Arizona republican., 1910-06-06
GETTING WATER ALONG
 THE A. & [. RAILROAD
Another Version of Story Published in Wekenburg Under the Same
 Caption.

On April 23, the Wickenburg Miner contained an article entitled Getting Water Along the A. & C. Railway" | The article appears to be written in good faith as a warning to people that water cannot be secured anywhere eX- l cept at Bouse without going to great depth, and expresses the sentiment that prospective settlers are likely to be deceived by publications intimating that it can be found almost anywhere by digging for it. The article then proceeds to tell all about the water situation, giving the depth necessary to go al various places. Tn this recital statements are made that have pro- voked numerous of the settlers in that section, especially at Wenden and Sa lome, for they allege that tEe Miner has erred just as much on the side of conservatism as other reports have erred in telling about the abundance of water. Some statements were made in the Miner. that are denied by settlers as absolutely false, even though they may not have been so intended
 The concern O. the settlers in these parts lies in the fact that they believe they nave iht1l NpullLA ipA LII farming. and. though it is admitted water is none too abundant. they be- lieve there is an ample supply for dO- mesic purposes and perhaps in some places it can be pumped for irrigation to some extent. Anyhow. the settlers appreciate that the real conditions are strenuous enough, but feel that they should not be painted worse than they are. To correct these misStatements, the following has been submitted to The Republican by residents of that section, who aver that they have per sonal knowledge of the facts given:
 To quote from the Miner: Tt is well known that water can be obtained at Wenden at a depth of two or three hundred fleet; at Salome, few miles away, the wells are 90 to 200 feet in depth. IL is d matter of an cient history that Brown Bros of Pres colt drilled several wells in the vicin- ity of Forepaugh several years ago with no success. and still further back some one drilled to d depth of 750 feet and still no water was evident.'
 As to the real facts about the depth of water in the wells around Salome. w tiutll anu AL W tAA den there were two wells drilled. one 300 and ;Ee other 500 feet in depth ard water m these wells stands at no 6ect from the surface. Another dug well has water at 1O5 feet from the surface. and still another has water standing at 5O feet from the surface. but the supply is not large
 The Hercules company has a we'll between Salome and Harrisburg with water at 40 feet At Harrisburg it is 25 feet to water
 The statement of 90 feet at Salome is about correct.
 The following is q history of the first wells dug in Culling's valley by C. B. Genung. an old-timer. and one who knows personally the history of all the wells in this section of Arizona.
 The history of we'll digging in Gull ling's Valley began in 1885. when James McMullen dug the first well, which was at point about one and one-half mile east of where Wenden now stands. That well was 76 feet deep and the water was clear and soft.
 The next was dug by Charles Gull ling and was at first 155 feet deep. It io pNllFu anu lS III uSt ipudN DN Ailt heirs of the late Charles Culllng.
 This well was started in the winter of 1S65-6 and finished in the winter of 1S667. and is about II miles east of the old McMullen well.
 The following year James Flint dug the well now owned and being used by Pete Narvaez, which is about miles west of the McMullen well and was dug less than 100 feet deep.
 In 1876 George Ellsworth dug what was known as the Centennial Well, and which is about two miles west of the Flint or Narvaez we'll and about 100 feet deep.
 In 1869 or 1870, Jesus Mongea and Jesus Otero. whose heirs live in Phoe- nix. dug well which is located about one mile south of Salome and is known as the mesquite well. The depth was at first 130 feet
 In 1879. William Moreno dug a we'll at what is now Harrisburg and 26 feet was as deep as he could get. The cur rent was strong enough to float a chip from the north to the south side of the well in less than a minute, the writer tried it.
 All OI lle dDONe NellS are III Cui- lings Valley, and the wells mentioned a being bored by Brown Bros. of Prescott were bored by Douglas Bros. and Bashford of Prescott and are not in Cuttings Xalley at all. but twelve to fifteen miles from Forepaugh and eight miles further from Aguilla.
 The 750-foot well and the account of water being hauled from Rudy's well to Forepaugh is a misstatement. The water in this well is full of dead ami mals and insects. The two wells the Douglas Bros. bored had water, but it would not raise and they abandoned them and took the stock to Eagle Eye spring to range. for water for the cat tie was what they were after. These two wells were up Soils. Wash about twelve miles northwest of Wickenburg.
 Captain Heineger dug the we'll that Is now known as Desert Well; this is in the lower valley, between Vicksburg and Quartzsite which was finished soon after McMullens we'll, and Cap tain Heineger was hoisting water to sell to teamsters and travellers in Au- gust, 1866.
 Before any wells were dug on the road from the Colorado river to Wea- yer or Wickenburg John Cusenberry came through from La Paz with an Indian for guide, who took him from a tank in the PlOmoSn ranpp known