57TH CoNGREss,} HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. J DocuMENT 

1st Session. · - ~ No. 57. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

WATER-SUPPLY 

AND 

IRRIGATI.ON PAPERS 

OF THE 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

No. 57 

PRELIMINARY LIST OF DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, 

PART I (ALABAMA-MONTANA).-DARTON 

WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMEN'l' PRIN'l'ING OFFICE 

1902 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR 

PRELIMINARY LIST 

OF 

DEEP BORINGS· IN THE UNITED STATES 

PART I 

(AL.ABAMA-MONTAN.A) 

BY 

N. H. DARTON 

WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1902 

CONTENTS. 

Page. 

Letter of transmittal _ _ _ ... _______ . __ •..• _. ____ .. _. ___ . ___________ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 

Introduction __ . _. __ . __ . _______ . _________ .. __ . __ .. ______ . _ _ _ ____ . ___ . ___ . 9 

Alabama __ . __ . __ ...• __ ... _____________ . __ . _. __ . ___ . ___ . _ ... ___ . ________ .. 10 

Arizona __ ... __ .. _____ . __ . _____________ . ______ .. ____ . ___ .. ____ . __ . _ ....... _.. 11 

Arkansas ____ . . __ . _______________ . _ _ _ _ .. ___ . __ . _ .. __ . __ ... __ . ______ .. __ . _ _ . _ 12 

. • California __ . ____ . _ . _ . __ . _ . ____ .... _ . _____ . __ . ____ . _. __ .. ___ .. __ .. __ . __ . _ 12 

Publications relating to deep borings ______ ··---·- ________ -------_____ _ 16 

Colorado . ____ ... _ . __ . ___ . __ . ___ ... _ . _ _ . _____ . . . _ ...... __ . _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ .. . . . 17 

Publications relating to deep borings ..• __ .... __ .... _. _ .... _. _. _. __ . _ . 20 

Connecticut ... _ .. _____ . . . . . . . . . ___ . ____ .. ____ . _____________ ... ___ ... _ . _ _ 20 

Delaware_ .. _. ___ .. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . ____________ . ___ . _____ . ____ . ______ . __ . ___ . _ _ _ _ 21 

District of Columbia . _____ .. _ . ___ ... _ . _ .. _ .. ___ .. ________ . _____ .. __ . ___ . 21 

Florida ... __ ... ____ . _____ . __ . _____ . __ . _. _ . ______ .1. _____ . ____ •. _______ • __ . _ _ 21 

Georgia _ . ______ .. ___ . _____________ . _ ..... __ . _____ . __ . _ . __ .. ______ .... _ .. _. 22 

Publications relating to deep borings._._. __________ . ______ .. ___ .. _. __ . 25 

Idaho . _ ... __ .. _ .. _____ . _ . _ _ . _ .. ____ . __ . _______ ... ______ . _ . ___ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 

Illinois _ . _ . __ . __ . ____________ . _ . _____ . _. ___ . _____ . _ .. __ . _ _ _ _ __ ... __ . _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 

Publications relating to deep borings _ . _ .... _. _. __ .... ___ . _ _ _ _ . ___ . _ . . 30 

Indiana _ . __ . _ .. _ . _ _ _ _ _ .. __ . _ _ _ _ _____ . _ .. _ . _ .. ___ . _ ... ____ .. __ .. _____ . _ _ _ _ 31 

Publications relating to deep borings ___ ... _ . ____ ... ______ ..• _ . ____ .... _ . 39 

Indian Territory. ________ . _________ . _. __ .. _ . ___ . __ . _______ .. _ .. _____________ . 39 

Iowa ___ . _ .. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____ . _______ ... __ . _______ .. _ . _ .. _________ . _______ .. 39 

Publications relating to deep borings. . . ________ .. _ _ _ _ _. _ ...... ___ . _ _ _ 42 

Kansas ____ . __ .. ____ . _____ .. ___ . _____ . ______ . _ . ________ . _______ . _ . __ .· .. __ .. _ _ 42 

Publications relating to deep borings _______ . _. ___ .... _ _ _ ... __ . __ . _ _ 46 

Kentucky . _____ ... __ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . ___ . . . __ ..... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ . __ . ___ .. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 7 

