WATER SUPPLY OE PASTERN AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA. 273 
AREA OF ARTESIAN FLOW. 
Flowing artesian wells have been obtained in Palm Beach 
County, along the coast as far south as Palm Beach. The depth 
to the Vicksburg Limestone, which is the chief water-bearing 
formation, increases in passing south to east, owing to the dip of 
the formation in that direction. The Vicksburg at Palm Beach 
is reached, as previously stated, between 915 and 1,000 feet. In 
the northern and western parts of the county this formation may 
be expected at a lesser depth, and it is probable that flowing 
artesian wells may, ultimately, be obtained throughout all of the 
northern and much of the western parts of Palm Beach County. 
LOCAL DETAILS. 
GOMEz. 
A well drilled at Gomez in 1900, by John McAllister, is 
reported to have reached a depth of 1,200 feet. This is a four- 
inch well and is cased 300 feet. The water, which is slightly 
brackish, is reported to flow 20 feet above the surface. 
HOBE SOUND. 
A well near Plobe Sound, belonging to T. A. Snider, and drilled 
in 1895 by Near & Taylor, reached a depth of 1,100 feet. This 
is a four-inch well and the water, which is slightly salty, is 
reported to rise 12 feet above the surface. 
palm beach. 
The following is a log of the artesian well of C. I. Cragin, 
two and one-fourth miles north of Palm Beach. The well is 1,212 
feet deep, four inches in diameter and is cased 846 feet. The 
original four-inch casing having rusted out, is now replaced by a. 
line of 2j4-inch casing. At the depth of 1,140 feet the four-inch 
bore hole was reduced to three inches, making the well three 
inches in diameter from the depth of 1,140 to the bottom of the 
well, 1,212 feet. The well was commenced in 1889 and finished, 
in 1890 by J. A. Durst, driller: 
