Show j I 1 1 LAKE OUTLET TO BE investigated tho the state T it humphreys ind and dr sherwin ser of ulu uio U A 0 ia faculty mado da investigation atlon to ascertain whether there la 19 an underground outlet to navajo lake i an article in tho the salt lake trib utie ulle of may 20 regarding the in says tho the lake has no outlet but it has been definitely establish establish od ed that it hag an underground outlet situated A at t an elevation of u a bout feet in tho the tops of ill mountains ano and surrounded by tree covered hills it Is ae gem n I 1 in a an n emerald setting viewed for it iti value the state fish aej gamo game department has added to ita by stocking it wi with game fish last year a project built 1 dike acoss one end of tho the lalif to koop keep tl the water waler back from a vor por ous oua formation which Is ie bolly vod to 10 forni form the outlet but water was wan scarce last fall all and before lurg ions threats to dynamite the dyko dyke yore only prevented from being cal carrlos l led late into action through of 0 state Offic luls the desro of the cedar city people to retain tho natural beauties of the ni I 1 tho the fact that no one could prove whore where the water would go 90 it if the lako were emptied year tho the water scarcity h 1 much lauch greater the tha lake la is low all anil a COIt IOns aro rather favori able to ta determine just where the flow from the lake goes two surface outlets are suspected one Is duck springs about soven seven miles from navajo lake and in the sevier river drainage area the oilier Is tunnel springs about three miles from the lake and in the river drainage if it ell can be determined kinod that the navajo lake water la Is part of the supply of either of these outlets a awot point ill bo be sett settled iod sunday water users from both drainage basins will assemble at t the e lake along with representatives of the cedar city cham chamber berof of commerce weira have been established at both duck springs and the tu nuel springs wid and ceasur will bo be made of the flaw then gates tell in the lakie dike dik will be opened and water permitted to wand over the area where tile the former subterranean outlet existed athis tats water will bo be colored with a substance which does doe not ilot adhere readily to ve and a small email amount of which will chor a large volume of water the ille mow flow at each of tile springs will be measured for u considerable period and tile the water will bo be watched Avat ched for any green tint that it if either flow enerem would reveal the pros orye otWe of the es ea markedly or if tho the coloring loring eo apsara the problem la Is apparently solved it if neither happens happe nathen theu that ant 1 Is story atory tribune |