HAYES AND 
KENNEDY. 
DETAILED SECTIONS. 
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are those at the Victoria Ice, Light, and Power plant, at Victoria, in 
Victoria County, and a prospecting well at O'Connorsport, on the 
shore of Matagorda Bay, in Calhoun County. Shallow wells for water 
are numerous, but no sections of these are available. They generally 
do not exceed 100 feet in depth and are mostly operated by windmill. 
Artesian water has been obtained at depths ranging from 400 to 600 
feet. In most of these deep wells, however, the water is brackish. 
The drillers state that the water is usually found in a coarse sand or 
fine gravel, which may possibly be No. 3 of the Victoria section. 
The section shown by the well at Victoria has been supplied by 
Mr. Heaton, who kept the records and a complete set of samples of 
the borings as far as possible. 
Log of well at Victoria, Victoria Count//. Tex. 
Character of strata. 
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9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
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Surface sands and clays _ _ . 
Heavy gravel 
Gray sand 
Pale-blue clay 
Gray sand 
Calcareous pale-blue clay 
Gray sand 
Light-gray sand 
Pinkish-gray clay 
Pale-brown clay 
Gray sand 
Fine grayish-brown sand 
White calcareous clay 
Said to be red clay; sample wanting 
Fine gravel and sand 
Gray sand 
Red sand with a little soil 
Red sand 
Red clay 
Gravel in brown sand 
Fine brown sand 
Fine gravel . 
Red sand 
Thickness. 
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40 
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10 
16 
12 
43 
60 
50 
41 
100 
22 
30 
40 
255 
1 
43 
8 
87 
4 
1 
57 
1 
From- 
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40 
72 
82 
98 
110 
153 
213 
263 
304 
404 
426 
456 
496 
751 
752 
795 
803 
890 
894 
895 
952 
953 
To— 
Feet. 
40 
72 
110 
153 
213 
263 
304 
404 
426 
456 
496 
751 
752 
795 
803 
890 
894 
895 
952 
953 
Bull. 212—03- 
