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Show L4RGE RECLAMATION PROJECT IN COLORADO Denver. Coio., Jan. 2S The larger portion of the waters of Summit county coun-ty and a portion of the waters of Cl-iiir Creek and Jefferson counties hav been filed upon in the state engineer's office by W. K. Ooldsborough and Geo. J. Bancroft. The waters will be used in a large reclamation project which will inlgate 200,000 acres of land iji the valley of the South Platte. Tho filings In the state engineer's office call for the use of 2.160 second feet of tho waters of Summit county. The leclamation ditch will be 60 miles long and will connect with the Collkn-mountain Collkn-mountain tunnels. Five reservoirs will be built. |