ARTESIAN WELLS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 294, 15 November 1883, Page 2

ARTESIAN WELLS.

--The Sydney Morning: Herald statea ifiat ;Mr I)a,rley., v qJE.', of "tliQ 4epa|fcmenfc of Harbora and Kiverif,,irh6;;iß mow m the United States en rou^e'for l Eui'ope, on leave of absence, was instructed by the Premier, N.S.W,, to make enquiries into the methods used

; iii Auieiida fof sinking {JSp:#Blls|jle 9^ll make a full report to^tM3-o;^ii-! Intent, so soon as lie has conmrotec|g|he' entrusted to him jv^ptli^io^ Towing brief extract from a Tetter |j§ a* friend will show that Mr Darley^m liot been idle, and that the result or* thi^visjt will not be without value. This HsHhe part of the letter referred to : — " Although doing a share of sight-see-ing, T bate"4iSeTi"-?cble -to leavn-^rgood deal about well-boring. In San Francisco I bad an opportunity to see the "me£Eoa"of nmiiufa^t'ti^tig therwroaght^ Afdit used" for lining the bores. I then went south to Fresno, and on to ■ Tuiai-e, distiaht aSJ wiles, where I saw sblme bbiin'g in v -progress, and a great <many rrt weljs that .sunk,, and give & good- fcup~ply kif^ water. ; Tfi^; San Joaqiiin Valley m that district is very gat, dndjto look at appears to be a valueless sandy desert. Two or three yearg 'ago lahdi il|~ers pars tteljmg 1 at. one dollars an acre irhich is no,wfrea}ißiDg 40 to 60 dollars an acre since Ihe artewellg have proved aisuccess; r.vijip. bores usually put down there are 6iu, 7iuj or-'^inin diameter, but mostly 7in, -andahejLare sunk from 450fl to 550 ft to reach , water, j The r pipes are generally 'lifted lip Uh^ut Ufb! Avec .jthe ground,~and the water m the wells I saw from 2 t to,4 inches deep over the edge of the pipes. ' 1 Ifad attoppofj-unity^to measure thedischa.rge.pf.pne well where the water was .only flp\^iag2iu over the pipe, an<l found itamouniedUd 304,800 gallons yer day of 24 { hours, but some of the wells Vere.jdeliyerjtag.o.ver^ouble -that. qtia^ye^js^uldla^a^el^Mth;' (tfei^rnet, success[ uij a"new~ •era Hv oulH .set iii^pif burl colony. The cost of a well 500fb deep complete with jnpeTwilEnbt exceedj§lß9 / to^6o^ dollars, -or say-Xl2O. About Fresno Ihe ceunfiy^s ir'Mgllted(^ony canals .which, have, ."heeii ponstruc^ediby cojuipanies, and i£ jis marvellous wnat finetsrops are being P?S^9?^ mei ne sandy soil. I met a -Mr -Barton who has a block of 640 acres wliich ; lie too'c up^pjttly^fiye. years f ag^ij/ and ; He alveady^&aajsbo' acres planted m vines, and 70 acres m w^ea.6^and^barley. • It may bemadded i hat an I 4rtesian : ■ well m San. Joaquuv Valley'a'ceoi'dingib the flow ,of water { will irrigate i'ißdiffi^lO to 80 acre&,ianj|;; that" iher'e^ire at least) 3000 actesian wells m California. - ik :■