Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03

Instances would be unbelievable
should L attempt to describe them,
other than to state, we passed over
thousands of acres of as fertile lands
as can be found in any state, with
water available from properly con-
structed wells ranging in depth from
$50 to $50 feet that would deliver
500 to 1000 gallons per minute eacn.
This above mentioned water supply
was thoroughly proven to the writer
by the various wells now beins
operated at many and widely separ-
ated points on the lands through
, which the proposed line extension is
contemplated and in time there should
be hundreds and perhaps thousands
of irrigating pumping plants installed
that will result in revenue or earn
ing power to the proposed line.
Not only will it depend on lrrigat-
ing alone for revenue, but In addi-
tion every occupant of these lands
will require lights as We'll as power
for other farm purposes, this also
will be a growing ana permanent
asset
will not attempt to express myself
DIS TO lHe lQluI09 pOSSlUt1IlleS Oh IHl5
particular part of Arizona, other than
/ to state it has the soil, water and
climate, and above all home market
in it's surrounding mining towns for
all the products that could be pro-
duced on thousands of acres of this
fertile shallow. water land.
In making the above investigation
I find that IA large portion of the
lands your contemplated line passes
through the water is found in gravel
stratums or layers at different depths
below the surface.
Just the capacity each of these
water stratums will or can be made
to produce by being properly devel-
oped is not known at this time as a
thorough test has never been made
and the only way to determine this
is to put down test we'll ana make
thorough test of each stratum as
it is reached.
Do not understand me that 1t will
be necessary to sink a separate we'll
for every different stratum encount-
cred or may be found underlying
the track of land the test we'll is to
be drilled on.
AS an illustration will take one
of the wells we We're able to get
a partially complete log of, namely
one of the railroad wells now in
operation delivering approximately $50
GIMP; total depth of we'll ESQ feet.
we find on carefully observing this
log that in addition to a light seep-
age at 20 feet below surface there
were four separate and distinct water
stratums encountered in sinking this
well to the depth stated above, names
ly 250 feet below the surface, %hey
being as follows:
First: A fair stream at I2S feet
below surface thickness of stratum
not given). Second second fair
stream at 14S feet below the surface
thickness of second stratum not
shown by log given). Third:
heavy stream encountered at 1913 feet
below surface in gravel, thickness
six feet Fourth: A second heavy
stream encountered at 226 feet below
surface! with a stratum thickness OF
II feet.
We will now assume this is our test
we'll we have mentioned above by
which we are to make a test OF
the capacity of each stratum passed
through: To do this we would first
drill a we'll large enough to be cased
with 26-inch casing to and below
the 128-foot water stratum perforated
through the water stratum found at
1928 feet and the bottom end thor
oughly imbedded or seated in the
material found between the 12S and
148 foot stratums. When the well is
thus completed to the above mentioned
depth, pump can then be installed
and the stratum thoroughly developed
and it's capacity determined. THIS
completed, the next step is to drill
or sink your we'll to the ssecono
stratum located at 1874 feet below
surface, we'll to be of size that
will permit of installing 24"inch
diameter casing to and through the
I148-foot stratum, being perforated
and seated below the bottom of the
1S4-foot stratum as outlined above
with the 26-inch casing and remove
upper part thus disconnected.
With the 24-inch casing properly
seated in place we will separate the
24-inch casing at a point near the
bottom of the 26-inch casing first
installed through the first or 12S-
foot stratum.
This accomplished we will then pro-
ceed to develop and test the second
stratum, allowing the water from the
first stratum also to enter the well
and be pumped out with the second
| or 148-foot stratum is thoroughly de-
of 14S-foot stratum is thoroughly ce-