Publications relating to deep borings_ ... __ :. ___ . _________ .. __ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 49 

Louisiana __ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . ____ . _____________ . _ . ________ . ________ ... -..: _ .. _ . . 49 

Maine ________ . _ .. ___ .. _________ . _ . _______ . _____________ . ____ .. ___ . ______ . 50 

Maryland __ .. __ .. __ . _ .. __ . _ . ___ .. _ . _. __ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .. _ . __ .. _. ___ . ___ .. _. 50 

Massachusetts . ______________ . .. . __ . ___ . _____ . __ . ___ . _. _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 51 

Michigan __ .. ____________________ . ___ . _. __________ . ____ . __ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 51 

Publications relating to deep borings_ .. _. _ ... _ .. _ . _ .. _ . ________ . ___ .. _. 55 

Minnesota .. _ . . _ . . . . . _ . ____ .. ______ ..... ____ . .. __ .. _ .. _____ . ___ . ____ . _ .. _ _ _ 55 

Publications relating to deep borings . __ . __ . ____ .... _ . ____ . _. _ ·-- _ . ___ .. _ 57 

Mississippi _ .. _ . __ ... ____ . _______ . ____________ • ___ . _ .. - _______ . _. _______ . _. 57 

Missouri _ . __ .. _____ . __ . _ .. _ ..• _. _____ . _. ______ ~ _________ . __ • __ . _. _ . _ _ _. _ 58 

Publications relating to deep borings____ _ _ _ . _ .. __ . ___ . _. ~ _ .. __ . __ .. . . 59 

Montana _______ .... __ .•.. _ ..• _____ • _. _. ____________ .. _. _. ___ . _. __ .... _ . _ . _ 60 

5 

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 

DIVISION OF HYDROGRAPHY, 

Wash-ingtorn, D. C., July 31, 1901. 

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a preliminary list of 

deep borings in the United States (400 feet or more in depth), by Mr. 

N. H. Darton, with the request that it be published in the series of 

Water-Supply and Irrigation Papers. 

Very respectfully, 

Hon. CHARLES D. WALCOTT, 

F. H. NEWELL, 

Hydrographer in Charge. 

Director United States Geological Survey. 

7 

PRELIMINARY LIST OF DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED 

STATES. 

PART I.-ALABAMA-MONTANA. 

By N. H. DARTON. 

INTRODUCTION. 

The wells and borings reported in the paper are all more than 400 

feet in depth. The information concerning them has been obtained 

partly from replies to circular letters sent to all parts of the United 

States and partly from geologiool reports and other published sources. 

Qwing to the difficulty of obtaining replies to the circulars, to lack 

of knowledge on the part of correspondents, and to the incompleteness of published records, doubtless there are borings which have not 

been reported. In regions of oil and gas wells, where borings are 

numerous, the individual wells can not be listed here, but representative wells are given. References to logs or records of the wells, or 

extended descriptions of them, are given in footnotes, and after the 

list of wells in each State there is added a list of the principal publications relating to deep borings in that State. 

The bearing of the information given in the columns of the lists 

probably is apparent, unless, perhaps, in the one headed "Height to 

which the water :rises." In this column an entry such as "- 45" 

indicates that the water rises to within 45 feet of the surface; "+ 45" 

indicates that it is a flowing well and has sufficient head to raise the 

water 45 feet above the surface in an open pipe 45 feet or more in 

height. The yield in gallons per minute usually is estimated. Depths 

and diameters often have been reported from memory, and different 

sources of publication sometimes give different figures. Most wells 

which are not stated to be ''for oil," "for gas," "brine," "abandoned," etc., in tp.e remarks column, or "not any" in the yield 

column, generally afford more or less water. Many of the gas and 

oil wells, active or abandoned, yield salt water. 

9 
10 DEEP BORINGS IN THE . UNITED STATES, PART I. [No; 57. 

Location. County. 

Anniston ............. Calhoun ..... Armstrong.------ .... Macon------- Birmingham--------- Jefferson .... Bladen Springs ...... Choctaw ..... 

