Show ARTESIAN WELLS ON THE PLAINS in the ibo aorta Andri led revolt for or aoa gutt pr dr C A white b bm ad an n in t arciclo an this il wu ad ona 06 or the member of the geo logical control cement a stan ion to report port upon the 1 loca ilea of artesian wella walla sad and to damming the eltern slope of tho the rocky mountain cauntay unity with regard to lo ehlt question in ID pursuance of the congressional I 1 p r tailed of 10 the actual world it deao Is 0 boder a der that appropriation ww the b boiling log of k well wall eight hundred foot feet deep in 1116 alley at the ark cent fort lyon colorado at that point the work WM was topped stopped by reason of the of abb appropriation tod mud because tho the reolo glato reported rc that the ibo location wu un on favorable dr white bm come to the ibo conclusion lost it is to from boro artesian wells for purposed 00 oo tho great bod and belac be gives bit bill reason atra in brief ibo rock rocke ot of tho t it 0 plain P jaia bavo bay their edged upturned agnost tho the western mountain chain the that t whatever water Is I 1 to bo be found by bonloe doubt bo found in tho the pervious carried in them from where it entered at uia the mountain mouD tala edge the local rA lofall ot to ism SOY koy perceptible effect and the ImparT ious rocks rock preventing it the li bolow rho ibo formations in which he bo would expect tho the water to bo be held and nd carried am the sad and rho triassic on the plains autem the arkansas bod and the south rialto the iho former would bo be roadbed tt of oot leu leas than two foot and the ibo letter latter at from Is i to eight feet feel deeper ahyou ai you go ro outward this depth mig wahl little bo expect cd to decolo anteri hir sod rapidly but bat the need of an n artificial supply of water ilbo also in tho the same ama proportion taking the usual rainfall which tar rap idly decreases ducr cc westward it Is 1 shown bown in tho the flint first place that tbt the aholo bola supply available krall Ablo for ark 1 n wells west roust come from the rainfall oo 00 n the ote forrai ea dd that ft tory largo proportion or of this tb ij cabled wy by ibe altow that Tbt which mceu into ID to tho the rocks rocki would he be carril d by their downward dip la in that direction rod koj would rise to the se topped tapped through the tha impervious afraid overly log the water filtrated rocks rock tile the supply however bow cTr would bo be limited to the which would como come from the mountain region and would b be k mm trill as compared with tho the amount re alu iced for att ii crall irrigation tho the cuel call of cra i flowing well between the arkansas and the south platte would be lof its than six thousand dollon dollars it if it should supply apply one ona cable iwo foot pr mccond cond it would oo on an average irrl ird gate ono coo hundred uan of land which would bo k drat roil at of dollars per ficro to but the average flow of the call for fordha A I 1 artesian wells well in only one tenth this amount so 0 o the non coo practicability of sr r beolan wella ila on 0 tile pat east of too the rocky nifty may be said aid to bo be toa son bonat it ly Y if CIA castrated cast rated und kt at sixty lair dol land lar 0 o cre would hardly pay but the probabilities TO are decidedly against such buch ft a now how it 1 la not dot kt at ku 11 likely that wella ila theta there won would I 1 it exceed ING iho flow of the call coralla wells welli even ir if water were reached at iti which could lu ill on DO case be quite certain but it if I 1 were reached the flow dolt would be more likely to bo be e athen athan the california well how flow than more but at t that average flow one holh of cf a cubic t foot per one 00 ell it would cold but ten ircy tea and od thus abo be land would stood at atila six bundred dollum RD in acre AS ai the unit cost cod fur artesian wells which iq 1 quite out oui or of tho the quest loo th abo expert eni of prorate partle hu berd k well at denver deaver tight hundred feet avel dp ono one at t cheyenne gin hundred feet fact one at CT car son 00 oo ca tb tatt kent kadi pacific mccu too hundred fool fact deep all 11 failures other borloff boring lit plat from bofty oft to one it LI adreal test fool railed failed to get any ady low flow of at water worth mentioning the ion Is therefore 1 that lu in gas I 1 t abe be attempt to water the tha great frel elal by mauo go of artesian bellfl ila most be considered coolder cd fired cosily nosily bop elass but it way b to possible to successfully bola boio wells for other fa A w wol U living a wy tory small or of w water ir would furnish sufficient nuni clent to water ft a great deal ac of 11 stock ock aad od lid ina aralua 1 lo 10 soma jomo of the granny but bul waterloo mages would bo be troy great it I 1 quite possible pol bu thel that carefully local located lit malla ill for 11 lbs Is purpose prote immensely remunerative to the cattle raisers Tl cr sad and throw epco DID largo largi of land now confide considered red ly by reason of ILA ib re gralon CASI froni from water bat erbele much is ii the probability with respect to the great plaint plains it by so oo means diem follows that the soma applies to tho the dutli mountain country on the contrary I 1 it 11 1 lc hohly pro biblo that tho the exact towns would prove prot true here bior the contains comp comprise rite the he mus of the at archi md it the valleys the small mall the mount revolve ft a much higher rau rate of rainfall than tho the valleys Tf and but littia of it 11 ruo run off la in rivers A much greatti proportion of the tha moisture turc there foro fore way bw be expected to be found la in the teat of tb rocks rock on abo rc of the ali proposition proportion therefore there ia the crary reason to thill that within the mountain country LAW the valleys should all bo be tillable by means of orte dimin water where they lack natural str earris to irrigate them at pueblo colorado there lire are two good flowing starts at a coith of twelve hundred feet fact la in calif the 61 30 well tot 1 Is thoroughly to in many localities with the prospect 0 of a very general ex tomito ID 1 altah L tell rL cla well boring hu ban WCO boco tried beough aall sufficient success hw bad the mode made to establish that judgment 1 it exercised serc lood la in the abo location of the well it jill will pr ft Inri farnish ush flowing wit thero them tic to laruffo ago areu areas la in every alloy tow now I 1 ID U f fact let A do art which wo we do tot hot doubt could be b made productive by this reduce if we wa try to realure the whole holl of salt lake u tab toode rab viol vast rod beir beat to lo a 1 highly tim tot tate of eu lilT kUon na 0 us form fall n idu hica of whitt would bo be too the prosperity and A il ca of ettl emett of this country io lu e co 0 wall H boring borlo proved a success and ad C could uld bo be added to other plans plair of tells lavooi god utilizing the ilia water which could bo be loada la ebli flow of abe canal it 11 Is ik clear that tbt even the agricultural development of tho the country hat scarcely cly I 1 i I 1 |