166 University Geological Survey of Kansas. 
Abilena Wells, Abilene, Dickinson County. 
In the summer of 1897 a well was drilled on a ridge of high 
land in the northeast quarter of section 4, township 12, range 
1 east, in Dickinson county, about fourteen miles northwest of 
Abilene. This well was drilled for stock purposes by Mr. M. 
P. Jolley, agent for the Travelers’ Insurance Company. It is 
ninety-five feet in depth, and passes through a hard rock, into 
various formations of interesting character. The yield from 
this one well is said to be about six barrels per day. The 
water is clear when pumped, and if exposed to cold deposits 
beautiful crystals. The temperature varies somewhat, as at 
one time it was 12.2°C. (54° F.), while at another it was 19° C. 
(66° F.) There is a six-inch casing nearly to the bottom of the 
well, and the water is raised by an ordinary lift-pump. Two 
other wells were bored in the summer of 1901; No. 2 having a 
depth of 120 feet, and No. 3 having a depth of 85 feet. The 
water in No. 2 had the greatest specific gravity, No. 1 next, 
and the water of No. 3 was the weakest. Thus it is seen 
that the deepest well yields the strongest water. Later No. | 
and No. 3 were put down to a depth of 130 feet, and three other 
wells were drilled to the same depth ; so all are now said to pro- 
duce water of a uniform strength. In addition to these, a dug 
well, six feet in diameter, has been put down within ten feet of 
No. 2 to a depth of 120 feet, and is seventeen feet across at the 
bottom, thus furnishing great storage capacity. These wells 
and other improvements are the result of the purchase of the 
property in 1900 by the Abilena Company. The water was put 
upon the market by the company under the name of ‘‘Abilena.’’ 
The water is hauled from the wells to the bottling plant in Abi- 
lene. The only treatment it receives is a careful filtration 
through sand and charcoal, to remove a small quantity of sus- 
pended matter. In order to be supplied with the best modern 
equipment and increased storage facilities, the company is now 
erecting a large bottling plant and warehouses on property re- 
cently bought for that purpose. 
