138 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY—FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
of the hills in the vicinity of Tallahassee probably reach an ele¬ 
vation of 250 feet. Chaires, near the eastern boundary of the county, 
has an elevation, according to the records of the Seaboard Air Line 
Railway, of 60 feet, and Ocklocknee, near the western boundary 
of the county has according to the same surveys, an elevation of 
133 feet above sea. 
LOCAL DETAILS. 
CHAIRES. 
Chaires is in eastern Leon county on the Seaboard Air Line 
Railway. The surface material here is the red sandy clays under 
which at a comparatively shallow depth limestones are found. The 
shallow wells range in depth from 15 to 30 feet terminating in the 
sandy clays. These are the common type of wells in this vicinity. 
A well from which the Seaboard Air Line pumps its- water for 
boiler use here is said to be about 35 feet deep. The well at this 
depth enters the limestone formation which was encountered about 
30 feet below the surface. The elevation at the depot here is 60 
feet above sea and the well is located near the depot at about the 
same level. The water, which is hard, rises to within 21 feet of 
the surface. 
TALLAHASSEE. 
Tallahassee, the capital of the State and county seat of Leon 
county, is situated about the center of the county near the southern 
limit of the rolling red clay hills. The hill upon which the Capitol 
building is located has an elevation of about 200 feet above sea. The 
elevation at the depot here is, according to the records of the Sea¬ 
board Air Line, 83 feet above sea. The city is supplied with water 
from three artesian wells ranging in depth from 400 to 717 feet 
and in diameter from 8 to 12 inches. These three wells are located 
at the pumping station about three blocks east and six blocks 
south of the postoffice. Two of the wells are 400 feet in depth and 
the third is 717 feet deep. All the wells are reported cased 190 
feet. The water rises to within about 92 feet of the surface. The 
following analysis of the water from this well shows the character 
