Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20
HOw New Mexico Makes Water Run Up-HiH

~ LOTS GLOBE DEWOCU1r

Dcmug IS M--it nls boon demon
suptcd q umr irrigation. 500 long
Thought impuoilDnblr. is % sur.cufui
method of furnishing adequate sup.
pl. tp crops There ls Uu old tdHgo
90 tho eject hlt SOU can't make
water run uphill There was until
recent years pu ,munduuou ut tho
.duep current tu the rnrCt that YOU
can't mtku water run uphnl prunt.
ably for irrigation Both the adago
ana tho rmpndutiun have been rNplod-
cd. and thn Fragments blown tn tho
four Wiuda
% is u demonstrated aet now that
w1trr nuu be- pumped prontIbiy Tor IT,
riptiuu 1t uf's ranging from 900 tp
goo feet depending upon tho nature
OF tho product thnt can hr grown lu
tho citrus fruit hrltl of california 90
Is mot unusual Zoo pump water 900 frrt
uud r.pt 600 feet Cor irrigation. CO
course. much depends upuu the pros
mus tu murNpfs. tho f'rtliN uf the
soil Goo br irrisat'd. tur character ut
thr produce th1t can hc grown aud
tur water u' 'liuphlr iu d,t'rmiujrg
tnr proutubb uIt
There be- uu other subject of greater
importance than this matter of pump
ius water for irrigation 100 developing
the material resources uf tho south
west Ile section bee peculiar n that
many uf lts valleys are Wat.rrd below
instead ui from ahut, These valleys
have boon uIi,d 100 ,y druitus from
the ongirdnR hills. ana the water
tnrt flls upon tho yatohmcut area
D..
h,ds aI sand and gravel TI, prob.
lem ,s tY raise this water 90 tho level
ut the surface of the valley. ps cheap
E and conveniently 1s possible.
For Ncar- Considered impossible,
For many yrors Do was considered
impossible Ju dY this economically
enough Goo make such Hn enterprise
profitable Hut nEo many other
srrmIugIt impossible enterprises thls
enterprise hus yielded Geo tIe modern
genius for invention centrifugal
pumps or high efficiency have been
devised and 'hu internal combustion
ynsiur has been perfected. furnish.
ing cheap power ana gontrai power
plants distribute electricity for pump
ms water extremely rrmuuouitc.
ono OF tho FIRST districts 400 Nr"
MpNItu tu take tug matter o' Pumping
VICTOR tor irrigation seriously was ine
b,m,nE district
iu tine vicinity of Dcm.uF 300 the
Nimhrrs valley. sand aud gravel strata
carrying water ul inrNhHustihle guam
Titles occur lt depths varying from go
90 goo t,rt This water comes from
rains and SHOWS which igll upon tho
vast mountain ranges to the uot;h,
and sink into the uudcrtloN as the
river leaves a.. mountains. The rrst
water bearing stratum is encountered
boa the town of b'mlus ~ about %
feet ThiF stratum becomes shaliONor
east of Deming until, eight miles ont.
b. rises Co within 10 feet Of the sur
face. West of tho town 10 sinks grad
uully being encountered a O. depth 81
90 frot one mile west. 20 feet four
miles west. and $50 ON.
Tho depth 40 which this first slra-
lum is found ,a an index 10 the pump
ing depth Tor when tho well drill
Iuurturrg tho stratum ot 100 feet tho
water rises lea the hole 10 point pf
, or Go feet above the first water line,
ur w.trT. bearing stratum. There
h.Eo been go many wells sunk in This
valley and the dip of the wator-ucar-
ms strata b. .u uniform mat b. is pus-
slbl, Geo predict 90 almost any given
point tho exact distance which water
will hHyu 600 br pumped.
within tur m.f three NptrF there
have boon SOM, 300 pumping plants
Installed Boa tur Mimur.s valley vary
ing u capacity from gUu Goo 1900 gale
IUUs uf "rt' per minute.
Ih" pump has even invaded the
/ plains of west Texas. Hud $50 Hereford