Tombstone epitaph., 1892-02-28
TOMBSTONE, Nov 27, 1883.

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 TOMBSTONE, Nov 27, 1883.
 To His Excellency, F.A. Tritle, Governor of Arizona, and Hon. E. P. Clark, Territorial Auditor
 Your commissioners visited the wells and inspected five of them, all on MT. Sanderson's proprty. They also heard reports of three others sunk by the same gentleman on the land of adjoining proprietors.
 The first we'll visited was finished and flowing water struck on the 18th of May, 1883, and forms the basis of Mir. Sanderson's reward. It is 3S feet deep,Ivery nearly inches in diameter, and tubed all the way to the bottom. The upper edge of the tube stands CIV inches above the ground and A steady stream of water amounting probably to 10000 to 5000 gallons in 24 hours runs from it.
 Southward from this point fouf oth- CT wells are sunk within distance of three miles, all of which were visited by your commissioners, and three oth- CTS are found on the Abbott, Jones and Long ranches, extending to dis tance of seven miles further south ward.
 Thus artesian water has been ob- tained along ten miles of this valleys length, by eight wells.
 The wells vary Sin depth from 3S to S3 feet, and they gain depth the fur ther they are southward from Sander sons, the deepest well bored so far being that at Jones', the most souther- ly of all. Their flow is from g 900 to 5000 gallons each in 24 hours.
 The conditions under which flowing water is obtained appear to be quite uniform along the whole distance.
 The wells are situated in the sink Of the valley. Other wells were first sunk on the valley slope about four miles east of the successful line, but no flow was obtained, though the wells filled with surface water. The condi- tons there were different from those at the flowing wells.
 In the line of successful wells the materials passed through in boring were always the same in character and succession, and were as follows:
 1st-Surface soil from to b feet thick.
 2d-Tough clay, black, red or white n color, according to locality, P to more than 10 feet thick.
 3d-Sand ? to feet thick.
 4th-Coarse gravel oi unknown thickness, which forms the bottom of all the wells, and into which the well tube is forced about Is inches.
 At all the unsuccessful wells no clay was reached, though it may lie at grester depth.
 Water is found in the sand or third 6 ratum, bu. it is probable that the coarse, loose gravel, underlying this bed, is the real source of the flow. The large spaces between the coarse gravel stones probably give room for 30 O. 10 per cent, by bulk, of water and if there Is flow soutnward, as it seems to be probable, this grave bed undoubtedly offers the easiest and frees. line of flow.
 In any case boring into the gravel is necessary, as the sand is so fine and flowing as to rise in the wells if the open tube ends in it. By driving the tube into the coarse gravel a filter is obtained which keeps back the sand and allows the water to pass. Small holes are made in the lower lengths o the pipe, within the sand stratum, which also give the water entrance.
 The flow is steady, the water per- fectly clear and pleasant, though slightly flat to the taste. The flatness is not due to minerals in solution but. on the contrary. probably indicates unusual purity Of water.
 The water already obtained in this way is sufficient to water at least 30,0O0 head of cattle, besides sifording sufficient irrigation to maintain the gardens that population attending the stock would require, and perhaps tree pIanta tons for the relief of stock from sun and wind. If the success which has attended the former oper- ation continues to the line, the ar ses- ian wells of this part ofSulphur Spring Valley will supply water sufficient for st least 100, 900 head of stock.