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flow increasing as each hard stratum is penetrated. This lime¬ 
stone, probably representing the Vicksburg group, has been pene¬ 
trated at Hastings about 200 feet or to a total depth of 365 feet, 
feet. 
Of the many wells at Hastings it is possible to give an in¬ 
dividual record of only a few. The following is a log of the 
well of F. R. Allen, kindly supplied by the driller, Mr. H. Walker. 
This is a 6-inch well, located three miles southeast of town. It 
was drilled in May, 1908, and is used for irrigating purposes. 
Feet. 
Yellow clay. 
Blue clay . 
Shell stratum . 
Clay. 
Soft rock . 
Clay. 
Rock supplying small flow 
Limestone. 
Shell and limestone. 
Material not reported 
0 - 6 
6 - 60 
60 - 64 
64 -160 
160 -165 
165 -171 
171 -171J4 
17154-183 
183 -245 
245 -300 
The following is a partial log of the well of Henry Bugbee 
taken from the notes kept by I. C. Peck. This is a four-inch 
well drilled in 1902 and located two and one-half miles south of 
Blastings. The well has a total depth of 257 feet and is cased 
178 feet. It is used for irrigating purposes. 
Feet. 
Surface material, soil and sand . 0- 6 
Mostly clay, some sand at 32 feet. Material from 38 
to 70 feet not reported . 6-186 
Seven feet of very hard rock through which it was 
possible to drill only a few inches a day .186-193 
Porous limestone from which flowing water is obtained.. .193-208 
Soft limestone, flow increasing with depth .208-257 
HOLY BRANCH. 
Flowing wells are obtained at Holy Branch. A four-inch 
well drilled in 1908 for Charles Slater by N. H. Monck reached a 
total depth of 240 feet. This well is cased 200 feet and the water 
is reported to rise 12 feet above the surface. 
