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GEOLOGY OF THE DENVER BASIN. 



Artesian Wells of Denver — Continued. 



Name of well. 



Date of sinking 



Wells at waterworks on Vine street; sunk 

 600' deep. 



18S3 ; from 568' to 



D. & E. G. No. 2. 

 A.E.Pierce 



Brown 



Fleming.. 



Miles 



Bonesteel . 



Buergy 



Cemetery 



Waverly 



Cowan 



Knox 



Stevens 



Home Artesian "Well . 

 Gas Works 



Germania House. . . 

 Steam Heating Co . 



Freund . 

 Tiei'ium 



Jerome 



Nahring - . . 



Bareslaux . 



McVeigh .. 

 Mazza 



AtBurnham 



Cor. Lincoln and Ells- 

 worth sts. 



Cor. Sherman and 

 Ellsworth sts. 



Out beyond Expos. 

 building. 



S. 15th, bet. Moose a nd 

 Deer sts. 



Cor. Deer and Alta 

 sts. 



Cor. Hallet and Pine 



Sts. 



Riverside Cemetery. .. 



Cor. Waverlyand 23d 



sts. 

 Cor. stout and 21st sts. 



Cor. Champa' and 23d 



sts. 

 25th, het. Curtis and 



Champa. 

 Hull ave., 1" 



and Gilpin sis. 

 [Tear cor. Wewatta 



and 19th. 



Cor. loth and Wanetta 



On New Haven st. 



Il^McNa 



On MeXassarave. 

 No. 30 Argoltst... 



1883 



Fall of 1S34. 



Fall of 1883 



Comp. Mar., 1884. 



Comp. Sept., 1885. 

 Comp. June, 1884 



Fall,18S3 



Comp. June, 1S85. 



18S4 



Mar.,188< 



Comp. Aug., 1884. 

 Comp Api 



Comp. June, 1884 



35 - 



13 



1 



May, 1883 



Comp. Nov., 1885. 



Winter, 1883 



Comp. Feb., 1885. 



1883 



Comp. Oct., 1885. 



Depth. 



+25' 



1-25' 



+25' 



+ 25' 



+25' 



800'+58' . 

 720'+70' . 



995'+70' . 



670'+80' . 



610'+45' . 



850'+125' 



550'+ 130' 



860'+50' . 

 670'+ 45' . 

 700'+45' .. 

 750'+40' . 

 685'+150' 



( >rig. 500', 

 now 610' 

 ±0. 



311' ±0 ... 



325'±0... 



±0. 

 325' ±0.. 



300'±0.. 



304' 0.. 



320'±0. 

 300' -tO. 



Depth below 

 surface of 

 flows cut. 







5" to first flew. 520' of 

 4", and 720' of 3". 



64'of8".430'of5|", and 

 655' of 4J". 



H" nearly to the bot- 



515'of4£" 



570' of 4J" and 730' of 

 3". 



570' of 4" and 670' of 3". 

 580' of 5jl" 



550' of 5jj"and 640' of 



4J". 

 8" to bed rock; 670' 



of 5J". 



25' of 1(1", 300' of 6§", 

 and 440' ot'53". 



40'of3J" 



8" to bedrock and2J8' 

 of 6". 



20U'of 2" 



3" to near the bottom 



8' of 2J" and 265' of 

 H". 



150' of 1J". 



520' and 720'. 

 685' and 850 1 



550', 650', 

 725', and 



(170'. 



55O'.640',and 

 735'. 



600' and 685'. 

 32(i' and 195'. 



245' and 300' 



surface. 



1 Abandoned for the last three years; pressure diminished and the water level sank belo 

 > 1 lost about $1,200 each. 



3 Decrease supposed due to tilling with sand. 



4 At start rose about 3d' above surface; gradually diminished, and stopped flowing in 1880. Pump put in, but 

 abardoned in 1888. 



SS id to be affected by the sinking of the wells at the waterworks. 



8 Decrease supposed to be due to defective caeing. 



■ Flowi d Faoe at start, but fell off rapidly, and in 18 mouths was even with surface. Pump set and 



. when, finding it difficult to pump enough, well was abandoned. 

 • Pumped until summer of 1885, when it gave out. 



use due to the sinking of other wells and tilling of this with sand. 