Boguechitto ..•••.... Dallas ....... . Do .......•............. do--------

Boligee.1 ........•.... Greene ...... . 

g~:~ :~~=~~~:=====~~~~~:a~~~==~~~= B~~;ee).\at Finche's ==~~:do ~~:::::: 1 BraniTey ............. Crenshaw ___ _ 

BughalL .... ---------- Bullock ...... Burton HilP --·------ Greene ......• 

E~:; ~~~~ ~ ~~~~~ :::: :::: :~~ :~:: ~~=~ Butler---------·------ Choctaw .... . Cahaba 1 .........• ---- Dallas ....... . Cahaba (on river) 1 ........ do ....... . Cahaba (5 miles be- ...... do ....... . low). 1 

Cahaba 1 .. ------· .......... do ____ ... . Carpenter------------ Jackson ..... . Cullman ......... -.... Cullman ... __ . Demopolis ............ Marengo .... . 

Do----·--------·-- ..... do-------- Do .......... ------ ..... do _______ _ Do ..... ---- ..... --- ..... do ...... __ 

D:~~~~~is (3 miles ----.do--------

Demopolis (4 miles ..... do ..... __ _ northeast). 

Dothan--------------- Henry ...... . 

~~~!wi·::::::~::::::: Sumter ..... . 

Eutaw (10 miles .~~~d~~::.·::~~ southwest).1 

Faunsdale ............ Marengo ... .. 

Fayette -------------- Fayette .... .. Fitzpatrick ........... Bullock _____ _ 

Do-··-------------- ..... do--------

Florence .............. Lauderdale __ 

Forkland ..... -------- Greene ...... . Fort Morgan.-------- ...... ________ __ Greensboro .......... Hale ........ . 

ALABAMA. 

Depth. 

Feet. 

400-550 

442 

550 

1,300 

±400 

460 

415 

420 

468 

522 

560 

600 

920 

544 

420 

555 

660 

40LJ 

590 

560 

728 

400 

700 

765 

735 

850 

800 

1,350 

500 

625 

700 

743 

440-550 

700 

500 

900 

1,300 

+400 

Diam- Yield Height 

eter. per of mmute. water. 

Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

8 695 -30 ..................... -----·7o· -·-·:: '30' .. ................ .......... ----- + 70 

ot ......... . 6 75 + 25 ......... ......... Flows. 

--------- --------- Flows. --------· --------- Flows. --------- ...... ... Flows. ......... ......... Flows. 

Remarks. 

Several wells. 

Good water . 

Water salt; first flow at 200 feet, second 

flow at 600 feet. 

In sec. 8, T.18, R. 8 E. 

Temp.,68°. 

Temp.,68°. 

Temp.,66°. 

Temp.,66-§9, 

Temp., 70°. 

Temp., 71° . 

4 --------- ------ .... Good flow; 2 wells. ----- .... ---------!----•. .... Unsuccessful. . ........................... Temp.,70°. 

::::~:::: =~==~·.::: .... :: .

30_ Temp., 75°. 

-------6- ------80- -------22· ~~:~::~sr 2 250 .......... Two wells. 

1,200 1-~--------

---- ---il" -----·30· ·--· + ·2o· 

4 15 +12 

6t 60 Flows. 

3 Many. +52 

Many. -30 

Temp., 77t 0 • 

Unsuccessful. 

City well. 

Temp.,64°. 

200 !<,low. Severai wells. 

8 --------- -150 

::::::::: ::::: ::"=1----~ _,6' 

8 + 2i --------- --------- - 30 

6 ... ------ - 30 6 12 -30 

Temp., 71°-72!0 ; four 

wells. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 575 20 + 3 700 

400-800 ::::::::: ·M:a,z;-y.:· ----::.: ·oo· Several wells; good water. Do ...................... do ................... _________ ------------------- Do ..................... do·------- 1,600 .......... --------- ......... . Greensboro(10miles ..... do ........ 450or850? 12 Many. southwest). 

Greenville----------- Butler ...... . Guntersville-----.... MarshalL .. .. Hairston . ------------ Greene ..... .. Hanover(?)~----- .... Coosa ...•.... Harris ................ Barbour ... .. Do ..................... do ...... .. 

