Show artl SIAN WELTS 1 1 clr 1 14 1 lindou 1 10 10 ise t to i 1 11 6 1 by 1 11 1 an its in else F rth CORI co I 1 dor ui iron orr ore itroia ho I oui oar readers have flare from time to time been informed of tho the progress pro cress or work and nd practical results attained by bj tho ill union pacific in boring series ol 01 artesian walli if the he lick lack or of pure water at certain points on tile the line of toe the road was wag tho the cause caus or ol tile enter and direct if not the most lost valuable las has leen in the supply attained d but those holes dug dog so go deep into inta the earth have each a scientific value which has never dover been lost sight bight of wo tire are indebted to mr charles 0 of the union pacific for the following inte g facts acar at red de ort there are arc six artesian wells completed and one in progress at red desert kach each affords an ample supply of water for the he ab uso of the local station where it C li is situated and they enable tho the road to dispense with the water wa ter train ono one hundred and miles A stories series of wells extends along the line of the road ono hundred and an if eight miles milca commencing at separation 24 miles from this city and cadin at rock kock springs miles 1 the well well at t rock springs is ia 1145 feet deep and tho the bore six inches in diameter this is the deepest of the series with a ingle bogle exception that at separation tion which is ib 01 ol at rock hock springs the bore passed through veins of coal which is varied in 16 thickness from eleven feet six inches a and nd five feet down to eighteen inched inches the aggregate of all veins found in the well was ninety feet the other strata passed through con met of layers of lay jay 11 mica mica i sand I 1 veins veins of clear sand pebble pebbles k fand lakeri af sands tono af dzu different re m t degrees of hardness beds of sul eal bite of I 1 and iron 1 varyl in shades from froia pure white while to blacks this his combination permeating tho the whole odthe rives gives the peculiar bluish color of the surface soil alic sliner Slin lr all these aaers la era consist of deposits de si ts by acl the action of the water and appo are 1 by the aluminous alumino uti thala formation which appears on tho the burlace burfiE ce at green nver river in that vicinity it ro ii into ol of considerable ph height and extent this description dc of bt ratificatiOn is characteristic of the entire line of wells the underlying shale appears to extend to the vicinity of hawins miles enst east of green river it nay may bo be reasonably all inferred that tile alio entire aspect of this region is duo due to this shale formation tris iola ilk the nature mature of tile toil has been the came of considerable interruption and delay to the progress of many of the wells causing the bore holes to constantly cave in ID it hits has the tubing lub ide with iron of agrest a great portion of tile wrela A rio nii ing well at rok roa springs the water from a depth of 1145 feet alowa to the gallons per hour at twenty ax six ice feet t above the surl sur lico it flows 57 I 1 gal fal ions per hour at point of rocks twenty five miles eabe or of rock springs is u the next dext completed well weil it il is one thou feet deep find and the llie supply of water bridd ant not nob biao dearer than seventeen feet and has hai to bo puni pumped fled into the tank too here alo alio veins or coal met with but so thin as not to be distinct from the boring of the adjacent layers when brought up by the sand bind pump if the he next nest well is bitter creek twin ty tr oni no miles folks east of point of if koclas this thia is ja gag C feet deep ind nd bidd by bour purn pumping pini gallon caloni per hoar or flow to abo sur cc I 1 1000 gallons per hour the veins of coal are of tho the samo amo character hero here as 03 in the well at point of rocks tile the next will well ii at washakie Waa Wash halice akee 33 miles east cast of the list last named lt it Is is 68 4 feet deep fifteen feet above the surface and the water flows flow aSOO SW gallons allom an hour an aniblo supply is obtained iby by pump I 1 ins ing at 07 feet there iii a small vein of coal eix giz inches thick iren ore at two hundred and and fifty fact t chit from ile aurlie a twelve toot foot vein arlod cf raj hematite hf ite iron ore this ischo is tho only abnormal I 1 lature presen ia the whole of the penetrations this thin vein ii jj doubtless adur from the ibe iron depos ILI crop crol out five miles west and north of at this place occurs an n eti entirely different geological ecological the old Bi lurio aduria sandstone is u hero up heaved forming ioa io a unnur avoiding avon ling at A aston the wel wr 1 is H haldred feet deep and a supply of u at separation fifteen ca miles east cast ol 01 creston n is tile last well of the and it it is I 1 1180 I 1 I 1 0 feet deep the alic water rats to within williia of the Eur facie at 15 led is 13 a of coal several feet in thickness aud and at 45 I 1 bud and 45 are arc two small email veins there is in no nicu in tile barata from blat of other wells it terminate 1 on the shale as did the well atrock aI lock tiar ogi 11 hat I 1 ill ill ll the it MT aler the quality of tile tho attall tel arotin the well for the use or I 1 ile 1 rouil d and for donicano doni caHo lie purpose 1 airier only ta in quan quantity titi ve degree I 1 arom rom that uLla inra near the A well lloldi in tolula on DS ail lucli ni ILA VAO liun hull ailred will und fiat fifty grains crama 1 ol of alkaline fihs lu the ballun ml llie e water oLla otti inci bioni the ill di iti ff rent wt wi its hi to each killi gillon K illi croul fifty to eighty f grains raia ul or aadi tadi w nesia liello ili di I 1 0 Loag netia ind and 1 little hii T tim lie iu ju entity joel not t exceed ejected timit held by ilia inar I 1 abl ined in Hiu alilin livili lii ili lacre chere wo sixty civo grains ol 01 sats ilta to duj the llie killin or of linic anil III alta little ol of soda guja that the water ol of the ilijic algion im i wore de tive u j the lie wiler a than llian that tant obtained at the astern orl lun tun or thu the road way may lo be attributed miller to it alic e of the bo lution than to any becu I 1 liar dalily ua lily ul fit baclit although not to fo palata ti at ai the iho water obtained ironi alrow tile the well williot at olfa cinalia Oi nalia it thourl I 1 not be jink ibyl it is js len li k for liali luil use because it ii con consalus talus a mill 01 ol bitter gal fial phate or of salta bile bat of fit eo conta ota ioa iriti lastel tsi car boti tito or us agnesia suicide thuie A 1 littleboy lilile boy on ang IC with a whipping hung liis in fit ail ad |