Show moon lake news F ashes W project located 42 miles north moon lake reservoir gigantic eastern utah reclamation of L land and in uintah basin acres west of roosevelt which will furnish adequate Adeau ate water supply to irrigate the stopping tunnel is in to a depth of approximately feet which includes thirty feet of 0 open cut with vertical sides T this afis tunnel has now reached a point where it Is considered deep enough and the shale at the end of sufficient soundness to make a proper seal to prevent water percolation it is expected that another tunnel at lower elevation directly under the other will be started soon to further test the formation in which the cutoff cut off wall is to bo be installed the two tunnels will connect at the end and later the anat material erial separating the two will be cut out forming a vertical cut into the hill one hundred and eight feet of twelve inch clay tile drain have been installed in the downstream toe drain this drain is situated approximately app roxi Tia tely twenty feet from the toe of the dam the drain will be extended towards each end of 0 the dam as the iho construction st proceeds and will servo serve to convey any water which may seep through without allowing it to pond and saturate the dam during the past week there have been about fifty lineal feet of seal liner plates installed in the tunnel and the work is progressing nicely in order to complete this work as soon as pos lable bible so the concrete lining can be started the contractor plans to start installing liner plates at two other points in the tunnel which it if worked at both ends will add four more crews and more than double the number of men now employed in the tunnel the equipment has all been installed at the gravel pit and is now ready lor for op ovation the processing equip equipment men t which will be used to screen and grade tho the different sizes of gravel is located near tho the lam dam and the contractor expects to start the work ot of screening within the next few days so as to have plenty ot of material on hand band when they aro are ready to pour concrete the gasoline sovel was waa put on the job again last Thurs thursday dav after aftel having undergone ic ie pairs it will vil be taken to the gravel pit when work vork is started on the clavel haul the drag line will continue th stripping on the river area which la Is to be excavated to sound shale and incidental to this work the river will be changed to follow a course as near the west side of the area arca to be stripped as possible As it now runs it Is about in the center of the area to oe de stripped the dormitory hast bag the rustic on oll the outside and they are now no w I 1 ready to place the wall board n on I 1 the inside four stalls are be beina I 1 made under this building for the purpose of accommodating automobiles T E connelly contractor has bas been visiting the project again L having a aln spent two w 0 three days here last week al mr r and mrs airs II 11 L allied I 1 accompanied compa comp nied allied by inez lambert an ami mrs All alfreds allreds reds mother were moon lake visitors tuesday day mrs airs lee alger wife of oe the moon lake park manage has gore gone to salt lake for the winter so her children can attend the there mr ali alger wll wil remain at the park while construe hon work is going on |