Excerpt from Letter From the Secretary of Agriculture: Transmitting a Report on the Preliminary Investigation to Determine the Proper Location of Artesian Wells Within the Area of the Ninety-Seventh Meridian and East of the Foot-Hills of the Rocky Mountains I have the honor to transmit herewith, in accordance with the act of April 4, 1890, a report on the preliminary investigation made to deter mine the proper location for artesian wells within the area west of the ninety-seventh meridian, and east of the foot-hills of the Rocky Mount ains. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.