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great many wells in the city terminate at this depth. The water 
from this formation is more or less hard, but is not so strongly 
impregnated with hydrogen sulphide gas as is the water from 
the deeper water-bearing formations. 
These more shallow wells at one time ceased to flow and 
pumps had to be resorted to. When the deeper wells were put 
in, the shallow wells in this vicinity commenced flowing again. 
As an instance of this, the well now owned by Messrs. L. H. 
and W. A. Merryday and located in the yard of the Putnam 
House, may be cited. This is a two-inch well and is 50 feet 
deep. It is reported as being cased the total depth. TJie well 
flowed when first put in, but in subsequent years had ceased to 
flow. During the year 1908 Mr. H. Mervin drilled a four-inch 
well for Dr. G. E. Welch about two blocks to the north. This 
well reached a total depth of 220 feet and is reported cased 120 
feet. Immediately on the completion of this well the Merryday 
well commenced to flow. This seems to indicate that these wells 
are supplied with water through leakage from the wells reaching 
the deeper water-bearing strata. 
The principal flow in and near Palatka is obtained from a 
depth of 175 to 250 feet. At this depth an abundance of water 
is obtained having a head varying from 18 to 26 feet above sea. 
A measurement was made of the pressure in the well of A. D. 
Curry, about three-fourths of a mile southwest of Palatka, in 
December, 1909. The well at this time was found to have a 
pressure of eleven and one-half pounds. The pressure was taken 
at the top of the pipe which stands about two feet above the 
surface of the ground. 
A number of wells have been put down across the river and 
in the vicinity of East Palatka. The elevation of the depot at 
East Palatka, as given by the 'Coast and Geodetic Survey, is 
seventeen feet above sea level. A four-inch well drilled for PI. 
Hanna at this place by N. H. Monck in 1909 reached a depth of 
225 feet. It is reported cased 135 feet and the water is reported 
as rising fifteen feet above the surface. A second well drilled 
for the Florida East Coast Railway by N. H. Monck in 1909 was 
