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  GEOLOGY. 
  

  

  bearing 
  strata 
  above 
  the 
  cretaceous 
  rocks 
  which, 
  would 
  

   fulfil 
  the 
  conditions 
  of 
  Artesian 
  fountains. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  opinion 
  of 
  some, 
  that 
  the 
  burrstone 
  

   sands 
  were 
  of 
  this 
  character; 
  but, 
  however 
  promising 
  

   the 
  indications 
  may 
  sometimes 
  have 
  been, 
  this 
  belief, 
  as 
  

   yet, 
  is 
  not 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  verified. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  boring 
  at 
  Charleston, 
  South 
  Carolina, 
  these 
  

   sands 
  have 
  been 
  passed, 
  and 
  the 
  cretaceous 
  rocks 
  pene- 
  

   trated 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  depth, 
  without 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  

   result. 
  

  

  TahJe 
  of 
  Artesian 
  Wells 
  in 
  Loiondes 
  County, 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Tomhighee 
  

  

  River. 
  

  

  