newell.] WELL RECORDS, KANSAS. 117 
No. 9.— Dug well; depth of water does not vary; 8 to 10 barrels per day; can be 
lowered by several hours pumping; quality of water, soft; water raised by wind 
pump with 10-foot wheel; is used for domestic supply and for 30 bead of stock. 
Temperature, 57° F. Strata passed through : Soil, 4 feet ; yellow clay and sand, 
60 feet; sand and gravel, with water, 10 feet. This well is in a draw leading to 
Hackberry Creek. 
No. 10. — Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, soft; is used for domestic supply, for 40 head of stock, and for 
irrigating a small garden. Strata passed through: Soil, 10 feet; magnesia rock, 70 
feet ; gravel ; rock and gravel, with water, 18 feet. A (229) well on the northwest 
quarter of section 22 is 136 feet deep, with 20 feet of water. 
No. 11.— Bored well (230) ; depth of water does not vary ; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, medium soft; water raised by hand pump; is used for domestic 
supply and for stock. Strata passed through : Sandy alluvia of tbe Republican bot- 
tom. The water in the well is more abundant since the completion of the Ericson 
irrigation ditcb, which is distant about a quarter of a mile. Tbe water in the well 
increased 10 days after water had been turned into the ditch. 
No. 12. — Depth of water in well (177) does not vary; can not be easily lowered. 
No. IS. — Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, hard; water raised by wind pump.. 
No. 14. — Drilled well (246) ; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, hard; water raised by wind pump; is used for domestic supply 
and for 25 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil; yellow clay; rock; sand and 
gravel at tbe water. 
No. 15. — Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; water can be pumped from 
the well continuously without lowering the level; quality of water, medium hard; 
water raised by wind pump with 10-foot wheel; is used for domestic supply and for 
60 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 3 feet; yellow sandy clay, 100 feet; 
magnesia; rock; gravel with water, A well to the north, on lower ground, is 206 
feet deep. 
No. 16. — Bored 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 250 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 4 feet; 
cream-colored canyon clay; magnesia rock; gravel at water. 
No. 17. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; 1,200 gallons per hour; can 
not be easily lowered; quality of water, rather soft; water raised by wind pump 
with 12-foot wheel ; is used for domestic supply, for stock, and for irrigating one-half 
acre. Strata passed through : Soil, 3 feet ; creamy yellow subsoil, etc. On the Beaver 
bottom, to the south, is Birkners well, 130 feet deep, with 11 feet of water — sec. 29, 
T. 5, R. 40. 
No. 18. — Dug well; has no water. Strata passed through : Soil, sand only slightly 
damp; soapstone (shale). Other wells near have abundance of water, not reaching 
the shale. 
No. 19. — Dug well; water was found at bottom and rose 5 feet; depth of water 
does not vary; can not be easily lowered; quality of water, medium hard; water 
raised by hand pump ; is used for domestic supply and for 40 head of stock. Strata 
passed through: Soil, 2 feet; yellow soil, 10 feet; rock, 28 feet; yellow sand, 4 feet; 
rock, 15 feet; rock of reddish tint, 5 feet; gravel with water, 4 inches. Haifa mile 
north, iu a ravine, a well has water at 14 feet. 
No. ^.—Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
water raised by wind pump with 10-foot wheel; water used for domestic supply, for 
60 head of stock, and for irrigating one-fourth of an acre. Strata passed through: 
Soil, 1 foot; sandy loam, 29 feet; coarse gravel, 5 feet. This well is in a draw. 
No. 21 — Dug well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
water raised by hand pump; is used for domestic supply. Strata passed through: 
