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surface of the bed of the stream to get your foundation forth.ct·
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central part of the dam, deeper than you did for the sides?
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A Yes, Sir, we went down about --disregardingthe real
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loose material, the grist material, which averaged about Mn feet
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deep, we wentabout ten or twelvefeet on an averagebeyond that.
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Q. Did 70ll get solid rock downthere?
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A Yes sir, the rock of the country. Unfortunately,the
8 accident has given a different appearance i;o thiungs now. It has

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cut away the flanges andsides of the trench we dug and the arch is
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tornout of there and it looks as if the dam had rested on the
11 flat ground, but the drawings will show. We have the topography

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of the original surfacxeas it was when we firststartedbeforewe
13 put anything there. We put the iunstruments thereand madea complete

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surveyof the whole thing. We, veryfortunately, havegot
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that. I don't see why I should usethe word'fortunately,'but it
16 it would convince, maybe, people that we did not
is a fact that
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build the thing as stated by certain' publications, that we laid
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the thing flat on the gro\Ull. We wentdown deepin the trench
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there and when the dam broke--

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the sides of the canyon as well as firmly based on a solid foundation?
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tion?
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25 attending the construction of a &a.m. I certainlytook all the

26 care that prudence suggested.

27 Q Were you at the dam within a wek or ten &aJ'8 prior to

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the 12th ofMarch?
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A I wawsthere within eleven hours fromthe timeit wentup.
30 ! That would be Monday afternoon?

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A Yes, just about afternoon - no, it wasabogut12:30when
I left there. I remember I got into town hereand had lunchabout