The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-03-22
TESTING FLOW Of
ARTESIAN WELLS
United States Geological Sur.
voy Report Contains Inter-
esting information.
OF AID TO THE SETTLERS
The Artesian Basin II the Favorits
Section in South Dakota for Set
tiers. and Such Land % Eager.
" Taken Up.

Sioux Falls. 3. D.. March 2c.--rhs
work done by the United States geo.
logical survey In tho various state,
OF the union during the last fiscal year
July ]. 1904. TO July !. lso5--is siveL
In the twenty-sixt annual report OF
the director. which has recently com,
from the department.
In South Dakota ss2 square miles o.
new areas were geographically sur.
veyed In 1905. In cooperation with
the reclamation service two partief
were engaged In topographic work IL
an Irregular area which In the site oi
the Belle Fourche reclamation project
and also In the Vale and Belle Fourch,
Quadrangles. The area was surveyee
on the scale OF 1000 feet TO the inch
with a contour interval OF feet. al
the work being for publication by large
scale photolithogrsphs.
Mapping the Black Hills.
r. b. Robertson occupied J prlmar,
triangulation stations. IL secondary stu.
tons. and located Is other points foi
the control OF the special maps OF the
Belle Fourche project in Butte county
The geologic structure OF the country
about Belle Fourche was studied BY
~. H. barton to ascertain the depths
20 tho underground waters and the area
In which nows may be expected. Among
geologic publications OF the year relat-
Ing 20 South DAKOTA were a report on
the geology and underground water re-
sources or the central great plains by
~. II. barton. a report on the geology
and water resources OF part OF the low
ar James river valley by J. +. Todd
and G. M Hall. n geologic folio OF the
Edgemont quadrangle by y. II. Darton
and w. s. Tangier Smith. and geologic
folios OF the Huron and De Smet quad
rangles. the first by ]. r. Todd. tho
second by Todd and G. NJ. Hall.
Stream -gauging stations were main
tanned At Edgemont. Belle Fourche.
Seim. Camp Crook. Bixby. Rapid City
spearfish and Interior.
Investigated Artesian Basin.
Professor J. +. Todd. who was en-
gagged In investigating the James river
Artesian area. extended his studies into
the Byron and Redfeld quadrangles
Much attention was given to the ques-
ton or the volume and pressure OF the
wells, with n view TO determining
whether the multiplicity or borings IL
causing a diminution OF the water sup
ply. Professor Todd also completed n
report on the southeaEs.rn termination
OF the artesian area for the Elk Point
folio. As lands within the artesian ba.
sin are taken up by settlers, IL becomes
\ matter OF great interest TO ascertain
the limit OF the area In which flows are
and this was one OF the
chief purposes OF Professor Todd's
work.
Missouri River Reclamation.
In this state attention has been Civ
en- 10 reclamation possibilities west OF
the Missouri river. especially TO those
In the vicinity OF the Black Hills. Any
reclamation attempted on any OF the
streams I'm this region must be based
on storage OF storm water and spring
now. With this In view the country
around the Black Hills has been care
fully investigated for storage possiblli-
ties, and the north side has been Sc
lectcd as the most promising. The pro-
ject In known as the Belle Fourche. the
water supply being obtained from the
Belle Fourche and Its tributaries. Work
on this project was prosecuted vigor-
ously during 1905. During 1904 tho
south side canal. which would water
lands on the south side OF Belle Fourche
river In the vicinity OF Vale and EN-
pire. was surveyed and mapped.