WELLS OF KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 595 



In the middle township of the north tier the following- records of deep 

 wells were obtained: 



Deep drift wells in northern, Kane County. 



Feet- 

 Mr. Kelly, sec. 32 130 



Mr. Eoch, sec. 20 161 



Mr. Hunter, sec. 21 106 



Near Gilbert Station, in sec. 14 293 



In the last of these wells an old soil was penetrated at the base of the 

 blue till, at a depth of 180 to 183 feet, beneath which was a hard till 

 extending to the rock, which was entered at 217 feet. 



At Dundee, in the northeast township of the county, wells on the gravel 

 terrace along Fox River are about 60 feet in depth. The public water supply 

 is obtained from springs, but in the part of the village east of Fox River 

 private wells are still in use. Mr. Francis Perry obtained a flowing well in 

 Fox River Valley north of Dundee, near the top of the limestone, at a depth 

 of 181 feet. An old soil was struck at about 155 feet. Water will flow 

 from a pipe 16 feet above the surface. This well is but a short distance 

 from the flowing wells in McHenry County, near Algonquin, reported above. 



The city of Elgin obtains its public supply by pumping from Fox 

 River. There are, however, many private wells within the city, and a few 

 deep artesian wells. The wells usually obtain water without entering rock 

 at depths of 50 feet or less. The thickness of the drift in a well at the 

 Elgin Shoe Factory is 123 feet, and an old soil was struck at 108 to 113 feet. 

 The drift above the soil is mainly gravel and cobble, but below it is a red- 

 dish till. Usually rock is struck at a depth of less than 100 feet. The 

 following data concerning artesian wells were furnished by W. S. Gamble, 

 city engineer. A well at the Elgin Watch Factory, at an elevation 715 

 feet above tide, has a depth of 2,026 feet and a diameter of 6 inches. It 

 obtains sulphurous water from St. Peter sandstone at 650 to 700 feet, and 

 soft water from Potsdam at 2,024 feet. A well at the Hospital for the 

 Insane, at an altitude 735 feet above tide, has a depth of 2,230 feet. This 

 also obtains water both from the St. Peter and the Potsdam sandstone. 

 The Elgin Creamery Company have a well 1,400 feet in depth, which 

 obtains water from the Galena limestone at 487 to 514 feet, and from sand- 

 stone at 650 to 700, 972, 1,208, and 1,398 feet. The upper veins are more 

 sulphurous than the lower. The Illinois Condensing Company have a well 



