PUTNAM COUNTY. 395 
WELLS oF PutnAM County. 
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Catholic Brother- 
HOO isco un S.E.4sec.12,Greensb’g tp.| 47 |...... 47 | Good water. 
Timothy Downey ...| S.W.4sec. 16,Pleasant tp.| 22 |...... 22 a artesian. 
Samuel Vanbuskirk| S. W.4sec. 5, Reilly tp....| 22 |...... 2D hs 
—— —. ...... Baauciced Sec. 30, Van Buren tp.| 80 |...... 80 | At Leipsic Station. 
C. Winegardner .....| N.W. 4sec. 31, y: 85 | 18 |103|} Good water; but little. 
William Nash ........ RR Rea Seren Cae akiuied neuro Na st BY) Nhascoae 59 | Good water. 
AS Blanvelteres-icsnss N. E.d sec. 8,V. Buren tp.| 60 | 5 | 65 | Rises within 10 feet of 
“ the surface. 
AY Moonee rs. ..-.\-02 See. 20, ‘ 58 | 4 | 62 | Good water. 
183 JM GU ERY pacgotecuonodee N. E. ¢ see. 21, i U® |losooe. 76 | Good water; mostly 
through blue clay ; wa- 
ter on striking the rock. 
SMIKGITC Me Mie aenateee: S. E. $+ sec. 6, Ottawa tp.| 60 |...... 60 
Jacob Hardick........ Seeuull Liberty tp.| 58 |...... 58 | Good water; stands with- 
in 7 feet of the suriace. 
William Krauss...... Seem 9; ‘ 80 | 1 | 81 | Good water. 
George Hummond...| 8. E. $ sec. 16, Re 93 | 14 |107| Poor water; very little. 
Adam Hummond... i ik 94 | 1 | 95 | Good water. 
MOMIN, RWW ES cs060 codocs IN; We 4 sec. 29; i Gf Si wal ¢ 
H. Monteith .......... S. E. 4 sec. 15, : 81 | 4 | 85 
Joseph Seifker........,S. W. 4 sec. 21, ri BY |looaose 67 | Good water; stands with- 
in 12 ft. of the surface. 
John Kearns ......... N. E. i sec. 24, Palmer tp.| 62 |...... 62 | Good water. 
_ Aaron Donaldson...| S. E. sec. 16, Monroe tp.| 47 | 2:| 49 | Irony; comes within 15 
ft. of the surface. 
JN, (Of, fSvanbhe ol Ayo sccsases N. W. 48sec. 22, “ 5X0) locooce 50 | Good water ; comes with- 
in 12 it. of the surface. 
ER ANTON Ue aren secs N. E. $ see. 24, Hi 37 | 2 | 39 | Good water; comes near 
the surface. 
John Connett......... N. E. ¢ see. 15, Se MUU ey | oe cred eatelose Artesian; in the bottom 
land of Powell’s Creek. 
William Guy ......... Sec. 23, ‘ BY) Hloodaae 39 | Good water. 
Calvin and Breck ...| N.W.+sec. 17, Richfield, 
JEU Era GONUTIAY odeosdop6oe 47 | 17 | 64 | Good water ; stands with- 
in 23 feet of the surface. 
Charles Horning.....| Sec. 22, Pleasant tp., Hen- 
TAY COLLIN cadeo odd000 obo p8En SOM lemenes 86 
Mr. Holtz says there is a fine, black sand, varying from two to fourteen 
feet, next the rock. He very reasonably suggests that many of these 
wells, in which the water stands so near the surface, would prove to be 
artesian if properly tubed, the occurrence of seams of sand allowing the 
lateral escape of the water before it reaches the surface. It is also very 
likely that many of those wells supposed to penetrate the “bed-rock” 
have only been drilled into some of the bowlders which often form a de- 
posit varying from three to fifteen feet near the bottom of the hard-pan. 
A strong “sulphur spring,” rising from the rock, occurs on the land of 
