newell.] WELL RECORDS, KANSAS. 123 
easily lowered ; quality of water, soft ; water raised by wind pump ; is used for 
domestic supply, for 35 head of stock, and for irrigating 11 acres. Strata passed 
through: Soil, 2 feet; creamy yellow soil; magnesia; sand with water. A well one- 
quarter of a mile north is 170 feet deep, with water at 100 feet. Wells 1 mile east 
are plentifully supplied with water. 
No. 77. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; can be easily lowered, on 
account of bad curbing; quality of water, soft; water raised by wind pump with 
8-foot wheel; is used for public purposes. Strata passed through: Soil, 2 feet; 
creamy soil, 13 feet; gravel and sand. There are 5 wells on the town site, all hav- 
ing about the same depth ; one is the Rock Island Railway well, 147 feet deep, 
apparently inexhaustible. A steam pump fills the 1,600-barrel tank in 11 hours. 
No. 78. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, rather hard; water raised by wind pump with 12-foot wheel; is 
used for domestic supply and for 20 head of cattle. Strata passed through : Soil, 
3£ feet; creamy soil, 10 feet; magnesia, red clay, and sand in layers, 80 feet; coarse 
gravel, 27 feet. 
No. 79. — Drilled well (226); depth of water does not vary; can not be easily low- 
ered ; quality of water, soft. 
No. 80. — Depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered (227). Soil; 
magnesia. 
No. 81. — Bored well (228) ; depth of water does not vary ; can be slightly lowered ; 
water raised by wind pump with 8-foot wheel ; is used for domestic supply and for 
20 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 4 feet; creamy clay, 76 feet; sand 
and rock; magnesia and gravel. 
No. 82. — Drilled well; dej)th of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
water raised by wind pump ; is used for domestic supply. 
No. 83. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; 75 barrels per day; can not be 
easily lowered; quality of water, medium hard; water raised by wind pump with 
10-foot wheel; is used for domestic supply, for stock, and for irrigating one-half an 
acre. Strata passed through : Soil, 2^ feet; creamy dirt, 52^ feet ; sand, gravel, and 
rock, 50 feet. A well 1 mile south in Beaver Valley is 59 feet deep, with 2\ feet of 
water. 
No. 84. — Bored well (238) ; depth of water does not vary ; can not be easily lowered ; 
water raised by wind pump; is used for domestic supply, for hotel, for 100 head of 
stock, and for irrigating a garden. Temperature, 56° F. Strata passed through: 
Soil, 5 feet; creamy clay, 75 feet; sand; whitish clay; sand; magnesia; gravel. 
This well is in the town of Kanorado. 
No. 85. — Bored well ( 193) ; depth of water does not vary ; mill running often day and 
night; can not be easily lowered; quality of water, rather soft; water raised by 
wind pump; is used for domestic supply, for 25 head of stock, and for irrigating 1£ 
acres. Strata passed through: Soil, 2 feet; cream-colored loam nearly to water; 
magnesia and gravel at water. A well on the next section west is 75 feet to water, 
being on higher ground. 
No. 86. — Bored well ; depth of water does not vary ; can be lowered at times ; qual- 
ity of water, soft; water raised by wind pump; is used for domestic supply and for 
10 head of stock. Strata passed through : Soil; creamy clay and line gravel. 
No. 87. — The water-bearing stratum was pierced only 4 feet, and the water rose 26 
feet; depth of water does not vary; water raised by wind pump; is used for 300 to 
400 head of stock and by travelers. This well is only 2 or 3 feet above the railway 
level at the depot. 
No. 88. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
water raised by wind pump ; is used for domestic supply, for stock, and for irrigating 
1 acre, for which there is a pool supplied by the well. 
No. 89. — Bored well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
water used for domestic supply and for 30 head of stock. Strata passed through: 
Soil yellow- clay, etc. 
