At No. 22 on the west Park boundary and not more 
than fifty feet from the line, the head of a creek, water 
seeped through the surface at the base of boulders in 
pools holding half a bucket of water. These springs 
could be dug out, a perforated barrel set into the ground, 
and the water piped to level on the hillside 50 feet away. 
SPRINGS BELOW THE SURFACE 
In addition to the stoned well on No. 1, there are 
a number of good but small springs that have been dug 
out and walled with stone. Several of the ranches on 
the northern border have such springs, besides Nos. 2, 
9 and 19. No. 9 once supplied water for a saw mill. It 
is four feet in diameter, five feet from the surface, and 
contained three and one-half feet of water July 17. It 
could be piped 200 feet to a water level, and No. 2, 200 
yards. 
INTERMITTENT WATER 
During normal seasons of rain, numbers 17 and 
18 flow throughout the year, and there are several other 
such springs. Running water also occurs in Cold Creek 
and Wind Cave Canyons, as well as in the shallow lake 
(13) near the center of the Reserve. 
After showers most of the creeks all over the Reserve 
run from a few hours to a few days, and the hollows 
contain water sometimes for weeks, according to their size. 
SUPERINTENDENT’S WATER SUPPLY 
As already stated, the water that supplies the two 
buildings at the cave proper is brought from a reservoir 
on Cold Brook Creek. 
Through a two-inch pipe this water runs to W. A. 
Rankin’s ranch on the northwest boundary, from which 
he secures his water. A one and one-half inch pipe then 
continues about two and one-quarter miles to the cave 
building, and has a flow of five gallons per minute or 
7,500 gallons a day into a tank of 218 barrels capacity. 
By special arrangement with the Interior Depart- 
ment this line might be tapped and a trough placed at 
any convenient place. 
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