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<br />09'"". · <br />I I: leakage and slippage both at the sides and underneath: <br /> <br />collapse would definitely be a possibility, if not a <br /> <br />probabili ty. <br /> <br />4. The vast sum of money required for the Ruedi Dam and <br /> <br />Reservoir and the related Basalt project, as presently <br /> <br />proposed, would be wasted by such construction: a serious <br /> <br />adverse economic impact would strike the citizens of the <br /> <br />Fryingpan and Roaring Fork Valleys." <br /> <br />Rocky Mountain Association of Geologist Special <br />Committee on Ruedi Dam and Reservoir Sites <br /> <br />This group of prominent Colorado geologists were asked by the <br /> <br />R. M. A. G. to contact the Bureau of Reclamation, examinE! the in- <br /> <br />vestigation data and give their geologic opinion of the dam and <br /> <br />reservoir site. All of these men have been in Colorado for a <br /> <br />number of years and practiced geology successfully. The predomin- <br /> <br />ant experience of these geologists has been in the fields of petrol- <br /> <br />eum and teaching of geology at the University level. The members <br /> <br />of the committee are: <br /> <br />Mr. Ben H. Parker, Vice Presi~ent, Frontier Oil & Refining. <br /> <br />Mr. Warren O. Thompson, Prof. Geology, University of Colorado. <br /> <br />Mr. Arthur F. Brunton, President. RMAG and Petroleum Geolo- <br />gist, Clayton Oil Company. <br /> <br />Mr. David Evans, Petroleum Geologist, Alpine Oil Company. <br /> <br />Mr. Franklin A. Thurman, Petroleum Geologist, Forest oil Co. <br /> <br />This group states in their written report of August 26, 1963, that <br /> <br />"1. The proposed reservoir is located on a salt anticline in <br /> <br />which core drilling has demonstrated the presence of <br />- 2 - <br />