124 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY—THIRD ANNUAL REPORT. 
County. In both of these wells the water reached at v a great depth 
is found to be too salty for use. 
The Western Gulf Coast area begins at Carrabelle in Franklin 
County and probably extends without interruption to the western 
line of the State. This area, however, is very imperfectly known. 
The flow along this westward extension of the State is evidently 
due to the rapid southward dip of the formations exposed' along 
the northern line of the State and in southern Georgia and Ala¬ 
bama. Both the Oligocene and the Miocene formations exposed 
along the Ocklocknee, Apalachicola and other rivers crossing west¬ 
ern Florida from north to south, dip and pass from view in ap¬ 
proaching the coast. It is doubtless from these or from later for¬ 
mations that the flowing water of this section is obtained. At 
Apalachicola the artesian water has a head bringing it only a few 
feet above the surface. The wells at this locality vary in depth 
from 350 to 620 feet. A number of deep wells have been drilled 
along St. Andrews Bay in Washington County. The artesian 
water in this section will rise several feet above sea level. One 
of the city wells at Panama City is reported to flow 13.02 feet above 
the surface, or about 15 feet above sea level' A second city well 
located on higher ground is non-flowing although drilled to a 
depth of 630 feet. 
^Several wells, ranging in depth from 181 to 210 feet, have 
been drilled along Choctawhatchee Bay, in Walton County. A 
strong flow is obtained in this section. A well 216 feet deep, 3! 
miles south of Freeport, owned by the Baker-Wingfield Company, 
had a pressure when measured September 22, 1910, of 15 pounds, 
equivalent to a head of 34.6,5 feet above surface. Another well 
near by, 189 feet deep, belonging to the Choctawhatchee Lumber 
Company had a pressure on the same date of 12^ pounds, equiva¬ 
lent to a head of 28.87 feet above the surface. Both of these wells 
are located on low ground near sea level. A well 181 feet deep 
belonging to Messrs. J. C. Blackburn and J. N. McLain located oru 
higher ground in the town of Freeport had a pressure of 6 J />' 
pounds, equivalent to a head above the surface of 15 feet. 
At Pensacola and generally along the coast in Escambia County ' 
good flowing wells are obtained. A well at Northrop/ 1030 feet ; 
deep, belonging to Stephen Lee, is reported to have a head of 60 
feet above the surface. At Muscogee a well 175 feet deep, belong¬ 
ing to'the Southern States Lumber Company, is reported to 
head of' 38 feet above the surface. A well on Bayou Grande' 
nedr Pensacbla belonging to ^Messrs. ^Stephen'arid W : 7 F. Led; iT‘ 
repbrteddb be hood* feet deep and to liaVb a pressure"AF24 poUhd^y 
