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eleven and one-quarter pounds, would give the well a head of 51.9 
feet above the river. 
The six-inch well of Capt. J. S. Sammis is 400 feet deep and is 
cased about 73 feet. The pressure of this well was taken on 
March 15, 1910, but since all connections to the well could not be 
shut off, the full pressure could not be obtained. The reading, 
however, was 11 pounds, which was a sufficient pressure to cause 
the water to rise 25.4 feet above the surface, or about 47.4 feet 
above the river; the well being about 22 feet above the river. 
A three-inch well, owned by Mr. Wm. R. Campbell, near Mel¬ 
bourne is used for power purposes and for irrigation. The water 
from the well turns an overshot wheel, which runs a pump, pump¬ 
ing water from a surface well. The surface water is soft and is 
preferred to the hard sulphur water of the deeper well. The well 
is 385 feet deep and was sunk by Messrs. Near & Taylor in 1895. 
A well, one mile west of Melbourne, owned by Mr. H. P. 
Bowden, is six inches in diameter and is 400 feet deep. The well 
was sunk by Capt. Alexander Near in 1907. The pressure, as 
indicated by the pressure gauge March 14, 1910, was 12 pounds, 
or a head of 27.7 feet above the surface. The surface elevation 
of the well, shown by barometer, was 22 feet above the water level 
in Indian River. This would give the well a total head of 49.7 
feet above the river. The water from this well, besides being 
used for general domestic purposes, is used for bathing and for 
power. Two large concrete bathing pools have been built and 
the water flows continually into them. The temperature of the 
water is said to be 77 degrees F. A water wheel, connected near 
the well, is used to pump water from a shallow, soft water i^ell. 
The following is an analysis of the water from this well. 
Analysis made for the State Survey in the office of the State 
Chemist, A. M. Henry, analyst: 
Constituents. 
Silica (SiC> 2 ) .... 
Chlorine (Cl) .... 
Sulphates (SO4) .. 
Phosphates (PO 4 ) 
Carbonates (CO 3 ) 
Parts per million. 
. 18 
. 573 
. 150 
. 0 
. 0 
