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LARAMIE BASIN. WYOMING. 
is somewhat saline but is satisfactory for stock. The third well of this 
group is on the Downey place, near the middle of the south side of 
the SW. \ sec. 4, east of the road, one-half mile southeast of the others. 
It is 5 inches in diameter and flows about 8 gallons of water that 
tastes good and has a temperature of 45°. Two wells in the same 
section, owned by O. D. Downey, are 170 and 531 feet deep and 
yield flows of 5 and 10 gallons a minute respectively. 
In the cemetery at Laramie a well 1,003 feet deep flows about 
4 gallons a minute of good water with a temperature of 49°. At the 
Corthell place, 200 yards north of the cemetery, a well 313 feet deep 
flows about \\ gallons a minute; the water is somewhat mineral- 
ized, but serves for stock. There is a well at the old penitentiary 
half a mile west of Laramie; two wells at the experimental farm; 
and another at a dairy east of this farm ; but no data could be obtained 
regarding any of them. 
Union Pacific Railroad. — The Union Pacific Railroad has a deep 
well in the sheep pasture 2 J miles northeast of Laramie, in the NE. \ 
sec. 27, T. 16 N., R. 73 W. The following record and other data were 
furnished to W. B. Knight by W. L. Paake, superintendent, in 1904: 
Record of Union Pacific Railroad well northeast of Laramie. 
Thickness. 
Depth. 
Red clay 
Feet. 
136 
8 
30 
18 
68 
5 
65 
50 
25 
30 
65 
40 
18 
12 
60 
25 
32 
25 
15 
13 
3 
3 
5 
10 
11 
10 
2 
18 
15 
20 
12 
24 
14 
6 
51 
4 
31 
13 
11 
Feet. 
136 
144 
Red shale rock 
174 
Red sandstone 
192 
Red shale 
260 
Red sandstone 
265 
Red shale rock 
330 
Red sand rock 
380 
Hard red sand rock 
405 
435 
Red sand rock 
500 
540 
Red sand rock 
558 
570 
Soft red sand rock 
630 
Hard red sand rock 
653 
685 
710 
Soft white sand rock 
725 
738 
741 
Soft sand rock 
744 
Hard red sand rock 
749 
White hard sandstone 
759 
Soft white sandstone 
770 
Red shale rock 
780 
Hard red sandstone 
782 
White limestone 
800 
Hard white sandstone 
815 
Hard white limestone 
835 
Hard white sandstone 
847 
White limestone 
871 
Red sandstone 
885 
Red shale rock 
891 
Hard red sandstone 
942 
Red shale 
946 
Red sandstone 
977 
Hard white rock 
990 
Red sandstone 
1,001 
