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Show MAKING AN ARTESIAN WELL PUMP ITSELF i Tho field men of tho United States Oeologlcnl Survey, In their Investigations Investi-gations of tho ground water resources resourc-es of '.no Virginia Coastal Plain, havo observed thnt tho (Iowa from many artesian wells in that region nro utilized to drive tho hydraulic rams for tho purprso of lifting the wnter to higher loyi. Along tho lower (."-arses of tho Po tomnc nnd Knppahunnock and along thu shores of tho inin Inlets that run hack from ChesspenUe Ha nhovo tho James there aro hundreds of artesian wells that supply a per ennlnl flow of beautifully clear wa ter which, is ns a rule, excellently adapted to all domostlc uses and Is largely utlllW by tho canning fnc-torlra fnc-torlra ond other Industrial establishments establish-ments thnt abound in that part of tho country. Though tho prcssuro of tho water from ihi wells Is nmplu nt tho shoro level, tho head diminishes bo quickly quick-ly with lncrenso In elevation that I o tlow can bo obtnlned along tho higher hnnks obovo tho shores whero tho water Is most needed. One moth nd of obtaining It at these higher lev ' 's Is to use tho forco deve'opi d bv the artesian flow to operate hydroul lr rams which In turn rnlso tho wa ter to tho heights desired aloiic- the bluffs nhovo the river nnd InletH Thus It mny ho snld that tho artesl an wolls pump themselves. |