. The street railway review . ether the supplyis reliable, and can be depended on to continue with itspresent pressure, as more wells are sunk and a greatervolume of water is drawn from the underground are good reasons for thinking that the supply ispractically inexhaustible. These reasons are based bothon the theories advanced by the United States govern-ment geologists and on observed facts in connection withthe sinking of wells. The government theor) is foundedon the fact that the same stratum in which the water isfound, outcrops in the beds of the Upper Missouri and Yellowston
. The street railway review . ether the supplyis reliable, and can be depended on to continue with itspresent pressure, as more wells are sunk and a greatervolume of water is drawn from the underground are good reasons for thinking that the supply ispractically inexhaustible. These reasons are based bothon the theories advanced by the United States govern-ment geologists and on observed facts in connection withthe sinking of wells. The government theor) is foundedon the fact that the same stratum in which the water isfound, outcrops in the beds of the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone riv-ers, and at thebase of the RockyMountains. Thewater, sinking inthis porous strat-um of rock, fol-lows it for hund-reds of miles, un-til tapped by theSouth Dakotawells. It has longbeen believedthat there is morewater in the Mis-souri River abovethe Great Fallsthan there is thir-ty miles twenty - fiveor thirtj miles be-low the Falls the HAJSELL & MEYERS WELL, REDFIELD. 6-INCH STREAM 16 FEET. Hver bed IS com-.
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