Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-29
TESTING FLOW OF
hRTESIAN WELLS
Dated States Geological Sur
' vey Repo-: Contains inter
estlng Information.
OF AID TO TIE SETTLERS
The Artcsian Basin Is the Favorlte
Section in South Dakota for Set
tiers, and Such Land Is Eager
" Taken UP.

Sioux Fails. 5. u. March 9o.-The
work done by the United States geo
logical survey in the various states
OF the unlon during the last fiscal year
July !, 1904. to July /. 1s05-is given
In tho twenty-sixth annual report of
the director. which has recently coine
from the department.
In South Dakota 5S2 squar miles OF
lew areas were to"poSrapnicaly sur
yeyed in l90l-5. In cooperation with
the reclamation service Two parties
were engaged III Topographic work in
an irregular area which is the site of
the Belle Fourcho reclamation project
and also IN the Vale and Belle laourche
q~uadranelcs. The area Was surveyed
on the scale OF 1000 feet To the inch
with Il contour interval of > feet. al
the work being for publication by large
scale photolithograpas.
Mapping the Black Hills.
r T.. Robertson occupied 3 primary
tliangulatlon stations, IL secondary sta
lions, n located 10 other points foi
the control of the special maps of the
Belle l'ourche project in Butte county
Ihg geologic structure of the country
about Belle Irourche was studied by
y. III. barton to ascertain the depths
TO thet underground waters and the area
In which flows MAY be expected. Among
hCo!cSit puDii'tlIpla OIL tle year fGl;tt-
ing to South Dakota We're Il report OF
the geology II underground water re
sources OF tn" central great plains b.
n. II. barton. q report on the geology
n water resources of part Of the low
er James river valley by j. f.. TODD
and c. NJ. Hall. a geologic folio of the
Edgemont quadrangle by y. II. barton
mo w. $. Taneier Smith. and geologic
folios of the Huron and De Smet quad
rangles. the first by j. T.. Todd, the
second by Todd n g. NJ. Hall.
Stream-SauSing stations were main
tanned at Edgemont. Belle l'ourohe.
Sem. Camp Crook. BiXby, Rapid CITY,
Spearfish and Interior.
Investigated Artesian Basin.
Professor j. f. Todd. who was en-
gagged in Investigating the James river
artesian area. extended his studies into
the Byron and Red1ield qu~adrangles.
Much attention was given TO the ques-
ton of the volume and pressure of the
wells. with a view to determining
whether the multiplicity of borings is
causing a diminution of the water sup
ply. Professor Todd also completed u
report ON the southeastern termination
OF the artesian area for the Elk Poim,
folio. AS lands within the artesian ba-
sin are taken up by settlers, it becomes
Il matter of great interest to ascertain
the limit of the area in which flows are
oOtIH!iDiN, Iilu tIllS WIS one OF tlt
chief purposes of Professor Todd's
work.
Missouri River Reclamation.
In this state attention has been Civ
ELI to 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 in this region must be based
on storage of storm water and spring
flow With this Ina Nia,kr tho L, ~
around the Black Hills has been care-
fully investigated for storage possibili-
ties. and the north side has been Sc
lectcd as the most promising. The pro-
1ect is known as the Belle Fourche, the
water supply being obtained from the
Belle Fourche n its tributaries. Work
On this project was prosecuted vigor-
ously during l904-5. During 1904 the
south side canal. which YOU water
lands on the south side of Belle Fcurche
river in the vicinity of Vale and En-
pire, was surveyed and mapped.