ARTESIAN WELLS. 44',) 



4. The Ester well, at Xo. 65 S. Twelfth street, was the last of the wells 

 sunk in this part of the city. It was completed on December 16, 1885, at 

 a depth of 620 feet, costing $2 per foot. Two flows, at 400 and 600 feet, 

 respectively, were encountered and utilized. The 100-foot flow reached tlie 

 surface through a 4^-inch casing, the 600 through a 2-inch. A 3J-inch 

 leather shoe was used as packing at the end of the latter casing, besides 

 two leather-covered seed bags, one at 15 feet and the other at 150 feet 

 from its end. The original discharge from the lower body of water was 

 estimated at 40,000 gallons per day. No estimate of that from the upper 

 horizon was made, but it was considerably less than the lower; the head 

 was taken at 10 feet. The rate of sinking this well varied greatly. At a 

 depth of 185 feet a 4-foot stratum of very hard stone was encountered, 

 which was penetrated at the rate of a foot a day, the drill making 85 strokes 

 a minute; in the clayey strata the rate was sometimes as high as 60 feet 

 a day. The water as it comes from the well has a slight odor, which 

 disappears after it has stood for a while. 



The strata passed through in sinking the well are as follows: 



Feet. 



Gravel 20 



Clay 2 



Gravel 21 



Clay (white and blue) 12 



Sandstone 5 



(lay 52 



Sandstone 15 



Sandstone 28 



Hard ruck 4 



Sandstone 6 



Clay 6 



Sandstone 12 



Clay 15 



Sandstone 4 



Clay 32 



Clay 12 



Sandstone 43 



Clay 20 



Sandstone (water) GO 



Clay 52 



Sa i ids tone 20 



Clay 15 



Sandstone ... 40 



Clay :io 



Gravel (coarse and fine) (water) 58 



The well in December, 1890, was pumped at the rate of 24,000 gallons 

 per day. 



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