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THE ILLINOIS GLACIAL LOBE. 

 Table of deep wells in Bureau County — Continued. 



Owner or location. 



Depth. 



E. Stevenson, in Lamoille 



L. Hopps, near Lamoille 



C. L. Dayton, near Lamoille . . . 

 Mr. Perkins, sec. 5, T.17, E.ll E 



A. Searle, sec. 32, T. 16, R. 10 E . 



M. Frey, sec. 22, T. 16, R. 10 E . . 



One-half mile north of Depue. 



N. Anderson, sec. 30 



Mr. Seaton, sec. 9 



Seaton and vicinity 



Near Hollo way ville 



Ladd, coal boring 



Princeton artesian well 



Princeton, old artesian well.. . 



Mr. Rickmeyer, 3 miles north- 

 east of Princeton. 



A. T. Weise, sec.36, T.16, R.9 E. 



Sec. 20, T. 16, R. 9 E 



In T. 16, R. 8 E., at Mr. Kauf- 

 mann's, sec. 13. 



Company's well, sec. 16, T. 16, 

 R.8 E. 



J. Sapp, sec. 18, T. 16, R. 8 E. . . . 



L. L. Lay, sec. 31, T. 16, R. 8 E . . 



J. Pottorf, sec. 32, T. 16, R. 8 E . 



S. W. i sec. 32, T. 16, R. 8 E 



C. Hays, at Wyanet 



Wyanet prospect boring 



Lovej oy coal shaft 



County farm, east of Wyanet.. 

 J. B. Stewart, near Wyanet . .. 

 Buda, village well 



Mrs. Mammon, in Buda 



E. llai brook, sec. 8,T. 16, R. 7E 

 Nels Olson, sec. 12, T. 16, R. 7 E . 



Sheffield and vicinity 



Mineral, railway well 



800 

 800 

 750 



650 

 680 

 490 

 520 

 700 

 625 

 700 

 656 

 700 

 700 

 670 



485 

 700 

 690 



Feet. 

 150 

 130 

 207 

 147 



265 

 120 

 50 

 300 

 100 

 45 

 80 

 175 

 372 

 313 

 272 



395 

 260 

 260 



Gas well ; no rock. 



Gas in sand at bottom. 



Gas and water iu sand at bottom. 



Yellow till, 14 feet; blue till, 117 feet; hard gray 



till, 15 feet. Sand with gas at bottom. 

 No rock struck ; mainly sand. 

 No rock; mainly sand. 

 Entirely sand. 



Enters rock at about 100 feet. 

 Enters rock near bottom. 

 Drift about 45 or 50 feet. 

 Mainly till ; sand at bottom. 

 Rock entered at 175 feet. 

 Rock entered at 372 feet. 

 Rock entered at 216 feet. 

 Clay, 90 feet ; gravel and sand, 182 feet. 



Rock entered at 160 feet. 



No rock struck. 



Clay,^125 feet. Sand and clay to bottom. 



Sand, 40 feet ; blue till, 80 feet. Sand at bottom. 



No rock. Gas in sand at 85 feet. 



No rock. Gas in old soil. 



Rock? at bottom. 



Sandstone entered at 80 feet. 



Clay, 40 feet; sand, 10 feet; blue clay, 25 feet; clay 



with sand veins to bottom, 50 feet. 

 Rock entered at 112 feet. 

 Yellow till, 20 feet; sand, 12 feet; blue till, 30 feet. 



Sandstone above coal. 

 Not certain whether rock was struck. 

 Mainly till. Wood aud sand at bottom. 

 Till, 70 feet ; sand, 10 feet. Till with thin sand beds 



to bottom. Artesian well recently sunk has 160 



feet of drift. 

 Till, 85 feet. Remainder mainly sand. 

 Clay, 75 feet. Fine blue sand to bottom. 

 Mainly clay ; lower 50 feet sand. 

 Rock entered at 10 to 20 feet. 

 In blue clay at bottom. 



