Carter and Lesley.] 44 [May 1. 



5' Sandstone, white, containing coarse fragments of 



orthoclase 35' 



6 Shale, dark red 41 



14 Sandstone, white, containing niuscovite mica 55 



10 Sandstone, lighter color, more feldspathic 65 



3 Sandstone, very white, fine grained 68 



6 Sandstone, dark red, coarse, containing much iron 



oxide and a little mica 74 



4 Shale red 78 



18 Sandstone, red, fine, micaceous 96 



4 Shale red 100 



Water was first struck between 35 and 40. More than ten "crevices " 

 [probably water cracks] passed between 35 and 100. The water now 

 rises to within 16 feet of surface. Steam pump delivers 1500 gallons per 

 hour. After ten hours' pumping the water falls only 10 feet in well, the 

 whole fall occurring, however, in the first 45 minutes. With an im- 

 proved pump 3000 gallons per hour were obtained. 



Water Well in Lowest Trias, at Washington Square, Montgomery County. 



22' Sandstone, red, micaceous to 22' 



12 Clay, stiff, red 34 



1 Shale, red {Trias) 35 



Water first struck at 16 feet ; a crevice every 3 or 4 feet ; stands at, 11 

 feet from the surface, and never falls lower, no matter how much is 

 pumped, at the rate of 1500 gallons per hour. 



Artesian Well in Trias, in Worcester Township, Montgomery County, Pa. 



Drilled on the Duffield farm, on the north bank of Stony creek, at the 

 crossing of the Stony Creek Railroad, between Custer and Belfry, through 

 New Red (Trias) red shale and clay slates, some of them blackened with 

 coaly matter. 



20' Clay slate, gray, hard ; little mica to 20' 



5 Clay slate, blackened with coaly matter 25 



5 Shale, red ;... 30 



5 Clay slate, dark, fine grained 35 



5 Clay slate, very Mack, hard, compact 40 



3 Shale, red 43 



2 ' ' Quartzite " 45 



3 Clay slate, gray 48 



17 Clay slate, compact, hard 65 



The quartzite was said by the driller to be so hard that he could only 

 drill six inches of it in ten hours. 



