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Show SINKING FOR BEDROCK AT DAMSiTE Fifty men and fifteen teams aro at work on tho South Fork reservoir project this morning and splendid progress is being made Manager J. P. O'N'olll, of tho construction company com-pany that has the work In hand, states that within three weeks time ho expects to have enough of the dnm -site uncovered to demonstrate quite conclusively whether bedrock may be encountered across tho Cobble oreek dam site. The work was well under way Saturday Sat-urday and bv the uilddlo of the after-noon after-noon a hole had been duj? to a depth of nearly twenty feet, no rock being encountered In that distance, but It was expected that bedrock would hi struck before I ho men were through yesterday evening. Tho weather is so fine that Mr O'Neill says ho Is not going to even ohqervo tho Sabbath I day. and. if necessary to get work done beforo bad weather seta In, he will put on a night shift. Nobody has been down from -the camp since Sat-I Sat-I nrdav afternoon. I ?!v. O'Neill returned to the camp this morning and will remain there ' until Wednesday morning, when he will return with definite and detailed Information regarding conditions. The largo derricks from Weber canyon are on the ground, but have not vet j been placed In position nor will they i he put up until material that needs heavv machlnorv for hoisting is found. Up to the present time tho j digging has been easy, nothing but j the ordinary mountain wash, consist- . ins of loose rock and earth having been discovered under tho surface Aside from the camp of workmen. an engineering corns is on tho ground, keeping track of tho work as It progresses and perfecting tho surveys sur-veys for tho dam and reservoir. The very best weather for phvslcal operations prevails In fho canvon and every advantage is being taken of il, and the work, in all of Its details, Is being prosecuted with vigor. |