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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .iMFm 118 being first duly sworn, testified as follows* mmtMmmm m jwl ,mim Q. Will you state your none* A, Themes W. Robinson, District Engineer, U.S, Geological Surrey for the Ground Water Division* Q. And as such engineer, what, in a brief way, are your duties and shat do you do on your job? A# X Investigate ground water resources in the State of If evade* Q. That is throughout tho ontlre Stato, including las Vegas Valley Basin? A* Ves. Q. And did you or did you not collaborate in tho report which Mr, lanosen and Mr, Mazey prepared, which is identified as *State of Nevada, Offlea of the State Engineer, Water Resources Bulletin No. $#? A* Tea. Q, Will you stato in a general way the characteristics of the las Vegas Valley Water Basin, including the nunber of artesla locations. A, The las Vegas Artesian Basin is what we tern an Inter* lor drainage basin, in that thers is mo surface discharge fron it* It is eonpesed of alluvial materials which have been brought down fron the adjoining mountains. The alluvial material consists largely of sand, gravel, silts and clay. The ground water aquifers what we tern a permeable portion of this alluvial deposit which would be the grevwl end tends. It is recharged
