WATER SUPPLY OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA. 229 
Feet. 
Coal cinders (filled land). 5 
Coquina rock . 5 " 14 
Sand and shell .. 1®“ 42 
Blue clay . 42 “ 45 
Fine shell. 45_ 64 
Fine shell and sand.*.. 64 “ 80 
Coarse' shell .. 80 " 94 
Rock . 91- 92 
Clay and shell. 92_ 96 
Hard rock . 96-100 
Soft white limestone . 100-156 
The following is a log of a three-inch well drilled by H. Van- 
Dorn, two miles west of New Smyrna, for the Florida East Coast 
Railway. The record is obtained through the courtesy of Mr. 
G. A. Miller: 
Feet 
Sand . 0 - 16 
Rock . 16 - 20y 2 
Shell . 20 y 2 - 24 
Clay. 24-40 
Rock . 40-42 
Clay . 42-44 
Rock . 44- 46 
Clay... 46-79 
Rock .;.. 79-81 
Shell . 81-85 
Rock. 85- 87 
Rock, bearing salty water. 87-103 
Rock, bearing fresh water. 103-124 
OAK HILL. 
Oak Hill is eleven miles south of New Smyrna, on the Florida 
East Coast Railway and about four miles north of the head of 
Indian River. Several flowing wells occur in the vicinity of this 
place. These wells are reported to be about 130 feet deep. The 
water is hard and sulphuretted. Approaching the head of Indian 
River, some four or five miles south of Oak Hill, flowing wells 
of brackish water are obtained. Mr. T. J. Murray owns four 
