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MANDARIN. 
Mandarin lies within the flowing* area which borders the St. 
Johns River. Several wells have been put down in this section. A • 
well near Mandarin drilled by H. Walker for J. D. Mead reached a 
total depth of 600 feet. This well is cased 377 feet and the water 
is reported as rising 60 feet above the surface. 
MAXVILLE. 
Maxville is located on the Seaboard Air Line Railway near the 
southwestern corner of Duval County. The elevation at this point 
is according to the profiles of the railroad, about 93 feet above 
sea. A well drilled at this place in 1902 for Mr. R. V. Douglass 
is reported to have reached the depth of 650 feet. This well is 
non-flowing. 
ST. JOHNS COUNTY. 
LOCATION AND SURFACE FEATURES. 
St. Johns County lies in northeastern Florida bordering the At¬ 
lantic Ocean. On the north it joins Duval County and on the south 
Volusia County. The western boundary is formed by the St. Johns 
River. The county has a total length of sixty miles. In width it 
varies from eighteen to twenty four miles. The total area is ap¬ 
proximately 1000 square miles. 
Owing to the location of St. Johns County between the St. Johns 
River on the west and the Atlantic Ocean on the east no great varia¬ 
tion in elevation is to be expected. It is probable, however, that 
small areas in the interior of the county lie above the fifty foot con¬ 
tour. In passing from St. Augustine to Jacksonville, levels made by 
the Florida East Coast Railway show near the county line an 
elevation over a small area, of 57 feet. The greatest elevation 
recorded between St. Augustine and Hastings is in the vicinity of 
Hurds. A line of levels run from the coast at St. Augustine at 
the instance of Mr. B. A-. Carter, gave for Hurds an ( 
elevation of thirty eight feet. Levels obtained from the 
U. S. Engineers’ Office, Jacksonville, Florida, give for a point a 
short distance east of Hurds a level of thirty-six feet. From East 
Palatka south, information regarding elevation is unfortunately 
very deficient. From the fact that such wells as have been put down 
at Dinner Island, Espanola, Bunnell and Dupont are non-flowing, 
it is probable that this part of the county is above the twenty five 