Hartsell 3 ............. Morgan------

Hatchechubbee ...... Russell ------

Hunters Field ....... , Dallas ....... . 

Hug~b=~~~=~: ~ ~::: ~::: i ~~~;ar~:=====: Jennings (3 miles ' Lawrence .... southeast). 4 

-!:400 i 10-8 100 

1,~ -----~~~- -------4-

- 00 Two well&. 

Temp.,60°. + 2t 2t miles east. 

480 4 -40 --------- 700 

780 

1, 730 

420 

550 

530 

550 

565 

5,120 

3 .......•.. ----- .... Abandoned; milky water at 140 fePt to -15 feet. 2 ·-------- ..................... lmilenorthoftown: 

salt water at 352 

and 1,730 feet; gas at602and 1,094feet; 

sulphur water at 160 feet. 

8 Noflow.l Small supply .of water at 250 feet. 

5 70 -18 

4 ±10 - 9 . 

3 ±11 - 91 3 ±12 ~ 23 

6 .... ---- .......... 1 Gt!i·~il, and salt wa1 Record, Am. Assoc. Ad v. Science, Proc., vol. 10, p. 95. 2 Each. 

3 Alabama Geol. Surv., Report on Valley Regions, Part 1, pp. 62-63. 4 Ibid.,pp. 61-62. 
DLRTON.] DEEP BORINGS tN THE UNI1'ED STATES, PAR'!' i. 11 

ALABAMA-Continued. 

Location. County. 

Laneville .•••.•••••••• Hale •••••••••. Do •..•.•.••• --···- ...•. do •..••.•. Do---·---------·-· ..... do--------

Larkinsville ••••••••.• Jackson---··· 

Linden .. --------····· Marengo .•... 

Mobile .•••...•.••••... Mobile ••...•. Do .••..• ------ .•.••••.. do •••..... Do •••.•.•....•.......•. do __ .. ___ _ 

Do-----· ....••••••..... do-------· 

Do·--- ............ ·---.do---- ___ _ Montgomery......... Montgomery 

Newbern............. Hale ..... ----· Newmarket 1 ........ Madison ___ __ Oneonto ______________ Blount ....... 

Roba ................. Macon-------

Russellville .......... Franklin ... .. 

Saint Eimo ........... Mobile ...... . Selma 2 _ -----· .... .... Dallas .... ___ _ Do ..................... do ______ __ 

Do------ ............... do--------

Do_ ..... ____ ------ ..... do ____ ...• 

Sle~~s::=~~~--~~== ~=== =~~~=~~-~=== :::: Sprague Junction._.. Montgomery. Stewart-----· ________ Hale ...... __ _ Tank Station ......... Dallas ....... . Town Creeks---·---- Lawrence ... . Troy-···--- ______ ...... Pike ........ .. Tuskegee _______ ...... Macon-------

Do ..................... do ....... . Union Surings _ ·----· Bullock----·-

Do.: ________ ------ ..... do--------

Do-----·------ ____ ..... do---- .... Do·----·---------- ..... do--------

Do---------·------ ..... do ______ __ Uniontown .. _________ Perry-------- Do •..... --·-·- ________ .do ..... __ _ 

Ash Fork ............. Yavapai----· 

Aubrey-------------- ..... do _______ _ 

Drake---------------- Mohave ..... . Florence·------------ PinaL ....... . Gila Bend----------·· Maricopa ___ _ Haviland ............. Mohave------

Kingman·----------·- Mohave·----- { 

Mohawk .............. Yuma .. __ .. .. De ..................... do ....... . Phoenix .. _ ... ___ ..... Maricopa .. .. Do·--------------- ..... do ____ ... . Do---------------- ..... do ....... . Do------------ ____ ..... do---- ___ _ Phoenix (12 miles ..... do ....... . west.) 

Pima .................. Graham .... .. Safford ____ ----------- ..... do .... __ .. Sentinel .............. Maricopa ... . Thatcher __ ........... Graham ..... . Wickenburg, north· Maricopa ... . west of. 

Winslow------ ____ .... Navajo ...... Yucca ................. Mohave-----· 

Depth. 

Feet. 

