Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-08-07
BORES AND BORES.

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bill down into the human cuticle for drop
of fresh flowing blood he is doing, in his way,
pretty much the Same thing that an Artesian
we'll borer is doing TO the face of Mother
Earth, i'll his way, when he is boring down
into her veins for a stream of living water2
We went yesterday with Mr.. Commissioner
Willis to see what had been done on his place
by the Artesian well borer there. We found
that the operations that have there been con-
Quoted have been subjected to considerable
degree of system; that is to say, the contract
ors, or experimen 80, Messrs Edwards and
Kinkead, have erected within with which to
raise their boring apparatus, while the well
itself has been covered in by rough house,
the better to protect it from idlers and mis-
chief makers. The boring has reached a
depth of 448 feet, and the same has been
piped from top to bottom with iron piping of
81 inches in diameter. The bottom of the
well at present is in quicksaud, which retards
progress but would seem to indicate the near
neighborhood of strong stream of water
Already the undertaking Is u partial success,
body of water flowing with decided force
from the top Of the pipe, equal We should
guess to fifteen or twenty gallons a minute
This stream is allowed to run to waste, and
it spreads itself out over the grounds there,
and being uncared for, takes it's own chan
nels and sinks in various places The fact is
an Artesian well--that is to say, we'll of
water which comes above the surface of the
pipe and flows, increasingly, has already been
struck. What is wanted, of course, is a more
adequate supply. say of the full capacity of
the pipe. In sinking this well the borers
have several times tapped body of flowing
water, but never having found any bed
rock, or anything else but clay or sand, they
have bored on past these places until they
have attained the depth as stated above.
The quality of tho water which comes from
the tube at present is very sweet and pure
and soft. Indeed it is in all respects what is
known as Artesian water. These borers,
Messrs. Edwards and kinkead, are attpresent
engaged in sinking a we'll for Mr. Edward
Sweeney, who contracts, we believe, for
depth of one hundred feet of boring Mr.
Willis says that when they have finished their
JOB with Sweeney he proposes to resume
work and continue on until he has attained
depth of 500 feet. He may go deeper; but
circumstances will determine Now here is |
an undertaking in which we all are Interested |
There is no doubt that there is underlying |
this valley vast flood OF pure water which, |
once tapped, will come rushing to the surface. |
1t seems to us that, taking into consideration
the Importance OF a supply of water for irri- |
eating purposes, for this valley, our citizens
might with much wisdom prepare to spend
sum of mOney-rSised by taxation or other |
wise-in experiments of the character under. |
taken by these gentlemen. With the right |
kind of machinery-easily Observation-Disclosures
any depth can be reached; and is the opinion
of those whose judgement is worth having, |
that boring which would strike bed rock
would yield the desired flow of water.
Messrs. Edwards and Kinkead are enthusi-
astic in their efforts to solve this interesting
problem, and their faith is strong that they
will eventually succeed.
By way of a small display OF learning we
will explain that Artesian wells are so called
from Artois, province of France, where
such wells were first constructed There is
an Artesian well at Grenelle, near Paris, from
which, after boring eight years, with frequent
arising from the distractions
and accidents that occurred during the prose
cution of the work, water was obtained at the
depth of 300 feet below the surface, dis
lance of LOO below the sea level. There is
an Artesian well 1000 feet of depth in
Chicago which discharges 900, 900 gallons of
water per day
Speaking of Artesian wells, we tapped the
lowing stream of State officials pay so
yesterday as to cause him to yield (
It least days pay in the way of paper sub
is good deal better than
boring in the sand for water. Also, in the
anne connection 1t is to be stated that c. q
Columbus Powning, Esq, the patriarch of 1
he Reno press, passed our depot yesterday
,oing to the Comstock.