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59 B elow I qu ote you l e t t e r r e c e iv e d frorar D iv is io n E n g in e e r M i l l e r , in r e g a rd t o d r i l l i n g o f w e l l a t l a s Vegas»/H@vada* "W h ile a t l a s Vegas a few days ago w ith Dr. B o y le , we v i s i t e d a new A r t e s ia n w e l l lo c a t e d abou t th r o e q u a rte rs o f a m ile south c f our s p r in g s which fu r n is h w a te y t o Las V eg a s. T h is w e l l p ro duces from 1000 t o 1200 g a llo n s ok w a te r p e r m inute, w hich is n e a r ly enough t o su p p ly t h e ^ a il/ o a d and town o f l a s V egas* D r. B o y le s t a t e s th e r e i s no rea son why we sh ould n ot g e t a s im ila r w e l l n ea r our s p r in g s . The w e l l i s a t r i f l e le s s than 600 f e e t and should c o s t somewhere around ^5,000* Our p r e s e n t la y - o u t a t th e p p rin g s c o n s is ts o f one b ig s p r in g which i s w e l l housed o v e r and w hich produces about o n e - h a lf o f ou r su p p ly . The o th e r , how ever, comes from a group o f e ig h t or te n s p r in g s and we have been unable t o p r o p e r ly house them and th e o n ly way t h a t we can g e t w a ter from them i s t o dam up th e l i t t l e v a l l e y and draw th e w a ter o f f but w hich makes a pond o f a p p ro x im a te ly one a c re in e x t e n t . In t h is pond th e r e i s a g r e a t d e a l o f v e g e t a t io n , f i s h , fr o g s , e t c . , w h ich makes i t more o r le s s u n h e a lth fu l b u t w h ich does cause a l l o f th e c r i t i c i s m from th e tow n sp eop le and from th e v a r io u s S ta te H e a lth In s p e c to r s * The id e a t h a t I am s u g g e s tin g i s t h a t th e Company put down a w e ll a t a p p ro x im a te ly th e upper end o f th e 16" pip ® and l e t t h is w e ll f lo w in t o our main, an d a ls o th e w a ter from the B ig S p rin g , l e t t i n g th e w a ter from th e group o f s p r in g s flo w on down th e c r e e k , to th e la s Vegas ran ch. T h is would f o r a l l tim e s to p th e c r i t i c i s m th a t we a re c o n t in u a lly under r e g a rd in g th e l a s Vegas w a te r, and w ou ld sa ve th e fr e q u e n t expense o f c le a n in g th e v e g e t a t io n out o f t h is p o n d ." W i l l you c c : Mr A M aguire* p le a s e ^ a d v is e * m