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Excerpt from The Underflow of the South Platte Valley
Kansas, in which the larger pebbles are usually absent. Moreover, the South Platte sands are fairly free from deposits of quicksand and fine silt.
The presence of the large pebbles in the coarse sands of the South Platte deposits renders this material an excellent water-bearing gravel, especially well adapted for the construction of wells of large capacity. By the use of proper strainers the smaller particles can be removed from the immediate neighborhood of a well, so that the water can be collected through the coarser material that is left. Gravel of this kind was found wherever sought between Sterling and North Platte, and it is believed that there is no considerable area in this part of the valley which is not underlain with similar gravel.
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