Abstract
The domestic cold water supply for Boise City, Idaho, is obtained from a number of shallow artesian wells sunk in the hollow of the flank of the mountain which rises north of the town. The words domestic and cold are used advisedly as the town is supplied with water for irrigation purposes by canals from the river, and hot water from artesian, wells a short distance east of the town will, it is said, soon be distributed by pipes throughout the city. The cold water wells overflow at an elevation of about 175 feet above the town, and at present supply about 1 000 000 gallons per day. The formation of the country in their immediate vicinity is a soft sandstone, lying horizontally, with occasional strata of talc and hard shale. The surface has the usual ridges and hollows of a rapidly sloping mountain side. Several small tunnels have been driven into the hill, in this vicinity, in a vain search for coal.
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