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12 ( o 0 p 7 ) R 0 8 C 0 1 MOSS 0 0 M P A g Y 4360 Worth Street, horn Angeles, Calif., June 13, 19§8« Mr* Walter R*.Br&c&en, Vice 9ir'eeldent, |».aa Yegog Lend- sM Water Co*, %t-'M Yaga#*. levada# My dear Waltert In ref crane® to your letter of June 10th concerning the heavy dropoff in production of water fro® the wall.-.drilled during 1930, would etate I hate ©artfully ewamined the log of this well end also the one drilled In IIP*, The noticeable difference ia that the orig­inal -well if producing; /rf® open hoi® between 573.. feet and 035 foot, while the" .veil drilled during 1738 ia producing-frotsr psrfoi’Stio b#t*/;8en 575 and 720 feet la.depth pin* tho open hoi© between 720 and ?C ? feet# 1 well remember in drilling the original well considerable oaring; wan .had "below. 572 feet with un­doubted enlargement' of ares and increase in qpiantlt? of water. ’ The new well pr&otic-lly trlpjbd in flow after -pef orating and f§ must therefore' &p siime that -the major portion of- owr water oaci© thtctgh those perforations* TOO,000.'gallons-•• per day through a 13 ir.bh pipe should Carry a reasonable quantity of m rd out of the wall, but 1 oja a little Inclined to believe the hoi# will be found clear* Boa tc the ' li^e content in the water «atd the formation itself it le possible-' that the perforation® are being- closed through a cementing process and such action would account. for'. your reduction inflow* Add!-' tlocal perforation or ofening'- up of the old ones should - restore the capacity. to tea Vegas go'into-the well and If we find It free from sand we would be in a -position, to Open tip the old perfor­ations or install additional ones as the.situation might