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Section of drift in gas well at Hobbs station. 



Feet. 



Till, yellow and blue 38 



Gravel 5 



Till, blue 45 



Gravel 15 



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 Other sections in this county are given below. 



Section of drift in well in sec. 10, T. 21 N., R. 5 E. 



Feet. 



Till, yellow 10 



Gravel 20 



Till, blue 80 



Gravel 20 



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 Drift in wells at Tipton. 



[Altitude about S70 feet.] Feet. 



Well No. 1, in north part of village 139 



Well No. 2, one-half mile west of No. 1 152 



Well No. 3, in east part of village 200 



A gas well at Windfall, in northeastern Tipton County, penetrated 72 feet of drift, mainly 

 blue till, but including thin beds of sand and gravel. 



Howard County. — At the Barrett gas well, in southeastern Howard County, in sec. 21, T. 

 23 N., R. 5 E., is the following section of drift: 



Section of drift in Barrett well. 



Feet. 



Till, yellow 10 



Gravel, loose 40 



Gravel, cemented 48 



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In the Probst well, sec. 7, T. 23 N., R. 5 E., the well driller reports striking beneath the 

 till, at 103 feet, a bed of dirt and leaves, underlain by sand and gravel extending to limestone 

 at 115 feet. 



At Tampico two gas borings show a difference of 28 feet in the thickness of drift, the 

 thicker being in the well on the lower ground. In each the upper portion, to a depth of 25 

 feet, is till and the remainder sand and gravel with thin beds of till. 



At Sharpsville a gas well penetrated 70 feet of drift, mainly till. 



A gas well 4 miles east of Russiaville, in southern Howard County, penetrated 165 feet of 

 drift. A boring in Russiaville penetrated 153 feet, of which the upper 60 feet is till and the 

 remainder largely sand and gravel. 



In several wells in Kokomo and vicinity drift is absent or ranges up to 88 feet in thickness. 



At Greentown, 8 miles east of Kokomo, most wells obtain water at 20 to 25 feet in gravel 

 below till. A lower vein of water is struck at 35 to 45 feet. Gas borings show the drift to 

 be about 85 feet in thickness. 



At Fairfield a village well struck rock at 47 feet, another well one-fourth mile northeast 

 on slightly lower ground at 72 feet, and a third one-half mile north of the village on ground 

 about 20 feet lower than the first well at 26 feet. In all these wells the drift is mainly till. 

 Most of the wells draw from beneath the first sheet of till at 20 or 30 feet. A well near the 

 railway station has 47 feet of drift, of which the upper 18 or 20 feet is till, and the remainder 

 gravel. Gas bormgs show the drift to range from 25 up to fully 75 feet. 



Grant County. — In southwestern Grant County the drift is thin and consists of a few feet 

 of till underlain in many places by a bed cf water-bearing sand or gravel. Gas borings show 

 the following thicknesses: At Switzer, 28 feet; Swayze, 22 feet; Simms, 45 feet; Point Isabel, 

 22 feet; Fairmount, 5 to 35 feet. 



Miami County. — At Xenia (Converse post office) dug wells end at 10 to 20 feet in gravel 

 beneath a sheet of till. The drift ranges from 25 up to 100 feet or more in thickness. In the 



