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from 350 to 453 feet. The water is hard and impregnated with 
hydrogen sulphide and is used for irrigating and general purposes. 
SEBASTIAN. 
There are several flowing artesian wells in and near Sebastian. 
They vary in depth from 365 to 500 feet. At this depth an abun¬ 
dance of hard sulphuretted water is obtained, rising from 16 to 25, 
or more, feet above the surface. A well owned by Mr. J. A. 
Groves, drilled by Mr. J. McAllister, was completed in 1896. This 
well is 460 feet deep, four inches in diameter, and is cased 100 feet. 
The water is reported to have a head of 16 feet above the surface, 
the surface elevation being estimated at 25 feet above the level of 
the water in Indian River. The total head of the well above the 
river is thus 41 feet. The water is used for general and domestic 
purposes and for irrigation. A four-inch well, drilled by Capt. 
Alexander Near, in 1901, owned by the Indian River Cooperage 
Company, is 365 feet deep. The water is reported to rise 25 or 
more feet above the surface. The elevation of the depot at Sebas¬ 
tian, according to levels run by the Florida East Coast Railway, 
is 19 feet. This well has approximately the same elevation as the 
depot, and this, in addition to head of 25 feet above the surface, 
gives the well a total head of 44 feet above sea. The well is now 
abandoned, but, when first sunk, was used for the manufacture 
of ice. 
The Fellsmere Farms Company have recently completed a well, 
about ten miles west of Sebastian (Sec. 22, T. 31 S., R. 37 E.). 
The well is four inches in diameter, 370 feet deep, and is cased 146 
feet. The head, tested September 23, 1910, by Mr. E. H. Every, 
manager, was found to be 25 feet above the surface, and the flow 
185 gallons per minute.* 
The following is the analysis of the water from this well made 
by the State Chemist: 
Constituents. Parts per million. 
Chlorine (Cl) ...'.. 257 
Carbonates (CO 3 ) ... 0 
*Letter to Capt. R. E. Rose, State Chemist, Sept. 23, 1910. 
