28 A. P. BEIGHAM — GLACIAL FLOOD DEPOSITS. 



but by evidence from well-borings which will now be presented.* The 

 wells in general are situated near the middle of the valley. 



Rowlands Well, Hamilton. 



Feet. 



Soil, fine gravel and sand. 26 



Fine, homogeneous blue clay, gravel stones only near bottom and rare 165 



Quicksand 26 



" Cement " sand — fine sand caked or partly consolidated = 55 



" Cement " gravel 4 



276 

 May dole Well, Norwich. 



Clay struck at 6 feet and continued to below 200 feet, except mixture of quick- 

 sand at about 100 feet, "black gravel" at bottom. Total 212 



Lyon Foundry Well, Greene. 



Cinders 6 



Gravel 8 



Clay and quicksand 80 



Clay and gravel 1 



Clay 8 



Clay and gravel 2 



Clay 12 



Quicksand , 7 



Quicksand and gravel . . 10 



Hard-pan 4 



Conglomerate and quicksand 30 



Rock 7 



175 



Wells at Chenango Bridge. 



Gravel 40 to 50 



Sand and clay 125 



165 to 175 

 Port Dickinson Wells (3 miles north of Binghamton). 



Two wells give — 



Gravel 20 



Clay with thin beds of gravel 155 



175 



A third, gives — 



Gravel 15 



Blue clay and quicksand to rock 185 



200 



* The writer is indebted for well records to Messrs W. R. Rowlands, of New ^ork ; H. A. L,yon, 

 of Greene ; A. E- Race, of Norwich ; William C. and Stephen Shear, of Port Crane, and R. Shear, 

 of Binghamton. The Messrs Shear are well-drillers of long experience. 



