WATER SUPPLY OF WEST FLORIDA. 
117 
feet and is cased about 300 feet. The water rises a few feet above 
the surface. The following is a log of this well as reported by Mr. 
Jaxon. 
Feet. 
Sand. 
Black muck . 
Soft sandstone . 
Very hard sandstone . 
Blue clay ........ r . . 
Soft yellow sandstone . 
Very hard sandstone . 
Kaolin like substance . 
Fine grained limestone 
0-20 
20-45 
80-125 
125-130 
130-133 
133-250 
250-265 
265-275 
275-435 
A second well at this place is owned by the Sale-Davis Company 
and was drilled by Mr. F. J. White in 1906. It is eight inches in 
diameter and reaches a total depth of 268 feet, the head of the well 
Fig. 10.—Exposure of sandstone ledges on Rock Hill in 
Washington County. 
at this depth being one foot below the surface. The water is used 
for general mill supply and is hard and sulphurous, forming a scale 
in the boilers. 
VERNON. 
Vernon, the county seat of Washington county, is situated on: 
