The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-10-20
lrjsoiap Wells Vaaisi Nsrs.

Eds. Pjc-I hsvs seen in yonr p.
lpeYof hte dates several communication.
on the satjsst Of Artesian wells among
them one from the Dallas (Ala) Gu.
zette speaking Of the wells bored neal
Cahswbs Ala. On this subject ] have
. few words to say A'fev weeks since
was in Alabama my attention While
in Selma was called to two Artesian
wells in the streets which being nov-
city to me examined with much care
The depth Of these is between three
and four. hundred feet. In answer to
my inquiries as to their cost my friend
informed me it was not as much to the
city annually as the expense Of keep
ing chain pump (which was l'ard-by)
in repair. The water from these wells
runs down the cutters and formsmany
handsome cascades down the rocks on
the Alabama river. / was afterwards
in Cahawba a few miles further down
the river where are some Of the same
kind Of wells. From one the water
rushed through the spout in pump
stock with roar and nearly as much
force as II does from the fire plugs in
our street when opened. / visited the
wells bored by J. E. Mathews Esq.
about half a mile from Cabawba and
carefully examined and drank Of the
pure water discharged from the one Of
nine inches and one quarter in dame.
ter and seven hundred and thirty.6ve
feet deep. 1t rushes up and roars
like waterfall and with such force
that plank laid across the top cannot
be kept in place by the weight Of four
heavy men. Some Of our Company
threw stones the size Of hen eggs and
brickbats into the tube which were
as quickly as though they
had been puff balls The quantity ol
water discharged 1 think was quite US
much as stated 1900 gallons per min
ute or about $4,000 gallons per hour.
l observed the boring Withdrawing
and cleaning the augur.
| saw another well some sixty feet
from the first which though only about
Eve hundred aud seventy feet deep and
four inches in diameter discharges u
larger quantity Of water throwing up
dirt gravel &c. This latter is to be
bored fifteen hundred feet and rlmed
out to eighteen inches III diameter
which it is calculated will discharge
fully five thousand gallons Of water per
minute or three hundred thousand gall
ons per hour.
With the water from these two
wells Mr.. Mathews expect to be able
% run the machinery OF cotton tacto-
y with five thousand spindles, which
,e has erected quite near them. Thus
he pure element of water will bc
lrawn from the bowels OF the earth as
lightning is from heaven to subserve
he purpose Vi man. There are seven
# these wells within distance Ut two
niles around Cahawba; yet each dis
narges large quantity. The supply
# one does not appear diminished by
'thers in the vicinity. That we eau
ave those wells here there is no doubt ,
We may be obliged to go deeper to
ind an ample supply OF water than i'll
but that water, and pure
vater, too, Can be found here, there is I
70 doubt. These wells have been ,
ored in California, Oh the point vi
and excluding into the Pac,nc. at San :
Diego, and on the islands III The Pa
ific, All We want to enable Us tU $
ave wells here as determined spirit
nd little money. Raise the latter,
nd it will be followed by {
PURE AND LIVING WATER. j
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