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Feet. 
129 coarse gravel, in part angular. 
135 g ra y sand. 
147 light-gray, fine sand. 
168 coarse gray sand and gravel. 
170 , coarse gray sand. 
175 coarse gray sand. 
180 gray micaceous sand with lignite. 
200 much lignite. 
225 argillaceous gray sand. 
243 loose gray sand. 
245 lignite. 
247-258 j 
260 > much lignite in gray sand, 
270) 
274 loose gray sand. 
284 lignite. 
290 gray sand. 
300 gray clay. 
335 lignite. 
344 gray sand. 
350 lignite. 
352 lignitic sand. 
353 gray micaceous sand. 
360 lignite. 
365 lignite. 
368 gray argillaceous sand. 
370 gray micaceous sand with lignite. 
380 gray clay. 
383 carbonaceous clay. 
Fenhurst. — The wells of the Queens County Water Company are at 
the pumping station between Valley Stream and Fenhurst, on Jamaica 
Bay. They yield a large flow at the surface, which is elevated from 3 
to 5 feet above mean high tide. The first four wells are situated within 
a relatively small area, but the materials penetrated vary considerably. 
They are as follows : 
Well No. 1. 
Feet. 
0-60 sand and gravel, reddish in color. 
60-80 blue clay. 
80-96 dark sand. 
96-115 coarse sand and gravel. 
115-120 very fine, dark sand. 
120-128 reddish, medium coarse sand. 
128-142 coarse sand, round grains. 
142-152 coarse sand and gravel. 
152 peat. 
Well No. 2. 
0-31 coarse sand, reddish in color. 
31-42 sand and gravel, light colored. 
42-54 black, fine sand. 
54-87 blue clay. 
87-100 black sand. 
100-101 blue clay. 
Bull. 138 3 
