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. . Page #4 Claims of the City and County of Denver Denver has filed identical claims in 1805 and 1806. These claims were both verified on November 13, 1942. The filing date is not shown by the papers which you submitted to me. These claims are not of the definite type usually presented in adjudication proceedings. Attention is directed to the following statement contained at the top of page 4: "Because of the magnitude of the project, the details of its structure are being adjusted and modified to meet the topographic, geological, and other pertinent conditions as the same are encountered during the course of the work.1I In describing the points of diversion the following statement is made: "The points of diversion originally planned for this project were, and subject to possible modification as hereinafter described, are * * .>I.U . . The claim describes a point of diversion on the Blue River (a point on the right or east bank whence the South Quarter corner of Section 18, Township 5 South, Range 77 West bears South,79o 57' West 1,036.6 feet) at which the water will be taken into a 24 mile tunnel emptying into the North Fork of the South Platte River and having a capacity of 1600 c.f.s. A second diversion point is located on Ten Mile Creek from which water will be taken by a feeder canal to the Blue River diversion point. A third point of diversion is on Snake River from which water will be taken by a feeder tunnel connecting with the tunnel opening at the Blue River diversion point. After describing the diversion points mentioned above, the claim states that upon construction of the Dillon Reservoir all of the above mentioned means of diversion will be eliminated, and diversion will be accomplished by raising the water of said streams to elevation of 8,860 feet so as to cause the waters to flow by gravity into the tunnel. ~S;l ., -'/}