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<br />enlarged this trerch by attackng the underlying stra- <br />tum of sand, caving down the sides and forming a canon <br />of considerable size. At the time of my visit the s:uicing <br />was being resumed by 200 feet turned in from the river <br />for that purpose. It is expected that this natura! erosion <br />will keep up until the cut reaches rock hard enoJgh to <br />maintain a resistant channel. This portion of the outlet <br />canal is 14,000 feet long, and will have a maximum depth <br />of about 24 feet. <br /> <br />DOMESTIC WATER. <br /> <br />The excellent quality of the water in this reservoir would <br />appear to give it value as a domestic supply, available <br />for the town of Las Animas, and possibly other places in <br />the valley, as pure soft water is a scarcity in the valley. <br /> <br />IRRIGATION SERVICE. <br /> <br />When the reservoir is completed and filied sufficiently <br />to be put in service for irrigation, its water will be permit- <br />ted to flow down the channel of Adobe Creek some 7 <br />miles and be picked up by the ma-n Fort Lyon Canal, <br />which wi'! distribute it to the water users below. The <br />immedlate supply of the reservoir is the flood water of <br />Adobe Creek, which is intercepted by a massive earth <br />dam. The ditch from this dam to the reservoir is but 3 <br />miles long, and is straight. It has a heavy grade, and is <br />expectec to enlarge by erosion so as to take any flood <br />which may come dovm the Creek. <br /> <br />On June 9:- 1904. Adooe Creek is credited bv tne Irriaa- <br />_ , oJ <br />tion Division Eng;reer \v;th contributing a flood esti-rated <br />at 7,000 second-feet, and in 1906 SJperintendent Burke <br /> <br />50 <br />