WATER SUPPLY OP EASTERN AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA. 219 
In a well owned by Mr. L. E. Morrow, four miles south of 
Sanford, on the Sanford-Orlando public road, and drilled by 
Mr. W. E. Holmes in April, 1910, the Vicksburg Limestone was 
reached at a depth of 113 feet. The first flow was obtained at 
a depth of 110 feet, coming from a light yellow sand. The fol¬ 
lowing is an approximate log of this well constructed from notes 
given by the driller and from a partial set of samples kindly 
saved by him: 
Feet. 
Surface soil. 0- 5 
Yellow sand . 5- 40 
Shell and sand, water, no flow. 40- 60 
Sand . 60-91 
Shell and sand with shark’s teeth . 91- 95 
Dark blue rock with black phosphatic pebbles.. 95-100 
Very dark rock . 100-101 
Light yellow sand . 101-113 
Vicksburg Limestone . 113- 
The principal supply of water for the city of Sanford is drawn 
from Lake Ada, about four miles southeast of the city. The soft 
water from the lake is preferred to the hard, sulphuretted ar¬ 
tesian water. However, the city has four artesian wells, which 
serve as a source of supply when the lake is low. These wells 
are all four inches in diameter and are reported to have an aver¬ 
age depth of 130 feet. Measurements in regard to the volume 
of flow of these wells could not be obtained. 
Several flowing wells occur at Cameron City, on Lake Jessup, 
about six miles southeast of Sanford. The wells here are of 
about the same depth as those in and near Sanford and good 
flows are obtained. The principal use of the water is for irri¬ 
gating purposes. 
At Monroe, a station four miles northwest of Sanford, on the 
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, a number of wells have been sunk. 
According to reports from drillers the artesian conditions here 
are essentially the same as at Sanford. A well about one-fourth 
of a mile southwest of the depot was drilled for the Title, Bond 
and Trust 'Company by W. E. Holmes & Son. This is a two-inch 
well, 180 feet deep and cased 120 feet. The pressure of this 
