122 PROGRESS REPORT, HYDROGRAPHY, 1893 AND 1894. [bull. 131. 
used for domestic supply and for 100 head of stock. Strata: Soil, 3 feet; white 
creamy clay, 15 feet ; sand in streaks with cemented sand ; sand with the water. A 
well less than half a mile north in a Beaver draw gets water at 110 feet. 
No. 65. — Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; water obtained from the 
well by continual pumping ; 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 150 
head of stock, and for irrigatiug one-half an acre. Strata passed through : Soil, 2 
feet; creamy clay, 30 feet; magnesia; coarse gravel with the water; no rock; a weak 
vein of water higher up. This well is north of the Sappa. On the south side of the 
Sappa the Tertiary grit crops out. 
No. 66. — Bored well (184) ; depth of water does not vary ; can not be easily lowered ; 
quality of water, medium hard; water raised by wind pump with 18-foot wheel; is 
used as a public well, and irrigates court-house yard. Strata passed through : Soil, 
2 feet; yellow clay, 90 feet; sand and dry gravel. 
No. 67. — Bored well (183) ; 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 15 head of stock. Strata : Soil, 5 feet ; yellow soil ; rock ; gravel. 
No. 68. — Dug well (182) ; depth of water does not vary ; can be easily lowered ; 
quality of water, soft ; water raised by hand pump ; is used for domestic supply and 
for 15 head of stock. Strata passed through : Soil; yellow clay and sand; magnesia 
gravel with water. This well is in a bottom, about 20 feet above the bed of one 
of the Beavers. 
No. 69. — Drilled well (181 ) ; depth of water does not vary ; 600 gallons per hour ; mill 
will drain it in 2 hours, but the level of the water is restored in 20 minutes ; quality of 
water, medium soft, but is becoming softer the longer it is used; water raised by 
wind pump ; is used for domestic supply, for 100 head of stock, and for irrigating a 
small garden. Strata passed through: Soil; yellow clay; rock; sandy clay. 
No. 70. — Drilled 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 and for 100 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil; yellow 
clay ; rock. A well 1 mile south, with surface at about the same altitude, is 180 feet 
deep. 
No t 71. — Drilled well (207) ; depth of the water does not vary ; can not be easily low- 
ered ; quality of water, rather hard ; water raised by wind pump with 10-foot wheel ; is 
used for domestic supply, for 100 head of stock, and for irrigating a small area. 
Strata passed through: Soil, 1 foot; creamy clay, 20 feet; sand; sandstone, 4 feet; 
sand; sand and limestone, 6 inches; sand to bottom; water in quicksand. 
No. 72. — Bored well (240) ; 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 95 head of stock. Strata passed through : Soil, 
2 feet ; creamy soil ; rock and gravel with water. 
No. 73. — Dug well (239); depth of water does not vary; can be easily lowered 
slightly — should be made deeper ; quality of water, soft ; water raised by wind pump 
with 12-foot wheel; is used for domestic supply and for 25 head of stock. Strata 
passed through : Soil, 4 feet ; creamy yellow soil, 41 feet ; sand, 5 feet ; rock and mag- 
nesia 12 feet ; sand, 38 feet ; magnesia, 2 feet ; coarse sand and quicksand at water. 
No. 74. — Dug well (208); depth of water does not vary; sufficient water obtained 
to supply 4 farms, besides travelers ; can not be easily lowered ; quality of water, soft ; 
water raised by wind pump with 10-foot wheel; water used for domestic supply, as 
above, and 150 head of stock. Strata passed through : Soil, 3 feet ; creamy soil, 30 
feet; sand and gravel to bottom. This well is at Griswold post-office, 4 miles south 
of No. 93. A. J. McKinney's well, 3 miles east of Griswold, is 105 feet deep, with 5 
feet of water. Four miles farther east is a well 90 feet to water. 
No. 75. — Drilled well; depth of water does not vary; water obtained from the 
well tills a tank 17 by 29 by 2 feet in 36 hours, besides supplying stock ; can not be 
