neweix.] WELL RECORDS, NEBRASKA. 101 
No. 46. — Drilled well; depth of water docs not vary; can riot be easily lowered; 
quality of water, hard; water raised by wind pump with 12-foot wheel; is used for 
domestic supply. Strata passed through : As usual in this district. The magnesia 
outcrops a mile north at the surface. 
No. 47. — Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, medium hard; water raised by wind pump with 12-foot wheel; is 
used for domestic supply and for 25 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 3 
feet, yellow clay, 39 feet; gravel, 25 feet; hard rock, 50 feet; gravel, 15 feet; a little 
magnesia and gravel to water. This well is also on a plateau, near the top of the 
bluffs overlooking the North Platte. 
No. 48. — Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; 200 barrels per day; can not 
be easily lowered ; water raised by wind pump with 14-foot wheel ; is used for domes- 
tic supply and for 200 head of stock. Temperature, 54° F. Strata passed through : 
Soil, 8 feet; yellowish clay, 88 feet; sand and gravel with water ; clay, magnesia, and 
gravel ; a little rock ; magnesia at 300 feet. There was also a sheet of water at 90 
feet. 
No. 49. — Drilled well; water rose about 18 feet; depth of water does not vary; 200 
gnllons per hour; can not be easily lowered ; quality of water, rather soft; water 
iaised by wind pump with 12-foot wheel; is used for domestic supply and for 100 
head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 3 feet; yellow clay, 20 feet; sand and 
clay, 35 feet (these are the plains marls) ; magnesia, gravel, and sand to bottom. 
Drill went 80 feet below the water in reddish, soft magnesia, but struck no more 
water. 
No. 50. — Dug and driven well; water rose slightly; depth of water varies with the 
height of the river to the extent of 2 or 3 feet; can not be easily lowered; quality 
of water, rather soft; water raised by wind pump with 12-foot wheel; is used for 
domestic supply. This well, with three others, waters between 100 and 200 head of 
stock and irrigates 7 or 8 acres, all of them discharging into a tank three-quarters 
of an acre in area. Strata passed through : Soil ; sand ; clay, 2 feet above the water. 
Temperature, 52° F. 
No. 51. — Drilled well; water rose 13 feet when struck; depth of water does not 
vary ; can not be easily lowered ; quality of water, rather soft ; water raised by w T ind 
pump with 12-foot wheel; is used for domestic supply and for 20 head of stock. 
Strata passed through : As usual on this plateau. 
No. 52. — Drilled well; water rose 13 feet; depth of water does not vary; can not 
be easily lowered ; quality of water, not very hard ; water raised by wind pump with 
12-foot wheel ; is used for domestic supply and for 50 head of stock. 
No. 53. — Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; cannot be easily lowered; 
quality of water not very hard; water raised by wind pump; is used for domestic 
supply and for stock. Much sand caved in while drilling. 
No. 54. — Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water hard; water raised by wind pump with 12-foot wheel; is used for 
domestic supply and for 45 head of stock all summer. Strata passed through: 
Mostly gravel. 
No. 55. — Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, soft; water raised by wind pump; is used for domestic supply and 
for 3,000 head of sheep. Strata: Soil, 11 feet; sand and magnesia. 
No. 56. — Bored well; can not be easily lowered; quality of water, soft; water 
raised by hand pump; is used for a schoolhouse. Strata passed through: Soil, 1 
foot; sand, or sandy soil, 30 feet; quicksand and pebbles, 8 feet; blue shale at 
bottom. 
No. 57. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, medium hard; water raised by wind pump with 8-foot wheel; is 
used for domestic supply and for irrigating a number of trees. Strata passed 
through: Soil, 1 foot; sand all the way down. This is 75 feet above the railway od 
