Salt Lake Democrat | 1885-12-02 | Page 4 | Struck Lots of Water

Struck Lots of Water. ; ' ! Captain Ransford Smith and Moroni . J Skeen are in great luck, says the Ogden , Xewt. For some weeks thev have been I experimenting on their lands, near the: 5 mouth of Weber river, nine miles from ! j Ogden, in the expectation of finding! , -- water. Two wells have been sunk of one and one-fourth inch diamefer, and thev I i are yielding, together, 2,160 gallons per ! hour. One yields 1,2GD gallons, and the : other 1130 gallons per Irour. This demon-! ' PtrateH the fact that the sagebrush lands : f an used for farming and adds greatly ! ; Jo the value of these gentlemen's posses- : ' . ions. We heartily congratulate both.