Show employees of state en engineer gincer s office are busy on various projects of importance thirty four of the 70 persons persona working out the salt lake office of the U S bureau of reclamation during december were located on the colorado river great basin project im investigation according to figures contained in u petronnel report of at the bureau te re ce celled ived Sat saturday by b state T II 11 of the 31 34 3 1 men were ft ere laborers laborera and 10 16 ft were ere engineers soll soil technologists draftsmen and engi bugl peers aids the colorado river in vesti gallon la Is being conducted lit hi cooperation with the utah water storage commission of the 30 36 remaining workers aiding in various investigations two were ft ere employed on oil ahe goose berry project two at newton in cache county one at echo park one at hurricane two on the western tributaries tributa ries of at le ae I 1 colorado river three no the bair bor river four at santa clara win 18 in malad valley iu in idaho laahs and three doing clerical and administrative work the number of 0 f workers at the newton reservoir resor voli site was augmented by 10 laborers fur dished through ahle he state engineers 0 office I 1 work and zon zoa n cilny ing of the pits from which material wlm will be used construction of the dam Is now la in progress at the site the report states the newton dam la ito the only project now officially approved for construction under the cate case small reservoir act not alone in this state but tu in the 17 western states where the are available meld field work of jand for the colorado river great basin baalu project was waa completed december 0 tabulation of the field sheets showing the arable land was com m plated december 27 and the first draft of 0 the classification report iv now under way the report slices shows tilie the reconnaissance survey oi of lite virgin river water shed was con diluted during the mouth in wash ington cout county ity topographic surveys of two reservoir sites in the ash oink creek laziu were nere mada and a sure vey of liua dry wash ash begun only routine le work has been conducted the past mouth with alth reference to the bear river investigation because all available la Is doing dolog work dvork for which hlen thole there Is apparently a greater de inand the report states pile woodruff druff creek reservoir lr investigation report was ah graphed during december and was ru viewed tit at a ine meeting eting of the utah water storage at the state capitol january 7 the reier mer voir clr ete Is located la in rich county |