710 

719 

750 

400 

1,193 

700 

735 

800 

800 

850 

650-450 

Diame- Yield He~fht 

ter. mfnet!"te. water. 

Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

Flow. 

Flow. 

--------- ------T --:Fiows--

6 400 

6 Ma~& + 90 

6 1,000 ----+ "76" 

Remarks. 

Temp., 75°. 

Temp., 76°. 

In progress. Unsuccessful. 

Water at 1,040 to 1,115 

feet. 

Temp., 76°. 

Temp., 78°. 

Temp., 76°. 

Temp., 78°. 

-------6- ·97~200- ----:..:_ ·oo· Four wells; 9riginally flowed to +20 

feet. 

475 --------- 30 + 4 965 2 ..... ___ . Flows. 

600 --------- --------- . --------- 450 --------- ----- ---· --···· ---- Good water supply. 2 miles east; unsllC· 

cessful. +1,350 ---- ----· .• ------- . ----- ----

550 

409 

470 

600 

487 

650 

490 

400 

600 

560 

515 

2, 700 

500 

760 

1,000 

848t 

848t 

569 

750 

895 

-----·--- -----230· ====~==::: Temp.,67t0 • 

6 ------------- ...... Temp.,72°. 6 80 + 16 Do. 

6 110 + 28 Temp.,68°. 100 + 40 Four wells. 

4 :Many. - 60 

8-6 --------- - 75 

+ 8 +35 

6 --------- ---------· 8 --------- ----------

6-2~ 

8 

Many. 

1gg ----=246" 

Many. 

8 Many. ---·:_:i25-

Temp.,70°. 

Abandoned. 

Unsuccessful. 

Do. 

Do. 

Good water. Do. 

1,195 8 300 -120 Water from 870 feet. 

ARIZONA. 

1,025 

936 

488 

413 

1,300 

600 

900 

1,100 

1,100 

500 

750 

475 

1,420 

1,475 

500 

10 Nowater. 12--8 Nowater. 1

g ---:Few~-:::::::::: --------- ----- ··-· -700 

10 Many. .. ........ 

}---- ·--- { w~~r. }----··--

5i-4i -·------- ---------- --------- 28 ......... . 5 --------- - 20 

In volcanic rock. 

In progress. Well never used. 

60 miles north. 

3 wells. 

Abandoned. 

Not completed. 

420 Unsuccessful. 50o --------- --------- ":N0-ti<>w-·. 

1,029 -------5· -- """50" -185 

430 Few. Noflow. 

400 ........ _ .. ....... ....... ... No good results. 

·~ ::::::::: ::::::::: ----:.:325· ttf:f~~~;t~ater supply. 

1 Record, Alabama Geol. Surv., Report on Valley Regions, Part l,p.l27. 2 Record, Am. A3soc. Adv. Science, Proc., vol. 10, pp. 97-98. s Record, Pa. 2d Geol. Surv., Report II, p. 283. 
12 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, P .A.RT I. [No. 57. 

ARKANSAS. 

Location. County. Depth. Diame- Yield He~fht . 

ter. mf::te. water. Remarks. 

Feet. Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

Arkansas City------- Desha ....... . Bowen ..........• ----- Pike. ___ . ----- 552 6 Many. ------ .... Temp., 72°. 

400 --------- Many. No flow. Several wells of this 

Fayetteville1 -------- Washington. Forrest City--------- St. Francis ... Do------ .. __ ------ __ ... do .... ___ _ 

Gentry--------------- Benton ...... . 

1,480 

465 

465 

492 

kind in county. 

·· ---··,r ·ru:a.ii.y:- ~~~~=~~~=: 

6 Many ..... ------ 8-6! 420 - 19 

Do ..........•....•..... do ....... . Do .......•. : .• ---- ..... do ....•... ±100 

1,000 -----·--- --------- No flow. 

7 --·-----. - 30 Water at 700 and 900 

feet. 

Do .•..••...•.•......... do ..•••... Helena--------------- Phillips------ Hope----------------- Hempstead __ Hot Springs ..... ------ Garland ...... 

±1,~ 

500 

860 

900 

800 

501 

500 

604 

······j2· 'M:aii.Y:· :::::::::: Two wells. 

Hudson _______________ Little River 

Do------ ..••.•.......... do ....... . Huntington---------- Sebastian ___ _ 

Monticello----------- Drew--------

