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Show IMPRESSED WITH NAVAJO LAKE f PROF, PETERSON THINKS THAT BRINGING OF WATER TO CE-DAR CE-DAR VALLEY FEASIBLE. PREPARING PRE-PARING DATA. Professor William Peterson, Director Di-rector of the Utah Experiment Station Sta-tion and Statu Geologist, together with Drs. D, S. Jennings and H. J. Fredrick, Professors L. M. Winsor and Geo. Stewart and a party of local lo-cal men, spent Friday, Sept. 1 looking look-ing over tho Navajo Lako as a sourco of an nddltlonl water supply for Cedar Valley. Prof. Peterson had visited the lako several years ago at a time when the section was under snow and was unable un-able at that time to satisfy himself with his visit. However, at that time he was inclined to be a little skeptical about tho feasibility of tho project. ,f During the visit last Friday ho was much moro favorably impressed with tho situation nnd feels that it should be given a careful conidcrntion. Ho emphasizes tho necessity of careful investigation beforo undertaking Buch an expensive project. Prof. Poter-son Poter-son is preparing a report on this project which will bo sent to tho peo-plo peo-plo who nro interested in it. Navajo Lako is of a type called "Couleo' lake; Coulee meaning L'nva. The lake was formed by tho lava flow damming tho lower end of tho Valley. With the exception, of tho Inva rock East and Northeast from the lake tho surrounding rock is mostly limestone. Sink holes are found over a great urea on the higher plnteau sections North of the lake. Many of these holes are at tho junction between tho sedementary and the volcanic rocks Other sinks nro found in the limestone lime-stone where there is no evidence of volcanic rock in the close vicinity. Tho later situation regarding sink holes supports the theory that there nro underground passageways thru the limestone some of which may have an outlet in the lnke. If this is hue the lako is fed to somo extent by the snow and rain which falls on the section North of the lnke and entirely en-tirely outside of the surface drainnge basin of the lake. According to a survey made n few years ago it will tako 1.5 or 2 miles of tunnel and about 8 miles of open canal to open n way for the water in Navajo Lako to flow by gravity into tho Cedar Canyon. Tho cost of this construction will bo between a quarter and a half million dollars. According to tho survey mentioned above tho lnke's capacity isiaround ten thousand acre feet of water. Part of tho undertaking connected with tho project would bo to increase in-crease the capacity of tho lake by plugging tho sink holes in tho bottom bot-tom of the lake. ARTHUR FIFE. |