584 THE GEOLOGY OF 



(Wells. 



water; the bark of wood and fragments of Baeulites, in a sandy layer one or two inches thick, 

 were found in this til! 31 feet bslow the surface; and several pieces of lignite were found in the 

 till of each of these wells, derived, like the Baeulites fragments, from Cretaceous beds. 



Sigel. Joseph Flor; sec. 24: well, 14; soil, 4 feet; gravel and sand, 10 feet. 



John Kratscli; sec. 36: well, 20: soil, 3; yellow till, 17; water rose four feet ill an hour, from 

 gravel and sand at the bottom. 



Lake llanska. Christian Ahlness; sec. 13: well, 14; soil, 2; yellow till, spaded, 12; water 

 seeps. 



E. G. Pahl; sec. 26: well, 20; dug 17 feet, and bored two inches in diameter for the remain- 

 ing three feet; all yellow till, hard and picked, with occasional sandy and gravelly streaks; water 

 rose from gravel or sand at the bottom, with such force that it could not be plugged, and came to 

 a permanent level ten feet below the surface. 



Homi. Horatio Werrinj; sec. H: well, 40 feet; soil, 2; yellow till, 10; harder blue till, 24; 

 cemented layer, 6 inches; blue till, H feet; coarse sand, 2 feet, containing water, which did not 

 rise above this stratum of modified drift. 



The wells at Golden Gate in this township are 12 to 20 feet deep, in till. 



Sleepy Eye, in Home township. P. Randall; weli, 23 feet; soil, 2; yellow till, 16: harder blue 

 till, with yellowish gravelly streaks, 5 feet. A piece of wood, sixteen inches long, appearing like 

 a splintered limb of elm, was found in the lower part of this well. 



Joseph Troutman; well, 71; soil, 2; yellow till, 18; harder blue till, 15; changing to soft blue 

 till, 16 fetet; then, hard, dark bluish sand, free from gravel stones, 20 feet, remaining stable when 

 bordd, but caving when the water cama, which rose seven or eight feet in the first day, from gravel 

 at the bottom, and within a few days became forty feet deep, thought to be all from the bottom. 

 Other wells equally deep near find only gravelly clay or till. 



The blue till in this vicinity Is usually harder than the overlying yellow till; the lowest one 

 or two feet of each are specially hard; at the base of the blue till, next overlying the water-bear- 

 ing gravel and sand, is often a layer firmly cemented with iron or lime. Water is commonly 

 found 50 to 60 feet below the surface, and rises in most wells 10 to 20 feet above the stratum in 

 which it is found. Lignite frequently occurs, in fragments up to six inches in diameter. 



A well was bored 195 feet deep at Sleepy Eye for the railroad company, apparently not pass- 

 ing through the glacial drift, which was yellowish till for about 25 feet, and dark buish till be- 

 low, probably to the bottom, where a log of wood, resembling elm, was encountered, stopping the 

 work. Water filled this well to twenty-five feet below the top, and was a large supply; but the 

 well is not now used. 



Stark. William Kuehn ; Iberia village : well, 26 feet; soil, 2 feet; yellow till, 17 ; sand, 2 

 feet ; blue till, 5 feet and deeper; water comes from the sand ; these tills are about equally hard, 

 both needing to be picked. 



Eden. F. Ilartwick; Lone Tree Lake post-office, sec. 5: well, 20 feet; soil., 2; gravel, 2; 

 sand, finest at the bottom, 16 ; unfailing water. This is on a kame-like swell, and most of the 

 land all around is till. 



Leavenworth. John Youngmann ; sec. 2 : well, 32 feet ; soil, 2 ; yellow till, 18 ; blue till, 

 easier to bore, 12; water rose twelve feet in four hours from sand at the bottom. 



Burnstown. John F. Burns ; sec. 19: well, 22 feet; soil, 2; yellow till, containing sandy 

 streaks, 15; much harder blue till, picked, 4; sand, 1; water rose six feet in one day. Wells in 

 this township are 15 to 30 feet deep; no fossils found, excepting lignite in pieces up to six inches 

 iii diameter. 



Bashaw. C. L. Thor; sec. 26: well, 24 feet; soil, 2; yellow till, 10; blue till, moist and softer, 

 12; water rose twelve feet in six hours from gravel. 



Stately. John Wood; sec. 14: well, 28 feet; soil, 2; yellow till, 12; harder blue till, 14; 

 water rose five feet in a half day from gravel and sand at the bottom ; numerous fragments of 

 lignite were found. 



A. B. Dickerson; S. W. } of sec. 30: well, 33 feet; soil, 2; yellow till, picked, 31; enclosing, 

 but only at one side of the well, a narrow vein of coarse gravel, one foot thick, 15 feet below the 

 top; in the lower part inteibedded vith layers of darker bluish till, which was the material at the 

 bottom; water seeps, three to six feet deep. 



