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ewWell On Muiraneh ShowsPlenty of WaterA -»v' -source cf und or ground rfctcr which rnav be developed ni«i ar( irrigation project of no _ean proportion ha been dis-overed on the John Muir ranch bout eight miles southeast of ■ordsburg,The discovery was made when well 300 feet deep was sunk nd an apparently abundant ‘mp-ly of water was struck. This veil * located abou tthree »urth of a mile southwest of a 2 inch well brought in last June. The first 242 feet of this last ell b 20 inch in diameter. From ^at point on. lt;bout 108 feet the Ole is eight inches.■ Water gravel, twenty-five feet tuck, was struck at a depth of feet Below this the drilling B’a through olid rock all theB The pumping record according Mr Rex Kipp who now owns u- land runs as follows: Aump capable of pumping 1250 palion attached ,nd thro igh^ six inch artifice the following suits were obtained; \Vrhen the p registering 800 gallonsBe draw down was 15 feet, 1000 •lions 21 feet, 1250 gallons 25 ^■et. The test was continued for hours and at the end the tester legitimated that the well was cup-of furnishing 1500 gallons in i^Pfinility which Mr Kipp thinks U1 T-»tc about 300 acres?”1 The ground upon which the J ed is fairly level and| jBttbparatively free from heavy I^Vgetation and with little expense be made suitable for irriga-t -
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Lordsburg Liberal
Lordsburg, New Mexico, US
Fri, Jan 06, 1956
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