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Show Work Suspended On City Well CII) i:pcrlincnt Well Down lllghl I'cel- Water Conies In So JtapMlj That I'limp Ilccomes 'ecei-snry. 'ecei-snry. Work was temporarily suspended on the city experiment well this wcok, not becnuBo of any falluro, but because be-cause of success. When n depth of eight feet was obtained, tho water camo in so fast that thu pump could not keep It out fast enough for the men to work. It was coming in from the sides mid boiling up from the bottom Ilka n big spring. Thu pump used had n thrca inch discharge, but would throw n small lirlgatlon stream. It Is operated with .111 electric motor. This pump will be substituted with a larger pump and development work proceeded with. Water began to come in when u depth of but four feet had been attained, at-tained, and has steadily Increased as greater depth waa reached. The wood staves for cribbing arc doing their work well mid seem to have been a happy thought. Iron bauds made from wagon tires are placed In. side and arc placed every few feet up the Btaves. As thu gravel and quick sand Is excavated, tho Btaves arc driven down and on additional Iron band Is added. The original staves were but eight feet In length, so when the new pump Is obtained, new staves will also havo to bo pro-ldcd. Tho experiment Is one of tho most Important undertaken hero In years. It Is being watched with great interest in-terest by not only local people but those from tho out side. In many places In this county thcro aro similar simil-ar conditions, whore subterranean streams, but a few feet from tho surface, sur-face, with thu cheap power wo have, arc available for Irrigation purposes. An Interesting featuro connected with the city well Is that tho water seems to bo coming largely from tho opposite oppo-site side from where tho main stream comes down the creek bed from the canyon, thus proving that tho supply docs not come from this source. o |