552 THE GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ. 



George Barues, northwest quarter of sectiou 14: Artesian well, S3 feet deep, in 

 till, to quicksand at tlie bottom, into which the auger fell suddenly 2 or 3 feet, obtain- 

 ing a very i^owerful flow of water. 



George W. Mace, southeast quarter of section 22: Well, 107 feet deep; water 

 rises 5 feet above the surface, but has only a feeble flow. 



T. B. Bushnell, southwest quarter of section 23, about 10 rods east of the last 

 and on land several feet higher: Well, 105 feet; artesian water rises with much force, 

 probably sufficient to carry it to a height of 40 feet. It flows 22 gallons per minute 

 from a pipe 1 inch in diameter. 



Nash Brothers, northwest quarter of section 2C, about a half mile south of the 

 last: Well also 105 feet; water, found at 05 feet, rises with similar force, bringing up 

 quicksand. It has a temperature of 48° F., and is of the best quality, being softer 

 than the water of neighboring shallow wells. 



In the southeast quarter of section 34, near Tintah, a well 95 feet deep found 

 much lignite in the upper part of a water-bearing bed of sand, into which the boring 

 went 5 feet, obtaining water that rises nearly to the surface. 



Campbell. — The railroad well in the village, 260 feet deep, went all the way in 

 till, excepting occasional layers of sand and gravel, mostly thin, but at one place 8 

 feet thick, from 165 to 173 feet below the top. Numerous fragments of lignite were 

 found in the till of this well, especially from 125 to 150 feet, and they were abundantly 

 mixed with the thick bed of sand mentioned, making about 10 per cent of the deposit. 

 Some of its pieces brought up from the depth of 173 feet were iucrusted with pyrite. 

 The lower portion of the pipe becoming filled with mud, it was found necessary to 

 puncture the pipe and admit water above the clay filling. This was done at 176 feet. 

 The water rose within 4 feet of the surface. Higher water-bearing veins were encoun- 

 tered in boring the well at 125, 150, and 165 feet. 



F, W. Maechler, of Campbell, who has bored nearly a hundred deep wells within 

 a radius of 5 miles, states that shallow wells, which are dug 10 to 25 feet deep, have, 

 almost without exception, disagreeable alkaline water; but that the bored wells, 50 

 to 100 feet, or occasionally more, in depth, have very good water, frequently artesian. 

 At Mr. Maechler's house the well is 55 feet deep; till, 20 feet; sand, with some layers 

 of fine gravel, 35 feet, and continuing lower; water rises to 3 feet below the surface. 

 This exceptionally thick bed of sand also supplies water to several other wells in the 

 village; but some of the wells here, including the railroad well before noted, are 

 wholly till, inclosing no important sand or gravel layer and having no inflow of water, 

 for a depth of 100 to 125 feet. 



W. D. Cross, 1 mile northwest from Campbell village: Boring, 176 feet, entirely 

 in till, less stony in its lower half and there containing streaks of gravel and sand 6 

 to 12 inches thick; no supply of water. Another well, however, 124 feet deep, bored 

 only a few hundred feet distant, was quite difi'ereut, being till, 81 feet; sand and 



