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this well is hard and is charged with hydrogen sulphide. Iii addit¬ 
ion to the above well Mr. McLain has two wells on Mullet Lake, 
on the St. Johns River about four miles slightly west of. north from 
Geneva. Roth of the wells furnish salt water impregnated with 
hydrogen sulphide and are not used. One is seventy-five feet deep 
and is said to flow two feet above the surface, the other is 135 feet 
deep and the water is reported to rise to within one foot of the sur¬ 
face. The apparent difference in head is due to the difference in the 
elevation of the two wells. 
Mr. W. B. Raulerson owns a two-inch well five miles northwest 
of Geneva and near the St. Johns River. This well is 76 feet deep 
and is cased 72 feet and furnishes a small flow of salt water 
which rises a few inches above the surface. The first flow in the 
well was encountered at a depth of 70 feet. An increased flow was 
obtained at seventy-two and one-half feet. The first water was 
reported to be more salty than the second, as was indicated when 
the first flow was cased off. Owing to inability to drill deeper with 
the light drilling outfit used, the boring was discontinued. Mr. 
Raulerson states that the water is more salty in seasons of drought 
than in seasons of normal or heavy rainfall. 
A two-inch well owned by Chase & Company, two miles south¬ 
east of Geneva on Lake Harney is 35 feet deep. This well was 
sunk by F. B. Bradley and is cased 34 feet. It has a head of four 
- feet above the surface. The water is fresh and is only slightly 
charged with hydrogen sulphide. 
ORLANDO. 
Orlando, the county seat of Orange County, lies in the lake re¬ 
gion of Florida. The elevation at the depot as given by the Atlan¬ 
tic Coast Line Railroad is 111 feet. Several wells have been drilled 
at Orlando. These are non-flowing wells, the elevation being too 
great to obtain a flow. The deep wells at this locality are used 
principally for drainage and for the disposal of sewage, the city 
water supply being obtained from one of the small lakes. A few 
private wells in and around Orlando are used as a source of water- 
supply. 
A well near the north edge of the city owned by Mr. F. A. Lew- 
ter, has a total depth of 216 feet and is cased 86 feet. The water is 
used for general purposes. 
A second well at the ice plant is used in cooling pipes in the 
manufacture of ice. This well is 470 feet deep. The use of bored 
wells for the disposal of sewage has been discussed in the preced¬ 
ing paper on water supply. The practice is regarded as unsanitary, 
