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<br />WASHINGTON, D C.-A high- Development Co, of Denver,
<br />j,ressure artesian well, capable The firm, headed by Ralf
<br />or producing enough wa!er Myers, earlier announced plans
<br />daily to cover 32 acres of to drill up to 300 wells,
<br />g-l'Ound with a foot of water, Aspinall, however. said he
<br />:il<lS been drilled five miles west doubted that is necessary. He
<br />'of McCoy; Colo~, Rep~ Wayne said, "If they bring in 10 wells
<br />'Aspinall, D-Colo" said Satur- like Ihis one, they will have
<br />d<lY. over 100,000 acre (e-et of water
<br />^spmall said that the well a year, enough to fill Ruedi
<br />II"dS the t.hird brought in by Reservoir."
<br />Paradise Oil, Water and Land Aspinall, who said he became
<br />_u -------- ~.----I acquainted with Myers two
<br />years ago when he assisted the
<br />latter in a matter involving the
<br />U .S, Bureau of Land Manage-
<br />ment. was in McCoy in mid-
<br />April for a ceremony announc-
<br />ing the drilling. program,
<br />The first well, on what is
<br />known as the Edward Ranch,
<br />produced water, but not an ar-
<br />tesian spout. Aspinall said.
<br />FIGURES GIVEN
<br />The second well, on the Hold
<br />Ranch a few miles from the
<br />first, came in last month and
<br />spouted between 600 and 700
<br />gallons a minute, the congres.5-
<br />man reported.
<br />The third well, on what is
<br />known as the Johnson Ranch,
<br />came in about 10 days ago,
<br />Aspinall said, and is spouting
<br />9.600 gallons of water a minute.
<br />The third well, drilled under
<br />a lease owned by Beadle
<br />I Resources, Inc., of Denver, is
<br />being called the Aspinall-Beadle
<br />Geyser, the congressman said
<br />he was told,
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<br />In addition to Aspinall, it W<lS
<br />named for Mrs. Mary Beadle,
<br />the wife of the oil driller who
<br />accidentally found the water
<br />source nearly 20 years ago.
<br />The Aspinall-Beadle Geyser
<br />spouts water Crom a well 757
<br />feet deep and 10.75 inches in di.
<br />ameter, Aspinall said, He added
<br />that State Health Department
<br />, scientists have been called in to
<br />I lest whether it is potable,
<br />The congressman said he
<br />believes the water is coming
<br />from an aquafier deep below all
<br />) previously known water sources
<br />t in Colorado.
<br />Myers earlier said he planned
<br />~ a reservoir and a dam on the
<br />1 Colorado River between Grand
<br />Valley and!:lel'.<:9'~___
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