The Grange advance., 1874-05-27

StanQ. IN cQlu weather the utmost care !
and watchfulness were required to prevent !
boilers and pipes from freezing. and during
the snow blockade OF 1871 this trouble was
often Of the most serious k ind The only !,
relief promised was in boring Artesian
wells, and accordingly. last year, six were
begun and the success has been all that !
was desired. The first we'll is at Separa
ton, PA miles from Omaha. and tn. last
one at Rock Springs, 932 miles. Another
is in progress at Red Desert The we'll at
Rock Springs is !, ,l45 feet deep: the bore !
is six inches in diameter, and veins Of coal
are passed Of II. 6 and 5 feet, and Of less
width: in all 80 feet. There are layers Of
clay mixed with sandy loan. clear sand,
and water-worn pebbles, in which the sup
ply of water is usually found, layers Of
sandstone Of varying degrees Of density,
beds of sulphate Of alumina and iron chem
ically combined, resembling the peculiar
blush clay Of some Of the surface soil.
All these layers are formed by detritus
deposited by the action Of water, and they
are underlaid by the partly bituminous
sbale which appears at the surface at
Green River, Is miles west, and which, in
that vicinity, projects in eminences Of con-
siderable hight. This general description
wells. The incohesiveness Of the soil
caused much delay in boring, as the sides
caved in: hence it became necessary to
case with iron tubing a great portion Of the
way in all the wells. At this we'll Of Rock
Springs the water rises from the depth of
LAS feet 2G feet above the surface, and
discharges 81 gallons per hour. and at the
surface, 9G0 gallons.
At Point Of Rocks, 25 miles east, the
well is 1000 feet deep. The water rises
only to within - feet Of the surtace,
whence it is pumped, but the supply is
abundant, and the quality Of the water is
the best of all the wells; indeed it would
be called remarkably good in any part of
the world. Here only slight veins Of coal
| were met
| The next we'll is at Bitter Greek, q
miles east of Point Of Rocks 1t is G9G feet
deep. 1t yields, by pumping >, lCO gallons
an hour, and at the surface it flows 200
gallons al hour. The veins of GOALS were
quite thin.
Next, to the east, is the we'll at Waslakie,
33 miles distant. 1t is G38 feet deep, and
at Is feet above the surface it flows 500
gallons an hour. At depth Of 81 feet
there is a vein Of coal six inches thick,
probably IL spur Of the deposits which
crops out near Rawlins.
At Creston. ii miles east, the we'll is 32G
feet deep, and an ample supply Of water is
obtained. At Separation the well is l, lO3
feet deep, and water comes within 10 feet
OF the surface, which, by pumping, yields
1000 gallons an hour. This passes through
several veins OF good coal.
We publish this as requested: to
bring it to the notice Of such papers as
are deceived into publishing the false
report:
At a meeting Of the Steele County
Council of Patrons Of Husbandry held
in this city, on the 19*h inst, the con-
tinued reiteration Of false reports Of the
failure Of one Of our Grange stores in
Owatonna came up; and the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted
Resolved, That the committee on trade be
instructed to publish statement of the
financial condition Of Mr. Cansdell, in
refutation of the slanderous reports being
circulated by sundry papers in the State =;
also to intimate to said papers, that it is
possible, unless these reports are discon.
tinued, they may have an opportunity to
prove said reports in court.
| Resolved, That this report be published in
| the Owatonna Journal, the Farmers Union.
and the GRANGE ADVANCE, with a request
that it be copied in all those papers which
have published said slanderous reports.
Resolved, That the Council view the
course taken by the Minneapolis TIi1une
and other papers Of this State in circulating
false and injurious reports against ou1
agents and merchants, as Indicating a cow.
ardly and malevolent spirit, that would in.
jure and destroy the good name and work
of the Grange.
The Committee of Trade, having had
day by day good opportunity to know
Of the operation and management of the
grange store by Mr.. Cansdell, would
! state:
1st. That these reports designed to
crush him have not entirely failed
to do SO, but that we believe, notwith-
standing their injurious influence, he is
in stronger condition to-day that at any
previous time.
I'd. That his liabilities not only have
been much reduced, but he is buying for
cash at the lowest rates, thus giving