Excerpt from The Requisite and Qualifying Conditions of Artesian Wells
It has not been the leading subject of any profession. Few drillers make the causes and conditions of artesian flow a special study, or find it within their province to master the geological elements of the ques tion. Few geologists, among the multitude of more obtrusive resources pressed upon their attention, find themselves able to pursue the subject into its practical details. Few citizens have occasion more than once or twice in their lives to give the matter special consideration. This, however, is growing steadily less and less true. Drillers are develop ing the sinking of artesian wells into a specialty, and, through the aid of geological reports, are mastering the stratigraphical elements of the problem in their several regions. Geologists are solicited with increased frequency for advice and prognostic opinions. Citizens are becoming more widely interested in both the practical and the theoretical aspects of the subject.
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