newell.] WELL RECORDS, KANSAS. 121 
No. 55. — Tubular well (260); 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 100 bead of stock, besides irrigating one-fourth of an acre, which 
area is to be increased ; tank, 24 by 30 feet. Strata passed through : Soil, 2 or 3 feet ; 
creamy soil; gravel with water. 
No. 56. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, soft; water raised by wind pump with 10-foot wheel; is used for 
domestic supply, for 50 head of stock, and for irrigating over one-fourth of an acre ; 
tank, 40 by 60 feet. Strata passed through : Soil, 2 feet ; yellow clay ; clay and mag- 
nesia to bottom. This well is within a few feet of the bottom land of the Middle 
Beaver. The bottom is one-quarter of a mile wide. 
No. 57. — Drilled tubular well; water rose slightly when first struck; depth of 
water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; quality of water, soft; water raised 
by wind pump with 10-foot wheel; water used for domestic supply, for 6 head of 
stock, and for irrigation; has a reservoir 45 by 45 by 4 feet. Strata passed through: 
Soil, 4 feet; creamy clay, 30 feet ; magnesia and rock with alternations of sand; water 
in gravel. 
No. 58. — Bored well (245) ; depth of water does not vary ; can not be easily lowered ; 
quality of water, rather hard; water raised by w T ind pump with 10-foot wheel; is 
used for domestic supply, for 100 head of stock, and for irrigating one-half acre of 
garden and some trees. Strata passed through : Soil; yellow clay; magnesia; gravel 
with water. This well is in a depression of a Beaver draw. A well (245a) on section 
18 of the same township is 155 feet deep, with 15 feet of water. 
No. 59. — Dug to water; tubular well (244) ; depth of water does not vary; can not 
be easily lowered; quality of water, rather soft; water raised by wind pump with 
10-foot wheel; is used for domestic supply and for 120 head of stock. Strata passed 
through: Soil, L} feet; yellowish white clay, 15 feet; sand, 16 feet; reddish clay 8 
feet ; sand and gravel to bottom. 
No. 60. — Bored well (243) ; depth of water does not vary ; can not be easily lowered ; 
quality of water, soft; water raised by wind pump with 10-foot wheel; is used for 
domestic supply and for 15 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 3 feet; 
creamy flour clay, 57 feet; sand and magnesia to water; coarse gravel with the 
water. A well (243a) 1 mile north of No. 60 is 70 feet deep, with 10 feet of water; is 
situated in a beaver draw. 
No 61. — Dug well; depth of water does not vary; can be lowered to 5 feet, but 
not below that level; water raised by steam pump; is used for railway tanks, hotel, 
and cottages ; 6,400 barrels per day is used for railway only. Strata passed through : 
Soil, 5 feet; creamy clay, 30 feet; reddish clay with streaks of sand; sand; gravel 
with the 19 feet of water. There is a drilled well 75 feet away, 180 feet deep, with 
19 feet of water, which is operated by a steam pump. These wells have been in 
constant use, the last for 4 years. They are three-fourths of a mile from the city 
wells, which are also pumped by steam. 
No. 62. — Bored well (195) ; depth of water does not vary; 10 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 80 head of stock, and for irrigating one- 
quarter of an acre ; tank, 31 by 60 feet. Strata passed through : Soil, 5 feet ; creamy 
flour soil, 8 feet; magnesia dirt, 7 feet; magnesia with hard streaks, 98 feet; sand, 
8 feet; sand and gravel, 4 feet. A well one-fourth of a mile southeast gets water at 
the same depth (118 feet), but was bored deeper to 137 feet, thus giving 19 feet of 
water. 
No. 63. — Drilled well (191) ; depth of water does not vary ; cannot be easily lowered; 
quality of water, soft; water raised by wind pump with 12-foot wheel; is used for 
domestic supply and for 15 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil; creamy 
clay; clay and rock. 
No. 64. — Tubular well (190); depth of water does not vary; can not be easily 
lowered; quality of water, soft; water raised by wind pump with 10-foot wheel; is 
