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Ashland, Hanover County. — Tliere are two wells at this place which 
obtain a satisfactory water supply at 79 and 100 feet, in the upper 
portion of the crystalline rocks or in the beds just above. The follow- 
ing record was furnished by Mr. Richard Irby. of Ashland: 
Feet 
0-20 clay and soil. 
20-42 gravel and sand. 
42-79 bine clay, with beds of tine sand. 
79-85 stratum of sandstone. 
85-120 disintegrated stone, with water in its upper portion. 
120-140 granite. 
Bothicell, Hanover County. — The well at this place was sunk for the 
railroad company. It is in the red and gray sandstone and sandy 
shales of the Newark formation to a depth of 300 feet. 
Arringdale, Southampton County. — Nothing further was learned 
regarding the well at this place than is given in the table on page 165. 
The horizon of the water is not known, but it is supposed to be in the 
basal Chesapeake beds. 
Courtlandj Southampton County. — The wells of the group at this place 
have an average depth of 160 feet and furnish a line water supply. It 
is reported by Mr. Moore that marl was penetrated from 50 to 100 feet. 
This marl is of Chesapeake age. and probably the water horizon is in 
the basal beds of this formation, or the same as at Arringdale. 
Franklin, Southampton County. — The wells of the group which supply 
Franklin with water have a depth of only 180 feet, so that they draw 
from a much higher horizon than those of Courtland. which is several 
miles northwest, and up the dip. The only data obtainable were that 
there are marl beds at a depth of from 40 to So feet in the wells, but as 
the greater part of the Chesapeake formation in this region consists of 
marl, this does not definitely indicate the horizon. 
Zuni. Isle of Wight County. — The flowing well here has a depth of 
161 feet, and a marl bed is reported to extend from GO to 140 feet. As 
the well is on higher ground and slightly east of the Franklin wells, it 
is probable that both draw from the same water horizon. 
Mount Carmel Church. Isle of Wight County. — This well is 10 miles 
fr«-m Zuni and on higher land. Its depth is 100 feet and it is supposed 
to draw from the Zuni and Franklin horizon. 
Dtii'lron. Surry County. — A boring was made at this place to a depth 
of 386 feet without success in rinding a water supply. The well prob- 
ably did not quite reach the base of the Chesapeake formation, where 
the water found at 317 feet at Home wood might have reasonably been 
expected. The Zuni Mount Carmel-Franklin water horizon was either 
passed or does not extend so far northwest as Dendron. 
8 ran Point. Surry County. — A dug well at this place has a depth over 
lOo feet and obtains a water supply of very satisfactory character from 
I -and bed in the Chesapeake formation. The horizon can not be 
defined at present. 
