DETAILED RECORDS. 237 
Record of well at De Buys station, 3 miles west of Mississippi City. 
Quaternary: Feet. 
White sand, with pumping water 5- 10 
Brown sand, with pumping water 10- 30 
Shells and mud 30- 50 
White sand 50-95 
Grand Gulf: 
Green clay 95-145 
Fine gray sand; water-bearing; water does not rise to surface 145-156 
Very hard green clay. 156-234 
Fine gray sand; water-bearing; well flows about 10 gallons per minute 234-257 
Greenish clay 257-600 
Fine gray sand; water-bearing 600-705 
Rig used, jet. Diameter of well, 3 inches. Water from 685 to 705 feet ; flows 225 gallons 
per minute and has a static head estimated at -(-85 feet. 
745. Well near Vancleave, Jackson County. 
[Wellbegun July 4, 1905; completed Julyl2,1905. Authority, John L. Ford, driller. Sample preserved. 
Geologic correlations by E. C. Eckel.] 
This well develops a bed of water-bearing sand in the Grand Gulf formation, which was 
deposited in late Pliocene time. Overlying the Grand Gulf arc sands that represent the 
Lafayette formation. 
Record of well of L. N. Dantzler Lumber Company, 1\ miles southwest of Vancleave. 
Layfayette (?): Feet. 
Hard yellow sandy clay. . _ 0- 10 
Soft fine yellow sand 10- 30 
Brownish gravel and coarse sand. 30- 80 
Grand Gulf: 
Hard green sandy clay 80-250 
Light-gray sand; water-bearing 250-295 
Green sandy clay 29.5-680 
Sand (no sample) ; water-bearing 680-747 
Rig used, jet. Diameter of well, 3 inches. Strainer from 727 to 747 feet. Well flows 
125 gallons per minute. Static head not determined. 
747. Well near Ellisville, Jones County. 
[Well begun October 1, 1905; completed November 1, 1905. Authority, W. C. r j orter, contractor and 
driller. Incomplete series of samples preserved. Geologic correlations checked by E. C. Eckel.] 
The clay first penetrated may belong in part to the Lafayette formation (Pliocene). 
The underlying sands and clays are classified as Grand Gulf (Pliocene) 
Record of well of Ellisville Lumber Company. 
Lafayette (?) in part: Feet. 
Clay 0-90 
Grand GuJf : 
Coarse sand . _ 90-110 
Blue clay and marl 110-257 
Coarse white sand 257-288 
Rig used, rotary and jet. Diameter of well, 6 inches. Main supply at 257 to 287 feet. 
Water stands 21 feet from surface. 
