darton.] SOUTH CAROLINA. 215 
Sineaths Nation. — This place is 13 miles from Charleston, ou the 
South Carolina Railroad. The record is as follows: 1 
Feet. 
17-20 clay. 
26-30 phosphatic nodules and marl. 
34 marl. 
46 argillaceous mar] . 
70 phosphatic nodules. 
85 argillaceous marl. 
90 argi llaceous marl. 
104 phosphatic nodules. 
110-112 phosphatic nodules in argillaceous marl. 
125-128 phosphatic nodules and hard marl. 
145 argillaceous marl. 
170 argillaceous marl. 
228 argillaceous marl. 
255 argillaceous marl. 
280 phosphatic nodules. 
286 argillaceous marl. 
287-290 marl and phosphate grains. 
300-305 argillaceous marl. 
305-306 sandy marl. 
307 sandy marl. 
309-311 hard marl. 
312-313 phosphatic pebbles and hard pebbly marl. 
315-316 sandy limestone. 
321-322 firm limestone. 
323 sandy limestone. 
Analyses of all of these materials were made by Dr. Warner and 
reported by Dr. C. XL Shepard. The water from a depth of 323 feet 
was examined by Dr. Shepard, who gives the following- analysis: 2 
The residue on evaporation was 67 parts per 100,000, which con- 
tained the following ingredients: 
Analysis of water from well at Sineaths Station, South Carolina. 
Chloride of sodium . 
Sulphate of soda 
Carbonate of soda . . 
Silicate of soda 
Carhonate of potash 
Carhonate of lime . . 
Undetermined 
Total 
Per cent. 
16.71 
7.86 
52.08 
10. 51 
5.19 
2.23 
5.42 
100.00 
Johns Island Ferry. — Distance, 10 miles from Charleston. The depth 
of the well is 460 feet. It yields 60 gallons a minute and the water 
1 Municipal report of the city of Charleston, S. C, 1851, p. 45. 
2 Loc. cit., pp. 33-34. 
