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Summary of records of borings made in New York and vicinity— Continued, 
1. BORINGS IN THE OUTLYING BOROUGHS AND IN OTHER LOCALITIES NEAR NEW 
YORK— Continued. 
lerial 
lum- 
ber. 
Location. 
Depth of boring to rock. 
As given. 
Referred to 
U. S. datum, 
Sandy Hook. 
Kind of rock, if 
known. 
Jersey City— Continued. 
417 
Colgate & Co., near Pennsylvania 
K. K. station. « 
-35 
mica. 
417-/ 
Foot of 15th street on line of old 
Hudson River tunnel, 300 
feet west of bulkhead line. & 
-86 
4176 
417c 
418 
Pier C, Pennsylvania R. R. bulk- 
head. 
Near Pier C 
-40. 59 
-70 
-33 
Do. 
Sandstone. 
Central Stock Yards, 500 feet 
back from Hudson shore. c 
419 
J. Mehl & Co., Jersey City 
heights. d 
-20 
Trap. 
420 
Consolidated Tracti on Company. <* 
Fort Lee, N. J. 
-150 
Red sandstone. 
121 
850-foot well 
(el) 
Weehawken, N. J. 
422 
Pier No. 7, Hudson River <? 
Great Neck and Greenport, L. I. 
—75 to— 110 
-78 to— 118 
No rock. 
[123 
424 
Hewlett Point, Great Neck (well)/ 
Greenport (well) / 
f-230 | 
{ -222 
[-244 J 
-670 
-220 
-670 
Soft granite. 
Soft rock. 
aConlan, P. H. and J., artesian wells. Ann. Rept. State Geol. New Jersey, 1896, p. 184. Sandstone 
id trap found in other wells near. 
b Records ] 417a-1417c furnished by J. V. Davies, deputy chief engineer, 111 Broadway, New York. 
ock in 1417c penetrated in shaft to a distance of 60 feet. 
cCook, Geo. H., Ann. Rept. State Geol. New Jersey, 1882, p. 139. Record of well 1418: Mud, 70 feet; 
id sandstone, 145: gneiss, 240. 
d Smock, J. C, idem, 1897, p. 283. No. 1419, "trap as far as drilled;" No. 1420. "not finished at 
pthof 1,400 feet;" No. 1421, " through trap 850 feet and not finished " (1901). Mentions as curious 
ct that red sandstone outcrops at the surface a quarter of a mile distant, 
\e Engineering Record, vol. 44, 1901, p. 620. 
•/Veatch, A. C, U. S. Geol. Survey. Wei] 1423 reported as -230 by StothofT Bros., as 220 by J. H. 
ierbert, who visited the well, and as 244 by Mr. Cole, who did the work. Record of well: 90 feet, 
?ht gray sand, with coarse seams 5-20 feet apart and from 6 inches to 2 feet thick and containing 
me clay; 140 feet, fine grav sand and quicksand; 230-512 feet, rock— soft, gray granite with mica 
ins. Well 1424 penetrated extremely soft rock 20 feet. 
