Show CHANNEL DEEPENED remarkable effect of the earthquake upon mokelumne river stockton cal it has been dincov ered that in the vicinity of wood bridge the mokelumne river has fallen twelve feet the bed of the river having dropped from the effects of the recent earthquake the stream had been carrying a lot of water when it was noticed that tha river was steadily falling contrary to all precedent an investigation showed that the bed was almost twelve feet lower than before As the waterway has been steadily filling up each year with silt from the upper portion of the river farmers along that stream are highly pleased with the change since it can carry far more water than heretofore ana not endanger their lands on either side of it another incident of the earthquake is the drying up of tracy lake in the northwestern part of san joaquin county ever since the earthquake the water has been decreasing at rapid rate and at present it is almost on a level with the mokelumne river |