newell] WELL RECORDS, NEBRASKA. 105 
10-foot wheel; is used for domestic supply, for 60 head of stock, and for irrigating 
about one-half an acre. Strata passed through: Soil, 1$ feet; reddish yellow clay, 
1J feet; magnesia, sand, and gravel to water. 
No. 90. — Dug well; depth of water does not vary; 1 barrel in 15 minutes; can 
not be easily lowered; quality of water, not very hard; is used for domestic supply 
and for 60 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 2 feet; magnesia; water in 
sand. 
No. 91. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; 30 barrels per day; can not 
be easily lowered; quality of water, not very hard; water raised by wind pump. 
No. 92. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, not very hard; water raised by wind pump; is used for domestic 
supply, for 15 head of stock, and for irrigating a small garden. Strata passed 
through : Magnesia near top, and water in gravel. 
No. 93. —Bored well ; depth of water does not vary ; can not be easily lowered ; 
water raised by wind pump; is used for domestic supply and for the stock of all 
the district. 
No. 94. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; 20 barrels per day; can not 
be easily lowered; water raised by wind pump; is used for domestic supply and for 
20 head of stock. Strata passed through : Soil, 14 feet; sand and gravel to water; 
some hard streaks and some claylike soapstone. 
No. 95. — Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; 1 barrel in 25 minutes; can 
not be easily lowered ; quality of water, soft ; water raised by wind pump with 12- 
foot wheel ; is used for domestic supply and for 25 head of stock. Strata passed 
through: Soil, 2 feet; light-yellow clay, 80 feet; gravel, magnesia, and gravel to 
water. 
No. 96. — Dug 160 feet; drilled 40 feet more; rose slightly when water was struck; 
steam pump exhausts the well every day, but it is speedily replenished ; depth of 
water does not vary ; 36,000 gallons per day ; can be easily lowered ; quality of water, 
not very hard ; water raised by steam pump ; is used for railway purposes and for 
supplying the town of Grant. Strata passed through: Soil, 18 inches; magnesia, 
gravel, and sand, with cemented gravel 6 inches above the water. 
No. 97. — Dug 110 feet; bored 28 feet. This well flowed at the surface 10 barrels in 
1887, again a month later, and again six months afterwards; depth of water does 
not vary; with the mill running constantly, the water can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, rather harder than when the well was first dug; water raised by 
wind pump; is used for domestic supply and for 50 head of stock. Strata passed 
through: Soil, 18 inches; sand, 2 feet; joint clay, 2 feet; magnesia, 2 feet; gravel, 22 
feet; magnesia rock, 5 feet; red clay, 6 feet; gravel, 6 feet; red clay, 8 feet; gravel 
to water, with some hard rock. 
No. 98. — Dug 184 feet; drilled 30 feet; depth of water does not vary; 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 40 head of stock. Strata passed 
through : Sand most of the depth. 
No. 99. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; water obtained from the well 
day and night ; can not be easily lowered ; quality of water, soft ; water raised by 
wind pump ; is used for domestic supply, for livery barn, and for neighborhood stock. 
Strata passed through : Soil, a few feet ; a little white magnesia ; water in hard 
magnesia. 
No. 100. — Bored well ; water rose a little when first struck ; depth of water does 
not vary at different times of the year ; can not be easily lowered ; quality of water, 
hard ; water raised by wind pump ; is used by the public. Strata passed through : 
Soil, 4 feet; magnesia, 10 feet; red-clay soil, 30 feet; hard-rock shale (clay?) ; gravel 
with water. 
No. 101.— Bored well; has risen 13 feet; can not be easily lowered ; quality of 
water, not very soft ; water raised by wind pump ; is used for domestic supply and 
