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<br />\lU \... <br /> <br />?liCJEC'I' WORY.5 <br /> <br />J.1I~Jl EfI!u!rrolr <br /> <br />I--t<, --/-1'he dsmdte i. locate-d on the Aoar1.ng J'ork RiTer about 1 mile .bo...e <br />the toy:'! of ASyen, in T. 10 S., R. &4 Y., drib. principal Deridlan. at <br /> <br />the lower end of a narrow valle7 cnated bT a glader. Sa.rfaee rock con- <br /> <br />111.1,. of glacial .oraine. The foundation bp.drock conai.t. of metamorphic <br /> <br />and 1P80U8 rocke, principally extNa1Te granite. At the damdte the caD.- <br /> <br />70n at . streem bed la 190 feet wide. where.. at the top of the daa it h <br /> <br />2.3g0 t..t ln widtb. <br /> <br />1'htI dam 1, to be a cOlIblnatlon eann and. rocktl11 a'tructure with a <br /> <br />maxlmam be1ght of 95 feet. the irrigation ontl~t capacity i. 800 ~econd- <br /> <br />feet and the .~111war capaclty 1. 5.000 ..tond-re.t. <br /> <br />The re.erTolr would haTe a c8PftcltT o~ 22.500 acre-teet Inundatin<< <br /> <br />~ 5"'0 acre. of 11l1.ld at normal water .urtaee. <br /> <br />AIIWllnc that the Colorado Ri.....r Badn hAd bean tul17 de....lo'P8d and. <br /> <br />that the Gunniaon-J.rkana.a Project had been in o-p4ratlon durlng th. per1.od <br /> <br />1911-1944, water .u~pl7 studle. indic.te that 1n the 7ear 1931. the lovest <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />~ar ot dependable runoft record. the irrirtlon va.ter usera in the Colo- <br /> <br />rado RiTer Basin below Glenwood Springs would have been ahort.ed 10,000 <br /> <br />acre-feet in proportion to the Gunnllon-Arkftnaaa diveraion. A ~oe.ible <br /> <br />ahortace incident to the proJpct. of on17 500 aere-rttet 11I&7 occur on <br /> <br />Hunter Creek. In the liTent the hin LUes Reservoir and Canal ComJlM7 <br /> <br />deaire to aTail th~Q8elv.. or their right to divert an additional 5.000 <br /> <br />acre-feet to th~ Eaetern Slope. the nace.aery replRcement would be ftvail- <br /> <br />able in th~ Aspen R~aerToir. Induat.rlal re~uiregent. proportioned to the <br /> <br />Gwmhon-.lrkanus Project diverdon. tor such uln. .. -paper 'Pulp manu- <br /> <br />lacture. gold mini!\&" I!Jld 011 shale m1n1nc. are cntlclpated to amount to <br />7 ,000 "e~-t.et. .lccord.1n.:17, 22,500 acre-teet or replacement storace <br />ha. "been provided in the A.pen Reservoir tor "hich the vater ueer. 1n the <br /> <br />~rkan... Ba.ln wl11 pay $4,219.000. <br /> <br />Yl <br />