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Show A Wonderful Canyon. In preparing for tho construction of , a tunnel to Irtlgnto the Uucompahgio valley In wostern Colorado, it becamo uocestary to make a topographs surveyor sur-veyor tho bottom of th'o grand canyon of tho Gunnison river for a dlstanco of ubout l.COO feet. Iiut tho walls of this canyon, approximately 2,000 foot lu height, aro shoer precipices, and It Is impossible to go through in boats, A descent to tho bottom was effected by means ot a narrow fissuro eroded Iu tho granlto cliffs, hut In order to roach tho opposlto side of tho rlvor with the, aldjof a similar fissuro, tho surveying party had to mnko u detour of about 150 miles, in all, four ox- i tromely perilous descents wero mado to tho bottom of tho canyon. In places It was necessary to let tho men down ! over cliffs several hundred feet by means of ropes. |