WATER SUPPLY OP PASTERN AND SOUTHERN PEORIDA. 263 
dale, 167 feet; Bartow, 115 feet; Bartow Junction, 165 feet; Ft. 
Meade, 130 feet; Haines City, 157 feet; Homeland, 139 feet; 
Lakeland, 20'6 feet. 
WATER-BEARING FORMATIONS. 
The deep wells of this county reach the Vicksburg Limestone. 
Some of the more shallow wells, especially in the Lake Region, 
receive their water supply from formations lying above the Vicks¬ 
burg. 
ARTESIAN WELLS. 
Artesian wells are obtained throughout this county. As a 
rule, however, the surface elevation is such that the wells do not 
flow at the surface. Some of the deep wells, in the vicinity of 
Mulberry, flowed when first drilled, but subsequently ceased to 
flow, owing to the heavy pumping from surrounding wells. Flow¬ 
ing wells may be obtained in the valley of Peace River and in the 
eastern part of the county, in the valley of the Kissimmee River. 
In no part of the world, perhaps, is water from deep wells more 
extensively used than in the pebble phosphate mining section of 
Polk County. The wells in this section range in depth from 500 
to 800 feet. The water rises in the boring to within 20 to 40 feet 
of the surface, depending upon the elevation. Pumping is chiefly 
by air lift. 
LOCAL DETAILS. 
BARTOW. 
The city water supply, at Bartow, is taken from a six-inch 
well, 720 feet deep. The well is reported cased to the bottom. 
The water stands 24 feet from the surface. Pumping from this 
well is direct, the pump being lowered in pit to about six feet 
of the water level. 
CARTERS. 
Flowing wells have been obtained at Carters. These flowing 
wells average in depth about 50 feet, and will flow a few feet 
above the surface. 
