Bisbee daily review., 1905-09-03

Isaac Bailey was a business visitor in the city yesterday from his ranch property in Sulphur Springs Valley. MT. Bailey, since going to this proper ty from the city last spring, has been engaged in the boring of wells for irri- gation purposes and the putting out of crops that he had faith the valley would mature to large profit. His ex- pectations, he states, have been more than fulfilled.
 Regarding the matter of water possi- bilities in the valley. MT Bailey is el- thusiastic over the outlook. Wells he has put down, he states, have demon strated to him that without doubt there is an abundant underground sup ply of water to irrigate the valley bountifully and to make it bloom with all the products of agriculture and hor- ticultu-e. But a comparatively small portion of land in the big valley is not susceptible to profitable farming; most of the land is rich. and with cul- tivation and water susceptihle to pro ducing extensively.
 Mir. Bailey is now irrigating ground the has under cultivation from 200 foot wall which is pumping 5G0 gal iors a minute. Pumping has not re- duced tZe supply of water in the well. and t is believed to be a strata of large extent. It IS in gravel of medium coarsaness. Beneath the gravel at about three hundred feet another well MT. Bailey has put down has clay bottom. lie expects that on passing through the clay he will reach water bearing gravel that will produce arte- sian water. That artesian water may be had in this end of the valley as it is had at Douglas he has no doubt. However. sufficient water for irriga- ton purposes with the use of a pump nay be had almost throughout the val ley at depth of 100 feet. Cost of in- stalling well and pump is not heavy. The plan Mir Bailey is now working out in his well enterprises is to estab- lsh a community pumping plant which will supply various ranch own CTS in his vicinity with water.
 Lately there has been much activity reported by land seekers in Sulphur Springs valley for agricultural pur- poses. NIT. Bailey states that not a Sunday has passed recently that there has not been visitors in number in the valley seeking homesteads. Last Sunday there was a party of sixteen down to file on land. Of the latter there is still considerable open, much of it of the best quality.
 The movement toward getting well irrigation water for lands in the coun- ty is not confined to Sulphur Springs valley. Neither are the opportunities to get open land where wells may bC put down confined to that locality. Re gently there has been considerable activity in the well boring line in Sar Pedro valley, which has been attended with success. The most notable in stance was reported recently from the ranch of Mrs. Mathilda Cobb, a mile and a half from Hereford. ArtesIan water was got there at 250 feet. The well is flowing 100 gallons a minute. It was put down by White Bros. At 240 the flow came in, making I5 gal Ions a minute. Increase of 2 gallons minute was made from that point to the depth at which drilling was stopped. The success on the Cobb place has encouraged many others to decide on effort for artesian water and if the hopes entertained are realized in the neighborhood it will before long be independent of the river for irriga- ton supply.