DETAILED RECOBDS. 245 
Seekmantown: Feet. 
Cherty light and dark gray siliceous limestone 420-500 
Light-gray siliceous limestone and dark shale 500-525 
Dark-gray to black siliceous limestone 525-600 
Dirty-gray siliceous limestone . 600-625 
Light-gray siliceous limestone with black shale — 625-650 
Dark-gray to black siliceous limestone 650-670 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
1217. Well at Kinston, Lenoir County. 
Well T>egun in 1904; completed in 1905. Authority, L. J. Mewborne, city clerk. Samples preserved 
Log compiled from samples by E. F. Lines. Geologic correlations by W. B. Clark.] 
The formations shown by the log are of Cretaceous age. The record is of interest as 
>eing the deepest reported from Lenoir County. 
Record of Kinston city well. 
lipley : Feet. 
Black sandy calcareous clay. 16- 53 
Greenish sand with harder layers ("rock" at 60 feet), loosely consolidated by 
lime, fossiliferous 53-104 
Black sandy calcareous clay 104-1 1 1 
ipley or Eutaw ( ?) : 
Greenish sand 111-113 
Black sandy calcareous clay; hard layers at 160 feet 113-193 
utaw: 
Same clay with pyrite ; hard layers at 203 feet 193-213 
Gray sand, shell fragments, and wood 213-219 
Brownish-black sandy clay. 219-239 
Black clay 239-291 
Gray clay and fine sand 291-304 
Gray sand 304-310 
Casing used, 300 feet of 10-inch; 40 feet of 8-inch, with 12-foot strainer. Main supply 
|f water from below 300 feet flows 12 gallons per minute. Static head, +24 feet. Water 
s depressed to —150 feet by pumping 150 gallons per minute. Temperature of water at 
pell mouth, 64° F. Quality, very soft. This is one of several wells used for city supply. 
1218. Well at Fort Caswell, New Hanover County. 
Well begun February 12, 1900; drilling stopped April 1, 1902. Authority, T. T. Allard, civil engineer. 
No samples. Geologic correlations by W. B. Clark.] 
This well is of interest from the fact that no sufficient supply of fresh water was found, 
ii this respect resembling the deep well sunk at Wilmington, about 20 miles to the north. 
A he beds above 240 feet are thought to belong to the Tertiary and Quaternary systems; 
nose below to the Ripley formation of the Cretaceous system. 
Record of well at Port Caswell. 
ecent and Pleistocene: Feet. 
Gray sand 0- 10 
Sand and shells 10- 30 
Blue clay 30-45 
Sand 45-50 
Mud and sand with 1 foot of rock 50- 55 
Gray sand, gravel, and shells 55- 60 
Gray sand and clay 60- 65 
Sand 65-70 
