(544 THE GEOLOGY OF MINNESOTA. 



[Wells. 



Frederick Gosewiscli; sec. 7: well, 24 feet; soil, 2; yellow till, spaded, 10; harder blue till, 

 picked, 12; water seeps from the lower part of the yellow till, not a large supply. 



At Heidelberg, in the S. E. J of sec. 19, Frank Maertz lias made two wells: one, 76 feet 

 deep, was yellowish till, so hard that it had to be picked, 12; and blue till, similarly hard, 64; no 

 sand; water came from the bottom, very dark-colored, so offensive that horses would not drink 

 it. The other well, 77 feet deep, a few rods from the last, went through the same material, find- 

 ing the till softer and moist in the last ten feet, but yielding no water there. All the water of 

 this well came from a small sand vein at one side of the well 35 feet from the surface; it issues 

 very slowly, filling the well to this hight. 



Montgomery. The deep well at Montgomery station, penetrating to the Saint Peter sand- 

 stone, has been described on page 640. 



3. Brockway ; sec. 31 : well, 60 feet ; soil, 2 ; yellow till, 28 ; harder blue till, 30 ; no water. 



Kilkenny. County Poor-farm; sec. 6 : well, 30 feet ; soil, 2; yellowish till, 20; harder blue 

 till, 8; water rose six feet from the bottom. 



J. M. Babcock's steam-mill on the west side of Saber lake; sec. 30: well, 58 feet; soil, 2; yel- 

 low till, 6; much harder blue till, "50. Water rose thirty-two feet from the bottom, but is not a 

 large supply and is drained by use for the engine. 



Waterville. The well at L. Z. Itogers' elevator, at the same level with the railway station, 

 is 92 feet deep, finding the upper yellowish till, 15 feet; then a small vein of gravel, with scanty 

 water; succeeded by dry, blue till, 77 feet and extending lower. This well becomes filled with 

 surface water, but not in sufficient supply for an engine. The well for the railroad water-tank, 

 about twenty-five rods farther south, though only 15 feet deep, is ample for all demands. The 

 common wells at Waterville are 15 to 25 feet deep, finding a good supply of water, which usually 

 rises from the bottom a few feet. 



Charles Slechta; sec. 34: well, 35 feet; soil, 2; yellow till, hard and picked, 31; still harder 

 blue till, 2; with quicksand at the bottom, from which water rose two and a half feet. 



Derrynane. Dennis Conway; S. E. J of 20: well, 95 feet; soil, 2; yellowish till, mostly 

 picked, 33; sand and very coarse gravel, containing rounded stones up to one foot in diameter, 2; 

 blue till, harder than the upper till, 3; lighter gray till, very hard, 55 feet, containing no sandy 

 layers, and continuing lower. No water was obtained. Pieces of lignite up to four inches in 

 diameter were found in the dark blue till at 37 feet. 



James Kilduff; N. W. J of sec. 28: well, 30 feet; soil, 2; yellow till, 23; much harder blue till, 

 picked, 5; water seeps, mostly at twelve feet below the top. Wells in Derrynane mostly are 15 to 

 40 feet deep, with water sometimes rising quickly several feet from the bottom, but more com- 

 monly seeping, needing a reservoir to be dug below it. 



Lexington. Michael Leary; sec. 9: well, 45 feet; yellow till, 15; much harder blue till, 30; 

 no water. Several pieces of lignite were found, up to three inches in diameter. 



Cordova. The well at Adam Lucas' steam-mill, in the village and near the shore of lake 

 Gorman, was bored to the depth of 85 feet. Its section was soil, 2 feet; yellow till, 1 1 feet; gravel, 6 

 inches; blue till, very hard, 72 feet, to sand, from which water rose to six feet below the top in 

 two hours. The next day it had risen to only six inches below the top, which is estimated to be 

 two feet above lake Gorman. Other wells in Cordova strike water at 30 to 40 feet, which rises 

 ten to twenty feet. 



James Brady's well, in the northwest part of this township, 80 feet deep, was soil, 2; yel- 

 lowish till, 13 ; bluish till, 45 ; and dry, whitish sand, 20 feet, not passed through; no water ; no 

 fossils were observed. 



Mysian. In the village, Edward Shave's well, 62 feet deep, found the following section: 

 soil, 2; yellow till, 18; yellow gravel, 1; bluish till, harder than that above, li; again yellowish 

 till, 7; bluish till, 1; gray till, 27; and quicksand, straw-colored, 5 feet, containing water which 

 rises only about one foot above this quicksand. 



Samuel Clark; sec. 34 : well, 40 feet: soil, 2; yellowish till, 38; water at bottom, not rising. 



Tyrone. Cesar Diagniu ; sec. 34: well, 19 feet; soil, 2; yellow till, picked, 17; water rose 

 from the bottom twelve feet in a half day. 



Sharon. A well seen in sec. 1 of this township, on an extensive level area, was finely lam- 

 inated, horizontal yellow clay for at least ten feet, to the water. This well was said to be 25 feet 

 deep, being all the way yellow clay, easily dug; but it contains small stones, and is probably till, 



