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road, from the railway crossing at Palo Alto toward the Bay of San Francisco, a well 
was reopened. Other wells showed an increased flow and brought up sand. At Guth 
Landing, and southward along the road into Mountain View, the flow from bored wells 
had increased. A wind-mill which had for years pumped water from a well was no longer 
necessary, but the artesian water was muddy. At the Ynigo Ranch, 3 miles northeast 
of Mountain View Station, there was an artesian well which had, before the shock, flowed 
slightly or not at all, and a wind-mill was used to raise the water. After the shock it 
was found that the casing had been shoved up 2 feet, damaging the pump. The flow 
of water was increased, and black sand was brought up. Another well at this ranch 
was unaffected. Along the Jagel Landing road, 2 artesian wells had increased pressure 
after the shock. An old artesian well filled with stones had begun to flow for the first 
time in several years. 
(H. H. Taylor.)-——-The water in an artesian well 215 feet in depth, near Millbrae, was 
roiled by the earthquake and remained so for several days. 
San Jose, Santa Clara County (G. F. Zoffman).— Water and mud are reported to 
have spurted from many artesian wells. 
(W. S. Prosser.) —A well near San Jose was reported as having increased in flow the 
day before the earthquake. | 
Gilroy, Santa Clara County (M. Connell). — It is reported on good authority that at 
Gilroy Hot Springs the temperature of the water rose nearly 10° and the flow increased 
to 5 times the usual volume. 
Bellvale, San Mateo County (Miss L. E. Bell). —Some springs dried up and others 
broke out with a great gush of water, where no water had flowed before. An oil well 
from which tepid salt water, oil, and gas had been flowing since 1898 became suddenly 
dry and a similar flow began in another well 2,000 feet deep, at a distance of 600 feet 
to the east of the first well, where before nothing had been found. 
Wright, Santa Cruz County (Miss F. Beecher). — Most of the springs are running with 
a greater flow since the earthquake; but the water in our well on top of the ridge 
sank rapidly to the level it usually holds in August. The water in all wells was very 
roily for some days. 
Summit Hotel, near Wright, Santa Cruz County (H. R. Johnson). — The well at the 
summit, from which the Summit Hotel obtains its water, has its bottom on solid rock. 
After the shock the level of the water in the well rose 12 feet. 
Boulder, Santa Cruz County (J. C. Branner).— At a sawmill near Boulder Creek, 
water stopt running from a hitherto permanent spring, but another in the neighborhood 
was flowing more freely than before. 
Felton, Santa Cruz County (Miss F. Locke). — All the springs on the property of 
Miss 8. Anderson, a mile east of Felton, greatly increased in flow. 
Soquel, Santa Cruz County (W. E. Wheaton). —I have a drilled or bored well, yield- 
ing a magnificent flow of clear water. From three to four weeks previous to the earth- 
quake this 75-foot well began to show signs of agitation below the surface. Every few 
days water heavily mixed with sand and ground chalk rock was pumped up. I knew 
that something was going wrong down under the earth, owing to the action of this well. 
When the quake came, it drove both fine and coarse sand into the casing, which put the 
well out of commission entirely. 
Chittenden, Santa Cruz County (G. A. Waring). — Near Chittenden a marked increase 
was noted in the flow of oil and water, and more gas and sulfur appeared. In the neigh- 
borhood of Santa Ana Peak, the flow of springs was increased. 
Prunedale, Monterey County (H. H. McIntyre). — Water started in many places where 
there had been little or none before the earthquake, 
