlet to this rol tool I 1 la a narrow rock channel from which A littly water flow but 8 soon lost to elgba a d few hundred yaru blow below A measurement of the main stream just above the pool showed a lume of ninetysix ninety six cubic feet of water passing each mccond but this entire flow bow disappears in the basin 1 and the stream for miles below la Is perfectly dry about seven miles below thie this interesting abul bbl were found several kiert digs one of them Is a laree larce hole twenty five teet feet in diameter and feet deep which at times are empty and again wed with water ft it ia Is thought that the water which disappears in the upper pool flow deep below la in the gravels era vela which form tho the bed of the stream and in times umes of heavy rainfall ral rai niall appears again in the laree large springs belew 11 juif |