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but after much difficulty and fruitless labor, the work was finally abandoned, 

 forfeiting the amount the company was to have received from the city, 

 something like $12,000. 



The well was located on X.awrence street, near the Shunganunga creek, 

 between Third and Second streets. The eighty-two and a half feet of surface 

 soil and gravel indicates the depth to which the creek was excavated during 

 the ice period, as the eai'th to that depth is entirely composed of drift and 

 surface soil. 



The zero of depth, or top of the casing, was 974 feet above sea level. 



Col. W. Tweeddale was superintendent for the city and M. E. Harrington 

 was superintendent for the contractors. 



The following table shows the total depth, the number of strata, the 

 thickness of each stratum, the color of the strata and the character and 

 composition of each stratum as shown by the cores brought lip. The cores 

 are deposited with the Kansas Academy of Science. 



ft. iu. Color. Kind of stratum. 



27 — 6 Dark Soil, clayey loam. 



2—6 Lighter Soil, clayey loam. 



12 — Still lighter . . . Soil, clayey loam. 



16—0 Gray Fine sand. 



22 — 6 Gray Coarse sand. 



2 — Red Coarse sand. 



18 — 6 Blue Mud, small p's of core. 



7 — 6 Light blue .... Laminated fireclay. 



2 — 6 Dark Conglomerate limestone. 



11 — 9 Dark Limestone mixed with clay. 



1 — Blue Fire clay. 



3 — 10 Dark Limestone. 



9—7 Blue Clay and mud. 



4 — 10 Blue Laminated fireclay. 



7 — 6 Dark Laminated fireclay. 



2 — 4 Gain in measuring rods. 



2—6 Blue Clay. 



2 — Gray Hard limestone. 



5 — Blue Clay or shale. 



12—3 Blue Mud. 



4—11 Blue Soft clay. 



1 — 3 Gray Fossil shell limestone. 



5 — Blue Laminated fireclay. 



4—6 Blue Mud. 



4—0 Blue Clay. 



0—5 Daix^ Clay. 



4-0 Light Clay. 



3—6 Lignt Mud. 



0—6 Dark Clay. 



9 — 4 Light Laminated fireclay. 



— 3 Dark Laminated fireclay. 



7 — 5 Light Laminated clay. 



14 — Blue Mud (struck water). 



4—10 Gray Hard limestone. 



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