WATER SUPPLY OF WEST FLORIDA. 
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gable for some distance. The larger creeks are used extensively 
for rafting and floating mill timbers. Between Milton and Pensa¬ 
cola there is a regularly established line of water transportation. 
Fig. 8.—Rolling pine lands in Santa Rosa County. 
AREA OF ARTESIAN FLOW IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY. 
Up to the present time but little deep well drilling has been 
done in the county and the records of only a few flowing wells have 
been obtained, therefore, the area of artesian flow is undetermined. 
Along the Escambia Bay shore at Mulat there is a well that has 
a good flow at a depth of 181 feet. Other wells were reported far¬ 
ther up the bay. Flowing wells can without doubt be obtained 
along the entire watep front and inland until the elevation becomes 
too great, and also for some distance along the several large streams 
emptying into the bays. The artesian head or pressure could not 
be measured for any of the wells in this county and therefore the 
height to which the water will rise above the surface is not accurate¬ 
ly known. The water bearing formation from which these flows 
come is a coarse sand or gravel overlain by a series of sands and 
sandy clays. These sands and gravels are, as is well known, very 
variable and irregular in occurence and the depth at which flowing 
water is to be obtained, is likewise inconstant. The map on page 
95 indicates the area in which flowing wells can probably be ob¬ 
tained in this county. 
Bagdad is a large milling town situated about 1 mile south of 
