364 THE ILLINOIS GLACIAL LOBE. 



20 feet or more. A well on the farm of Hon. H. Howard, in sec. 4, Bloom- 

 ingdale Township, has the following section: 



Section of Hotoard well in Bloomingdale Township, Allegan County, Michigan. 



Feet. 



Loamy clay, -with much sand and gravel 12 



Bluish-brown till 15 



Yellowish-gray sand 20 



Cemented gravel 3 



Coarse yellow sand 12 



Depth 62 



A well across the road, on J. Howard's farm, differs in section from the 

 one given, having no cemented gravel. Its depth is 54 feet. Several wells 

 near Eagle Lake, in Cheshire and Bloomingdale townships, 50 to 60 feet in 

 depth, have till in their upper portion and sand in the lower. East of Eagle 

 Lake is a heavy deposit of till, one well being almost entirely in bine-gray 

 till to a depth of 112 feet, obtaining- water in gravel at 118 feet. In sec. 

 20, T. 1 N., R. 15 W., at Lee Station, which is situated at the southern 

 border of the "Pine Plains," on the Chicago and Western Michigan Rail- 

 road, a well 120 feet in depth, in which water rises nearly to the surface, 

 has the following section: 



Section in well at Lee Station, Chicago and Western Michigan Railroad. 



Feet. 



Sand 8 



Hard pebbly blue clay 30 



Bluish quicksand 50 



Blue-gray till 28 



Gravel 4 



Depth 120 



A well at Grand Junction, in Van Buren County, penetrates the fol- 

 lowing beds : 



Section in well at Grand Junction, Michigan. 



Feet. 



Soil and dry yellow sand 25 



Damp sand of gray color 48 



Sand and gravel at bottom 5 



Depth 78 



Many wells in Geneva Township, 2, to 5 miles west of Grand Junc- 

 tion, are in till to a depth of 25 feet, but among these are wells largely in 

 sand or gravel. East from Grand Junction for several miles the well sec- 

 tions are largely sand. Near Columbia Station, on the farm of Mr. Reece, 



