SUMMARY OF DRILLING, 
33 
reported in 1905. 
ALABAMA. 
Driller. 
Depth 
to prin- 
cipal 
water 
or oil 
supply 
Height 
water. 
Yield per 
minute. 
Year 
com- 
plet- 
ed. 
Remarks. 
Y. T. Radford.... 
Woodstock iron 
works. 
W. R. and G. A. 
Osborne. 
O. R. Hanson. . . 
W. C. Porter.... 
John Bicksler. . . 
Alfred L. Thorp. 
....do 
R. R. Swalley.. 
Andy Andrews. 
Chas. Morgan . 
H. B. Conover. 
.do. 
Ed Cornell 
J. O. Hetiin & Co.. 
John I. Hawk 
John L. Ford. 
Holmes Bros. 
Ed Cornell... 
J. T. Sullivan 
M. Canfield... 
L. B. Clay. 
....do 
Alfred L. Thorp... 
Ft. 
325 
500 
1,201 
190 
655 
187 
202 
239 
180 
120 
135 
391 
310 
351 
125 
300 
1,040 
550 
122 
245 
413 
585 
285 
160 
186 
In. 
8 
8 
8-6 
KB 
°B 
6 
6 
6 
6 
2\ 
8-6| 
Ft. 
500 
Ft. 
Gals. 
Gals. 
720 
1904 
1887 
1905 
125 
655 
L75 
139 
750 
237 
130 
LOO 
60 
1905 
1903 
1904 
1904 
1905 
1905 
+ 4 
Flows. 
200 
100 
1,000 
440 
100 
100 
340 
576 
264 
+ 40 
-25 
-20 
-50 
-46 
Flows. 
L35 
30 
18 
30 
1905 
1905 
1905 
1905 
1905 
1905 
1905 
1905 
1905 
1904 
1905 
1905 
1905 
1905 
1904 
(S.) 
Hard water; used at 
blast furnaces. 
Show of oil at 324-352 
feet and at 504-528 
feet; show of oil and 
gas at 702-705 feet. 
Considerable gas ob- 
tained; no oil. 
Show of gas and oil at 
282 and 1,060 feet; 
water is sulphur 
bearing. (L.) 
Soft water; city sup- 
ply. 
Iron-bearing water 
strata at 280, 365, 
and 452 feet; tem- 
perature, 70°. 
Water has bad taste; 
not used. 
Test hole for coal; 
hard water; not 
used. 
(L.S.) 
Soft water; also at 
70-73 feet. (L.) 
(L.) 
Test hole for coal; 
hard water. 
(L.S.) 
(L.S.) 
(S.) 
Water at 46-50 feet, 
rises to 6-12 feet; 
140 gallons per min- 
ute; pockets of gas 
at 215-220 and 255- 
260 feet. (L.S.) 
Hard water 
(S.) 
(L.S.) 
Water salty. (L.)... 
Sulphur water. (S.) . 
Well choked by sand. . 
Soft water at 178 feet. 
(S.) 
Test hole for coal 
Bull. 298—06- 
