LITTON—ARTESIAN WELL. 83 
the Journal of daily — kept by Mr. Louis Holm, and from 
some additional notes furnished by him. It was properly com- 
menced in the spring of 1849, and the present depth was reached 
on the 12th of March, 1854, about five years after the commence- 
ment of the work. During these five years the work was, at pe- 
ont intermitted for months, so that the time actually employed 
only 33 months, during wl which, it os unk tothe depth of 
5199 feet, at a cost of not han $10, The depth of the 
Artesian Well, at rete ie is 1797, which required about eight 
years for completion n, and cost over 
Though it be difficult to determine, from the e. borings, with ab- 
solute ae the a ilagiont position of the different strata pene- 
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sified as represent n the section ; Shumard, who 
has had opportunities, during his connection with the State Geo- 
logical Survey, ofe becoming familiar, by personal observations, — 
with nearly all the strata represe ae 
nted. 
The observations made daviag the sinking of the well showed 
‘that the main supply of water was obtained in the soft white sand- 
stone at the depth of 1515 feet; and from experiments since made 
by Mr. Holm, by passing a tube to the depth at which the main 
supply of water a eset - —_ ei is no water which 
‘ises'to the surface s sandstone. This 
to the 
the unappro piste : 
of the supe lage Sand- - 
