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<br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CHAPTER I <br /> <br />GENERAL DISCUSSIONS <br /> <br />Larger communities and trading centers are not far di~tant from the proj- <br />ect area. These are Craig, Colo., about 30 miles east of Maybell with a <br />1960 population of nearly 4,000; Rangely, Colo., about 10 miles south of <br />the central portion of the project area with a 1960 population of about <br />2,500; and Vernal, Utah, about 30 miles northwest of Artesia with a 1960 <br />population of nearly 3,700. The smaller communities of Jensen and Ouray, <br />Utah, adjoin the project area on the west. <br /> <br />Irrigable lands of the Juniper project range in elevation from <br />slightly over 6,000 feet near Ma.ybell and Elk Springs to 4,540 feet at the <br />mouth of White River. Most of the lands, however. lie between 5,000 and <br />6,000 feet. Three prominent mountains rise to the north of the project <br />area. Juniper Mountain east of Maybel1 and Cross Mountain west of Maybell <br />are isolated hills which reach elevations of 7.900 and 7,800.respectively. <br />Blue Mountain extends about 30 miles east and west between the settlements <br />of Elk Springs and Jensen. Its maximum elevation is about 8,700 feet. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />""'''''~W' <br /> <br />'---'"~- <br /> <br /> <br />'~~~Jl~';>~-. .. . <br /> <br />Looking northwest at Cross Mountain. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />