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Show AliUXDAXCE OF WATER (continued from page 1) southwest which was about eighty .'Get deep and, although it was only cased with small pipe, made a good showing. For these reasons no test well was sunk at the Hemby well. It was found that there was sufficient suffi-cient water-bearing gravel to secure good well but, even in this case, a log of a test well would have helped in sinking the large well by letting the operators of the well rig know just where they would penetrate each stratum and also the total depth at which water-bearing materials could he encountered. Agreement for Sinking Well The same agreements were made between the two branches of the government and the owner, who was to receive the well as was done in the case of the Berkheimer well. Sinking the Well To help the well work along, Mr. Hemby sunk his pit and lined it with concrete to water at thirty-three feet and ten inch depth. The pit was five and one-half feet in dimensions. This was done while the well rig was still at the Berkheimer well. When the well rig reached the Hemby well, work was started below water at once. The 'arge 24x3-4 inch casing settled by its own weight much of the time while the lower end was in gravel and the plunger sand pump was being be-ing used. It settled with but little jacking in gravel to nearly ninety feet. When penetrating the clay, a top reamer was used on the auger to -ut the hole larger than the easing, mi thus make it settle without its becoming too tight to push down with the jacks. The well rig was set up at, the Temby well on October 13 th. The largo casing was installed iu the pit on October 14th and borf.r.g was camir.eu. ed on October 15th. The 24x3-4 inch casing was nearly 90 ft. deep l;y October 3th. It was left re.sting on clay at that depth, and i the hole was sunk through it in clay i to gravel at 10 3 feet in the next six days. Perforated galvanized sheet iron casing as shown in Cut 3. was riveted together on .November 6th and 7th and about 50 feet of this casing was set inside the 2 4x3-4 in. casing at one time. By November 10th, the perforated casing had been sunk through the last gravel which was encountered to a depth of 110 feet and then two feet de'eper in a clay stratum to close the bottom of the well. The well was completed by pulling the large casing from around the perforated casing by November the 12th. Log of the Hemby Well The log of the Hemby well is given giv-en below. Soil, 5 ft 5 ft Sand 2 ft. . 7 ft. Dry Gravel.... IS ft 25 ft. Clay, 10 ft. .35 ft Water level.... 3 4 ft 10 in Gravel.. 5 ft Gin 40 ft G in Cl-ty 2 ft 42 ft G in Gravel 4 ft 4 6 ft 6 in Clay 1 ft 2 in 47 ft S In Clay 3 ft 10 in 51 ft G in Sand 4 ft 55ft Gravel 10 ft 65 ft. 6 in Clay 4 ft 6 in t 70 f Sand 4 ft 74 ft Gravel 3 ft 6 in 77 ft 6 in Clay 1 ft 7S ft 6 in Gravel 9 ft 6 in SS ft 6 in Clay 10 ft . 9 8 rt Gravel 2 ft 100 ft Clay 3 ft 103 ft. Gravel '. 7 ft 110 ft Clay 4 ft plus 114 ft It will be noticed that gravel was encountered seven times below wat er, giving a total depth of gravel of 41 feet 6inches and that sand was en countered twice below water, giving a total depth of S feet of waterbearing waterbear-ing sand. The total depth of waterbearing water-bearing formation is this 49 feet 6 inches. At this depth, Mr. Hemby was satisfied that he would have plenty of water so the well was not sunk deeper. Mr. Hemby was paying pay-ing more than two-thirds of the cost of the operations and the well was to belong to him so it was considered consider-ed largely up to him to say when to stop going down. It would have been interesting and of value to the country had this well been sunk deep er to find out whether or not more water-bearing formation could be en countered deeper down. Perforated Casing The perforated well casing which is shown in Cut No. 3 was 'used in the Hemby well to demonstrate another ano-ther type of well different from the wooden frame strainer which was used in the berkheimer well and, like it new in Utah. Both types of well equipment are frequently used east of the Rocky mountains where conditions are very much like those of Utah. The wooden frame strainer strain-er is best suited for very shallow wefts, where water-beaif ng gravel is not abundant. The perforated casing cas-ing should be used in deeper wells. The perforated casing which was left in the Hemby well was 16 inches in diameter and extends from the bottom bot-tom of the concrete pit to 112 feet from the surface. It is made partly part-ly of No. 12 Armco iron and partly No 16 sheet steel. AH of it is ga'i vanized and perforated by cutting from the inside and pushing the sides sid-es of the slot out. No metal was removed re-moved during cutting. Most of the! Perforations were 1-4 of an inch wide and 1 1-4 in long on the surface of the pipe. This pipe, not allowing for the space taken for the laps where it was riveted, has 4S2 slots oer foot or a'total of 36. 700 slots . 