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«> IbUsHI : KM ? aWfSmwffi Las Vegas, Kev., Aug. 29, 1913. • 'r• F. R. McHaruee. Lob Angeles, Cal. Lear Sir: 1 beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter under date of Au­gust 27 and contents noted. Prior to receiving tints letter on yeater- day, I drove out to see Buol’s well which, is 2 b/4 miles above our Spring and very close to the Islington well which has oeen flowing a- bout 70" for over one year. The Buol well is 950 feet from the Eg- lington well and Mr. Eglington advises me that he can see sorae change in hie well since the Buol well was struck. A very conservative es­timate of Buol’e well, as given by men who are accustomed to guessing at the wells of this section is 80" instead of 100" as reported to you. I note you say Pr. Buol took occasion to suggest that it might be well for us to purchase land contiguous to our lands surrounding the spring as a protection, but, before this is done, I should like to suggest that the condition^ be well looked into by an engineer of geological knowledge and get a thorough report on the probability of wells being sunk ofx of our land causing any damage to our present springs, as I do not wish to express a personal opinion in this matter for my knowl­edge of geological formation is very limited. The land adjoining our holdings at tne springs and back south and west for three quarters of a mile is very rocky and on the .hard pan which comes to the surface al- •v_