186 ARTESIAN WELLS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. [bull. 138. 
KING AND QUEEN COUNTY. 
The basal and lower Chesapeake horizons have been tapped by wells 
at Little Plymouth (probably), at Sheppard's warehouse, and at Dud- 
leys Ferry; and they probably underlie all of the southeastern end of 
the county, as indicated in section 3 of PI. XVI. The basal Pamun- 
key water appears to yield the small supply in the court-house well. 
I am not certain that it extends to the south and east, but probably it 
underlies the region to the north and west. 
KING WILLIAM COUNTY. 
No wells were reported from the northwestern end of this county, but 
the many flowing 1 wells at West Point and near by in adjoining counties 
indicate a wide extension of basal and lower Chesapeake waters over 
the southern part of the region, while the wells at White House and 
Lester Manor indicate an extension of the basal Pamunkey waters. 
In the northwestern end of the county the Potomac formation lies at no 
great distance below the surface, and judging from the coarse beds which 
outcrop between Bothwell and Hanover, and the success of the well at 
Walkerton, it may be expected to contain a large supply of water. 
GLOUCESTER COUNTY. 
The successful flowing wells at Bellevue and Puritan Bay indicate 
an extension of water in lower Chesapeake beds into the county, but 
the failure to find water in them at Clay Bank and Gloucester probably 
indicates that they do not extend far to the east. The Clay Bank well 
to 538 feet is thought to draw from the basal Pamunkey bed, and its 
small water supply may indicate that no water is to be expected to the 
eastward at this horizon. Possibly, as appears to be the case in the 
Gloucester well, the boring stopped at the rock stratum, and water might 
have been found below. The chances for still deeper waters have not been 
tested in this region, and we can not predict how great they may be. 
MATHEWS COUNTY. 
I have heard of no boring in this county, but should expect the 
water-bearing beds of the Lancaster wells to extend into the county, or 
at least into the northern portion. The failure of the 000-foot boring at 
Gloucester may indicate that this is not the case; but, as explained 
above, the evidence of that well is not conclusive. A well to a depth of 
1,000 feet would probably reach the Potomac beds, in which there is 
some prospect of finding water, if water were not found in the basal or 
higher Pamunkey beds above. 
EASTERN HANOVER COUNTY. 
The portion of this county lying east of the Bichmond, Fredericks- 
burg and Potomac Railroad is underlain by Potomac and Pamunkey 
