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<br />extend about 200 feet higher. The ve.lley !loor hac 0 elope <br />of about 75 feet per ille. with the river, but the Ill/ilSllB ere <br /> <br />star,per, slopine towurd tlle ,river, and l:rCl cut by II:Eny dry <br /> <br />o.rroYi:IIS lUlU f'D1ul1 hillll, co t!lElt tile irrigcteo. ':.rElBS on the <br /> <br />lIIesas are scattered. l'hll tI1ree forks-J:ast, Middle, cnel <br /> <br />'IIest IAancoli lliver_Join Just (JDove the valley. l'he I:l!o\1n <br />dtreeQ is joined in ll!;mCOIS Ve.lle~- f'l'Olil the north by Chicken <br />C:reek end Mud Creel!: in t,h(. oroler UI1llleU, both s,treWlle being <br />smoUJ. and unrel.iablo of !'lOti elthough there 1s some tam1ng <br />along them.. Both of tileUl rice too low in the co;mtry and <br /> <br />"," <br /> <br />,too fer weet 01' tho mounwin "01>0 to "dd mucb. to tll4l 11ater <br /> <br />supply of tho project. MOllt of the Iii tchelS are taken from <br />the river r:.eF;r tlle head of the vnlley. <br /> <br />The region is zerved by the llio Grende Sout!lern <br /> <br />Railroad, with e. atetion ot Me.neos. 1'h1s reUroed ooIIDEOcte <br /> <br />wi tl:I. the broed >;8gS line8 of the Denver & Eio Grande iicstern <br />Railroad nt lllontrose, 160 Lli.lea nort.h, und with the nerrow <br /> <br />I;ege H118j; of the "t;~JO rielroad c.t lJuren~;o. '35 mU"s llouth- <br /> <br /> <br />ee.8t. 'l:ne "'10 Gre;n:le ;:>outhern i:!l operet.ed by t, rece!vt:r, <br /> <br />Viho tried for s~e 'Y6t:.r~ to eool:ldon it, b>.lt the liue hea hed <br />increasing buainese of lete ~er5. U. 6. Ui~h~ey 160 pno&es <br /> <br />from Durengo throllgll. !Aeneos int.o Utah, end 10 '~hc Ollin hiijh- <br /> <br />'fifty of southern and 30uthriElf,tel'L Co1ormio to t-hf! /Jest end. w.,st. <br /> <br />1\'" <br />\,) <br />~ <br /> <br />&. <br />v <br />