206 ARTESIAN WELLS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. [bull, m 
COLUMBUS COUNTY. 
Only one flowing well is reported — that at Vineland (formerly White- 
ville), on the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, 43 miles 
west of Wilmington. This well has a depth of G3 feet and yields a little 
over 4 gallons per minute. Several other deep wells have been bored at 
Vineland, the deepest being about 225 feet, but none of them overflow. 
The overflowing of the one first mentioned is probably in a measure 
due to the fact that it is located in a place several feet lower than the 
general surface of the surrounding country. In each of these deep 
wells at Vineland the water rises to within a few feet of the surface 
and can be easily secured by pumping. In boring these wells but a 
thin deposit of marl was struck. The deep wells which do not furnish 
a flowing stream nevertheless yield as large a supply of water, or a 
larger one, which rises sufficiently near the surface to enable it to be 
pumped with a cheap punip. In boring these wells little marl was 
found, but at intervals layers of shell rock and sand occurred. 
In view of the extensive surface exposures of the water-bearing 
Potomac arkose sands and gravels 50 to 75 miles northwest of this 
county, it seems probable that wells bored here to a depth of 300 to 500 
feet would penetrate the eastward extension of these water-bearing- 
strata and furnish ample supplies of good water. 
BRUNSWICK COUNTY. 
No deep wells have yet been bored in this county. The strata would 
probably be the same as those penetrated in sinking the well at Wil- 
mington; and the results of a deep boring would no doubt be much the 
same as in that case. In many cases flowing shallow wells might be 
obtained, similar to those in Bladen County. 
NEW HANOVER COUNTY. 
The well bored by the Clarendon Water W^orks Company at Hinton 
Park, Wilmington, is the deepest yet bored in the Coastal Plain regions 
of the State, having reached the depth of 490 feet. From this depth 
the water overflows at the rate of about 75 gallons per minute, and 
will rise in the iflpe about 30 feet above tide water. The water is 
highly saline and no use is made of it. 
This well is located on the east bank of the Northeast Kiver, only a 
few feet above the water surface, and on the upper surface of the Cre- 
taceous formation, the overlying Tertiary marl and later sands having 
been removed by river erosion. The entire boring is in what has been 
classed by Mr. T. W. Stanton as the Eipley Cretaceous. As the Poto- 
mac water-bearing strata are believed to underlie these Cretaceous 
beds, it is piobable that if this boring were continued downward until 
these Potomac strata are penetrated abundant supplies of good water 
would be reached and would rise to the surface. 
