NOTES OF ARTESIAN AND COMMON WELLS. 563 



The boriug for a town well showed a great thickness of till beneath this section, 

 extending to the depth of 2G0 feet. 



L. Loughridge, in the village: Well, 96 feet; water rises to 4 feet below the 

 surface, and is capable of supplying about 25 barrels daily. 



Pembina Farming Company, 1 mile soiitheast of Warren : Well, 180 feet, obtain- 

 ing excellent water, not saline, which rises to 20 feet below the surface. 



March & Spalding, 1 mile west of the village: Well, 143 feet; water rises to 4 

 feet below the surface, supplying 75 barrels in twenty-four hours. 



The common wells of this vicinity are 10 to 30 feet deep, obtaining usually an 

 abundant supply of water, which is very hard, but has little or no alkaline taste. 



Argylc. — A boring for a town well in this village, 150 feet deep in drift, chiefly 

 till, was stopped at this depth by a bowlder, having found no considerable supply of 

 water. Gas which could be ignited issued from the depth of 70 to 100 feet. 



Minneapolis and Northern Elevator Company: Flowing well, 155 feet deep, 

 with water rising only slightly above the surface, but yielding a large supply when 

 pumjjed. It is saline, but is used for the engine boiler. 



Middle River. — William Carrese, section 22, 1 mile south of Argyle: Flowing 

 well, 285 feet deep ; brackish water rises 2 feet above the surface. 



O. D. Ford, Stone Farm, section 33: Flowing well, 218 feet deep; water, found at 

 185 feet, rises 2 feet above the surface; brackish, but good for cattle. 



Bloomer. — On the Aigyle Farm, section 23, a boring 200 feet or more in depth 

 obtained no artesian water. 



Wanger. — In the northeast quarter of section 10 a boring found combustible gas 

 at 80 feet. 



James Headrick, southeast quarter of section 28: Well, 28 feet deep, dug 26 

 feet, there finding a cavity 2 feet deep, full of running water, which passes through 

 the well with a southwestward current estimated at 2 miles per hour. A bucket 

 dipping water is apt to be swept away under the southwest side of the well. The 

 water runs over a bed of tine gravel and forms sand bars in the bottom of the well, 

 which therefoi-e needs to be fi'equeutly cleared out. The section was soil, 2 feet; clay, 

 4 feet; sand and gravel, 2 feet; and till, 18 feet. Along the course of the Tamarack 

 liiver for 8 miles thence westward to Stephen it receives many small springs, issuing 

 nearly on a level with the river ; and some of these are probably formed by the stream 

 that flows through this well. 



Tamarack. — C. W. Culbertsou, section 31: Flowing well, 74 feet deep; water rises 

 10 feet above the surface ; saline, but good for stock. 



Stephen. — Town well, about 240 feet deep; water rises 3 or 4 feet above the sur- 

 face, but it is not a large supply, even when pumped from at 10 feet below the surface; 

 too saline for any use. 



