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tated with the sand pump, the water would flow over the top of it for several minutes 

 at a time. 



At 2,106 feet it was found impossible to drill any further. The water was so strong 

 that the drill, which weighs three tons, floated with the hemp cable, and made no im- 

 pression on the rock; 2,106 feet of casing were put into the well, with a patent stop- 

 per and a seed-bag, but the water could not be shut off. A pump was then tried, and 

 for a week — day and night — 200 gallons of water per minute were lifted out of the 

 well. At the end of that time it was found that the depth of water had not been re- 

 duced five feet. 



The water taken from the well was effervescent and hot. Gallons of it were taken 

 away by people to be used as a medicine. Dr. Brown and other experts say that it 

 contains very valuable properties. 



I visited the well once, and sometimes twice, every day, from the time it was 

 started until the finish, and the following is a list of the strata passed through, as 

 furnished me by Mr. Reed: 



Depth of slrala. Tula/. 



Loam and clay 20 



Shale 10 30 



Limestone 40 70 



Shale 25 95 



Limestone 20 115 



Shale and limestone 75 190 



Hard limestone 20 210 



Shale and limestone 140 350 



Hard limestone 20 370 



V/hiteshale 35 405 



Dark saud-roek 15 420 



Shale 135 555 



(Limestone 5 560 



Shale 25 585 



Limestone 10 595 



Shale , 25 620 



Sand-rock. 5 625 



Shale 50 675 



Sand-rock 3 678 



Shale 10 688 



Sand-rock 5 693 



Shale 27 720 



Coal 2 722 



Clay and shale 25 747 



Coal 2 749 



Fireclay and shale 81 830 



Dark sand-rock,. 15 845 



White shale 20 865 



Depth of strata. Total. 



White sand-rock 30 895 



Gray shale 10 905 



Dark hard sand-rock 15 920 



Gray shale 30 950 



Dark sand-rock 18 968 



Black shale 20 988 



Coal 2 990 



Fire-clay 10 1,000 



Sharp white sand-rock 40 1,040 



Dark shale 20 1,060 



White sand-rock 10 1,070 



Dark shale 20 1,090 



Dark sand-rock 15 1,105 



Soft black shale 40 1,145 



Hard gray sand-rock 25 1,170 



Black shale 5 1,175 



Hard white sand-rock 375 1,550 



Brown limestone 20 1,570 



Iron pyrites 5 1,575 



White shale 75 1,650 



Brown limestone 30 1,680 



Light-gray limestone 30 1,710 



Hard gray sand-rock 102 1,812 



Soft sharp sand-rock 18 1,830 



White pebble sand-rock 40 1,870 



Hard white rock 50 1,920 



Soft blue sand-r'k, turning white, 90 2,010 



Lower Helderburglimstone 106 2,116 



In my opinion both oil and gas will be found near Leavenworth. With our pres- 

 ent experience, and the information we have gained, the water could be cut off in 

 another well, at 1,800 feet. The rock was very hard, and if the water had been shut 

 off then — which it could have been — the well would have been a success. Our peo- 

 ple, while disappointed, are not discouraged, and I believe the day will come when 

 we will make another venture with more success. 



THE TEIASSIC EOCKS OF KANSAS. 



BY ROBERT HAY, .TTJNCTION CITY. 



[Abstract.] 

 In this paper the writer gave at greater length a description of the triangular 

 region whose base stretches on the southern State line from east of Caldwell to west 



