98 PROGRESS REPORT, HYDROGRAPHY, 1893 AND 1894. [bull. 131. 
No. 11. — Drilled, well ; 45,000 gallons in 18 hours; cannot be lowered; quality of 
water, bard ; water raised by steam pump. Strata passed through : Struck mag- 
nesia at 16 feet; a vein of water was reached at 100 feet, which is shut off; hard 
rock below that to the water used. This well is between wells Nos. 8 and 10. 
No. 12. — Bored well; 7 barrels per hour; can not be easily lowered; water raised 
by buckets and windlass ; is used for domestic purposes and for 25 head of stock. 
Strata passed through: Yellow subsoil, 4 feet; magnesia; water in 9 feet of gravel 
and sticky rock at bottom ; had not reached second sheet. 
No. 13. — Drilled well; water rose a few feet in the well; can not be lowered; 
water raised by wind pump with 8-foot wheel and 1.25-inch pipe; is used for domes- 
tic purposes and for 20 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 10 feet; then 
magnesia; 6 inches of hard rock above the water, which is in gravel. Tempera- 
ture, 55.5° F. 
No. 14. — Dug well; varies with the height of the neighboring mill pond; can be 
easily lowered; quality of water, medium hard; water raised by means of rope and 
buckets. Strata passed through: All in the magnesia. This well, with Nos. 3 and 
4, is in the valley of the Frenchman. 
No. 15.— Dug and bored well; can be easily lowered; quality of water, medium 
hard; temperature, 52° F. ; water raised by hand pump; is used for a livery barn. 
Strata passed through: Magnesia reached at 6 feet; water is in gravel. This well 
is in the town of Lamar. Four other wells near by do not influence one another. 
No. 16.— Bored well; can be easily lowered; water raised by hand pump; is used 
for domestic purposes and for stock. This is the public town well. Strata passed 
through: Soil, 5 feet; hardpan, 8 feet; magnesia, 2 feet; sandy gravel, 45 feet; 
gravel and sand, 30 feet, with water. This well is 350 feet south from No. 15, and 
the same distance north from No. 17. 
No. 17. — Dug well; quality of water, not very hard; water used constantly by the 
public. Strata passed through : Magnesia at surface, 5 feet ; sand and gravel, 60 feet. 
No. 18.— Dug well; can not be easily lowered; quality of water, rather hard; 
water raised by hand force pump; is used for house and for 50 to 60 head of stock. 
Strata passed through: Soil, sandy loam, 5 feet; sand and hardpan, 13 feet; mag- 
nesia, 3 feet ; sand and gravel, 39 feet. The hardpan here described is a dark-lavender 
clay, containing line sand, but impervious to water. 
No. 19. — Dug well; can not be easily lowered; water raised by means of pulley 
and buckets; is used for domestic purposes and for stock. Strata passed through: 
Loamy soil, 5 feet; cohesive sand, 26 feet; no magnesia. This well is south of the 
Frenchman, approaching the sand hills. The water was struck suddenly. 
No. 20. — Dug well ; can not be easily lowered ; water raised by wind pump ; has been 
used for supplying from 300 to 600 head of cattle ever since made. Strata passed 
through : Loam and sand. 
No. 21. — Bored well; water rose 1 foot; depth of water does not vary; can not be 
easily lowered; quality of water, medium soft; water raised by wind pump with 
10-foot wheel ; is used for domestic supply and for 30 head of cattle. Strata passed 
through: Soil, 1 foot; magnesia, 1 foot; red clay; sand with water. 
No. 22. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; 24,000 gallons per day; can 
not be easily lowered; quality of water, rather hard; water raised by wind pump 
with 12-foot wheel; is used for domestic supply, for 10 head of stock, and for irri- 
gating one-third of an acre. Tank, 40 by 20 by 1 feet. Strata passed through : Soil, 
2.5 feet; magnesia; dry gravel, magnesia; gravel with water. In a well southeast 
of same section water was struck at from 60 to 82 feet. 
No. 23. — Bored well. The water was found at the bottom, and it rose 14 feet. Depth 
of water does not vary ; can not be easily lowered ; quality of water, not very hard ; 
water raised by wind pump with 10-foot wheel ; is used for domestic supply and for 
60 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 1 foot; magnesia; rock (at 50 feet); 
gravel and sand. 
