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<br />OG3231
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<br />THE GUNNISaN RIVER DIVERSION PRaJECT 271
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<br />McConnell and his assistants, W. P. Edwards (engineer), J. A.
<br />Sargent (tapagrapher), and L. E. Faster (assistant tapag-
<br />rapher), went alang the rim abaut 1,200 feet upstream and
<br />dared a perilaus descent to' anather shart talus slape, using
<br />rapes to' get dawn the steep rack walls."
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<br />Returning fram the narth rim, this party made ane mare
<br />invasian af the canyan to' a racky slape extending intO' the
<br />river. Here they encauntered ane small tract which cauld nat
<br />be reached by instruments, sa a man had to' be sent dawn by
<br />means af rapes in O'rder to' set signals there far triangulatian.
<br />Th campleted map af this raugh partian af the canyan, ta-
<br />gether with same phatagraphs af the area, were eventually
<br />published in the Secand Annual Report af the Reclamatian
<br />Service."
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<br />Earlier in the seasan Engineer W: P. Edwards had made a
<br />survey far a raad fram the west end af the prapased tunnel
<br />heading up anta Vernal Mesa to' the head af the dam-site trail
<br />and to' the rim abave the prapased east (river) tunnel heading,
<br />a tatal distance af nine and ane-half miles.33 AlsO', Edwards
<br />directed the canstructian af faur trails fram Vernal Mesa dawn
<br />intO' the canyan as far as passible withaut having to' resart to'
<br />blasting. Brush was cut away far a temparary wagan raad
<br />alang the tap af'the mesa for a distance af twO' miles. In addi-
<br />tian, a number af special excursians were made intO' the canyan
<br />depths, especially at the dam site, where in Octaber saundings
<br />were made." As might well be guessed, many af the investiga-
<br />tians carried aut during the 1903 seasan were af the mast
<br />hazardaus nature. Fartunately, there were nO' casualties.
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<br />During the winter af 1903-04, there was a recansideratian
<br />af the lacatian far the tunnel; and it was decided, and SO'l
<br />reparted on February 6, 1904, by McCannell, that a new laca-
<br />tian abaut five miles east af the ariginal site wauld be sharter
<br />and mare practicable.35 This new site, the ane accupied by the
<br />tunnel taday, became designated as the "upper lacatian" ar
<br />"baat landing lacatian." This was abaut the site surveyed back
<br />in 1894 by Richard Whinnerah.36 Interestingly enaugh, in the
<br />fall af 1900 W. H. Fleming had recammended cansideratian af
<br />the 1894 survey site, painting aut that such a site wauld avaid
<br />the canstructian of a dam and expensive flumes." At that time,
<br />af caurse, the Narraws site had wan aut.
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<br />On May 9, the twO' praposed tunnel locatians were visited
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<br />lit U. S. Geological Survey. fnd Annual Report, op. oit.) 186.
<br />"Ibid" 183-197 and Plate 23,
<br />33 Ib-id., 186.
<br />".Ibid"197,
<br />Illl U. S. Geological Survey, 3rd Annual Report 0/ the Reclamation Service,
<br />1903-190.\ (1905), 2nd Edition, 215,
<br />se Souvenir Booklet, Montrose County, ap. oit.
<br />31 Montrose Enterprise, October 20, 1900. "IV.seems to be the sentiment of
<br />many that a tunnel near Red Rock will be long., as the park is quite wide there,
<br />and a survey must be made to settle that point. If the tunnel is to be of great
<br />length, It would be better to use the Cedar Creek site, and thus avoid long,
<br />dangerous fluming in the roughest country on earth,"
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