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Well 4 Well 4 is known as Syndicate well No. 1. It is provided with a valve to control the flow. The artesian pressure at this location is also barely great enough to force the water above ground. A view of this well is shown on Plate 2, C. The meter was lowered into this well on August 27 to a depth of 247 feet below the top of the tea, 2.7 feet above ground and no underground leakage was found. Well 5 Well 5 is known as Syndicate well No. 5. It is provided with a valve to control the flow. It is just east of the highway leading to Tonopah and the waste from it has been discussed by many people who pass it. A view is shown in Plate 2, D. The meter was lowered into this well on August 27 to a depth of 264 feet below the top of the plug, 4.5 feet above ground, and no underground leakage was found. Well 6 Well 6 is owned by R, J. Lewis. It is provided with a valve to control the flow. There is a continuous flow from a spring beside the well estimated at about 15 gallons a minute while the valve is closed, but a little less when the well is allowed to flow freely. A view of this well is shown in Plate 3, A. The meter was lowered into this well on August 29 to a depth of 270.feet below the top of the tee, about two feet above ground. When the valve was closed there was a flow of
