96 ARTESIAN WELLS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. [bull. 138. 
The water rises to within 40 feet of the surface, which is 130 feet 
above tide, and yields about 20 gallons a minute. The black and blue 
clays and sands are recognized by Mr. Woolman to be of Miocene age 
(Chesapeake formation) and to occupy a position near the base of that 
formation. The water horizon is thought to be that at 760 feet at 
Atlantic City. The well to 335 feet at Winslow, bored in about the 
year 1853, is thought to reach the water horizon of the 950-foot level at 
Atlantic City. 1 
Woodbury, Gloucester County. — Well of G. G. Green, on Main street? 
about 300 feet from Woodbury Creek, supplies good soft water from a 
depth of 80 feet. The first 10 feet were yellow clay; next, G5 feet of 
green or bluish colored clay, oily and very tough; the balance, gravel. 
Well at G. G. Green's residence is 163 feet deep and cased with 
4J-inch pipe. The following beds were penetrated: 
Feet. 
0-14 yellow clay and sand. 
14-104 bine and greenish colored clay. 
104-163 coarse sand or gravel containing water, but not in large supply. 
Another well, situated 600 feet away, is 132 feet deep aud of the same 
bore. It supplies about 3,000 gallons of water per day. 
There is a well 120 feet in depth about 2 miles south of Woodbury. 
The first 15 feet were clay and the 105 feet below are in marl. 
Allen & Madane had a well bored in 1875 to a depth of 113 feet 
which yields a satisfactory water supply from a 2i-inch pipe. Water 
rises to within 19 feet of the surface. Record is as follows: 
Feet, 
0-10 sand and clay. 
10-50 blue mud or marl. 
50-100 coarse sand containing shells. 
100-113 sand and gravel intermixed ; hard crust at bottom 1 foot thick. 
L. M. Green has a well at his residence on Main street. Its depth 
is 142 feet, and the water rises to within 50 feet of the surface. It is 
expected to furnish 500 gallons per hour. The record is as follows: 
Feet. 
0-12 yellow clay. 
12-120 blue and green marl. 
120-134 ...... sand and gravel. 
134-138 loose sand, with two logs. 
138-142 hard clay and sand mixed with shells. 
A well at the home of Mrs. Deborah Cooper, about 1 mile north of 
Woodbury, on the Eedbank road, is 68 feet deep. The record is as 
follows : 
Feet. 
0-10 san d and clay. 
10-60 bine mud or marl. 
60-68 gravel and sand. 
'New Jersey report for 1892, p. 298. 
