132 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY—FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
LOCAL DETAILS. 
APALACHICOLA. 
Apalachicola is the county seat of Franklin county and is 
located on Apalachicola Bay. The city is supplied with water 
from an artesian well 363 feet deep. The well is six inches in 
diameter and is cased 280 feet. The water rises to within about 
six feet of the surface. A second well owned by the city, located 
near the bay shore, is 620 feet deep and eight inches in diameter. 
This well is not now in use. The water rises about six feet above 
the surface and the volume of flow when measured September 16, 
1910, was eight gallons per minute. 
The Apalachicola Ice Company own two artesian wells, one 
450 feet and the other about 337 feet in depth. The deeper well is 
three inches in diameter and is cased 110 feet. The water rises 
about six feet above the surface. This well is not in use. The 
second well 337 feet in depth is six inches in diameter and is cased 
98 feet. The water does not flow but comes to within five feet 
of the surface. The water from this well is preferred to the deeper 
well water since it is not so hard. 
Flowing wells can be obtained at this locality along the bay 
shore at depths varying from about 325 to 620 feet. At the latter 
depth the water in the city well contained salt and was therefore 
not used. The waters from the more shallow wells are impreg¬ 
nated with sulphur and are hard. Across the bay on St. Vincent 
Island flowing wells are also obtained. Dr. K. V. Pierce has two 
flowing wells here drilled by the Dixie Well Works which furnish 
an abundant supply of water. 
Three miles north of Apalachicola the Apalachicola Northern 
Kailroad drilled a well to the depth of 112 feet. The water at 
this depth is soft and desirable for use in boilers. The head is 
about 5 feet below the surface. A cypress log was encountered in 
the drilling at the depth of about 65 feet. In several other in¬ 
stances logs have been reported while sinking wells along the coast 
at this locality.* 
CARRABELLE. 
Carrabelle is in east Franklin county on St. James Island and 
is the terminus of the Georgia, Florida and Alabama Kailway. 
Several deep wells have been drilled at this locality. The Franklin 
^Florida Geological Survey, Second Annual Report, P. 153, 1910. 
