m^well.] WELL RECORDS, NEBRASKA. 97 
No. 1. — Dug well ; 336 gallons an hour; can be easily lowered, but the original level 
is restored in half an hour; water raised by wind pump with 10-foot wheel and 1.25- 
inch pipe; is used for domestic purposes, for 50 head of stock, and irrigated half an 
acre last year, to be increased to an acre this year. Strata passed through: Yellow 
sandy soil; magnesia at 5 feet; water in gravel and hard rock. The water level is 
about the same as that at Champion, in the valley of the Frenchman. 
No. 2. — Drilled well ; water level does not vary ; can not be easily lowered ; quality 
of water, hard; water raised by wind pump with 10- foot wheel and 1.25-inch pipe; 
is used for domestic purposes and 50 head of stock. Strata passed through : Soil, 3 
feet ; magnesia, the top sandy ; hard ledge 20 feet down ; water in gravel. 
No. 3. — Bored well; does not vary; water rose about a foot in the well; about 20 
barrels per hour; can not be easily lowered; quality of water, soft; water is raised 
by wind pump with 8-foot wheel and 1.25-inch pipe; is used for house and at times 
for 125 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 5 feet; sand, 16 feet; water 
gravel, 10 feet. 
No. 4. — Bored well. Strata passed through as follows : 
Feet. 
Soil 4 
Sand 8 
Magnesia (water from 26 to 52 feet) 40 
Gray rock and clay 60 
Gravel with water 27 
Red clay with hard streaks , 20 
Gravel, sand, and water 12 
Clay 6 
Sand, gravel, and water . 38 
No. 5. — Bored weJl. The second vein, at 30 feet, rose to the upper one, at 16 feet. 
The depth of water does not vary; can be easily lowered, but not exhausted; the 
quality of the water is not very hard ; the water is raised by windlass ; is used for 
domestic supply and for 9 head of stock. Strata passed through: Sand, magnesia 
(blue), 12 or 14 feet ; quicksand with water; red magnesia, red clay, green magnesia, 
water in magnesia. 
No. 6.— Bored well; can not be easily lowered; the quality of the water is hard; 
the water is raised by wind pump ; is used for house and for many head of stock. 
The strata passed through are the same as in the other wells about Lamar. 
No. 7. — Dug well. The quantity of water which can be obtained from the well 
has not been tested; can not be easily lowered; quality of the water, not very soft; 
water is raised by wind engine; is used for a livery barn. Strata passed through: 
Plains marl, not thick; magnesia with gravel at water. Temperature, 55 F. 
No. 8. — Bored well; water does not vary; 5 gallons per minute; can not be easily 
lowered; quality of water, soft; water is raised by wind pump; is used for domes- 
tic purposes and for irrigating a garden. Strata passed through : Magnesia reached 
at 6 feet from surface; a red clay was passed through in the magnesia and gravel 
below. This well is about 1,100 feet from No. 1, and has the same temperature 
y 0t 9, — Drilled well, dug part of the way; water rose a few feet at first; 600 gal- 
lons per hour; can not be lowered; water raised by wind pump with 12-foot wheel ; is 
used for domestic purposes and for subirrigation of 4 acres. Strata passed through : 
Magnesia reached 7 feet from surface ; a hard ledge passed through above the water, 
which is in gravel. This well is 2,000 feet from No. 8, and farther from No. 7. 
No. 10. — Dug and drilled well ; flow slightly decreased by being partly filled ; 240 
gallons per hour; can be lowered slightly ; quality of water, hard; water raised l>y 
wind pump with 12-foot wheel. The water is used for domestic purposes, for 25 head 
of stock, and irrigates nearly a quarter of an acre. Strata passed through: Mag- 
nesia reached at about 20 feet; water was in coarse gravel. This well is nearly as 
far from No. 7 as No. 9, but in the opposite direction. 
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