550 THE GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ. 



WELLS ON THE AREA OF LAKE AGASSIZ IN MINNESOTA 



TRAVERSE COUNTY. 



Browns YaUeij. — The section of the artesian well in this village has been given 

 on page 89, and an analysis of its water on page 539. 



Doleysmount. — Endoliih Heidelberger, southeast quarter of section G: Well, .30 

 feet deep; till, 22 feet; and sand with water, not rising, 14 feet, to the bottom and 

 continuing lower. 



Emil Heidelberger, northeast quarter of section 6: Artesian well, 79 feet deep, 

 in drift, chiefly till; flow scanty. 



Grolce. — Cyrus B. Stevens, northeast quarter of section 12: Well, (iO feet dee]); 

 soil, gravel, and sand, 5 feet; till, 50 feet; and quicksand, penetrated 5 feet and con- 

 tinuing lower, so soft that the auger fell 3 or -i feet. Water, so alkaline that it can 

 not be used, rose from this sand to 3 feet below the surface. 



Clifton. — William McClymond, iu section 13, has two artesian wells, each about 

 85 feet <leep, in drift. There are several other flowing wells, 60 to 75 feet deep, in this 

 northeastern part of the township. 



J. T. Blaisdell, in section 31, has two flowing wells. The one at the farmhouse is 

 119 feet deep, bored all the way in till, yellowish for 25 or 30 feet, and dark bluish 

 below, hardest in its lowest 6 or 8 feet, beneath which water was struck in coarse 

 gravel, and rises to the surface, overflowing; a good supply. The other well, nearly a 

 mile northeast from the foregoing, is 182 feet deep. Water rises from quicksand at 

 the bottom, and is of good quality, but only a small supply. This well was bored 

 after that at the farmhouse, so that water was expected at 119 feet, but none was 

 found, nor was any layer of gravel and sand noticed at that depth. 



Wlteaton. — Common weUs at Wheaton are 25 to 35 feet dee]), in till; water 

 usually rises to 10 or 15 feet below the surface, and is mostly alkaline; but the town 

 well, in the middle of the street, 30 feet deep, drained every day by its general use, 

 has fairly good water. 



Boring for an artesian town well went to the depth of 300 feet, obtaining no 

 flow at the surface. This well found at 200 feet a large supply of good water, which 

 rose to 15 feet below the surface. It came from the top of a bed of sand and gravel 

 about 10 feet thick, and rose with such force that it fllled 40 feet of the pipe with 

 sand. Next below was clay, probably till, about 65 feet, lying on Cretaceous shale, 

 into which the boring was continued about 25 feet. 



Another unsuccessful boring for artesian water was done in this village at T. E. 

 Dunn's livery stable, to a depth of 390 feet. Till extended from the surface to a 

 depth of 280 feet, inclosing layers of sand and gravel at 130 feet and at other depths 

 to 200 feet. The lower 110 feet were hard, dark bluish shale, probably belonging to 

 the Fort Benton division of the Cretaceous series. 



