Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

tltuo6 OF Con&xca9 OWsfoo VIC AessssNy,
and hope tho greater part Of the change
in laws proposed win be msde, and are
willing to let the individuals who desire
the credit for the work fight II out among
themselves.
All Absut water.
Water. as m element, 10 a. essential 10
lie as food. 1t takes water to produce
food and water to drink with food. An
xona has generally been ret down and re-
,orted "a q .!essrt Territory. In TACT
water has been too scarce for agricultural,
horticultural or for grazing purposes. But
every year water is being developed, new
finds are being made and new explofar
tions made, and in many cases with suc-
cess. Congress has frequently hseo
memorialixed TO offer reward OF provide
BY appropriation fund to assist in 6nd-
ing artssian water. In several Gases
private enterprise has found flowing water.
About two yeAn since citizen of No
have county, Mr.. J. b. Coier, sunk .
ven BY blasting out . shaft nsaziy six
feet in diameter. He found water at .
depth of 90 feet. Two other wells hsve
been put down in this way; but this way
Of getting water 10 too expensive. - Il
costs about FIVE dollars per foot % sink .
weIl. Last fall two parties got up drills
for drilling wells, the formation has been
found very difficult to drill, but four wells
have been drilled, In depth, from 80 to
110 feet, With plenty Of good, fresh water.
In fact the water is as soft and psire -
filtered rain water. Probably there ID
not . place in Arizona that looks any less
likely for water than the country around
Kipgman. Yet at certain level water
is found every time. 1t is not trus that
diamonds have been found in sinking
these wells; but material has bst,n en-
countered that is harder than hardened
steel-will cut glass equal to . diamond,
bot Il IL chalcedony. One well hsd to be
abandoned at . depth Of 60 ieet for the
reason that the drill stuck . boulder Of
this material. The drills we're The best
that could be made out of the finest Firth
steel and weighed ITO pounds, bst the
steel battered and chipped of until the
we'll had to be abandoned. Another hole
was started leM than three feet from the
ahandoned one and was put down 121
feet, with 30 feet of pure water. With
good tools and . little experience and
care, wells may be put down in this form-
ation (which 10 probably the worst and
hardest formation known) ios one dollar
per foot, and good profit made It that
price.
There is no doubt but that water can
Be- found on every square mile of land
In Arizona at . depth that might b.
handled successfully with . windmill.
At least one-fouzth Of I'll tho land In Ar
iona will compare fsvorably with any
part a California for horticulture.
Experiments have been tried in sev-
eral gardens in this county. The Craps
In particular 10 ct homo and WIN produces
in abundance, and the quality oi fruit d
superior in flavor. In fact thero u n0
fruit produced In the United States bul
what viii thrive in Arizona. The lasl
legislature authorized the boards of %
psrvisors Of the various counties 10 o6es
premium for flowing vstef. While
wells that will flow may be scsrce In Ar
izona, there ID water that can be raised
BY windmills and in time flowing water
may be found.
Within three months . well win b pui
down in Kingman four or five hundred
feet. There is . well ono mile east a
town that il down 40 ieet, with 90 ~
Of water. The loss Of tools . few dayz
since caused delay in wsIl-drilling, bua
other tools have bean ordered, and
with good luck . well can be pui
down every week.
One year from this date there may Be
be 100 or more windmills running
within FIVE miles Of Kingman, and five
years from this date some Of the finest
gardens and orchards may BE- found on
this land that has been reported a desert
land.
One great obstacle now presents itself
that may be removed, ami should be ~
speedily as possible, that Is, the land il
not surveyed. and one-hslf Of the land
(iorty miles on each side Of the A. 4 p.
X. r. belongs to the railroad, and pso-
pie are afraid to settle, fearing that q
beartlcss monopoly will take advantage
Of tl.e actual settler. Every citizen that
has friends or scquaintances in Congress
should write and urge the necessity Of
making . survey Of the lands along the
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad and give the
actual settler chance.