newell.] WELL RECORDS, NEBRASKA. 103 
soft. Water raised by wind pump with 12-foot wheel; is used for public purposes, 
including irrigation of trees on both sides of a street. Strata passed through : 
Yellow clay, 32 feet; sticky yellow clay, with water, 20 feet; fine quicksand, 3 feet; 
sandy soil, 7 feet. There are 4 wells in the town of Haigler, all of which are used 
for irrigating small areas. 
No. 69. — Dug well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
water raised by means of pulley and buckets; is used for domestic supply and for 30 
head of stock. Strata passed through: Sand; magnesia, coarse sand, and gravel 
with water. 
No. 70. — Dug well; depth of water does not vary. During October, 1894, how- 
ever, which was extremely dry, the depth of the water seemed to decrease. It is 
apparently increasing at the present time; can not be easily lowered; quality of 
water, soft; water raised by wind pump with 10-foot wheel; is used for domestic 
supply and for 200 head of stock. Strata passed through : Magnesia; soil; quick- 
sand. 
No. 71. — Dug and driven well; depth of water does not vary; 300 barrels in one 
day; can be lowered slightly, and then keeps its level; quality of water, soft; 
water raised by wind pump with 8-foot wheel; is used for domestic supply and for 
400 head of stock. Strata passed through : Sand, 10 feet ; magnesia and rock ; yel- 
low clay and gravel. 
No. 72. — Dug well ; depth of water varies about a foot from dry years to wet ; can 
not be easily lowered ; quality of water, not very hard ; water raised by means of 
pulley and buckets; is used for domestic supply and for 30 head of stock. Strata 
passed through : All sand. 
No. 73. — Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; 200 gallons per hour; can 
not be easily lowered; quality of water, not very hard; water raised by wind pump 
with 14-foot wheel; is used for domestic supply and for 75 head of stock. Strata 
passed through: Soil, 5 feet; yellow clay, 90 feet; magnesia, red clay, and gravel to 
bottom ; no hard rock. 
No. 74. — Drilled well ; depth of water does not vary ; can not be easily lowered ; 
quality of water, medium hard; water raised by wind pump with 14-foot wheel ; is 
used for domestic supply and for 150 head of stock. Strata passed through : Soil 
with gravel, 3 feet; yellow clay, 40 feet; gravel; rock and gravel to bottom. 
No. 75. — Dug well. There are two sheets of water, the lower sheet rising to the 
upper one. The depth of the water does not vary, except that it rises to the extent 
of 18 inches when the river, which is 60 rods distant, is at flood; 65 gallons per 
minute; can not be easily lowered; water raised by wind pump with 14-foot 
wheel; is used for domestic supply, for 150 head of stock, and for irrigating 1 acre. 
Strata passed through : Soil, 2\ feet; fine quicksand and magnesia, 12.1 feet; quick- 
sand with water, 6 inches; coarse gravel, 1\- feet; clay, 8£ feet; and gravel to the 
water, which is in quicksand at bottom. 
No. 76.— Dug well; depth of water varies with the height of the river; 6 cubic feet 
per second; quality of water, hard; water raised by steam centrifugal pump; is used 
for irrigation. Strata passed through : River alluvia, with a bed of clay at the bot- 
tom, which is 8 feet thick. This is a trench, rather than a well, and was not com- 
pleted at the time of the writer's visit. The remarkable manner in which this 
trench was affected by the u Coxey" flood is given in the paper in the Sixteenth 
Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey. 
No. 77. — Driven well; depth of the water varies with the height of the river; can 
not be easily lowered; water raised by steam pump; is used for domestic supply and 
for a small number of cattle. Strata passed through: River alluvia. This well is 
on the South Platte bottom, and there are a number of wells about the village of 
Brule with plenty of water. 
No. 78. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, rather hard; water raised by wind pump; is used for domestic 
