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<br />very kindlT permitted the use of his office facilities for a <br /> <br />time. <br /> <br />Ron. John /... Clay, of Durango, 11 member of the Colo- <br /> <br />redo sttite P1UIllUng GOGlahlsion, "too& "n "ctive 9srsonal interfist <br /> <br />in tile investJ.getion, one.! lflJS helpfulln find1ng querters for <br /> <br />ths project office. <br /> <br />Uot on1{ the officers of the !Aencos fublic Irriga- <br /> <br /> <br />tion District, but oll the settlers in the lllanaM Valley, have <br /> <br /> <br />been helpful wnsn opportunity offered. <br /> <br />GENtRAL DESCRI?TION <br /> <br />The San Juan lJountej,ns and the Sen Juan Elver tlrs <br /> <br />the dom1neting feature of the southwest quarter of Colorado. <br /> <br />The mountains rise to 1.4,000 feet elevation 1n about the <br /> <br />center of the southwest q,uarter of the state, and the country <br /> <br />dope. from them towarei the eou.th end the Ivest acroBs ta6 <br /> <br />state boundaries. The San Juan Fiver, rising on the BOClth- <br /> <br />east slope of the mountain!!, floil's BouthweBterly into tlew Mexico <br /> <br />",'U <br />v/ <br />~ <br /> <br />and is joined throughout its bngth by tributel'ie:. nOIl"lllg gen- <br /> <br />erally sontn from the mounta1ns. These tributaries &re cl06e <br /> <br />together lind the rosult is e. small-fea.tured country with Jeep <br /> <br />nerrow canonG lit the !lends of the 6tree.mR, which cancnll continue <br /> <br />into nerrow volleys at 10Ter leyelll with higl1, sloping end narrow <br /> <br />mesas between. rhe mesas ere cut br many drainege channels, and fire <br /> <br />dotted Uth tilll.bered hills nnd rough country. The moat w!l13terly <br /> <br />tributary of the Son Juan River which. hall e perennial flow is the <br /> <br />Mancos River. <br /> <br />4 <br />