BL(i STONE AND LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES. 629 



Wells.] 



Wells in Big Stone county. 



Prior. G. Knutson, sec. 8, T. 23, R. 148: well, 45 feet; soil, 2; yellowish till, 18; dark, 

 bluish till, soft to dig, 25; water rose from the bottom four feet. 



Mr. Chesley; S. W. J of sec. 14, T. 123, R. 48: well, 48 feet; yellow till, 25; gravel, 4 

 inches; blue till, 20 feet; gray gravel, 3 feet; quicksand, not dug into. Water is found in the gravel 

 and sand at the bottom, not rising. Lumps of clay, as large as one's fist, occur in the upper part 

 of this water-bearing gravel. Lignite is found in nearly every well in this vicinity, the largest 

 pieces being four or five inches in diameter. 



J. P. Edwards; N. W. J of sec. 24, T. 123, R. 48: well, 78 feet; soil, 2; yellow till, picked, 

 32; dry gravel, 4 inches, containing gas but no water; softer blue till, 37 feet; gray, clayey gravel, 

 7 feet, having plenty of water, which does not rise. Under this was a reddish till. 



Samuel Varco; sec. 18, T. 123, R. 47: well, 102 feet; upper, yellowish till, 45; blue till, 

 30; dark sand, 27. Water comes in large amount, but does not rise. Gas is usually found in the 

 same layer with the water in this neighborhood. 



J. T. Crippen; sec. 28, T. 183, R. 47: well, 80 feet; soil, 3; gray till, with dark bluish 

 and reddish portions, 57; hard blue clay, 4; sand, 16, easy to dig, with water in its lower part. 

 Several pieces of lignite were found. 



Thomas Jennings; sec. 30, T. 123, R. 47: well, 67 feet; hard, yellowish gray till, 40, con- 

 taining in its lower part lumps of blue clay, three to six inches in diameter; dry sand and fine 

 dark silt, interstratified, 27 feet, and extending lower; well not finished; no water found in this 

 depth. 



A. J. Scofield; sec. -32, T. 123, R. 47: well, 76 feet; soil, 2; yellowish till, 30; dark, bluish 

 till, 36; sand, 8; water comes slowly in the lower part of this sand, not rising. Drawing one 

 barrel empties this well. 



E. T. Hanes; sec. 5, T. 128, R. 47: well, 20 feet; black soil, 4; yellowish till, very hard, 

 5; clayey sand, 8; quicksand and water, 3. This water rises and falls with Big Stone lake, which 

 is ten rods distant. 



Tokua. W. E. Nannary ; sec. 1 : well, 75 feet; soil, 2; gray upper till, 18; gravel, 1 J feet, with a 

 little water; blue till, soft and sticky, 53 feet, containing no sand veins and supplying no water; 

 sand, 6 inches, not dug farther into, full of water, which rose ten feet quickly, and afterward 

 slowly filled the well to a depth of fifty feet. 



Graceville. John Garvey; in the village, in the N. E. J of sec. 9: well, 36 feet; soil, 1J feet; 

 brown loam, 1; yellow till, 15; soft blue till, 18; the only water found seeps from the upper till. 



E. Dunlap; sec. 8: well, 70 feet; soil, 2; yellow till, 18; harder blue till, 50; water comes at 

 the junction between the yellow and blue tills, none being found in the lower till. 



In the north part of this township, several wells go 90 to 110 feet, mostly in blue till, some- 

 times finding no water or only a scanty supply. 



Ortonville. Lake View hotel: well, 38 feet; soil, 3; sand and gravel, 7; hardpan, bluish and 

 gray till, 14; yellow gravel, 5; yellow quicksand, 9 feet, with plenty of water, which rises five 

 feet above the top of this quicksand. 



Henry Jacobs; also in the town: well, 29 feet; soil, 3; gravel, 8; dark bluish till, 10; yellow 

 gravel, 4; sand, 4; water plenty, rising three feet. 



Chamberlain island, in Big Stone lake. C. A. Chamberlain; well, 14 feet; soil, 1J; yellow 

 till, picked, 8; quicksand, 4J; water plentiful, rising and falling with the lake. 



Trenton. G. Amundson; sec. 8: well, 27 feet; soil, 2; yellow till, hard, 25; to grafel, from 

 which water rose fifteen feet in two days. 



Artichoke. Olaus Hanson; sec. 2: well, 45 feet; soil, 2 ; yellowish till, 20; darker bluish 

 till, 23; water rose from the bottom several feet. 



Corrcll. The railroad well at this station was bored 145 feet deep, but its section was not 

 learned. Water rose from gravel to a hight eighteen feet below the surface. 



Wells in Lac qui Parle county. 



Yellow Bank. Horace Leavitt; sec. 20, T. 12O, R. 4: well, 35 feet; soil, 2; yellow till, 

 25; harder blue till, 6; gravel, 2, from which water rose seven feet. 



T. W. P. Lee; N. W. } of sec. 29, T. 12O, R. 4: well, 24 feet; soil, 2; hard yellow till, 



