30 ARTESIAN WELLS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. [bull. 138. 
Test well No. 12, three-quarters of a mile east of Springfield pumping station; altitude, 
18 feet. 
Feet. 
0-4 dark yellow sand. 
8-20 yellow sand . 
20-38 fine, sharp, gray sand. 
38-46 sharp, yellowish sand. 
46-56 sharp, yellow sand. 
56-63 yellow sand and gravel. 
63-66 g ra y sand and gravel. 
66-73 sharp, yellow sand. 
73-85 sharp, yellow sand and gravel. 
85-98 fine, yellowish sand. 
98-130 coarse, gray sand and gravel. 
130-145 gray sand, with gravel, wood, and clay of different colors. 
145-162 fine, white sand, with fragments of wood and traces of clay. 
162-170 gray clay, with gravel and wood. 
170-205 fine, white sand, with fragments of wood and traces of clay. 
205-223 gray sand, with fragments of wood and traces of clay. 
223-330 fine, gray sand, with fragments of wood and traces of clay. 
330-406 fine, white sand, with fragments of wood. 
No water was found below the clay bed. 
Test well No. 10, one mile northeast of Springfield post-office ; altitude, 27 feet. 
Feet. 
0-18 coarse, brown sand, with gravel. 
18-28 coarse, light-brown sand, with gravel. 
28-40 sharp, yellow sand. 
40-54 sharp, yellowish sand. 
54-59 fine, gray sand. 
59-63 sharp, yellowish sand. 
63-67 coarse, yellowish sand. 
67-73 fine, yellowish sand. 
73-80 yellow sand, with gravel. 
80-89 coarse, gray sand, with gravel and wood. 
89-94 blue clay. 
94-102 fine, white sand. 
102-114 coarse, gray sand, with wood. 
114-132 sharp, white sand. 
132-137 sharp, white sand, with wood. 
137-139 mixture of sand, gravel, wood, and clay. 
139-190 white sand, with wood. 
190-212 sharp, gray sand. 
212-222 coarse, gray sand, clay, and wood. 
222-227 g ra y sand, clay, and wood. 
227-229 sandstone, with iron pyrites, wood, and clay. 
229-243 gray sand and wood. 
243-248 gray sand, clay, and wood. 
248-252 gray clay and wood. 
252-325 fine, gray sand and wood. 
325-357 sharp, white sand, with wood and clay. 
No water found below the blue clay. 
Test ivell No. 6 ; just east of Hollis station ; altitude, 58.6 feet. 
Feet. 
0-1 top soil. 
1-13 brown sand, with gravel. 
13-19 light-colored gravel. 
