278 American Geologist. ^^y, 1905 
Too Hard. — It has already been stated that the character of 
the water derived from the deepest wells has unfortunately cast 
a shadow of disrepute upon all the deep well waters of the city. 
We propose to discard all of those deep wells and thus to elim- 
inate that objection, resorting to the shallower wells, which af- 
ford a water substantially like the river water but sometimes 
more soft. 
Not Enough. — It is hard to say from what facts any objec- 
tion of this character can be derived. There are absolutely no 
facts that tend to show the limited amount of water in the ar- 
tesian basin. Probably never was a well sunk the depth of 100 
feet in the city of Minneapolis without finding water. At this 
place I will call your attention to the accompanying map of the 
city (fig. 5) on which are indicated some artesian wells of the 
city which reach a depth of not more than 450 feet, and most 
of which are about 200 feet. You will see that they are widely 
distributed, and many of them are flowing wells. I have also 
obtained from some of the well-drillers lists of wells of this 
kind which they have drilled within the city, namely, a list 
from Mr. J. F. McCarty, a list from Mr. S. Swenson, and a 
list from Mr. Hogeland. These lists are herewith appended. 
Some of these wells are 4 inches in diameter, some are 6 inches 
in diameter, and some are 10 inches in diameter, and they have 
been pumped so as to afford the number of gallons per minute 
expressed in the column at the right. These lists not only give 
the depth, but the date when bored, the exact locality, the size 
of the bore hole, the capacity of the well when pumped, the level 
at which the water stands or overflows, and various other data 
important in this investigation. It should be stated also that 
these well-drillers, all of them, state that these lists do not ex- 
press all of the facts, but that they have drilled probably as 
many more wells than these listed within the city limits, but 
cannot give exact data because they kept no records. 
Formerly, others made deep wells in the city, viz. : Messrs. 
Whelpley, Spear and Swan, but they are dead or have left the 
city. 
This showing of wells of this kind distributed throughout 
the city is sufficient to attest the inexhaustible supply which 
can be obtained from such wells, and to verify the calculation 
made as to the capacity of these basins based on their geo- 
graphic extent. 
