darton.] NEW YORK. 31 
Feet. 
19-26 brownish sand, with gravel. 
26-37 sharp, yellowish sand. 
37-40 brownish sand, with gravel. 
40-54 light-colored gravel (rich water bearing). 
54-60 : . brownish sand. 
60-69 brownish sand, with gravel. 
69-77 fine, yellow sand. 
77-98 line, light-colored yellow sand. 
98-103 fine, gray sand. 
103-135 sharp, yellow sand, with gravel. 
135-145 fine, yellow sand. 
145-157 fine, white sand. 
157-186 sharp, yellow sand. 
186-190 fine, gray sand. 
190-196 fine, yellow sand. 
196-212 sharp, yellow sand. 
212-218 coarser, yellow sand. 
218-225 light-colored gravel. 
225-229 coarse, yellow sand. 
229-244 coarse, yellowish sand. 
244-295 fine, sharp, yellow sand. 
295-298 fine, pinkish sand. 
298-302 sharp, yellow sand. 
302-319 gray clay, with wood. 
319-336 fine, white sand, with wood. 
336-355 very fine, white sand, with wood. 
355-368 fine sand and reddish clay, with wood. 
368-395. . .... fine, white sand, with wood. 
395-397 fine, gray sand, with wood. 
397-401 fine, sharp, white sand, with wood. 
401-403 coarse, gray sand. 
403-406 i.fine, gray sand (powdered sandstone). 
No water below the clay bed. 
Test well No. 11, one mile south of Jamaica railroad station; altitude, 19.2 feet. 
Feet. 
0-2 yellow sand. 
2-6 brown sand. 
6-20 yellow sand, with gravel. 
20-43 gray sand, with gravel. 
43-65 fine, sharp, gray sand. 
65-89 dark gray sand, fine and sharp. 
89-95 coarser, yellowish-gray sand, with large quantities of gravel. 
95-190 blue clay. 
190-198 dark gray sand and gravel, containing large volumes of water, 
which rises to within about 9 feet of the surface. 
Woodhaven. — In 1888 and 1889 a well was bored at this place to a 
depth of 577 feet. The gneiss was reached at 556 feet, but no useful 
amount of water was found. The record as given by Mr. John Brysou 1 
is as follows : 
Feet. 
0-113 reddish sand and gravel. 
113-120 sand and coarse gravel. 
120-132 pepper and salt sand. 
Am. Geologist, Vol. Ill, pp. 214-215, 1889. 
