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<br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-5- <br /> <br />to the South Platte that the well ms;y get same of it. A tank wagon of <br />liquid fertilizer was standing by the well discharge ditch. <br />A mile south of Platteville Mr. R1chard Means, a Denver at- <br />torney, awns 4 lIUIIlp wella in Section 25 of Township 3N, Range 6"M, all near <br />the river. #1 is 100 ft. x 50 ft. x 12 ft. deep and was excavated in 1933. <br />112 18 50 ft. in diameter and 12 ft. deep excavated in Augu.st of 1954. #3 <br />is 70 ft. x 40 ft. and 12 ft. deep, excavated in Augu.s1:. of 1954. #4 is 85 ft. <br />x 35 ft. x 12 ft. deep, also excavated in Augu.st of 1954. These wells have <br />been filed on in the State Engineer's office, but application or permit to <br />excavate for same has not been found. We visited well #4--it is parallel to <br />the river and onJy 50 feet SItla::J. The pump was running am you could see the <br />draw-down that had occurred since the pump was started that morning. It is <br />quite evident, and probab~ the owner's intention, that the wells would be <br />largeJy supplied from river seep. (Poss1bJy this could be proven by testing <br />for detergent in a low river.) <br />These wells have an estimated cost of $500 each or a total of <br />$2,000 for 4 wells as listed on the filings. Five miles upstream the bead- <br />warks of the Evans In ditch approximated 130,000. One mile oownstre8l1l the <br />Farners Independent ditch, with priorities in 1865, 1876 and 1879, there is <br />cont8lllplated the construction of $30,000 headworks. At present DO law pro- <br />tects these investments fran encroachments by" stIIIIp wells. <br />The water CCIIIIlllissioner pointed out two reasons why it is impos- <br />sible fran the records to obtain the true accretions by subtracting the in- <br />flow from the di.versions plns autflow. 1. - Dry Creek often overflowe near <br />its mouth to now into the wpton Bottom ditch, below the headgate. If Dry <br />