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487 to 587 feet. The water from these wells will rise about 45 
feet above the surface. A well near Ft. Myers, belonging to 
Thomas A. Edison, reaches a depth of 648 feet. The water from 
this well will rise about 45 feet above the surface. Many addi¬ 
tional wells have been drilled in and around Ft. Myers; these vary 
in depth from 400 to 960 feet. The water from these deep wells 
rises 40 to 50 feet above the surface. 
labelle. 
Flowing wells are obtained at Eabelle and elsewhere, along 
the Caloosahatchee River. D. G. McCormick & Company have a 
flowing well, about a mile north of the east end of Lake Flirt (T. 
42, R. 30, S. 19). This is a three-inch well, 490 feet deep. The 
well is cased 450 feet and the water is reported to rise 40 feet 
above the surface. The strong flow reported for this well indicates 
that flowing wells may be expected over a considerable area, north 
of the Caloosahatchee River and west of Lake Okeechobee. 
The keys. 
A number of wells have been drilled on the keys in Lee 
County. Those at Boca Grande, on Gasparilla Island, have 
already been described. Two wells are reported to have been 
drilled on Sanibel Island. One of these belonging to F. P. Bailey, 
reached a depth of 500 or 600 feet. The second well, belonging 
to Harry Bailey, is 500 feet deep. The water from both of these 
wells is said to be brackish. On Useppa Island a fresh water 
well was obtained by W. H. Towles, at a depth of 250 to 300 feet. 
A second well on this island, reaching a depth of'400 feet, was 
said to have been somewhat brackish. 
Two wells are reported from St. James Island. One of these 
is 184 feet deep, the other is 344 feet deep. Both yield fresh water. 
A well on Bucks Key reaches a depth of 600 feet. The water in 
this well is reported to rise 20 feet above the surface. 
