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DRILL OUTFIT TO WORK IN VALLEY*■ mm -—ORDER PROH BOULDER DAK TO BITE OP PROPOSED RJSSBR*' VOtR OK TETO!f RIVER.- / y“~.. ....... * ■—-f A diamond drill outfit baa bean ordered from tho Boulder dam location to the proposed damslte on tho Teton river. P. V. Smith, field etU neer In charge of the reMamatfon survey being completed said lhat Hu aspects tho outfit to arrive hero within tho week. The drill will Ik* sot UP . at, the el to and tho drill In f commenced at cnco.Mr Smith say* thm 1400 feat of boring will ho made oTor tho territory of tho proposed olio In order to got the character and typo of stmt*. The hole will bo lt-16 or an Inch, with tho core preserved for study. The drilling la for tho purpose Of determining tho c ha rector of the ffround at tf»e proposed dam lota* tlon and to determine If bl rourvolr there would hold water end tho character or conetructlah nocdltary.Field PirtlM Dee.In addition to tho diamond drill outfit, two field topographic pan la* will be In tbo field. The man will come from tbo Denver office with , lour men to the party asparisnced In that work.fc Ooo crew will bo located at Teton la for tbo time being and the other In tbo Fall rlTtrr sect Ion with members of both crews moved to the voaUi fork of Bnho river later where they will contlnua ttaoir work. The bringing Into tbo local Hold of the diamond drilling outfit and the topographic crews Is pail of tho plan of the federal reclamation department to further tho Interest* of the the upper valley In water storage and conservation. .
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Rexburg Standard
Rexburg, Idaho, US
Thu, Jul 21, 1932
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