The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-28
PLENTY OF WELL ROOM.
THE DEEP ARTEsIAN WELLS FLOW
INCREASING ALL THE TIME.

They are Not-His Theory for the
Stoppage OF Their Fiow-The New
Well to be Sunk 1900 Feet-Com-
PARSONS With Other Wells.
The artesian we'll on the Springfield
plantation has reached a depth of about
LOO feet, and Contractor Joyce says that
it will take two or three days to ream it
down and pump the sediment
Mr. Joyce says that he understands that
the water in the artesian well at DR.. Stones
residence at South Broad and Habersham
that the water can no longer be pumped
from it. Mr.. joyce thinks it possible that
DR.. stones well may be affected by the new
arteSian well, but he does not think that
either or the wells mentioned the other day
as having ceased to flow, or in which
the now has slackened, are in any
way affected by the well he is now
drilling. He says. on the contrary, that,
| the openings being small, it is much more
likely that the wells are filing up, and that
it is the history of hydraulic wells that
they fail eventually if the diameter of
the well is net large enough and cased to a
Solid foundation everything the water-bear-
ing rock.
| THE DIMINUTION ACCOUNTED FOR.
| When asked how he accounted for the
TACT that the falling off Of pressure in the
| Thunderbolt wells, and in the wells at Bona
venture, Scheutzen park, and on the county
| poor farm, has occurred since the deep arte-
| sian well has so largely increased its flow,
Mr.. Joyce answered that the veryfact that
the wells had fallen off since the heavier
| now mas been obtained in the new well con-
| VlnceS him that the new well has nothing at
all to do with the diminished pressure of
| the failing wells.
I'm the first place, said Mr.. Joyce. ''the
time Tor the new well to have affected the
| wells mentioned was when we were getting
our first supply from the sxty-feet water
| bearing roc6, which was passed through
between the depth of 800 and 400 feet. But
while the water in the new well was coming
from that depth, which approximate
closely to the depth Of the so-called failing
wells, there was no reported diminution of
the How OF the wells complained of now.
THE FIRST WATER ROCK.
I'VE got less than half of the present flow
from the first water-hearing rock, but be-
tween SUI and 800 feet we got nearly 100
Feet OF "ater-bearing rock, which supplies
more than half of the water which the we'll
Is now flowing. Now, as none of the wells
which are said to be falling off get their
supply at this depth, 1t Is not probable, nor
is 1t possible, that they are affected by the
increased flow Of our well, and that they
were not affected by the flow of the upper
water-bearIng stratum is conclusive
TO my mlad that local causes have
reduced the r pressure l Am told by Super
lntendent Manning Of the waterworks that
since the falling off in the wells reported in
the MORNING NEWS of last Thursday,
Mr.. Manning has learned, upon investga-
ton, that there has been no falliug off in
the wells which supply the waterworks."
PLENTY OF ROOM FOR MORE
| when you say that if the wells are from
twelve to fourteen inches in diameter, and
are cased to solid foundation they will
not fall off in their flow, do you mean that
another well or other wells of the kind can
be put down in close proximity to the pres
ent new well and not lessen its f1ow!,
II certainly do Mr.. Joyce replied II
think wells Of smaller diameter east of the
well L am drilling might possibly be some
what affected, or If l would put down a
fourteen-inch well near the twelve-inch
we'll there might be a noticeable dimlnu-
ton OF pressure in the twelve-inch we'll,
but am prepared to say that four or more
twelve-lnch wells can be put down on the
Springfield plantation each of which will
flow as many gallons daily as the new
we'll is now flowing, and there
would be no falling of in the flow Of the
present well, for the pressure would be the
same in all the wells, and the water is in
exhaustible, and is coming now from two
strata of rocks, which, combined, have a
depth of fully 100 feet.
THE FLOW INCREASING.
I'm other words, the present we'll is fowine.
about 2,5O0000 gallons daily, and if three
more wells are put down on the Springfield
plantation OF the same diameter, and drilled
through the same strata of water bearing
rock, the four wells will produce 10000, 900
gallons daily"
''Do you expect TO stop at 1, 800 feet in the
present wellW
II find | was mistaken in our contract.
The contract calls for 500 feet and if we
do not strike another stratum of water
bearing rock, from which a still better vein
of water is expected, before going that
depth, we shall drill down to 800 feet. To
do this, however, we shall have to abandon
the present light derrick after we get down
100 Ieet or more, and put up the higher and
heavier derrick and attachments, as the
friction now encountered makes drilling
slow and tedious"
"'Do you think you will find the heavier
vein underlying the rock you are now drill
ing inF
CONFIDENT OF A HEAVIER FLOW.
II feel confident of it. 1t may be 1000
feet deep, but it is there; in fact it Is all
along the coast; and while we may not have
to go to a depth of 1900 feet, should ad-
wise the city, now that it has started, to
continue the exploration and see what is
below the rock. l learn that they have to
go 1000 feet at Charleston, and my at
tention has been called to the fact that the
George street well in that city is estimated
by the Charleston World to cost $50, 900,
and their other wells in proportion. the
George street well is said to be 1850 feet
deep, and two others here are 1910 and /, go
feet deep, respectively. The wells should
not cost any such figure. They ought to
get three or four such wells for the sum.
You can form some idea of what kind of a
well the city now has on the Springfield
plantation by comparing it with not only
one OF the three Charleston wells. You
can see, by referring to the article in the
World, tn 1T it puts the aggregate flow of
the three wells there at L, $4,000 gallons
daily, or 10000 less than the well we are
now drilling"
Glow long will you be delayed by chang
ing derricks"
1T will take us a week or ten days, and
probably two weeks, but we will have TO
make the change, as the friction enooun-
tered by the water pressure is very great.
With the new machinery the work OF drill
ing will be facilitated, and greater progress
will be made through the lime and flint
rock, which the drill encounters by turns
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