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<br />construction costs and difficulties to the amount of land to <br /> <br />be reclaimed. Not only was the total irrigsted land under- <br /> <br />estimated, but so was the value of the crops produced, for <br /> <br />many farmers found their lands unfit for high value orchards <br /> <br />and were driven to ordinqry truck farming. In the end, the <br /> <br />farmers of the Uncompaghre Valley were faced with the prospect <br />of paying off a i10,OOO,OOO bill with what amounted to pen~lies.(l ,4,5) <br /> <br />Through out the rest of the Upper Basin , water develop- <br /> <br />ment moved with greater caution and success. Eecause private <br /> <br />land holdings in this region were always large, mallY ranchers <br />were able to undertake impoundme.ut and irriga tionpro jects wi th- <br />out the aid of the government. The Bureau was not thwarted, <br />however. Even though it fi.ndlngs W€Ve not ofted needed, it went <br />about quietly surveying the entire Upper Basin, locating vast <br />stretches 'of land for future reclamation. <br /> <br />Denver Blooms <br /> <br />The city of Denver, not having the funds or limited water <br /> <br />demands of a rancl1er, undertook the next major water develop- <br /> <br />ment in the Upper Basin in 1935. First the city fell heir to <br />a prelimary construction bore for a railroad tunnel. Through <br /> <br />this bore, Denver pumped water from the Frazier River, 70 miles <br /> <br />to the west. Eut the cityls major ~vas still Got satisfied that <br /> <br />future water needs could be met with the currer::.t supply. So <br /> <br />suring the time when PWA funds were in ab~ndance, a great GUffi- <br /> <br />ber of engineers were employed to measure further exportable <br /> <br />-11- <br />