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feet above the surface. There are several other rtowiiig wells of similar depth iu 

 this vicinity. 



Fairvietc. — On the Fairview Earin an artesian well 240 feet deep, bored wholly 

 in alluvial, lacustrine, and drift deposits, has a powerful flow. 



Mooreton. — Artesian wells at the Mooreton Eoller Mills and at the Central Hotel 

 are about 135 feet deep, obtaining moderate flows of good water, about 4 gallons per 

 minute fi'om an inch pipe. 



On the Minneapolis Farm, owned by Bull & Menage, about 2 miles noi'thwest of 

 Mooreton, a well 150 feet deep flows 7 gallons per minute from a three-fourths inch 

 I)ipe. At 11 feet above the surface it shows no perceptible decrease in the force of 

 the flow. 



The Antelope Farm, owned by Hugh Moore, about 3 miles farther northwest, has 

 an artesiau well 173 feet deei>, with two-thirds as strong flow as the last. 



Wyndmere. — The Northern Paciflc Elevator Company bored to the depth of 

 2G7 feet, obtaining no artesian water. The thickness of the alluvial, lacustrine, and 

 drift formations was in total 218 feet, below which the boring went 4!( feet in dark 

 Cretaceous shale. 



Dwiglit. — Ten artesian wells, from 85 to 105 feet deep, are within a radius of 5 

 miles around this village. Their water is good, not at all saline, but slightly alkaline, 

 though less so than that of the common wells, which are 10 to 25 feet deep. 



Colfax. — H. B. Crandall, Headquarters Hotel: Artesian well, 85 feet deep; soil 

 and delta sand, f> feet; till, 79 feet, to sand and gravel at the bottom. 



Depths of other artesian wells in Colfax village, all obtaining good water in the 

 drift, are as follows: At Cargill Bros.' elevator, 125 feet; at the Ued River Valley 

 mill, 128 feet; and at the railway tank, 135 feet. 



Two flowing wells, 55 and fiO feet deep, are reported within a few miles east of 

 this village. 



Walcott. — Miimesota and Dakota Elevator Company: Flowing well, 120 feet deep; 

 the water, which is of excellent quality, rises only 1 foot above the surface. 



The artesian town well, 25 rods east of the preceding, is 110 feet deep. It ceases 

 flowing when the larger pipe of the elevator well, 4 inches in diameter, is opened to 

 its full size. 



An artesian well 1 mile north of Walcott, 227 feet deep, obtains good water, 

 called '"soft," which rises only to the surface. Aboiit 2 miles farther north a well 

 104 feet deei) flows about 50 barrels daily, rising 5 feet above the surface. Another 

 flowing well, 2 miles north of the last, is 131 feet deep. 



Common wells in all this region obtain ample supplies of water at depths ranging 

 from 10 to 30 feet, and no salt taste is noticeable in the water of either the common 

 or the artesiau wells. 



