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supply and for 20 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 6 inches; gravel; 
magnesia; clay and gravel. A well 1 mile south is 246 feet deep, and another 1 mile 
west is over 200 feet in depth. 
No. 58. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; 1,500 gallons per hour; can 
not be easily lowered ; water raised by wind wheel and Hay's pump ; is used for 
irrigation. 
No. 59.— Dug well; depth of water does not vary; 1,200 gallons per hour; can not 
be easily lowered; quality of water, hard; water raised by wind pump with 4-inch 
cylinder; is used for irrigation, being held in a cemented tank. Strata passed 
through: Sand; soil; clay or magnesia ; hard sand and gravel. This well is on the 
south aide of the river, just east of Julesburg bridge. Another well close by is 18 
feet to water, and has a 12-foot wind wheel, which, with steady wind, raises 1,800 
gallons per hour. 
No. 60. — Dug well; depth of water does not vary; water obtained from the well 
will fill 50,000-gallon tank in 4 hours ; can be lowered by the steam pump, but the 
water level is soon restored; quality of water, soft; water raised by steam pump; 
is used for supplying a railway roundhouse and for other purposes. Strata passed 
through : River alluvia. 
No. 61. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; not tested as to quantity ; can 
not be easily lowered; quality of water, hard; water raised by hand buckets; is 
used for domestic supply and by the traveling public. Strata passed through : Soil, 
2 feet; light-colored clay and dark-blue clay, 8 feet; sand to water. 
No. 62. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, hard ; water raised by hand pump ; is used for domestic supply 
and for a large hotel. Strata passed through : Soil; sand; gravel. This well is in 
the town of Julesburg. There are over 30 wells in the town, which is situated on 
the South Platte bottom, on the north side of the river. 
No. 63. — Dug well; water rose a few feet; 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, for 400 head of stock, and for irrigating 1 acre. Strata imssed 
through: Soil, 2£ feet; gravel, 2£ feet; magnesia, 1 foot; gravel and sand, 34 feet; 
hardpan (blue hard clay), 10 feet. 
No. 64. — Dug well. This is a spring well, the water creating a marsh along the 
edge of the hill, in the slope of which the well is made. Depth of water does not 
vary; 60 to 70 gallons per minute ; can not be lowered; quality of water, soft ; water 
raised by wind pump ; is used for domestic supply, for a few head of stock, and irri- 
gates 15 acres from a reservoir of about 10 feet square. Strata passed through : Soil; 
red material; gravel; magnesia and sandy cemented gravel. Temperature, 58° F., 
apparently influenced by the atmosphere, it being an open well. 
No. 65. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
water raised by wind pump with 10-foot wheel ; is used for domestic supply, for 50 
head of stock, aud for irrigating one-half an acre. Strata passed through : Soil, 1 
foot ; sand. This well is on the second slope, on the south side of South Platte, which 
is li miles distant. 
No. 66. — Depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; water raised by 
wind pump ; is used for domestic supply and for 100 head of stock. Strata passed 
through: Magnesia. 
No. 67. — Drilled well ; depth of water does not vary ; water obtained from the well 
will supply 60 teams daily; can not be easily lowered; quality of water, soft; water 
raised by wind pump; is used for domestic supply and for stock. Strata passed 
through : Soil, and layers of hard rock above the water gravel. 
No. 68. — Drilled well; 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 40 to 50 head of stock. Strata passed through : 
Magnesia ; sand and gravel. 
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