Here is a subject that is worthy¹ the attention of settlers in our arid² and apparently³ desert regions of country. We are told that the source of an artesian well is from fountains of water gathered and stored in higher lands that run through different strata⁴ of rocks till they reach the valleys, and when the boring reaches down to these strata the water naturally comes up toward the height of the fountain it started from. Would it not be a sensible inquiry⁵ to make as to where the supply came from to furnish the water in the higher lands? That the accepted theory of supply to artesian wells comes from some higher point is not correct can be demonstrated on the prairies, where no higher land is in sight.  
A very good test occurred some years ago at the Hamilton mine, adjoining the great Chapin mine, in Wisconsin. It became almost impossible[69] to work the mine on account of the great influx⁶ of water.
 
Not much more than a half mile away was a lake that was charged with producing this annoying flow.
 
At the time of a temporary abandonment, the writer disputed this solution, and a survey was proposed to determine the level in the lake and mine, which showed the water in the mine eleven feet the lowest. To overcome this

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