110 PROGRESS REPORT, HYDROGRAPHY, 1893 AND 1894. [bull. 131. 
and gravel to the bottom. This well is one-half mile west of No. 20, on the same 
quarter section, and on ground 95 feet higher by barometer, and the draws of Sand 
Creek, both east and west, are deep. The well at Ashland, 2 miles south, is on 
slightly lower ground, and is 172 feet deep, with 20 feet of water. 
No. 22. — Depth of water does not vary; water can be obtained in abundance if 
mill runs continuously; can not be easily lowered; quality of water, hard; water 
raised by wind pump with 8-foot wheel; is used for domestic supply and for 30 head 
of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 5 feet; creamy yeljow soil, 155 feet; coarse 
gravel with water, 12 feet. Two wells within a mile have 12 and 16 feet of water, 
respectively, and another 3£ miles south has 11 feet. It is in a beaver draw, and is 
139 feet to water. 
No. 23. — Drilled well; depth does not vary; can not be easily lowered; quality of 
water, rather soft ; water raised by wind pump with 8-foot wheel ; is used for domes- 
tic supply and for 30 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 2 feet; yellow 
clay; sand; rock (at 125 feet); gravel. 
No. 24. — Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; 30 barrels in half a day; can 
not be easily lowered; water raised by wind pump with 12-foot wheel; is used for 
domestic supply and for 140 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 4 feet; 
creamy clay, 30 feet ; sand, 40 feet ; yellow dirt ; rock, 1 foot ; red clay with water. 
No. 25. — Bored 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 35 head of stock. Strata passed through : Soil, 6 feet ; creamy yellow soil ; lime ; 
gravel with ledges of rock and sand. 
No. 26. — Drilled well; water raised by wind pump; is used for domestic supply. 
No. 27. — Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, soft; water raised by wind pump with 8-foot wheel; is used for 
domestic supply and for 60 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 3 feet; 
creamy clay, 30 feet; sand, rock, and gravel to water. 
No. 28. — Tubular well; depth of water does not vary; about 200 barrels per day; 
can not be easily lowered; quality of water, soft; water raised by wind pump with 
14-foot wheel; is used for public purposes. Strata passed through: Soil, 3 feet; 
cream-colored clay, 4 feet; clay and sand, 140 feet; gravel (some of it cemented) to 
bottom. There are 4 other wells in the town besides the old railway well, not now 
used. These are all of the same depth to water, but the total depth is 180 to 185 feet. 
No. 29. — Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; 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 30^head of stock. Strata passed through : Soil ; creamy soil ; 
soft rock ; sand with water. 
No. 30. — Bored 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 20 head of stock. Strata passed through : Soil; rock; gravel. 
No. 31. — Dug well; rose slightly at first; 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 a hotel. Strata passed through: Soil, 10 feet; magnesia; 
sand; magnesia; sand; gravel with water. This well is in the town of Flagler. 
No. 32. — Drilled well (196) ; depth of water does not vary ; 175 barrels in 12 hours; 
can not be easily lowered ; quality of water, hard ; water raised by wind pump with 
14- foot wheel; is used for 175 head of stock and for irrigating 3 acres; tank, 35 by 80 
feet. Strata passed through: Soil; clay; rock and coarse gravel. A well 1 mile 
west is 150 feet deep. 
No. 33. — Drilled well (195) ; depth of water does not vary ; can not be easily lowered ; 
quality of water, rather hard; water raised by wind pump with 10-foot wheel; is 
used for domestic supply and for 25 head of stock. Strata passed through : Soil, 2 
feet; sand, etc. 
