Image
Copyright & Fair-use Agreement
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.
Read more about our reproduction and use policy.
I agree.Information
Digital ID
Permalink
Details
More Info
Rights
Digital Provenance
Publisher
Transcription
Mr. Moss: #3 June 10, 1938, • From depth 461 to 488 is limestone, add from 488 to 575 is red clay, that would be your opinion of further perforating the easing in the limestone strata above mentioned, and do you think this sonId afford us an additional flow? It might bas advisable to bring up the rig and pump this well out, in order to free it from sand and I would very much appreciate your opinion on this also* | am very anxious to restore this well to its original flow and would like to get right after this before we get much further Into the coming summer, as a serious fire here in the town or any oth r cause of an abnormal consumption on top of what we now have would certainly place us In a very pad predicament. Will you please write me as soon as you receive this letter and give me the benefit of your advice, together with estimate of cost for further perforating the pipe or pumping out the sand to restore It to normal flow, whichever you think is mpst advisable in order to secure an additional supply of water to bring our reserves up to a safe level in the reservoir, Thanking you, 1 remain Very sincerely yours, WALTER R. BRACKEN, Vice-President,