darton.] NEW JERSEY. 55 
The well sunk for Mr. Ezra Bowen, 2 miles east of Burlington, had 
the following record : l 
Feet. 
tj f 0-6 soil. 
^ J 6-59 black mud or marl. 
g | 59-103 green marl. 
j| I 103-120 gray sand with wood, no water. 
fl - f 120-124 white clay. 
J 124-145 red-mottled clay. 
145-150 dry, dark lead-colored clay. 
Ph [ 150-154 sand and hard crusts. 
At 253 medium-fine to coarse sand and gravel. 
A well 1£ miles south of Burlington obtains an excellent water 
supply from a depth of 128 feet. The following record is given : 2 
Feet, 
0-8 sand. 
8-10 sandy crust. 
10-13 gravel and quicksand. 
13-69 green marl. 
69-76 red and white clay. 
76-85 white clayey sand. 
86-106 red clay. 
106-110 gravel and red sand. 
110-126 white clay. 
126-132 white sand and water. 
132-135 heavy yellow gravel and water. 
Camden, Camden County. — The well at Esterbrook Steel Pen Works 
yields 40,000 gallons in ten hours. The diameter is 6 inches, and the 
first boring was 66J feet deep. The water stood at about high-tide level, 
or 5 to 6 feet below the surface. It was at first clear, but finally carried 
particles of clay. It was deepened in 1886 and water was found at 87 
feet, but not in sufficient amount. The record was as follows: 3 
Feet. 
0-20 muck and some gravel. 
20-23 gray mud. 
23-25 sand. 
25-30 potters' clay. 
30-33 yellow sand. 
33-60 coarse gravel with some yellow sand. 
60-62 fine, smooth, yellow clay. 
62-66^ coarse sand with green specks. 
67-77 yellow gravel and stones. 
77-87 fine white sand and gravel. 
The boring was farther deepened to 100 feet, where a soft micaceous 
rock was encountered, and continued 30 feet into the rock, but the 
supply of water was not increased. 3 
1 New Jersey report for 1892, p. 310. 
2 L. Woolman in New Jersey report for 1895, p. 70. 
3 New Jersey report for 1885, p. 126. 
