166 ARTESIAN WELLES ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. [bull. 138. 
List of deep wells in eastern Virginia — Continued. 
Location. 
Depth. 
Size. 
Capacity per 
minute. 
Height 
to which 
water 
rises, a 
Horizon. 
Remarks. 
Feet. 
250 
285? 
200 
317| 
168 
255 
250 
190 
386 
187 
±600 
147 
610 
562 
1,172 
400 
140 
168 
200 
80 
215 
180 
350 
225 
400 
900 
250 
400 
235 
560 
235 
360 
160 
+ 100 
70 
315 
260 
In. 
Gallons. 
Flows 12 
Feet. 
Basal Chesapeake. . 
Do 
Lester Manor, 3 
wells. 
H 
Flows 12 
+ 8to+12 
Basal Pamunkey ? . . 
Basal Chesapeake. . 
do 
Little Plymouth 
2 
Flows 2 
Basal Chesapeake.. 
... do 
li 
H 
n 
6? 
n 
Flows 2 
Flows 1£ 
Flows 3 
Flows 10 
None- 
Much. 
65 
Much. 
None. 
Flows 10-12 
5 
Flows 10-12 
+ 
+ 6 
+45 
+ 2 
Mount Carmel 
Church. 
Chesapeake 
Basal Pamunkey... 
326 feet. 
Newport News 
Chesapeake 
do 
—6 
Very hard water. 1 
do 
Point, 
Norfolk, Money 
Point. 
North End Point 
+5 
do 
"■*-• 
+ 6 
Chesapeake 
Basal Chesapeake. . 
140-486 feet ; n o 
Plum Point, 3 wells.. 
+8-12 
water. 
Providence Forge 
Puritan Bay, 2 wells . 
Puritan Bay, 1 well.. 
ii 
ii 
ii 
n 
ii 
None. 
Flows 10-12 
Flows 10-12 
4-5 
1 
Fair. 
None. 
None. 
Satisfactory. 
3 
Satisfactory. 
Flows 12-35 
Chesapeake 
Basal Chesapeake. . 
+4-6 
+ 4-6 
Flows. 
12 
Basal Potomac 
Basal Chesapeake. . 
Ragged Point 
Richmond: 
Paper Mill 
, 
do 
nation. 
Sherwood Park, 1 
mile northeast. 
do 
do 
Sandy Point : 
Westmoreland 
County. 
Fairfax County.. 
Sharps Wharf 
Do 
+12 
—24 
+24 
Basal Chesapeake. . 
Basal Potomac 
Basal Chesapeake. . 
No water helow 270 
feet; rock, 270- 
560 feet. 
Water also at 240 
Sheppard's ware- 
house, 2 wells. 
Swan Point 
ii 
Flows 10-15 
+6-8 
Basal Chesapeake. . 
Chesapeake 
Upper Chesapeake. 
feet. 
Virginia Beach 
H 
Fair supply. 
Flows 5-8 
Ferruginous water 
+4-6 
Weems 
Chesapeake 
a+, feet above the surface; — , feet below the surface. 
