WATER SUPPLY OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA. 237 
The East Coast Lumber and Supply Company use two artesian 
wells as a source for power in running a planing mill. They are 
both six-inch wells and are about 500 feet deep. The pressure of 
the wells could not be obtained, but they are reported to have a 
head of 50 feet above the river. The principal use of the sur¬ 
rounding artesian wells is for general domestic purposes and 
irrigation. 
FRONTENAC. 
Mr. Josiah Thompson owns an artesian well at Frontenac. 
This well was reported to be 190 feet deep, and is four inches in 
diameter. The water is strongly impregnated with salt, and is 
used for power to pump water from a shallow fresh water well. 
The pressure of the well could not be obtained, but the head and 
flow were reported to be very good. 
GRANT. 
A four-inch well, now owned by Mr. Charles Christiancy, at 
Grant is the only flowing well in the vicinity. The well is 350 
feet deep and is cased 90 feet. It was drilled, in 1896, by Messrs. 
Near & Taylor. The principal supply of water is said togpome 
from a depth of 256 feet. 
MALABAR. 
Several deep wells have been sunk at Malabar. They vary 
from 300 to 390, or more, feet in depth. The principal use of the 
water is for irrigation purposes. 
MELBOURNE. 
At Melbourne, a record of several deep wells was obtained. 
Mr. W. T. Wells owns an artesian well, which was sunk by Capt. 
Alexander Near in 1898. This well is 389 feet deep and four inches 
in diameter. The pressure, as shown by the pressure gauge on 
March 15, 1910, was eleven and one-quarter pounds. The surface 
elevation was given as about 26 feet above the level of the water 
in Indian River, and this elevation, together with a pressure of 
