NOTES OF ARTESIAN AND COMMON WELLS. 557 



Oeorgcton-n. — C. B. Hill, Osborne Farm, soutlieast quarter of section 33: Ai-te- 

 sian well, 180 feet deep ; the water, rising 4 feet above the surface, is of good qi'.ality, 

 but not so suitable for use in tlie boilers of steam engines as the river water. 



Several flowing wells in the northern jyavt of this township range from 1G5 to 

 180 feet in depth. 



Numerous other records of wells in Clay County are noted in Geology 

 of Minnesota, Vol. II, pages 667-669. 



NORMAN COUNTY. 



Perley.— The Minneapolis and Northern Elevator Company has an artesian well 

 about 200 feet deep. Another of similar depth is at A. T. Aabye's house. 



Lal;e Ida. — Ferdinand Burkhardt, southwest quarter of section 2: Well, SO feet 

 deep; yellow till, 10 feet; blue till, 70 feet; water seeps, filling the well to about 25 

 feet below the surface. 



Ada. — The town well, 217 feet deep, 4 inches in diameter, supplies a stream 

 which ijartly fills a 1-iuch pipe. It was bored in 1881, and has since been running at 

 the rate of about 100 barrels per day. This water is very clear, and forms no irony 

 sediment. Its cool temperature (47° F.) and its excellent quality for drinking and 

 domestic uses, being called soft water, neai'ly equal to rain water for washing, make 

 this a very satisfactory investment for the town. Its cost was about $500. 



Common wells of Ada and its vicinity are 10 to 20 feet deep. Their water is 

 hard, but is considered healthful for drinking. 



Henry Downs, one-fourth of a mile west of Ada, has a flowing well about 90 

 feet deep. 



McDonalds ville. — S. A. Farnsworth, southeast quarter of section 4: Well, 75 

 feet ; soil, 3 feet; yellow alluvial clay, 10 feet; blue clay, alluvial in its upper i^art, but 

 doubtless including a considerable depth of till below, 50 feet; a harder portion of 

 the till, called "hardpan," 5 feet; gravel, 1 foot, and extending lower; artesian water, 

 of similar quality and amount of flow as the Ada town well. 



Pleasant View. — Two artesian wells, similar in their sections to the last, but more 

 feeble in flow, were noted in this township, namely, one, 05 feet deep, on William 

 Hein's farm, in the southwest quarter of section 2, and the other, 76 feet deep, at 

 F. S. Flower's, in the southeast quarter of section 22, 



Anthony. — Ole B. Halvorson, section 19: Well, 12 feet; soil, 2 feet; yellow till, 

 10 feet; water comes from a layer of sand 6 inches thick at the bottom, rising 6 

 feet to its permanent level in a half day. Mr. Halvorson has also bored down 

 65 feet, finding the section wholly till, dark bluish below the first 12 feet ; no layers 

 of sand and no additional supply of water. Common wells in this vicinity range 

 from 12 or 15 feet to 30 feet in depth. The water is slightly alkaline, but is quite tol- 

 erable and apparently healthful when the supply is daily renewed by pumping. 



