newell.] WELL RECORDS, KANSAS. 125 
No. 102.— Dug well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; 
quality of water, hard; water raised by wind pump with 8-foot wheel; is used for 
domestic supply and for 80 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil and creamy 
subsoil, 20 feet; sand, 4 feet; shale below. This well is on the bottom of a branch 
of Goose Creek. A well at the house at 30 feet higher level got no water, after 
passing through these strata: Marl, 30 feet; sand, 4 feet; shale, 4 feet; shale, 30 
feet. Rocky magnesia (Tertiary grit) crops out on the south side of the valley 50 
feet above the level of No. 102. 
No. 103. — Dug well, but has a tube 8 inches in diameter; water struck at 14 feet 
and rose 4 feet; depth of water does not vary; 650 gallons in 1 hour; can not be 
easily lowered; quality of water, hard; water raised by wmd pump with 8-foot 
wheel; is used for domestic supply, for 40 head of stock, and one-half acre irrigated. 
Strata passed through: Soil, 1 foot; black earth, 7 feet; joint clay, 16 feet; sand to 
bottom ; reached shale at 27 feet. 
No. 104. — Dug well ; depth of water does not vary, though heavy rains slightly 
raise the level; can not be easily lowered; quality of water, medium soft; water 
raised by pulley and buckets ; is used for domestic supply and for 8 head of horses. 
Strata passed through: Soil, 2 feet; creamy clay, 14 feet; sand; coarse gravel at 
water. 
No. 105. — Dug well; water was struck at 50 feet and rose 5 feet, where it has 
remained; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; quality of 
water, hard; water raised by pulley and buckets; is used for domestic supply and 
for 12 head of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, \\ feet; gray soil (creamy), 10 
feet ; reddish clay and gravel, with streaks of sand, 35 feet ; coarse sand gravel, 2 feet ; 
reddish, putty-like clay at water; gravel below. 
No. 106. — Dug well; water rose a little when first struck; depth of water does 
not vary ; can not be easily lowered ; water raised by wind pump with 10- foot wheel; 
is used for domestic supply aud for irrigating three acres; tank, 65 by 30 by 4 
feet. Strata passed through: Soil, 1 foot; cream-colored soil, 19 feet; sand; joint 
clay and coarse sand, 7 feet. This well is in Eagletail Valley at Sharon Springs. 
Mr. Ericson has another well between Eagletail and a northern draw, and a reser- 
voir 50 by 100 feet. The water level this year is lower in the wells than formerly, 
and a water elevator here was found too short. 
No. 107. — Dug well; depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered 
except by the running in of sand; quality of water, soft; water raised by pulley 
and buckets; is used for domestic supply and for 15 head of stock. Strata passed 
through : Sandy alluvia. This well is on the second bottom of the South Fork of 
the Smoky Hill River, east of Sharon Springs, on the right bank of the river. 
No. 108. — Dug well; flow increased slightly at first, but sand gets in and clogs it; 
depth of water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; quality of water, rather 
hard; water raised by hand pump; has also a "Jumbo" wind wheel; is used for 
domestic supply and for several head of stock. Strata passed through : Soil, 10 feet; 
sand to water. 
No. 109. — Bored well; water was struck at 129 feet and rose 6 feet; depth of 
water does not vary; can not be easily lowered; quality of water, soft; water raised 
by hand pump ; is used for domestic supply and for several head of stock. Strata 
passed through: Soil, 3 feet; creamy soil, 14 feet; rock (red) to water. Rock crops 
out in a ravine one-fourth of a mile east. 
No. 110. — Dug well ; depth of the water varies by rising slightly in the spring of the 
year; can be easily lowered, but is very soon replenished; quality of water, rather 
soft ; water raised by pulley and buckets ; is used for domestic supply and for 4 head 
of stock. Strata passed through: Soil, 1 foot; creamy clay, 14 feet; streak of sand; 
creamy clay, 6 feet. The bottom of the well is in soapstone (shale), and water is 
from the gravel. Another well, somewhat lower in the draw, has water at the same 
depth, and another still lower has water at 16 feet. 
