DETAILED RECORDS. 199 
Feet. 
Hard white to brown limestone 209-230 
Hard porous white and brown limestone 230-250 
Soft porous limestone. 250-264 
Rig used, cable. Diameter of well, 10 inches. Water-bearing strata at 80 to 160 and 
209 to 250 feet. Water from first bed rises within 29 feet of surface, and from second bed 
within 27 feet. 
252. Well at Orinond, Volusia County. 
[Well begun November 7, 1904; completed December 17, 1904. Authority, A. B. Kimball. Incomplete 
set of samples saved.] 
The sands penetrated for the first 50 feet are post-Tertiary. The marls, shell beds, and 
limestones below are probably Tertiary. No attempt has been made to determine the 
divisions of the Tertiary or establish formation names. 
Record of well at Hotel Ormond, Ormond. 
Feet. 
Beach sand 0-50 
Fine sand containing small shells . 50- 56 
Clay 56- 64 
Blue clay and shells (dark-gray marl containing shells of Liocardium, etc.) 64- 90 
Small roots . 90-92 
Blue day, shells, and sand 92-106 
Gray coquina rock, shells of Nassa. 106 
Very hard rock (hard dark-gray shell rock, coquina, shells of Lunatia) 106-110 
Very soft rock (soft limestone, fossil shells) 110-111 
Soft gray and white limestone, containing fossil shells 111-150 
Soft white marly limestone 150-200 
Soft light-buff limestone with a layer of hard " rock " at 261-263 feet 200-352 
Rig used, cable. Diameter of well, 10 inches. Length of casing, 106 feet. Water did 
not rise to surface. Well abandoned on account of salt water breaking in below casing. 
GEORGIA. 
254. Well near Savannah, Chatham County. 
[Well begun May 2, 1905; completed in 1905. Authority, Hughes Specialty Well Drilling Company, 
contractor. Samples preserved.] 
The sand and clay near surface are probably of late Tertiary age (Pliocene), though the 
uppermost stratum of sand may correspond to the Columbia formation (Pleistocene). 
The marls and limestones below were all deposited in Tertiary time. 
Record of well of Mutual Fertilizer Company, 3 miles west of Savannah post-office. 
Feet. 
Soft dark-brown soil 0- 1 
Soft light-gray sand 1 - 3 
Red and gray clay and fine sand 3 - 20 
Loose dark-gray sand 20 - 30 
Hard greenish-gray sandy limestone 30 - 31 \ 
Tough dark-green sandy marl 31J-235 
Porous white limestone, slightly sandy; water-bearing 235 -245 
Soft gray porous limestone 245 -270 
Coarser textured white, brownish, and gray limestone with coarse sand, bits of 
shells, and dark grains, the latter probably phosphatic; formation water 
bearing 270 -310 
Light-buff limestone; considerable water 310 -330 
Rig used, jet. Diameter of well, 8 inches; length of casing, 136 feet. Water rises 
within 4 feet of surface. Quality hard. 
