UNLV Special Collections provides copies of materials to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. Material not in the public domain may be used according to fair use of copyrighted materials as defined by copyright law. Please cite us.
Please note that UNLV may not own the copyright to these materials and cannot provide permission to publish or distribute materials when UNLV is not the copyright holder. The user is solely responsible for determining the copyright status of materials and obtaining permission to use material from the copyright holder and for determining whether any permissions relating to any other rights are necessary for the intended use, and for obtaining all required permissions beyond that allowed by fair use.
This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. It may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproduction and use (https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/research_and_services/reproductions) or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.
Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Transcription
Water Well #4 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Location: 850' North and 500' West of the East Quarter corner of Section 31, 20-01, M. D. B. & M, Elevation: 2131.03' (Top of Foundation Mat) Spudded: 3:00 P.M., A pril 25, 1940 Completed: May 4, 1940 Total Depth: 806' * Casing Record 16" - 3/16" w all, 45,000# ten elle, Western Pipe and Steel Co. casing, c o lla r each end, hung 39' and cemented with 39 sacks below c e lla r flo o r or 46,6' below top of table 10-3/4* -4 0 .5 # Lapweld, Grade H-40, Range 1, T & C casing with Baker Whirler Float shoe hung at 506.4T and cemented with 290 sacks Victor Modified cement. An additional 150 sacks were squeezed between the 16* and 10-3/4" casing from the surface. 7" - 22.0# lin e r Grade J-55, Range 3, T & C casing, 315' long, landed at 801', lower 300' perforated; top of lin e r at 486'; welded b u ll plug on bottom; perforated 60 mesh, 2" slo t, 6" centers. 14 rows. Log 0 - 1 4 Hard Lime shell 14 - 34 Clay and gravel 34 -250 Clay, lime, occasional streaks sand 250 -430 Gravel 430 -460 Gravel, streaks lime and clay 460 -465 Lime shell 465 -468 Gravel and lime 468 -481 Gravel and clay 481 -540 Red clay 540 -806 Gravel
