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LAKAMIE BASIN, WYOMING. 
The following table gives a list of the deep borings in Albany 
County : 
Deep borings and wells in Albany County. 
Owner. 
S. W. Downey. 
Do 
O. D. Downey 
Do 
Plaster Company . 
Oxford ranch 
Thomas McHugh , 
Do 
U. P. R. R. sheep pas- 
ture. 
J. Simpson 
Downie ranch 
G. H. Hunt 
G. Montague 
Paul Pascoe ranch 
Ryan Brothers 
University 
Penitentiary 
County 
Cemetery 
Judson ranch 
Experimental farm 
Mantell ranch 
George ranch (6 wells). 
Pel ton ranch 
Bacon ranch (3 wells) . 
Bell ranch (Millbrook) 
J. S. Braskett 
Harpers 
Homer ranch. 
Hospital 
Alsop ranch 
Corthell & Bevans 
Haley ranch 
Sherrod addition 
Sartoris Willan,home 
ranch. 
Mansfield ranch 
"Oil well" 
Location. 
SW. corner sec. 4, § mile 
south of Laramie. 
Sec. lor 12, T. 18, R. 78 
Sec. 4, T. 15, R. 73 
....do 
Laramie 
Red Buttes 
NE. I sec. 5, T. 15, R. 73.... 
NE. isec. 8, T. 15, R. 73.... 
Sec. 27, T. 16, R. 73, 2 miles 
northeast of Laramie. 
NE. i sec. 5, T. 15, R. 73 
3 miles west of Laramie 
Sec. 10, T. 15, R. 73 
Mud Springs. 
Laramie 
West of Laramie.. 
In Laramie 
Laramie 
Sec. 23, T. 19, R. 77. 
Laramie 
Depth 
(feet). 
201? 
380 
170 
531 
952 
540 
112 
117 
1,001 
112 
400 
220 
150 
85 
1,015 
(?) 
1,500 
1,003 
540 
East of Laramie 
SW. corner sec. 10 T. 15, R.73 
Sec. 8, T. 16, R. 76 
Downey addition, Laramie. 
Sec. 12, T. 14, R. 74. 
Laramie 
Sec. 34, T.17,R.75 
-| mile north of cemetery 
Wyoming 
Laramie 
Branch of Little Laramie 
River. 
Sec. 20, T. 14, R. 75 
Sec. 13, T. 14, R. 75. 
120-312 
333 
100, 125 
'450 
1,118 
200 
or less. 
300 
313 
89 
189 
500 
502 
1,700 
Yield per minute or 
height of water. 
2^ gallons. 
Large 
5 gallons... 
10 gallons. . 
25 gallons.. 
Small flow. 
1 gallon 
do 
20 gallons.. 
gallon. 
Large; rises to— 1£ feet 
Small flow ". 
Flow 
\ gallon 
35 gallons 
Large . . . 
4 gallons. 
5 gallons. 
Flowed temporarily. . 
Small 
....do 
....do 
Small 
Pumps from— 225 feet 
Pumps from —4 feet. . 
Flowed at first; but 
now stands at —40 
feet. 
Small flow 
Rises to —18 inches. 
Failure 
Rises to —4 feet 
Flow 
Quality. 
Good. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Sulphur, poor. 
Good. 
Do. 
Do. 
Corrosive, and 
foams. 
Salt. 
(?) 
DESCRIPTION OF WELLS. 
Laramie. — There are* numerous artesian wells in and near Laramie, 
most of which yield an abundant supply of water of excellent quality. 
They vary in depth from 120 to 1,500 feet. The deeper ones draw 
their supply from the sandstones in the upper part of the Casper 
formation, which outcrop on the mountain slopes a short distance 
east of the city. Some others obtain water from sandy portions of the 
overlying red beds. 
m The most notable of the wells in Laramie is one sunk about ten 
years ago at the State university. It reached a depth of 1,015 feet, 
and obtained a 34-gallon flow of soft water from a depth of 987 feet, 
and other flows at 458, 820, and 987 to 990 feet. It is reported to 
have penetrated gray sandstone for the last 200 feet. The original 
flow was 34 gallons a minute. 
The following description of the borings from this well has been 
compiled from various sources: 
