Show CITY TO SINK ANOTHER WELL on monday of this week an agree ment meat was signed between the city and fred jacobsen of mantua and mr ja cobbens cob sens father whereby the city was granted permission to drill a well on the jacobsen property which is situated just inside the valley where box elder creek enters the crevice in the mountains to flow down the canyon prof fred J pack geologist of tiu tilt U of U and an all authority in his line was in mantua last wednesday in company with engineer roskelley and m members embers of the city council looking over the ground for the p purpose of de ter mining the most feasible place to r sink ink a well Is where the first drat experiment peri ment was made gas was encountered and the water tasted brackish and tile how flow was insufficient prof pack stated that the reason for this condition was that the elevation was almost the same as that of all springs in the valley and the best results could not be obtained unless the well was drilled at a lower elevation than the springs he and mr roskelley went all over the valley and then came back to the jacobsen property near the creek canyon entrance and he stated that that is the best and most likely place in ili the valley to en counted water prof pack gave it as his opinion after a careful study of the topography I 1 of the coun country tri that there is plenty of water to be had down in th the e subterranean lavaties cava cavat ties les of the earth the only question being to bit upon the right place to drill for it by all tile the calculations calculations of geology the jacobsen property is located at a the place where emeey Z 9 oMe OM ey countered so the city officials immediately got busy in an endeavor to get an option on oil the reground eg round I 1 mr air jacobsen the elder was obdurate for a time but lie he finally yielded and gave the city the privilege asked for all of which are stated slated in a written agreement which has been duly signed and recorded and on tuesday mr air pruitt pulled up stakes at his old camping place and moved his well drilling ma chinery across the valley to the toot foot of the mountains and began work in the new location it is that a different formation will be revealed in the present well and it is also confidently anticipated that a splendid flow of pure sparkling water will be tapped should tills this well prove unsuccessful it is very improbable that the city will continue the experiment |