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The  section  of  this  well  is  given  below.  'Flic  upper  20  feet  are, 
according  to  Smith,  probably  in  part  Lafayette  and  in  part  Ripley. 
From  a  depth  of  '20  to  950  feet  the  well  was  in  the  Selma  formation, 
while  from  950  to  1,002  feet  it  was  in  the  Eutaw. 
Section  of  well  at  Livingston,  Sumter  County,  Ala. 
Thick- 
ness. 
Feet. 
Depth. 
Lafayette  and  Ripley: 
Feet. 
Sandy  loam _   _ .    .       _    
1 
Coarse ,  dry  sand 
12 
1   - 
13 
White  quicksand 
7 
13  - 
20 
Selma  chalk: 
Soft,  blue   limestone,  many  shells,    and   pyrite 
nodules 
180 
20  - 
200 
White  limestone,  harder,  few  shells  or  pyrite 
nodules 
50 
200  - 
250 
Hard,  blue  limestone,  no  shells  or  nodules 
i 
250  - 
257 
Bluish-white  limestone,  less   hard,  no  shells  or 
nodules  . 
68 
55 
257  - 
325  - 
325 
White  limestone,  very  hard 
380 
Light-blue  limestone,  softer, . 
47 
380 
427 
Bluish-brown  rock,  small  shells,  some  sand.,_ 
58 
427  - 
485 
Hard,  white  limestone _   
105 
2 
485  - 
590 
591) 
Soft,  reddish-brown  rock . 
592 
Soft,  deep-blue  rock,  __' 
20 
592  - 
612 
Brownish-blue  rock,  moderately  soft. . . .   
78 
612  - 
690 
Hard,  gritty,  blue  rock 
h 
690  - 
69l)[ 
Dark  bluish  rock,  soft 
250 
6904 
700  - 
roo 
Soft,  whitish  limestone    - 
950 
Eutaw  sands: 
Hard  sandstone  
6 
950 
956 
Sand                     
10 
1 
956 
966 
966 
Sand  rock 
967 
Coarse  greensand ...... 
38 
967  -1 
.005 
Sandstone ■ 
o 
1,005  -1 
.no; 
Greensand 
25 
1,007  -1 
,032 
Sandstone 
2 
1,032  -1 
.031 
Coarse  greensand . 
18 
■  {,034     l 
.052 
Flint  rock 
1 
9 
1.052  1 
1.053  1 
,053 
Very  fine  greensand  .  _     .. .. 
.062 
