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GEOLOGY OF THE DENVER BASIN. 



Artesian- Wklls of Denver. 



Name of well. 



Date of sinking. 



Depth. 



Casing used. 



Depth below 

 surface of 

 flows cut. 



June, 1SS3. 



Carico Cor. Colfax and S. 



12th st. 

 Collins ; Cor. Stout and 12th 



Ester No. 65 S. 12th st. 



Oakes 



Eckkart 



"The Rink" 



Count; Court-House.. 



Kinsey . 



Albany Hotel. 



Timernian 



Cowell 



Charles 



,st. James Hotel 



Triton 



Tabor Opera House. 



Welker 



Daniels &■ Fisher. 

 McClelland 



Goods . 



Metropolitan . 

 Lolhrop 



Cor. Curtis and 12th 



sts. 

 Cor. Stout and 15th 



sts. 

 loth St., near Califor- 



Cor. lOthandTremont 



Cor. 17th and Stout... 

 Cor. 17th and Champa. 

 ISth, bet. Curtis and 



Champa. 

 Cor. Curtis and 15th 



sts. 



17th, bet. Arapahoe 

 and Curtis sts. 



Cor. Curtis and 16th.. 



Cotnp. Jan., 1881 . 

 Comp. Dec, 1885 . 

 Comp. May, 1884 . 

 Comp. Oct., 1883.. 



Jan., 1884 



Spring of 18S4 ... 



.do. 



Feb., 1885.. 

 June, 1884.. 

 Aug., 1884 . 



Fall of 1883 



Summer of 1884. . 

 Comp. May, 1884 . 

 1883 



423 Arapahoe st- 



Fall of 1S84. 



Ultli. bet. Larimer and 



Holliday (Market) 



sts. 

 Cor.l6thandHolliday 



( Market) sts. 

 Cor. Lawrence and 



18th sts. 



Aug., 1884 



Winter of 1884... 



Nov., 1883 



July, 1883 



Orig. 600', 

 now730' 



+ 40'. 



390'+40' .. 

 380'+31' .. 

 620'+31' ., 

 365'+35' .. 

 397'+45' .. 

 627' + 45' ., 

 930'+45' ., 



G25'+45' .. 



717'+45' . 

 6G6'+45' .. 

 640'+45' .. 



580'+45' . 



670' +45' . 



700' +45' . 



390'+44' . 



060'+35' . 



669'+40' . 



Orig. 607', 

 now 708' 

 +40'. 



680'+33' . 



515'+30' . 

 473'+36' . 



375' of 3" and 000' of 2 



375'of4J" 



100' of 5" and 375' of 



4". 

 300' of 4J" and 593' of 



2". 

 To bed rock 2J", 329' 



of li" and 36' of 1J". 



400' and 600'. 



290' and 365'. 



Drive pipe 10", 567' of 

 7J", 811' of 5g" and 

 898' of 4". 



600' of 4" 



700' of 6|" 



4|" to near the bottom. 



75' of 8", 200' of stove- 

 pipe, and 525' of 5|". 



6" to first flow and 4" 

 to second flow. 



600' of 6j", and 5g" 

 marly to the bottom. 



050' of 5}" 



375' and 600'. 

 350* and 580 



8" drive pipe and 643' 



of5|". 

 6§" nearly to bottom . . 



8" for 40', 5|" for 560', 

 aud 4J" for 100'. 



50' of 8" aud 650' of 

 5|". 



225' of 5^" and 3" near- 

 ly to bottom. 

 400' of 3" 



179', 220', 

 3 33', and 



355' and 650'. 



600' and 680' 

 225' and 545' 



1 Deorease supposed to bo due to the sinking of too many wells. 



2 Since 1886 sunk to 730'. 



3 Decrease supposed due to sand and the sinking of other wells. 



4 Diminished from 40' above surface to 25' below; cause, too many wells near. 



6 End of pipe perforated and wrapped with copper wiro gauze. 



'■ I >• crease supposed due to poor casing and packing. 



' Not used since the removal of the rink building aud erection of McNamara's; at first came to surface, but soon 

 fell below. 



8 Flow of mineral water at 930'. 



'At start rose 50' above surface and so continued for 4 months; it then gradually diminished, and in 1886 stopped 

 At present even with the surface; two flows used; 900 foot flow small. 



1 I >< i i.tse supposed due to faulty construction. 



" At start rose 30' above surface; at present 25' below. Ou attempt to pomp, well was found stopped with mud. 

 Abandoned. 



