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The one at the Avon Hotel flows into the building and is distributed 
by pipes. It has a 3-inch bore, and was found to yield 52 gallons per 
minute. 1 
Keyport, Monmouth County. — In this well water was found at 242 
feet. The record was as follows : 2 
Feet. 
0-16 sand and gravel. 
Matawan 16-21 blue clay. 
21-27 fine sand. 
27-41 white clay. 
44-61 g ra y quicksand. 
64-86 white clay. 
Raritan . . . < 86-101 fine sand. 
101-138 blue and white clays. 
138-153 fine sand. 
153-190 red and white clay. 
. 190-242 sand and water. 
The water in the well is at a horizon about the middle of the Raritan 
formation, apparently the same as the one which furnishes water to the 
489-foot boring at Atlantic Highlands. 
Lake Como. — Two or more wells have been bored at this place. One 
has a depth of 535 feet and obtains a water supply from below the 
Lower Marl bed. It is stated that the Miocene clay or "rotten stone" 
extends from 40 to 120 feet. 3 
Lalcewood, Ocean County. — The well for the Laurel Hotel was bored 
to a depth of 475 feet. The mouth is 50 feet above tide level, and the 
water rises about 17 feet above the surface. The flow was 3 J gallons 
per minute, and by pumping, 12 gallons per minute have been obtained. 
The water is clear and sparkling and free from organic matter. 4 
Analysis of water in well at Lakewood, N. J. 4 
Sodium chloride 
Sodium carbonate 
Potassium carbouate 
Potassium sulphate , 
Calcium bicarbonate 
Magnesium bicarbonate 
Silica 
Oxides of iron and alumina 
Total 
Hardness equivalent to calcium carbonate 
Grains per 
gallon. 
0.478 
0.968 
0.624 
0.898 
3.446 
0.915 
1.499 
0.046 
8.874 
3.52 
1 New Jersey report for 1885, p. 130. 
2 L. Woolman, in New Jersey report for 1893, p. 414. 
3 L. Woolmau, in New Jersey report for 1895, p. 75. 
4 New Jersey report for 1884, p. 125. 
