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<br />;!',-" <br /> <br />/-"-....... <br />I <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />"'" <br />" <br /> <br />efo 17'31 <br /> <br />4t~ <br />',' Slri <br /> <br />UNITED STATES <br />EPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br /> <br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION <br /> <br />~, <br /> <br /> <br />IP_~ ~ <br /> <br />RElC'fJVED <br />Dre 1 '944 <br />, ilXlLcnj.~o W.A~ <br />~\':'''icQjI@~~ <br /> <br />, Monte Vista; Colorado <br />November 30.' 19/.j4 <br /> <br />San Luis Valley Projeot. Colorado <br />Monthly Report For November. 19/.j4. <br /> <br />ENGINEERING <br /> <br />, <br />surveys. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />Field work during NoVember has been oonfined prinoipally to the Conejos <br />Divsion of the Projeot. <br /> <br />. ' ~ J <br />Topographiasurvey of the Elk Creek ,Reservoir basin was begun during <br />the month. One sheet covering approximatl'lly 600 aores has been oompleted and <br />f.ield parties are now working on sheets 2: and, 3. Four sheets will be required <br />to oover the entire basin. Topogr.lphy is been taken to elevation 8800 on a side <br />of one inoh'equals 400 feet with 10 foot oontours. <br /> <br />The test-pit orew oontinuedexplorations for embankment material dur- <br />ing 'l\he month with pits totaling approxima,:ely'175 feet in depth excavated. <br /> <br />Diamond drilling on abutments of the Elk Creek Site :was carried on <br />with holes '9. 11 and 14, completed at total depth of Moo' feet. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Measurelp6nts' to the water table was 'made by survey pers onnel over. <br />the valley area irrigated from the Rio Grande. <br /> <br />Offioe. <br /> <br />Offioe engineering consisted of oompletion of oomparative preliminary <br />estimates of oost for obtaining 30.000 aore feet of storage at Mogote Reservoir <br />Sites Nos. 1 and 3. 'Coordinates to triang~lation points. set for oontrol of <br />Elk (:ree,k Reservoir Topography. were determined and -plane table sheets. set up. ' <br /> <br />GENERAL. <br /> <br />f " <br />i <br />i <br />i <br />! <br />f <br />I <br />, <br /> <br />Relation with Water 'Users. <br /> <br />Rio Grande Division, Ii. delegation of 12. representing the var,.. <br />ious water user's intereste in the Rio Grande Division of the Project attended <br />the 'Reclamation Assooiation Convention in Denver. November 15 to 17., This ' <br />n. Judge Clifford H. Stone. Regional Director W. R. Nelson. Regional <br />Counsel Spenoer L. Baird. and Engineer R. C. Brown met with Commis- <br />sioner H. W. Bashore. November 15. and the difficulties relative to the <br /> <br /> <br />. ,--., <br /> <br />, " <br />, <br /> <br />1 <br />I <br /> <br />! <br /> <br />i <br />I <br />I <br />J <br />