264 GLACIAL FORMATIONS OF ERIE AND OHIO BASINS. 



The section of Harvey Morris's well, near the north end of the ridge, 

 89 feet in depth, is as follows: 



Section of Morris well on Chestnut Hidqe. 



■^ Feet. 



1. Clay, containing a few pebbles in lower part 20 



2. Fine sand, becoming gravelly near the bottom 69 



Total 89 



Jerry Anderson's well, also near north end of ridge, 95 feet in depth, 

 has the following section: 



Section of Anderson well on Chestnut Hidge. 



Feet. 



1. Clay, pebbleless at surface but quite pebbly below; blue in lower part 52 



2. Gray sand, too fine to screen but yielding water 38 



3. Gravel 5 



Total 95 



Hiram Love's well, 57 feet in depth, has the following section: 



Section of Love well on Chestnut Ridge. 



Feet. 



1. Surface clay and yellow till 20 



2. Blue till 30 



3. Gravel and sand 7 



Total , 57 



A well at Mr. Wieneke's, on the highest point of the ridge, 77 feet in 

 depth, penetrates the following strata: 



Section of Wieneke well on Chestnut Midge. 



Feet. 



1. Sandy loam 15 



2. Loose sand 18 



3. Reddish gravel and sand with clay admixture, probabl y till 40 



4. Coarse gravel 4 



Total 77 



A strong spring gushes out of the slope of the ridge west of Wieneke's 

 residence at about the level of the bottom of the well and probably from 

 the same gravel bed. At M. T. Cox's residence, on a low part of the ridge, 

 scarcely 50 feet above the bordering plain, a well 107 feet in depth pene- 

 trates strata as follows: 



Section of Cox well on Chestnut Ridge. 



Feet. 



1. Till 50 



2. Fine sand 25 



3. Gravelly sand 32 



Total 107 



