Rock Springs is the "big city" to the east 15 miles. All Rock
Springs municipal water comes from the Green River, same as Green River
city water does.
I called the historical museum, and Rock Springs did get its name
from a spring. In stage coach days the stage used to stop there. The
spring dried up not long after coal mining started, there was coal
mining going on as far back as 1867.
I was also told the aquafer is still there: the woman at the museum
told me her father in law lives north of Rock Springs and has a well. He
uses that water on his lawn, and for his horses, but she said "it
tastes funny" so he doesn't use it for drinking. Her opinion was that
nearly a hundred years of coal mining has seriously disturbed the
aquafer, but there may still be a few artesian springs around, small
ones. No way I could find one, LOL. And it sounds as if the water from
one wouldn't be very good anyway, but it doesn't hurt the horses,
apparently.
Thanks for the suggestion, though it didn't help me with water, it made
me re-visit local history I had long forgotten if I ever knew it.
sol
Marshall Dudley wrote:
How far are you from Rock Springs in Sweetwater county Wyoming? I bet
they have good spring water there.
Marshall
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