120 PROGRESS REPORT, HYDROGRAPHY, 1893 AND 1894. [bull.131. 
domestic supply and for 20 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 3 feet; 
yellow soil, 50 feet; sandy rock, 10 feet; red clay and sand, 90 feet; quicksand, 20 
feet. 
No. 44. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; nearly 6,000 gallons per day; 
can not be lowered ; quality of water, soft ; water raised by wind pump with 8-foot 
wheel; is used for domestic supply, for 60 head of stock, and for irrigating three- 
fourths of an acre. The tank, which is 28 feet by 28 by 1 foot, is filled in one day. 
Strata passed through: Soil, 3^ feet; creamy "badger dirt/' 36^ feet; sand and 
gravel, 72 feet; blue clay (shale?) at bottom. 
No. 45. — Bored well ; depth of water does not vary ; can not be easily lowered ; 
water raised by wind pump with "Jumbo" wheel ; is used for domestic supply and 
for 10 head of stock. Strata passed through : Soil, 2 feet ; creamy clay ; magnesia ; 
sand and gravel. 
No. 46. — Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, rather hard ; water raised by wind pump with 8-foot wheel ; is used 
for domestic supply and for 60 head of stock. This well is on the slope of the Sappa, 
where the gravel is very near the surface. Strata passed through: Soil; clay; sand 
rock ; sand and gravel with the water. 
No. 47. — Bored well ; depth of water does not vary ; can not be easily lowered ; 
quality of water, not very hard ; water raised by rope and pulley ; is used for domes- 
tic supply and for 20 head of stock. Strata passed through : Soil, 2 feet ; yellowish 
clay, 25 feet; sand, 50 feet; sand-rock streaks, 3 feet; reddish rock and sand, 15 feet; 
sand and gravel, 14 feet. A well on the northwest quarter of section 20 is 10 feet 
deeper to water, but is on slightly higher ground. 
No. 48. — Bored well; depth cf water does not vary; 4 barrels per hour; can not 
be easily lowered; quality of water, rather hard; water raised by wind pump with 
8-foot wheel; is used for domestic supply and for 20 head of stock. Strata passed 
through: Soil, 3 feet; creamy clay, 25 feet; soft magnesia with harder streaks, 20 
feet; sand, quicksand, and coarse gravel at bottom. This well is in a Beaver draw. 
No. 49. — Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; cannot be easily lowered; 
water raised by wind pump ; is used for domestic supply and for 30 head of stock. 
Strata passed through: Soil, 5 feet; creamy soil; salt rock; sand. 
No. 50. — Bored well (217) ; depth of water does not vary ; an abundance of water is 
obtained from the well; 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 stock. 
Strata passed through : Soil, 5 feet ; creamy clay ; reddish clay ; sand with water. 
A well one-half mile north by east of section 25 is 135 feet deep and has supplied the 
town (Goodland) and a herd of 75 cattle all summer; temperature, 57° F. 
No. 51. — Dug originally, now tubular well (216) ; 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 : Not known; water in gravel and sand. 
No. 52. — Bored well ; 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 30 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil; 
rock ; gravel with water. A well 300 feet away is as well supplied. 
No. 53. — Drilled well (215) ; 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 ; 
creamy soil; rock; gravel; sand. 
No. 54. — Dug well (261) ; depth of water does not vary ; can not be easily lowered, 
but at times needs to be made deeper ; water raised by pulley and buckets ; is used for 
domestic supply and for 10 head of cattle. Strata passed through : Soil, 2 feet ; 
creamy clay; sand; gravel. A well on the northwest quarter of section 3 is 78 feet 
deep, with 6 feet of water. It is in a depression of a Smoky draw. 
