dabton.] NEW JERSEY. 87 
increased by pumping, to 100 gallons per minute. The upper beds 
penetrated are as follows : 
Feet. 
0-18 sand. 
18-24 yellow clay. 
24-70 marl. Lower marl bed. 
70-110 black clay. 
At 258 feet is the thick bed of fine white sand containing water. 1 
At the Normandy Hotel near Seabright there are wells from which 
the water is good, but hard. The water-bearing sand is 120 feet below 
the lower marl bed, and is 40 feet thick. It is very fine, and is under- 
lain by a black clay. The pipe is bored with five-eighth inch holes and 
sheathed with wire gauze for the 40 feet of its length in the fine sand. 
The flow of water is at the rate of 55 gallons per minute. 2 
The water horizon at Seabright is at the base of the Lower Marl, or 
the same that supplies the shallow wells at Eed Bank, and the Asbury 
Park (383 feet), Ocean Grove, Ocean Beach, Spring Lake, Lake wood, 
and many other wells. The lower waters are from the Matawan beds, 
which yield water to the deeper Bedbank, Monmouth Beach, Monmouth 
Park, deep Atlantic Highlands, and other wells. 
Sea Girt. — Early in 1885 a well was completed at the Beach House, 
which reached a depth of 755 feet. A flow of 50 gallons per minute was 
obtained, and the water rises to 13 feet above the surface, or 24 feet 
above tide level. The beds penetrated are reported in detail by Mr. 
Woolman in the New Jersey report for 1895. 3 
The Lower Marl was passed through at 489 to 570 feet and water- 
bearing sands were reported at 570 to 620, 694 to 720, and 735 to 755 
feet, with intervening clays. These waters represent the Lower Marl, 
Matawan, and probably the basal Matawan horizons. 
Sea Island City, Cape May County. — A well bored to a depth of 380 
feet furnishes a moderate supply of water through a 4-inch pipe. It is 
reported that the water rises to within 11 feet of the surface, and yields 
30 gallons per minute. The following beds were penetrated: 
Feet. 
0-16 sand. 
16-25 black mud. 
25-35 sand. 
35-45 mud. 
45-53 sand. 
53-63 coarse gravel and shells. 
63-98 clay. 
98-125 coarse sand and gravel in layers. 
125-137 clay. 
137-150 coarse sand and gravel. 
150-173 fine sand. 
173-200 coarse sand. 
200-217 fine dark sand. 
1 New Jersey report for 1888, p. 73. 3 Pages 75-76. 
2 New Jersey report for 1889, p. 87. 
