nbwell.] WELL RECORDS, NEBRASKA. 99 
No. 24. — Dug well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, medium soft; water raised by wind pump with 12-foot wheel; is 
used for domestic supply, for 10 head of stock, and for irrigating- 1 acre. Strata 
passed through: Soil, magnesia, gravel. A well 1 mile east has about the same 
depth and similar conditions. 
No. 25. — Dug well; rises with the Frenchman River, which is within 50 feet; can 
be easily lowered by the pump ; water raised by hand pump ; is used for domestic 
supply and for 50 head of stock. Strata passed through: Black muck and gravel at 
bottom. This well is on the Frenchman bottom, the river at this point being only a 
few rods wide, though somewhat wider above. 
No. 26. — Bored well; can be easily lowered by rapid pumping; quality of water, 
medium soft; water raised by hand pump; is used for domestic supply. Strata 
passed through: Gravel. There are magnesia bluffs close to, but the formations 
are variable here. This well is 1£ miles east by south from No. 25. A short distance 
south (across the Frenchman) is a schoolhouse well, 54 feet deep, on the magnesia 
bluffs. The pools in the river bed here are the first x^ermanent water of the French- 
man. (See Follett's sections, Fifty-second Congress, first session, Senate Ex. Doc. 41.) 
No. 27. — Dug well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, soft ; water raised by hand pump ; is used for domestic supply and 
for 14 head of stock. Strata passed through : Soil, a few inches ; sandy loam, 4 feet; 
magnesia. Water in a sandy formation. There was a little seep of water at 16 feet. 
This well is on the north edge of the sand hills. 
No. 28. — Dug well ; depth of water does not vary ; can be emptied in two hours, 
but is replenished to a depth of 3 feet in an hour; quality of water, not very soft; 
water raised by wind pump with 12-foot wheel; is used for domestic supply, for 55 
head of stock, and irrigates a small area. Strata passed through: Soil and sand, 20 
feet; magnesia to near the water; hard just above the water; water in greenish 
magnesia. Wells in the neighboring quarter section have water at about the same 
level and similar conditions. This well is in the sand hills. 
No. 29. — Well originally dug, now tubed. The depth of the water does not vary, 
though, having caved in, the water is not as abundant as formerly. Can not be 
easily lowered; quality of water, soft; water raised by windlass; is used for domes- 
tic supply and for 10 head of stock. Strata passed through : Gravel and sand, with 
a little rock near the bottom. A well 1 mile south is 98 feet deep. 
No. 30. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; can not bo easily lowered; 
quality of water, rather soft; water raised by wind pump ; is used for domestic sup- 
ply aud for 40 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 2 feet; magnesia; rock 
and gravel. There is some plains marl soil in the neighborhood. 
No. 31. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, rather soft; water raised by hand buckets and horse; is used for 
domestic supply and for 16 head of stock. Strata passed through : Soil, 3 feet ; sandy 
clay; rock to bottom. The magnesda shows 10 rods away, but is not in the well. A 
well on the southwest quarter of this section has a wind mill, and the water is 
abundant at the same depth. 
No. 32. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; 7| barrels per hour; can not 
be easily lowered; quality of water, rather soft; water raised by wind pump; is 
used for domestic supply and for 50 head of stock. Strata passed through : Soil, 3 
feet; sand, light with magnesia (plains marl?), 40 feet; gravel, 73 feet; rock, 4 feet; 
gravel with water to bottom/ 
No. 33.— Dug well; depth of water does not vary; 22 barrels per hour; water 
raised by wind pump with 8-foot wheel. Strata passed through : This only readied 
first vein of water in quicksand, as at No. 5, which is in the same quarter section. 
A well 8£ miles northeast towards Champion is 50 feet deep. 
No. 34.— Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; can be exhausted by pump- 
ing in 24 hours, but the water level is restored m a few hours ; quality of water, not 
