180 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY—THIRD ANNUAL REPORT. 
give a brackish flow while the water from the other well which is 
located about one mile south and west of the head of the river, 
is reported to be fresh. This well, however, is not as deep as the 
other two wells, being only 82 feet deep and terminating before 
passing through the “bed” or hard rock which was encountered at 
that depth. The two brackish wells are reported to have a depth of 
no feet and to have a head of about seven feet above the surface. 
According to well records this seems to be the northern extent of 
the shallow brackish flowing wells, fresh water wells being obtained 
just a few miles to the north. Eastward this salt area presumably 
extends to the Atlantic Ocean. In 1907 Mr. J. W. Griffis had a 
well sunk one mile northwest of Shiloh, to a depth of 149 feet. The 
well at this depth flowed just above the surface and furnished a 
very strong salt water. The well is now capped and is not used. The 
character of the artesian water westward in this part of the county 
is not known, records of wells not having been obtained. 
ORANGE CITY. 
The Orange City wells vary in depth from 117 to 890 feet. The 
890 foot well is owned by Mr. Albert Dickinson and is not 
used. Salt water was encountered at the depth of 890 feet and the 
well was plugged up below 660 feet. The depth of the well as now 
used is 660 feet. The principal use of the artesian wells in this 
vicinity, aside from general domestic purposes, is that of irrigation. 
The Orange City Mineral Spring Company, however, have a well 
117 feet deep, the water from which is bottled for sale. This is a 
ten-inch well and is reported cased to a depth of fifteen feet. The 
water is said to rise to within twenty feet of the surface. The fol¬ 
lowing is an analysis of the water from this well:* Analyst un¬ 
known. 
Constituents. 
Free ammonia ...... 
Albuminoid ammonia 
Oxygen consumed .. 
Nitrites . 
Nitrates . 
ORMOND. 
Parts per Million. 
. 0.00 
...0.05 
. 1-.05 
... 0.00 
... 1.00 
Several deep wells have been sunk at Ormond. These deep wells 
all furnish a salt water which can not be used except in some in- 
*U. S. Geological Survey, Bull. 102, p. 263, 1904. 
