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3?orm 30- 1954- V 1 Los A n g e le s , Aug. 19 th , 1921. Mr. W. H. Comstock: Y ou r l e t t e r o f August l 6th , AEE 3278, and c a n c e llin g ray l e t t e r o f August 17th r e p ly in g t o y o u rs o f a b ove, as p e r ray phone c o n v e r s a tio n : I t has "been d e c id e d t o d is c o n tin u e d r i l l i n g o p e r a tio n s a t th e p re s e n t depth o f th e w e l l , 78G f§ S i. We have o b ta in e d an Jr a r t e s ia n flo w o f 100 g a llo n s p e r m in u te, in f a c t t h is flo w was o b ta in e d a t 700 f e e t w ith no a d d it io n a l w a te r s in c e th e n . T h is 0 tan k which i s to be p a r t o f s i l i t y and as th e r e i s no p ro s p e c t o f any a d d it io n a l wj a s s u r e b e in g o b ta in ed and fu r th e r in Y iew o f the faet^M*ha‘ 100 g a llo n a r t e s ia n flo w w i l l , X am s a t i s f i e d , g iv e us a flo w o f £00 g a llo n s p e r m inute w ith th e a i r l i f t w ith o u t a p p r e c ia b ly red u c in g th e w a te r l e v e l , I deem i t to have an o f f i c i a l measurement taken a f t e r which th e p ip e w i l l be p e r fo r a t e d and a w ie r measurement taken o f th e flo w . flo w i s n ot o f s u f f i c i e n t fo: l i f t i t s e l f in t o th e su pply unwise to co n tin u e d r i l l i n g o p e r a t io n s , 1 have fu r t h e r a rra n ged H H S u p erin ten d en t c c - M r,A .M agu ire