Bisbee daily review., 1905-10-25

Douglas, Ariz.. Oct. 24.-(Special.)- )-
 At a new well being bored by the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company, located in the valley be- tween the Copper Queen and the Cal umet and Arizona smelters, is a sight which looks good.
 4 continual flow of water is coming through the easing of the well and out of the top, which is eighteen inches above the surface, amounting to ten gallons every minute.
 The artesian flow was encountered last Friday and has continued stead fly, and the flow is greater now than when it was at first encountered. The well is now 309 feet deep and is be ing continued, with every indication that the flow will Increase as greater depth is attained.
 The report of this first flow reached the streets of Douglas several days ago, but no one seemed to give the matter any serious thought, but the International-Americ is now able to give the news as a positive fact. One of the drillers at work at ne well was seen this morning and he stated that the flow was there and could be seen by any one who cared to go to the well and look. He expects to see the flow greatly increase and says there is no doubt that artesian water will become one of the greatest factors in the growth and development of the Sulphur Springs valley.
 Supervisor Taylor has visited the well and seen with his own eyes the inspiring sight.
 Alexander Adamson, master me chanic at the Queen shelter, was called up on the phone this morning for verification of the report that ar reslan water had been encountered al the Copper Queen smelteT.
 Yes" said MT. Adamson, i've have flow amounting to ten gallons per minute, and it has been continuous since last Friday, when it was first encountered"
 Continuing, Mir Adamson said: "I am of the opinion that the flow will be increased at greater depth, and the well is being sunk deeper with that expectation. The fact that the water is flowing out of the well is proof that we have struck a strong body Oi water Our well is much lower than the Calumet and Arizona well, and when we reach the same strata that this company encountered it is right to expect that we will get a large flow, though of course we cannot know positively of such result unti we have gone further"
 The striking of this aTtesian flow has not been received in amaZemenr by the people of Douglas. as the opin ion has prevailed here among meI experienced in artesian well boring that artesian wells could be developed
 in the Sulphur Springs valley when
 ever a determined effort was mad
 for that purpose.
 Several efforts have been made il
 the past to interest the ranch owner
 in the valley and the business men o
 Douglas in a proposition to rais , money for the purpose of boring fo artesian water in the vicinity of Doue las, but nothing has ever been accon , plished, and it remained for the frs flow to be encountered when it wa not especially expected.
 This striking of artesian water i the valley is a repetition of the di' l covery of the artesian belt in the Gil l
 flow encountered there came more Ill
 expectedly than the one here. NJ t Lee, sinking a well on his ranc n seven miles west of Stafford, struc ). an unexpected flow at depth of les f than 200 feet, and in less than yea ,- thirty-two wells were flowing in q1al l. titles varying from enough to irrigat > ten acres of land to sufficient to irI
 gate 100 acres.
 If the Copper Queen well continue
 to flow it will result in great thing
 in the Sulphur Springs valley; it wi
 result in the boring of other well
 and it is not unreasonable to expe that the whole of this marvellous
 rich valley will be reclaimed and cC tivated by artesian water. Such T suit would be worth more to Dougl; g than the great mining enterprise ! which now furnish the business Ii T I nT ha aff "