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mm Las Yagas - June 10, W 23-3-5 (Personal) Mr. Roscoe Moss, Moss Drilling Co., 4360 Worth Street, Los Angeles, Cal. Dear Roscoe: You will recall a little over a year ago you drilled a well here at Las Vegas for the Railroad Company, known as Well No, 2, to a depth of 802 feet and from which we received a flow of more than three, million gallons per day, shortly after completion of the well. I was under the impression that our worries would be over for the hot summer months when the heavy drain is placed on our water supply to adequately take care of the demands of the consumers here. However, since the advent of hot weather a week or so ago, we have been making regular daily measurements of the amount of water in the reservoir and find it is dropping at an alarming rate. The old well and the springs are holding up in good shape, but a weir measurement of the new well (#2), shows that is has decreased to around 70Q,000 gallons per day, a loss of almost two and a half million gallons. I am afraid the well is sanding up, and know of no one who could better advise me in this regard than yourself. The log of the well indicates the casing was perforated with 1/2” x 2” holes (5 holes to every 10 inches) from depth 575 to depth 734 feet, which is the end of the casing. This depth embraces a strata of loose gravel.
