560 THE GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ. 



1 foot and contiuuing below. All the saucl bed yields a feeble artesian How, and a 

 strong- flow comes from tbe gravel. It is hard water, but excellent for drinking, 

 liaving no alkaline taste. 



Eammond. — W. S. Eattray, northeast quarter of section 15: Well, 12 feet; soil, 



2 feet; yellow alluvial clay, 7 feet; sand, 3 feet, underlain by dark blue day. Good 

 water, becoming 3 feet deep, issues from the lowest foot of the sand. Other wells in 

 this township are 10 to 15 feet deep, many of them having objectionably alkaline 

 water. 



Fairfax. — In the west part of section 28 a well 80 feet deep has water which rises- 

 8 feet above the surface. There are also several other flowing wells within 2 or 3 miles 

 eastward and southward, ranging from 80 to 112 feet in depth. 



Nine flowing wells in the northeast quarter of section 18 range from 185 to 205 

 feet in depth; and one in the southwest quarter of this section is 173 feet deep. 



Andorer. — E. S. Corser, Southside Farm, section 3: A boring 205 feet deep in 

 drift, mostly till, obtained no artesian water. 



In the northeast quarter of section 23 an unsuccessful boring to the depth of 111 

 feet went through black soil IJ feet, alluvial clay 18 feet; a vegetal deposit of leaves 

 and partially decayed wood 3 feet; and then clay, probably mostly till, to the bottom. 



Carman. — The artesian well at E. S. Corser's elevator, in this village, is 191 feet 

 deep, being yellowish alluvial clay, 11 feet; yellowish quicksand, 3 feet, in which 

 shallow wells get an ample supply of water, slightly alkaline; and dark bluish clay, 

 alluvial at the top, but soon changing to till, 177 feet, containing occasional thin lay- 

 ers of sand below the depth of IGO feet from the surface. A bed of flue gTavel and 

 sand was reached at the bottom, from which water rose to the height of 10 feet above 

 the surface, and flows at the rate of 100 barrels a day. The water, of which an 

 analysis is given on page 510, is very good for drinking and for all farm and domestic 

 uses. For washing with soap and for use in engine boilers, it is much better than the 

 water of the river. The cost of the well, bored 5 inches in diameter, was $600. 



CrooTcston. — Nels Swanson, in the south edge of the city, south of the Eed Lake 

 River: Artesian well, 185 feet deep in till; alluvial clay above and till below for the 

 greater part of its depth, with occasional thin veins of sand and gravel; water of good 

 quality. 



Another flowing well, owned by B. Sampson, about 20 rods north of the preceding, 

 is also 185 feet deep, its.lowest 6 feet being sand. 



S. M. McKee, southwest quarter of section 3: Well, 230 feet, with water rising 

 from the bottom to 12 feet below the surface. 



H. A. Wyand, southwest quarter of section 5: Well, 23G feet; till, 155 feet; a 

 harder deposit of till, called "hardpan," 11 feet; flue gravel and sand, 23 feet, with 

 water rising from its top to 8 feet below the surface; again till, in part moister and 

 softer than the higher till, 38 feet; and quicksand, 6 feet, also continuing lower, from 

 which water rises to H feet below the sui-face. 



