148 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY—FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
LOVETT. 
Lovett is in northwestern Madison county near the boundary 
line of Jefferson county. A two inch well was drilled here in 1906 
by Mr. G. P. Payne. It is 100 feet deep and is cased 90 feet at 
which depth rock was encountered. The water is said to stand 46 
feet below the surface. 
A well 3 miles east of Lovett was drilled for Mr. D. M. Wood 
by Bond and Payne in 1907. This is a two inch well, 145 feet deep 
and cased 142 feet. Bock was said to have been encountered at 
125 feet. The water stands 130 feet below the surface. An analysis 
of the water from this well by the State Chemist shows the total 
solids to be 180.5 parts per million parts water. These solids are 
reported to be composed principally of calcium carbonate (lime), 
sodium chloride (salt), magnesium sulphate (epsom salts), and 
silica. 
N MADISON. 
Madison, the county seat, lies near the central part and is the 
largest town in the county. The surface material here is the rolling 
red shindy clays. The elevation at the Seaboard Air Line depot 
here is 133 feet above sea. An artesian well 400 feet deep and owned 
by the Madison Electric Power Company supplies the city with 
water. The well is cased to a depth of 64 feet with 10-inch casing 
aud with 8-inch casing to a depth of something over 100 feet. Below 
this depth the well is reduced to four inches in diameter and is 
cased with 4-inch casing to 221 feet. The water rises to within 
90 feet of the surface. The first rock is said to have been encounter¬ 
ed at 64 feet, the line of 10-inch pipe being imbedded on this rock. 
An analysis of this water by the State Chemist shows it to con¬ 
tain 174 parts solids to 1,000,000 parts water. These solids are 
reported to be composed principally of calcium carbonate (lime), 
sodium chloride (salt), and iron oxide. 
Several deep wells have been drilled in the vicinity of Madison 
for the purpose of draining swamp and overflowed lands, and with 
good success. These range in depth from 60 to 128 feet. In size 
they range from two to six inches. 
RED OAK. 
Bed Oak is in extreme southwestern Madison county. Wells 
ranging in depth from 61 to 78 feet were drilled here by G. P. Payne 
