Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07
Dakota Artssisu Wells.

| Dskots Artssisa Wells.
The following interesting facts are |
extracted from the recent official report |
Of Engineer OF Irrigation Baldwin:
| There are two classes OF artesian |
wells found In the state, one the deep,
strong pressure wells, and the other the
shallow flowing wells. The deep wells
are found In all counties Of what 10
known as the '.artesian basin Of the
James River Valley" and the shallow
wells from the south line of Beadle
county, especially in the counties Of
Miner, Sanborn, Hutchinson, Douglass
and Yankton. Hutchinson county has
about 400 OF these wells from 60 to 400
feet deep. Dawson has about 100 which
average about $50 feet In depth, and
! flow from 200 to 800 gallons per minnie,
but there Is little pressure from these
wells.
] There are about l, 100 of both classes
OF wells in the state, the strong pres-
sure wells being In the counties Of
/, Beadle, Sphinx, Brown, Faulk, Hyde,
Hand, Hughes, Jerauld, Brule and one
i we'll at Cheyenne agency and one at
Il Grow Creek, which have been sunk by
the government.
Il Special mention Is made Of the welle
in Hughes county, the one At the Locke
hotel in particular.
Il 1t is q very fine we'll 1900 feet deep,
and was constructed two years ago.
The water has very high temperature
SO degrees-with strong aow. But
the most remarkable thing about this
welt is the amount Of gas it produces.
At depth of 40 feet the drill went
through hard strata of earth and q
small quantity Of gas was produced; the
flow was never lost afterwards, but con-.
stantly increased a. the work progress
ed. Gas has flowed steadily ever since
found apparently the same volume.
TIE gas has been utilized for heating
and lighting the hotel, and the opera
ton Of the cook stoves, evor sinCo The
we'll was completed. r. II. Proudfoot,
manager Of the hotel, estimates the r.
a. worth 81, 500 per annum 70 the hotel
for fuel and lights. One popularity Of
the gas is that it gives OF no odor and
is perfectly clean, and gives . much
better light than the city gas works.
Gas Is also found at a we'll put down
by the government at Cheyenne agency
but do not know Of any arrangement to
utilize it.
In regard to power from artesian
wells. grist mills are being operated by
artesian power at Newark, Marshall
county; Springfield, Bon Homme
county; Mellette, Sphinx county; and
Yankton, and the cities Of Huron. Alb
erdeen, Huron and Reddeld use the
p wor for their water system. Turner
&Sn who operate the mill at Spring
6eld, give few figures a. to the cost Of
operating their mill by artesian power:
Their xsu, which cost them $3.50, has
a pressure ~ 50 pounds to the inch, and
flows about 100 gallons per minute.
They use L., 1ch turbine, and their
expenses Of keeping It In operation Il
about 925 per year With this power
, they manufacture from 30 to GO barrels
!. Of -four per day.
The durability Of w Is depends upon
= the quantity OF the pips used In theil
construction. At Andover we'll haa
been in operation for fifteen years and
is yet in good shape, whil., others II
which poor pipe was used he piping
has given out in few years necessi
tating new piping at heavy expense
: The expense Of sinkfng wells In
been very much reduced by improved
methods OF construction the past fev
!. years. The estimated cost Of wells b.
4 present methods is: Four-inch we'll
e not to exceed 81 80 to u rs per foot; a
It inch from %. 10 to 1925; 6-inch not h
J, exceed %.