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<br />L,") <br />~p <br />o::l <br />'..1 <br /> <br />The Public Irrigation District having, by formal resolu- <br /> <br />tion, en May 2, 1936, signifiec the willingness of the individual <br /> <br />cembers to repay the cost of the project, when built, under the terms <br /> <br />of the National Reclamation Law, the investigation by the Bureau <br /> <br />was started. <br /> <br />Mr. F. H. Nichols, Associate Engineer of the Bureau was <br /> <br />in charge of field work for the project which incluced during the <br /> <br />season of 1936, a detailed topographic survey and some exploration of <br /> <br />the Haystack Damsite; a crop census of the project area; and an in- <br /> <br />vestigation of the crainage area capable of contributing t8 the <br /> <br />Haystack Reservoir. In 1937 stream gaging stations were installec on <br /> <br />West Divide Creek, and on Jones Creek near the mouth of June Creek <br /> <br />to measure runoff from such ccntributing areas, percolation tests <br /> <br />were run on test pits at the Hayst9.ck c,amsite and praliminary loca- <br /> <br />tion made for canals to carry flow froo other drainages to the <br /> <br />reservoir. <br /> <br />The lanes en the project area had been mapped and classified <br /> <br />by forces on the Colorado Basin Investigation, being conducted pursuant <br /> <br />to Section 15 of the Boulder Canyon Project Act. This wark was done <br /> <br />under the direction of Mr. W. W. Johnston, Roclamation Ecenamist, of <br /> <br />the Bureau of Reclamation. <br /> <br />The geological study of the Haystack Reservoir site was <br /> <br />done in 1936 by Mr. L. P. Witte, Junior Engineer, under the direction <br /> <br />of Mr. M. Merriman, Associate Engineer, who supervised additional <br /> <br />exploration work in 1937. <br /> <br />2 <br />