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  GEOLOGY. 
  

  

  surf\ice. 
  The 
  same 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  

   Neshoba. 
  

  

  The 
  prairie 
  district 
  is 
  Lamentably 
  deficient 
  in 
  good 
  

   water. 
  Where 
  Artesian 
  wells 
  are 
  impracticable, 
  water 
  

   is 
  brought 
  to 
  an 
  attainable 
  distance 
  by 
  boring. 
  

  

  In 
  Okolona, 
  a 
  boring 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  

   470 
  feet, 
  which 
  supplies 
  a 
  well 
  sunk 
  to 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  

   ninety 
  feet, 
  the 
  water 
  rising 
  to 
  within 
  seventy-five 
  feet 
  

   of 
  the 
  surface. 
  

  

  In 
  Noxubbe 
  County, 
  these 
  borings 
  are 
  very 
  numerous. 
  

   They 
  range 
  from 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifteen 
  to 
  six 
  hundred 
  

   feet 
  in 
  depth, 
  the 
  water 
  rising 
  variously 
  to 
  from 
  fifteen 
  

   to 
  eighty 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  surface, 
  to 
  meet 
  which, 
  the 
  wells 
  

   are 
  sunk 
  to 
  the 
  requisite 
  depth, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  water 
  

   has 
  then 
  to 
  be 
  elevated 
  in 
  the 
  ordinary 
  way. 
  by 
  the 
  

   windlass. 
  

  

  In 
  one 
  instance, 
  water 
  was 
  brought 
  to 
  within 
  three 
  

   feet 
  of 
  the 
  top, 
  from 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  tbree 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   five 
  feet; 
  the 
  boring 
  was 
  then 
  continued 
  to 
  four 
  hundred 
  

   and 
  forty-eight 
  feet, 
  but 
  the 
  water 
  rose 
  no 
  higher. 
  

  

  Cisterns 
  are 
  frequently 
  excavated 
  in 
  the 
  white-lime 
  

   rock 
  of 
  the 
  prairie, 
  requiring 
  no 
  walling 
  or 
  cement, 
  and 
  

   supplied 
  either 
  by 
  these 
  borings 
  or 
  with 
  rain-water. 
  

  

  Tanks 
  or 
  ponds, 
  for 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  water 
  for 
  stock, 
  

   have 
  also 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  rock, 
  but, 
  it 
  is 
  said, 
  have 
  

   not 
  proved 
  very 
  reliable. 
  

  

  Franklin 
  Springs, 
  situated 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Wells's 
  

   Creek, 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  principal 
  source, 
  on 
  Lot 
  5, 
  

   Section 
  37, 
  Township 
  7, 
  Range 
  1 
  E., 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  noted 
  

   natural 
  object 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  that 
  name. 
  This 
  was 
  

   the 
  earliest 
  resort, 
  as 
  a 
  watering-place, 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

   Thirty-five 
  years 
  since, 
  these 
  springs 
  enjoyed 
  some 
  

   reputation 
  ; 
  but 
  as 
  little 
  improvement 
  was 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  

   accommodation 
  of 
  visitors, 
  and 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  known 
  

  

  