DAETON.] NEW YORK. 35 
Jericho. — Mr. Lewis ' lias supplied the section of the well bored at 
Jericho in 1878 on the premises of Mr. Jules Kunz. It is as follows • 
Feet. 
0-15 surface loam. 
15-51 drift. 
51-132 yellow gravel. 
132-147 sand. 
147-151 sandy clay with a carbonized branch. 
151-154 yellow clay. 
154-184 blue and gray sandy clay with pyrites. 
184-198^ micaceous sand. 
Port Eaton. — At this locality a well has recently been sunk to a depth 
of 265 feet which yields a satisfactory supply of excellent water. The 
surface of the land is 4 feet above high tide and the water rises just to 
the surface. The following record was secured through the kindness 
of Mr. Nimino : 
Feet. 
10 quartz-gravel and sand. 
20 quartz- gravel and sand. 
30 fine sand mixed with clay. 
40 gravel. 
50 sand and fine gravel. 
60 sand and fine gravel. 
70 coarse gravel. 
80 coarse gravel. 
90 fine gravel. 
100 fine gravel. 
110 gravel and sand. 
120 fine gray el. 
130 coarse gravel. 
140 fine yellow sand. 
150 fine yellow sand mixed with mica. 
160 lighter colored sand with mica. 
170 coarser sand, no mica. 
180 coarser sand, no mica. 
190 fine red sand. 
200 coarse, straw-colored sand. 
205 very coarse sand. 
210 fine light-colored sand. 
215 clear gravel. 
220 light coarse sand. 
225.. ....light coarse sand. 
230 coarse gravel. 
240 coarse gravel. 
250 yellow sandy clay. 
255 sharp coarse sand. 
260 sand and gravel. 
265 clear fine light-yellow sand. 
Salt water was found at various depths down to 205 feet. The fresh- 
water-bearing bed was first encountered at a depth of 263 feet. The 
i F. J. H. Merrill, Geology of Long Island, N. Y. Acad. Sci. Annals, Vol. Ill, p. 350. 
