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Artesian Wells,
Wells formed by boring through upper soil to strata containing water which has percolated from a higher level.
and which rises to that level through the boring-tube.
The following are some of the deepest wells in the United States:
Location.Depth.Bored.Remarks.
St. Louis, Mo2,197 ft.1849-52108,000 gallons daily.
Salty.
St. Louis, Mo3,843 ft.1866-70Does not rise to the surface.
Salty.
Louisville, Ky,2,086 ft.1856-57330,000 gallons daily.
Mineral.
Columbus, O.2,77Wells formed by boring through upper soil to strata containing water which has percolated from a higher level.
and which rises to that level through the boring-tube.
The following are some of the deepest wells in the United States:
Location.Depth.Bored.Remarks.
St. Louis, Mo2,197 ft.1849-52108,000 gallons daily.
Salty.
St. Louis, Mo3,843 ft.1866-70Does not rise to the surface.
Salty.
Louisville, Ky,2,086 ft.1856-57330,000 gallons daily.
Mineral.
Columbus, O.2,775 1/2 ft. Water saline, 91° Fahr.: no force
Charleston, S. C.1,250 ft.184828,800 gallons daily.
Saline.
South Dakota, sometimes called the Artesian State, has many powerful artesian wells in the valley of the James River, from 800 to 1,600 feet deep, affording a bountiful supply of pure water.
The water from great depths is always warmer than at the surface.
One of the most remarkable attempts to sink an artesian well in the United Slates was made in Galveston, Tex. A depth of 3,070 f
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wells , David Ames 1828 -1898 (search)
Wells, David Ames 1828-1898
Economist; born in Springfield, Mass., June 17, 1828; graduated at Williams College in 1847 and at the Lawrence Scientific School 1851; appointed assistant professor in the last institution; chairman of a commission to consider the best way to raise money by taxation for the needs of the government in 1866; special commissioner of revenue in 1866-70; and became a member of the board of arbitration for railroads in 1879.
He was a voluminous writer on economic s.
He was a voluminous writer on economic subjects.
His publications include Our burden and strength; The creed of free-trade; Production and distribution of wealth; Why we trade and how we trade; The silver question, or the dollar of the fathers vs. The dollar of the Sons; Report of the United States revenue commission; Our merchant marine: how it rose, increased, became Great, declined, and decayed; Relation of tariff to wages,
David Ames Wells. etc. He died in Norwich, Conn., Nov. 5, 1898.
Wells, Fargo & co.
See Fargo, William George.