Eastward from the sumps the tunnels had a rising grade of 0.
From the preliminary borings it was thought that the sumps were located so that the entire construction would be in rock.
Above the sumps and between the tunnels, a pump chamber 19 ft.
The sumps were really short tunnels underneath the main ones and extending approximately between the center lines of the latter.
These sumps have been described in a previous part of this paper; they were put down without trouble.
It was very necessary for us to construct narrow drainage ditches along the sides and run these off into deep sumps dug in the adjoining fields from ten to twenty feet on either side of the road.
At the bottom of the shaft we put in sumps from which to pump the water, and then proceeded to drive our galleries ahead.
Then more than a half-score of men popped into sight and, leaping from the steep bank, landed in the bed of the creek and scurried to different points, fooled by the numerous sumps which Blascom had dug in his quest for water.
I had tried for sumps nearer to th' shack, of course, but got nothin'.
None of them had the knowledge possessed by Hank and Sinful, and the weather conditions had been such that the ages of the various sumps could not be quickly determined.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sumps" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
