El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-18
Wells in

close of the season they may be as dry
as dust bins. In such a district the deep
Wen tapping numerous strata is Ger,
tainly preferable to the larger and
shalloWer wells which pUncture only
the upper strata. In the Pomona pump
Ing district OF California. for instance,
the water level varies during the pump
ing season as much as 80 feet. There It
is imperative to put a well down eight
or nine hundred feet in order TO PICK
up enough subterranean strata to FUR
nish the well throughout the pumping
second stratum Never Fails.
While the water level OF LlrsL
stratum well in the Mimbres valley has
been known to vary in period OF
years as much as 10 feet the second
stratum encountered here has never
been known to be without water. ana
other lower strata have, Of course, been
unaffected. What the effect on the up
per strata viii be when the valley is
entirelyt under irrigation. no one can
tell 1t is quite likely that the first
stratum viii be appreciably affected at
the end Of a long pumping season IN
such a case the well depending upon
a large screen surface in the first
stratum, will be without water. This
condition viii certainly not be brought
about for number Of years to come,
and in such case the person owning
such q well can simply extend the
same down to other strata as conditions
demand.
Most Of the wells in operation in the
3limbres valley at the present time tap
from three to 70 strata IN the IirsI I i,g
feet thus depending upon small
screen area in a number of strata. me
wells of John Humid. Shull Bros. Q. f.
Hicks. =. =. BurdiCk, A. L. Taylor ana
several others, have only a nine and
five-eighths casing extending down
into the lower strata Of water bearing
material The later wells while not go
ing to extremes, are larger in diameter.
mr. rn.r p " rnN1 " 10
put down last spring. IS % inches In d.
ameter to depth OF 20 feet, is 16 inch
es in diameter from 20 to SO feet, and
IS then reduced to u inches and con-
tinued down to the 10 foot level Case
Bros well east of Deming is also a
well Of this general type.
The Well Near HondaIe.
Last spring one well near HondaIe
was put down as follows: A six foot
pit was first dug 50 feet deep Then
five foot hole was bored with an au-
ger outfit through a live stratum or
sand and gravel. and screen OF this
size inserted in the stratum. The well
was then reduced to p inches, and 10
feet Of perforated casing Of this size
was inserted. The total depth OF the
well is 90 feet is inch casing cOmplet-
ing the we'll It viii be noted that there
is a little more than IS feet of screen
surface in the seven and a half foot
feet of screened surface in the sec
Ond stratum and 20 square feet IN the
third, making a total screened surface
in the well Of IS square feet
This Wen is extreme. John Humid who
intends putting down another irrlga-
ton well this fall states that he be-
lieVes in irrigation wells OF larger d.
ameter. and that he intends making his
new well at least q inches in d.
ameter to a depth Of 100 feet possibly
reducing at that point. This allows an
ordinary centrifugal pump to be SUB
merged 40 to so feet under the water
&c advantage.
Real Supply Not Tapped.
W. ". Bramlette, q Well-man Of wide
experience in California, after investi-
eating this valley for several days,
supply OF the valley had not been as
yet tapped He declared that the real
water lay very much below $50 feet
and he is Of the opinion that in the
future eight ana nine hundred foot
wells viii be common IN this valley
Most Of the strata encountered below
$50 feet said Mr.. Bramlette, win have
sufficient artesian pressure to push the
water up within comparatively short
distance from the surface.
The observations Of Mr.. Bramlette
are in line with experiments. made In Z
this valley from time to time for ar
tesian water. About 20 years ago,
James Coryeu was employed by the !
town to prospect for arteslan water. he /
seemed to have much bad luck. At a /
depth of ESQ feet the drill was broken /
of in, a cottonwood log. Another hole ,
was started and it was put down to I
a depth of 700 or 500 feet, when more I
bad luck and a shortage Of funds com /
PEELED him to abandon the attempt. /
This attempt demonstrated, how !
that various strata of water bearing 1
material occurred between the ordinary /
upper strata Of water and the 500 foot /
level and that the soil was alluvial to /
at least that depth
Deepest Well in Valley.
F. E Burdick later put down the 4
deepest well in the valley about eight 4
miles southeast Of Deming, the same I
being 1855 feet in depth. He found to 1
bedrock, and found numerous other l
water bearing strata as deep as he sent /
the drill A number Of these strata 4
have artesian pressure, but not SUI /
ficient to produce a flowing well All 7
Of which seems to bear out Mr.. Bran I
lettes idea that the real water supply 4
of the valley lies below the $50 foot I
level
However until 1t becomes necessary /
to sink to those lower strata, the type /
Of Well suggested Dy Mr.. Humid viii OBJ I
tain preference in the valley.
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