66 VREDENBURG : RECENT ARTESIAN EXPERIMENTS IN INDIA-, 

 No. 9. Zaretskey Book & Co. Section — 



o — 30 ft. grey silt. 

 30 — 42 „ fine brownish sand. 

 42 — SS 11 small ferruginous concretions. 

 55— ISS „ grey clayey silt. 

 123 — 217 „ grey sand. 



217 — 220 ft. sub-angular gravel. 

 220—249 „ fine pale buff sand. 

 249 — 254 „ pale yellow sand. 

 254—257 ,, coarse grit and sand. 

 257—289 ,, pale yellow sand. 

 289 — „ coarse grit and sand. 



" Through the courtesy of the proprietors this well was pumped 

 for me with an open mouth. It was found that the well gave 1,200 

 gallons an hour with a lowering of the surface level to 8 feet. " 



No. 7. Steel Brothers & Co. Lower mill. 



No record except that the water was brackish. 



No. 8. Rowett & Co. 



Two wells were sunk, both were failures. No further record. 



No. 10. Bulloch Brothers & Co. Section — 



o — 25 ft. fine clayey silt. 



25— 52 „ fine sandy silt. 



52— 70 „ fine grey sand. 



70—108 ,, silt. 

 108— 118 „ fine grey sand. 



11S— 170 „ alterations of more or less sandy and clayey silt. 

 170-256 „ grey sand of various shades. 

 256—265 „ grey sand with some yellow grains. 



265 — 275 ft. yellow sand. 

 275—282 „ grit. 

 2S2 — 302 „ sharp yellow sand. 

 302—320 „ gravel ranging to i inch. 



No. 11. Arracan Co. 



Two wells sunk to 240 and 245 feet; water bad. 

 No further record. 

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