NORTH CAROLINA. 199 
• CRAVEN COUNTY. 
A number of wells have been bored in the vicinity of Newbern reach- 
ing depths of from 50 to 100 feet, and one well has been bored by the 
Newbern Water Company to a depth of 350 feet. None of these wells 
overflow, though all yield abundant supplies of water which rises suf- 
ficiently near to the surface to be drawn out easily with cheap pumps. 
Water-bearing strata yielding most abundant supplies occur at depths 
of about 50, 90, and 350 feet below the surface. The character of the 
water is generally good, that from the 90 foot stratum yielding on 
analysis only 16 parts of mineral matter in 100,000 parts of water. 
The strata passed through in one of the more shallow wells, that of 
Mr. M. W. Carman, are as follows: 
Feet. 
0-2 surface soil. 
2-12 clay loam. 
12-22 quicksand. 
22-30 red clay. 
30-40 gravel and sand. 
40-52 shell rock. 
From this point down to the lowest depth reached the strata are said 
to be mainly of sand, with occasional layers of shell rock and sand rock. 
The fact that at none of these wells at Newbern has the water over- 
flowed may indicate the improbability of discovering flowing wells at 
this or less depth in other portions of Craven County. It is not impos- 
sible, however, that by boring to greater depths flowing wells might 
be obtained at Newbern and other portions of Craven County. The 
results obtained at Newbern indicate that satisfactory results may be 
expected in other portions of the county in at least bringing deep sup- 
plies of water to within reach of surface pumps. 
PAMLICO COUNTY. 
The only deep well reported from this county is one which was bored 
by the Springer Lumber Company to a depth of 90 feet on a bluff near 
South Creek, in the northern border of the county. In boring this well 
the following strata were penetrated: 
Feet. 
0-6 surface soil and clay. 
6-37 quicksand and sand. 
37-40 shell roek. 
40-82 sand and clay. 
This well did not overflow, but the water rose to near the surface and 
yielded a large supply, which was easily obtained by pumping. Unfor- 
tunately the water contained so large a percentage of lime that its use 
was abandoned and the pipe removed from the well. 
In the western portion of this county the conditions for obtaining 
deep-well supplies of water may be considered quite similar to those 