6 feet of the well. This provides a total area of openings equal to 64! square feet. I'luiifrer Sand Pump ! Cut No. 4 shows the plunger sand i P-mp in use on the well rig. The tool 'S 12 inches in diameter and 10 feet ' long. When it is lowered to the I gravel or sand in the bottom of the -eII, a plunger or. the inside of the! barrel is drawn up. causing STav 'ater and sand to pass into the h.v-"el. h.v-"el. A valve in the bottom the barrel closes and holds that which has been drawn inlo ;,,e pump The plunger sand ,,- was used to ' penetrate the sand and .cravp, ! While it was in good working order j and the gravel was lo,e and small I about two bushel.. of j,,,,.,,, I p;"!p;! '. hy'oee ,,:;.. g th,s tool ,0 the bottom and Pl-I ling it out again. The plunger sand Pna, .,, n ,.f f'ivo in removinn , 'hat the gravel was ,.,ft hr j S,r '"""""' o.n from the well and all of the sand near the ,,-,.,1 was r,. moved and gravel allow.-d , f:llI .low,, and t ke i,s Tv : aides the v r ,n r ;. "' : 'he well, a-d :h;-s ' ' "'''--.i.r,;;,;.::; es n ore wat..- for th- drawdown. draw-down. Also the sinking of thn l,-,rFn 21x1-1 inch ra Mng to set or.;-,- a 16' casing through it. cu.-t more 1 than to sink an IS inch casing, but has tic vaiuaj. . s in that :"re hok through t'ae clay was 1. v hii-ats larger lar-ger than tile perforr.:- ca.-ih-r 0:1 a':I sides. Tais enaa'.t- 1 a wa".i ii crave! s Jive inch?? thick t. i..a ,wr. between tile, clay and the outside of the perforated per-forated casing. This provides a means by which wat'-r can enter 1 he-well he-well through perforations opposite the clay. ;; ; ' iso provides connection connec-tion between the water the various var-ious waier-K-aring strata, both in-siee in-siee and on: side of the well and .thus equalises the pressure of the water in all strata. Cost of Kcudiy Wei! The concrete pit. 5.5 x 5.5 ft r,. " it-.i-.ni :- ;::,.H:t sff" ',. This lf..i:-:es a rest of the weii "' - -!' " Thi.- Yi t in. -lade i he a. lid by the Fcvva! I '::, in ;r.er. : of ar culture and the 5 ., to Arricul-tar Arricul-tar : E;.t!:,!,--.i ?:;st;ta ::r.i which ..'.,id ao a long ay : owar.'s oaa:,;. ia'la: t he oa,-. of a.a v. ; : ta ot 1: of :aa oierating parties. Piivato Well ;-:;i m (,.; ,.., :H Milford ..!!! ) should he n:;:.'e of the fact that tite Weber Brothers. Waiter and Jacob, of Milford. I tch, who oj art 1-ed 1-ed the, well rig while both o: the-c! t f : " 1 1 -1 i i ; " r .; . " ' ' 1 -r a, - 'a .... . . J No. 5. W. W. Cook's Wafer Elevator side dimensions and about 34 feet deep was sunk by Mr. Hemley at a cost of $2i,i. This was aii paid for by Mr. Hen::) and inch-ales labor, lumber, cement, hauling and auto charges. There was no charge tor gravel on this nit. because a suilicient amount of good gravel was encountered encoun-tered in digging the pit to supply all that wrs needed for Cie concrete. The cost of hauling the well rig to his well was paid by Mr. Hemby and was estimated at $45. The labor biil was $285. $1S5 of which is to be paid by .Mr. Hsmby. The boarding board-ing of the three men for one month was estimated at $140 and this with $52.50 for power and lubricating oils, $1 39.95 for well casing and $50 for hauling and auto trips was to be paid for by Mr. Hcvr.hy. The State Agricultural K.aperiment Station settled set-tled for $155 charge for the us? 0: the machinery to operate the plunger plun-ger and pump. The total cost to Mr. Hornby will he $852.40 and the to-. 1 v eils were being sunk and who gave ate-t. effective and loyal help, have Isho.vn their interest in the development develop-ment of their home valley to arrange with Mr. James Hemby whereby to-rxther to-rxther they will put a well rig to work within a few weeks. It is hop-ad hop-ad that they will be very successful in continuing (he work, riro COOK Wl-XL Air. W. W. Cook has sunk a well on his farm about 7 miles southwest south-west of Milford. Utah, and has given the following data ; aog of the Cook Well: Sandy Loam 4 ft 4 ft. Dry Gravel .... 5 ft 1G ft. Clay 5 ft 16 ft. Gravel. 2 1 and not thro 37 ft and not through gravel. At 37 feet, Mr. Cook says that he was still in gravel. He sunk a pit 22 ft deep and 5x8 feet in si.-," ami stink two pieces, of 12 inch pipe! 15 feet long in the bottom of the I ; T'.i.i pa.e .was perforated by '.'e siets. .fach slot was 10 inches inch-es 'lor ami 1-2 in v. i.'.e. giving 15 - i tat a i:a hes of ope: lot, per square .' a. Aaaa.t or.e sccetul feu t of wat-T wat-T i-- edited ;,y a Fa:r,oUs water El-a El-a a t- -a.-ta. Thi? ytmp as installed a ;'a.e well is shown in Cut 5. '.' ot . r.e.ed by a 6 li. P. engine us-i" us-i" : at. sat 1-2 gallon of coal oil per aaar. lie irriaates about 1-2 acre a. r hour .after t'.rst irrigation. He Ihaaaa.'ed 7 ' acres last v:r and 'aatfts he can i'-rigate 100 acres an-: an-: a a ; year. Last year's crop consis-01 consis-01 -!"acres of young alfalfa. 10 : eta s of sugar beets. 15 acres of ''' 1 and. the remainder in potatoes and other crops. |