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Show ( .. -. v. j p.- - i" & 4' .:. -- v 1" SURVEY Wayne Holler, Larry Jorgenson and Quent Issac-y Issac-y son prepare to survey on Silver Lake Dam before job was closed down for winter. It will probably be finished next year. Silver Lake Flat Dam Project Now Closed Down for Winter Five engineering technicians from Oklahoma made Utah their home this summer while working on Silver Lake Flat Reservoir. The project is located locat-ed in American Fork Canyon on U.S. Forest land. The technicians, tech-nicians, Clarence Pennington, Ralph King, Wendell Jones, Wayne Holler and Darrell Wells have returned to Oklahoma now because the project has been shut down for the winter. The North Utah County Conservancy Con-servancy District represents the local people in sponsoring the Silver Lake Flat Project. The Soil Conservation Service Serv-ice was to provide technical assistance for surveys, testing materials and inspection of construction. con-struction. The Soil Conservation Service was also to provide the same assistance to the local people of Ferron, Utah for the construction of Mill Site Dam, Utah did not have enough Soil Conservation Service personnel per-sonnel to staff both projects. They therefore requested help from the Soil Conservation Service Ser-vice in Oklahoma. These five men came to Utah in answer to that request. The Oklahomans were impressed im-pressed with Utah's majestic mountain country. The Silver Lake Flat project put them right in the middle of such scenic sce-nic beauty. Some of them participated par-ticipated in the deer hunt. They enjoyed their stay in Utah, and at the same time received good experience in their engineering technician fields. Construction operations have been hindered by frost and snow conditions since the first part of October. However, it was necessary to continue construction. con-struction. Earthfill had to be placed high enough to force spring runoff through the outlet out-let conduit. Otherwise, runoff would overtop the embankment and wash the dam out. As scheduled the project is about 50 per cent complete. Strong Company of Springville has moved his equipment out for the winter. He plans to complete com-plete the project next summer. North Utah County voters, in connection with the Nov. 3 general gen-eral election, voted approval of a loan from the Water Resource Re-source Board of the state. The loan will provide additional local lo-cal funds for completion of the reservoir. The vote was 5,892 for and 2,096 against. |