110 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY—FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
Baker-Wakefield Company have a flowing well which is 8 inches in 
diameter and 210 feet deep. The pressure gauge on September 22, 
1910, indicated a pressure of 15 pounds, equivalent to a head of 
34.65 feet above the surface. The well is on low ground, only a few 
feet above the water level in the bay. Another well nearby owned 
by the Choctawhatchee Lumber Company has a depth of 189 feet 
and is 6 inches in diameter. This well had a pressure on the same 
date of 12J pounds, equivalent to a head of 28.87 feet above the 
surface. The water from these wells is used for general mill supply. 
It is slightly hard but is used in boilers. 
LAKE WOOD. 
A well for the Britton Lumber Company was sunk at Lake 
Wood in 1905 to the depth of 604 feet. The well was commenced 
10 inches in diameter but in the process of drilling was reduced 
to 6 inches. According to barometric readings the elevation here 
is 290 feet above sea. The water is said to rise to within 160 feet of 
the surface and from its continued use in the boilers a soft scale 
is formed. 
LAUREL HILL. 
There are no deep wells in Laurel Hill, the town itself having 
no city water supply. The typical wells in use here are the open 
dug wells which range from 50 to possibly 100 or more feet in depth. 
The well in public use in Laurel Hill is said to be 57 feet deep and 
terminates in sands and sandy clays. The so-called bored well from 
which the water is drawn up in long cylindrical bucket with the 
windless attachment is frequently used in this section. 
