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Florida geological survey— 14 TH annual report 
Following is the log of a well at New Smyrna, indicating the charac¬ 
ter of the formations at this place to a depth of 1,022 feet. The Eocene 
is probably reached in this well at 105 feet. Whether or not the well 
enters the Cretaceous and at what depth is not determined. 
Record, of Samples From City IVell at Neiv Smyrna* 
Depth in feet. 
Greenish, sandy, calcareous and phosphatic rock, some sharks’ teeth and 
fragments of shell.......... 93- 105 
Sample containing a greenish rock and some fragments of white lime¬ 
stone .-.-....... 105 
Pure white granular, porous limestone..... 105 
Light-colored granular limestone .............. 181 
Limestone, slightly brownish cast........ 265 
Limestone, mostly light brown in color......... 285- 296 
Limestone, mostly light brown in color.... 290 
Brown limestone ... 1022 
KISSIMMEE AREA 
The conditions to be expected in drilling in the Kissimmee Valley and 
near Lake Okeechobee are indicated by wells drilled near Kissimmee 
(see Osceola County) and at Fake Okeechobee. In this part of the state 
the wells start in the Pleistocene. Miocene fossils, according to Cush¬ 
man, are recognized in the Okeechobee well from 87 to 500 feet. 
Well samples from the well of the Okeechobee Company, Okeechobee, Florida. 
Well located on lot 5, block 134, approximately 34 feet above sea, and about 14 feet 
above the level of Lake Okeechobee; 10-inch pipe rested at 150 feet; 8-inch pipe 
rested at 307 feet; 6-inch pipe rested at 484 feet. Total depth of well, 810 feet.f 
Depth in feet. 
Fine gray sand and soil..... 0- 2 
Fine sand, chocolate colored, some of it indurated with organic matter, 
ordinary hard pan....... 2- 12 
Gray or slightly brownish, indurated sand (not marl)..... 12- 15 
Gray sands ........ 15- 38 
The sample preserved consists chiefly of black clay containing considera¬ 
ble sand, one fragment of shell, but aside from this no indication of 
marl ....... 38- 41 
Sandy shell marl, shells much broken............. 41- 56 
Shell marl, pecten, barnacles, etc., marine shallow-water marl.... 56- 62 
Gray sandy marl with broken shell, similar to No. 6_______ 62- 65 
Coarse, clear grain sand and broken shell. Ostrea, turritella, bryozoa_ 65- 81 
Sandy marl with broken shell. Pecten.......... 81- 87 
Very sandy, olive-colored marl. If .... 87- 94 
Light gray incoherent sand.. 94-139 
*Fla. Geol. Surv., 12th Ann. Rept., p. 125, 1919. The total depth of this well is 
1,440 feet. Information by letter from the contractor, E. A. Durst, Jacksonville, 
Fla., under date of Nov. 19, 1919. 
fFla. Geol. Surv., 12th Ann. Rept., pp. 126-127, 1919. 
