176 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY—THIRD ANNUAL REPORT. 
The following is a log of Mr. H. VanDorn’s well. The well is 
one-half mile west of the postoffice and was completed by Mr. Van- 
Dorn in April, 1910. It is a four-inch well, 205 feet deep and is 
cased 83 feet. 
Feet. 
Dark sandy soil ... 0- 3 
Hardpan . 3- 5 
White sand. 5- 40 
Coquina and shell .......40-45 
White sand . 45- 65 
Blue clay. 65- 83 
Hard rock. Light flow just above this rock. 83- 84 
Light-colored limestone, with harder and softer layers. Increase 
of water with increase of depth .*.84-205 
The wells listed are representative of the wells surrounding 
Daytona. Flowing water is obtained at a comparatively shallow 
depth. From the above two logs it will be seen that hard rock was 
encountered at the depths of 87 and 84 feet respectively. Im¬ 
mediately under this hard rock a softer limestone is reported and in 
this limestone the first flowing water is obtained. The description 
of this formation given by the drillers characterizes it as the Vicks¬ 
burg which is apparently reached in this section at a depth of not 
more than 125 to 150 feet. 
DE LAND. 
The city of DeLand, the county seat of Volusia County, lies 
in the southwestern portion of the county. There are a number of 
non-flowing artesian wells in and near DeLand. The city is at 
present supplied by two deep wells located at the pumping station. 
The six-inch well is 406 feet deep and was sunk in 1895. This 
well was reduced in diameter in the process of drilling and is 
cased as follows: Six-inch casing to 100 feet; four-inch casing to 
290 feet; two-inch casing to 390 feet. The second well which 
was drilled in 1906 by W. F. Hamilton is ten inches in diameter 
and is 269 feet deep. At the depth of 191 feet haid rock was en¬ 
countered upon which the casing was landed. The head of the 
wells, regardless of the difference in depth, was reported to be 27 
feet below the surface in both cases. The following log and anal¬ 
ysis of the water from this well were kindly made available by Mr. 
E. D. McLeod. 
