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be secured. The deep wells seem to have the strongest flow, though 

 this is not invariably the case; indeed, the "Wise well" at the 

 Maxinkuckee road is said to be 110 feet deep and flows only a 

 trifle over one g-allon per minute, while the Sheerin well on the 

 north side is only 38 feet deep, flows 50 gallons per minute, and 

 is the strongest well about the lake. The flow of the difl'erent 

 wells ranges from three-tenths of a gallon to 50 gallons per minute, 

 and the total flow of all is about 400 gallons per minute. In some 

 the water barely rises to the surface of the ground, while in others 

 it will rise from 10 to 18 feet above. 



The temperature of the water as it leaves the pipes is usually 

 52° F., the variation being from 51.5° to 54.5°. This variation 

 is probably due chiefly to the length of pipe on or above ground, 

 and to the difi'erence in rapidity of flow. The coldest of all the 

 flowing wells is the one at the cottage of Mrs. Judge A. R. Heller, 

 on the east side. This well is 103 feet deep, flows 25 gallons per 

 minute, and has a temperature of 51.5°. The warmest is that of 

 Otto Stechhan, also on the east side, flowing only two-thirds of a 

 gallon per minute and with a temperature of 54.5°. The water 

 in several of the pump wells is colder than in any of the flowing 

 wells, the coldest being that at the cottage of Judge John Mitchell 

 on the east side, the depth being 36 feet and the temperature 50.5°. 

 All the wells about the lake were examined August 25 and 26, 1900, 

 and the temperatures and volumes given were obtained on those 

 dates. 



List of Wells on Shore of Lake Maxinkuckee 



The following table gives the most important facts about the 

 wells in the vicinity of the shore of the lake. The temperatures 

 were taken with a Queen & Company's protected thermometer, 

 and the volume determined by noting the time required to fill a 

 bucket holding 2.5 gallons. Several tests were usually made at 

 each well for temperature and for volume. The work began at 

 the well of H. R. Norris, at the southeast corner of the lake, and 

 proceeded northward. The temperatures and depths of the pump 

 wells as w^ll as those of the flowing wells, were recorded. 



The list is as of August, 1919. In order that the table may be 

 useful in various ways we have given a complete list of all the lots 

 on the shore of the lake whether there is thereon a flowing well or 

 not. In column 1, we have numbered the lots consecutively begin- 

 ning with the Vandalia Railroad land at the Culver station and 

 proceeding around the lake on the north side, then south, then 

 west, thence north to the starting point. In column 2, we give the 



