90 
ARTESIAN WELLS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. 
[bull. 138. 
The water horizon is in the basal Matawan beds, which yield water in 
the Woodbury, Wenonah, and other wells. The water at 381-395 feet is in 
the mid-Matawan horizon, which is widespread in southern New Jersey. 
Shrewsbury, Monmouth County. — A well at the residence of Dr. Van 
Buren was bored through several strata of the marl formation to a 
depth of 200 feet, but no water was found. 1 
As this well penetrated to and below the base of the lower marl, it 
is difficult to understand why it did not obtain the water which is found 
at that horizon in many wells in the surrounding region. 
South Amboy, Middlesex County. — A well recently sunk by the Penn- 
sylvania Railroad is reported to have the folio wing record: 2 
Feet. 
0-2 dark sand. 
2-7 yellow gravel. 
7-16 red sand. 
16-22 blue clay. 
22-49 red, firm sand. 
49-105 black clay. 
South Beach Haven, on Long Beach, Ocean County? — A well was bored 
at this locality for James Holgate in 1886. An 8-inch pipe was sunk 
to a depth of 318 feet, of which the lower 8 feet were in clay; a 6-inch 
pipe was then sunk 107 feet farther, and a flow of excellent water was 
obtained. The quantity flowing was said to be 500 barrels a day, which 
is about 10 gallons a minute. It rises in a tube to a height of 14 feet 
above the surface. The horizon is doubtless the same as that from 
which the water is obtained at Seven Islands at 403 feet, and at Atlan- 
tic City at about 525 feet. 
Spring Lalce, Monmouth County. — The well has a depth of 405 feet, 
and taps the horizon at the base of the lower marl bed which supplies 
Ocean Beach, Ocean Grove, Asbury Park (at 383 feet), Seabright, Red- 
bank, and many other places. 
Stockton, Camden County. — There are seven wells at this locality for 
the Stockton Water Company. Some of their features are as follows : 
Well. 
Depth. 
Distance 
beneath 
surface to 
which 
water rises. 
1 
Feet. 
68 
116 
119 
124 
130 
121 
117 
Inches. 
12 
18 
18 
a8J 
a 13 
18 
18 

3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
Feet. 
1 New Jersey report for 1879, p. 139. 
2 L. Woolman, in New Jersey report for 1894, p. 201. 
3 New Jersey report for 1886, pp, 211-212. 
