newell.] WELL RECORDS, COLORADO. Ill 
No. 34. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; can be easily lowered because 
not deep enough in the water. Strata passed through : Soil ; yellow clay ; rock to 
water. 
No. 35. — Drilled well (194); depth of water does not vary; 150 gallons per hour; 
can not be easily lowered ; water raised by wind pump with 10-foot wheel ; is used 
for domestic supply and for 160 head of stock. Strata passed through : Soil, 4 feet ; 
creamy yellow clay, 76 feet; sand, 20 feet; reddish clay rock, 12 feet; sand and gravel, 
12 feet; solid rock, 3 feet; reddish dirt, 3 feet; sand, gravel, and clay to bottom. A 
well 2| miles east (in Kansas) had water at 142 feet. A well 1 mile west of No. 35 is 
145 feet to water, and is on rather higher ground. 
No. 36. — 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 10 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 2 feet; 
creamy clay, 100 feet ; reddish clay, 10 feet ; gravel and sand to bottom. This well 
is within a few rods of the Kansas line. Bender's well, 2 miles north, also close to 
the line, is 162 feet deep, with 13 feet of water. 
No. 37. — Drilled well ; depth of water does not vary ; pump running night and day 
frequently; can not be easily lowered; quality of water, soft; is raised by wind 
pump with 10-foot wheel ; is used for domestic supply, for 35 head of stock, and for 
irrigating one-fourth of an acre. Strata passed through : Soil, 3 feet; creamy soil, 
77 feet; sand, clay, magnesia; coarse sand with water. No rock. 
No. 38. — Bored well; water has decreased, apparently from inflow of sand; depth 
of water does not vary ; 500 gallons per hour, with good wind; 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 27 head of stock. Temperature, 56° F. Strata 
passed through : Soil, 2\ feet ; dark soil, 27^ feet ; gravel, 30 feet ; sand and gravel, 
120 feet. No hard rock. 
No. 39. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, not very hard; water raised by wind pump with 8-foot wheel; is 
used for domestic supply and for 35 head of stock. Temperature, 54° F. Strata 
passed through : Soil, 6 feet ; hard rock ; gravel with water. 
No. 40. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, not very hard; water raised by wind pump, now removed; is used 
for domestic supply and for stock. Strata passed through : Soil, 3 feet; yellow clay, 
with a little gravel, 100 feet; gravel and some yellow clay, 33 feet. 
No. 41. — Driven well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, hard; water raised by wind pump, now removed; is used for 
domestic supply of many families and for their stock. Strata passed through: Not 
known. 
No. 42. — Bored well ; depth of water does not vary ; 30 barrels per day ; can not be 
easily lowered; quality of water, soft; water raised by wind pump with 8-foot wheel; 
is used for domestic supply, for stock, and for irrigating one-half an acre. Strata 
passed through: Soil; some magnesia; gravel; hard rock at 90 feet, and again at 
150 feet. 
No. 43. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary ; can not be lowered with pump 
running day and night; quality of water, soft; water raised by wind pump with 
8-foot wheel; is used for domestic supply, for stock, and for irrigating a small area. 
Strata passed through : Magnesia; streaks of hard rock and gravel ; water in gravel. 
No. 44. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary, though steam pump goes day 
and night ; upward of 30,000 gallons per day ; can not be lowered ; quality of water, 
hard; water raised by steam pump, which lifts 58 gallons per stroke; is used for 
railway shops and for the town of Holyoke. Temperature, 56° F. Strata passed 
through: As usual in this district. A w r ell only 5 feet deep in the bed of the French- 
man, only a few rods away, has the same temperature. A small area is irrigated by 
the water from this well. 
