200 ARTESIAN WELLS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. [bull. 138. 
at Newbern, in Craven County, adjoining- it. It is probable that, in 
all portions of the county, in wells bored to a depth of from 100 to 300 
feet a sufficient quantity of water will rise near the surface, so that 
large supplies can be easily pumped from the deep wells. 
CARTERET COUNTY. 
The only deep well reported as being located in this county is one at 
Beaufort, which was bored to a depth of 200 feet by the Gibb's Pre- 
serving Company, of Baltimore, Md. The water overflows the top of 
the well at a point 6 or 8 feet above mean tide water in the harbor. 
The water has the taste and odor of sulphur, and consequently is not 
generally used. 
JONES COUNTY. 
ISo deep wells have been reported from this county, but, judging 
from the success which has attended the boring of the wells in Craven 
County, and to a lesser extent in Lenoir County, it may be said that 
water-bearing strata will probably be reached in different parts of Jones 
County by deep wells bored to depths varying from 100 to 300 feet. The 
water from such wells may or may not reach the surface and overflow, 
but it will probably at least come sufficiently near the surface to be 
within reach of puinps. 
SAMPSON COUNTY. 
No deep wells are reported from this county. In the region north- 
ward from Clinton the Potomac sand and other water-bearing strata 
should lie sufficiently near the surface to be tapped by wells bored to 
depths of from 150 feet to 300 feet, but it is possible that water-bearing 
strata may be reached at a less distance below the surface. In the 
southern portion of the county these water-bearing strata lie at a 
greater depth below the surface than they do to the northward, and 
even here they should be within the reach of deep wells. 
ONSLOW COUNTY. 
Only one deep well has been reported from this county, that bored 
by the Parmelee & Eccleston Lumber Company on the east side of 
New Eiver, 3 miles above Jacksonville, the county seat. At a depth 
of 160 feet the water overflowed the surface in considerable quantity, 
but it was imj>regnated with sulphur and various salts, which made it 
valueless for boiler or domestic purposes. The strata penetrated by 
boring are reported to have consisted of alternating layers of blue mud, 
sand, clay, and rock, but no reliable record has as yet been secured. 
Had this boring been continued to a greater depth it is xurobable that 
water of better quality would have been reached. Weils bored to the 
same depth in other portions of the county may be freer from objec- 
tionable salts. 