Do .....•..• ---·---- ..... do ....... . Mena ----------------- Polk .....• ___ _ Magazine .•..••.•..... Logan ... ~---­

Pine Bluff-----------· Jefferson .... Do ...... ------ ____ ..... do _______ _ 

Prescott (12 miles Nevada------

south). 

Saline Landing 2 _ .. _. Howard ___ ._. Texarkana _____ ------ Mill-er--------

+700 

1,800 

915 

840 

400-450 

--------· --------- -60 6 13 ·---------

4 Many. No flow. 

5i --------- - 60 

8 -----·--- -125 8-4t 100 -110 

-<H""ik -~-0 ;~i: ------------------ Flow. 

~ -------6- -----200· ·i'o-sur~-

face. 

Water from 169 feet. 

Two wells. 

Several wells. 

Washington .......... Hempstead .. 750 3 --------- - 35 Weak vein of water at 104 feet. 

Wilmer -------------- Drew·------- White Cliffs ....•..... Sevier ....... . ~ ::::::::: ::::::::: ---- +"25" 

Do---------------- ..... do--------

Do ____ ------------ ..... do .... · .... 450 ......... --------- + 8 Temp.,65°. 540 ......... --------- - 60 Temp.,64°. 

CALIFORNIA. 

Adams Canyons ....• Ventura----- 400-2,780 

Alameda---------· ... Alameda.---· 489 

Do.4 ---·------·--- ..... do........ 409 

Alhambra ...... ------ Los Angeles. 400 

Alilao ______ .......... Tulare....... 600-1,3

700

28 

--------- .•...••.. Surface. 

--------- --------- 8 

Many oil wells, yield- ing 900 barrels per month. 

7 ......... ---------- Oil well. . 9 ... ...... + ,25 Small flow of gas. Aliso Canyon --------- ......... ---------· Several oil wells. ......... Ventura .... . Arcade ............... Sacramento. 2,160 ........................... . Atwater ...•..••...... Merced ...... 400 7 5 ......... . Auburn-------------· Placer........ 730 

Alviso .•...•.......... Santa Clara.. 496 

Do .....•.•.... ---- ..... do........ 740 

Do ..................... do........ 550 

Bakersfield ........... Kern ..... ·--- 480 

Do ..................... do........ 500 

Do ...........•......... do........ 1,100 

Do------·-···-·---· ..... do........ 600 

Do-----·------ ......... do........ 400 

Beckwith ......•..... Plumas------ 400 

Do ......•.............. do........ 500-800 

Do ..................... do ........ 1,000-1,200 

Beckwith (8 miles ..... do........ 900 

above). 

Bieber ................ Lassen....... 740 

-------7" --------- ---+-."5"' 

1 +1.2 

~ -... '30" ~t~:~: 8 300 Flows. 

8 

8 

3 

3 

2-3 

3 

480 Flows. 

30 Flows. 

1, 500 Flows. 

80 Flows. 

100 Flow. 

Many. Flow. 

Many. 

4 --------- ----------

Numerous wells. 

Very warm mineral water. 

Bishop ............. __ Inyo ..... ..... 420 ......... --------- ---·-···-- In progress. Brownstone .... -----· Ventura_____ 400-800 --------- ...•. ____ .......... Several wells. 

Buckhorn Station ................ 400 ............................ Oil well. 

(4 miles north). 

Buena Vh;ta ......... Kern ........ . Carpinteria (2 miles Santa Barfrom).& bara. 

410 

700 

1 Record, Arkansas Geol. Surv., Report, vol. 2, 1891, pp. 67-69. 

Oil at 392 feet. 

Oil and gas well 

2 Id., vol.1, 1891, p.105. 3 Cal. State Mining Bureau, Bull. No. 11, Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties, part 1, pp. 35-36. 4 Recvrd, Cal. State Mining Bureau, 11th Rept., 1891-92, pp. 135-136. 6 Cal. State Mining Bureau, 11th Rept., 1891-92, p. 488. 8 Id., 12th Rept., 1893-94, p. 357. 
DARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. 13 

CALIFORNIA-Continued. 

Location. County. 

Cedarville ...... ------ Modoc_------ Centerville ....... ____ Alameda .... . Chico------------·___ Butte ____ ... . Chino (about2tmiles San Bernarnorthwest). · dino. 

Chittenden ....... ____ Santa Cruz __ Clearwater(?).------ Los Angeles_ Coalinga 1 • • • •• • • • • • • • Fresno ...... . 

Crows Landing ...... Stanislaus __ _ Cutler SalmonRancb San Joaquin. Danby ................ San Bernardino. 

Delano .... _____ ------ Kern.--------

Delano(5milessouth- ____ .do ____ ---- west). 

DosPalos ............. Merced ..... . Downex ..... -----···· Los Angeles_ Eagleville-----------· Modoc.·-----

El Verano 2 ••••••••••• Sonoma ..... . Embarcadero 3 •.•••••• _____ do--------

Ethel ....... ---·----- .... _ ... ---------

Fairview·------------ Orange ------ Fenner .......••...... San Bernardino. 

Fitchburg4 ---------- Alameda .... . Flowing Well ........ San Diego ... . FourForks 5 ----·---- Ventura ____ _ Fresno--------------- Fresno ______ _ Garvanza (west of)__ Los Angeles _ Glendora ______ ------- ____ .do _______ _ 

Grafton-------------- Yolo .... ------~ Grangeville---------- Tulare_------

Hanford6 ....... ·----- Kings-------- Do ................ ____ .do. ___ .... . 

Irvington------------ Alameda .... . J.G.J'ames' ranch ___ Fresno ...... . 

Kentuck -····-·-·---- Ventura.---· Kingsbur_g ....... ____ Fresno ______ _ Lathrop Junction _ _ _ San Joaquin_ 

Limekiln Canyon .... Tulare(?) .... Little SespeDistrict. Ventura_. __ _ Long Beach-------- .. Los Angeles_ 

Do------ .... ------ ..... do--------

Los Angeles7 ________ ...•. do--------

Los Angeles (The ..... do ....... . Ivanhoe).B 

Los Angeles (United ..... do---- ___ _ States Hotel).o 

LosAngeles(Stewart ..... do--------

and McFarland).1o Los Angeles (Ange- ..... do _______ _ !ina Heights).ll Los Angeles (Boyle ..... do---- ___ _ Heights). Los Angeles (Dr ...... do _______ _ 

Long's ranch). 

Los Angeles (Look- ..... do-------- out Mountain). 

Depth. Diame- Yield I Height 

ter. mfn~te. w~fer. Remarks. 

Feet. Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

433 --------- _____ ---- No flow. 442 __ ...... --------- Flows. 

6136 --------- Several Nofl.ow. 

600 --------- --------- ----·· ---- Abandoned. 

800 For on.· 465 ::::::::: ·M:aliY.~- ::::::=::: 

400-650 --------- --------- ...•••.... Numerous oil wells 

in two groups, one 3 miles west., the 

other 9 miles north. 

713 

822 

442-550 

412 

503 

544 

405 

442 

450 

800 

400-500 

±400 

700-1,100' 

575 

985 

2,038 

450 

980 

500-800 

1,300 450 600-800 

700-730 

600 

1,420 

500 

805 

500 

460 450-1,300 

+1,000 

+ 900 

1,485 

1,186 

600 

500 

550 

8 2 Flows(?) 7-4 

10 --------- ---···---- Gas well. 

15 

50 

3,470 

-200 

Flows. 

- 3 

2 60 ---------- 4! --------- ----- ·---- ···------ --------- Nofl.ow. --------- --------- + 15 10 Many. To surface. I 

7 --------· ---------- 10 Many. -200 

7-12 1,000 Nofl.ow. 

------·si ====: ~=== N-O"fio.;: 

Several wells. 

Several wells. 

·several oil wells. 

For oil; unsuccessful. 

6 Many. 

-----~~~-~:~~: ---;~~~- Numerous wells. 

__________________ ·:Fiows:· 

7-8 Flows. + 3 Several wells. Temp., 60°. 

::::::::~~=:::::::.No-flow. Several oil wells. 

8 --------- Flows. Gas well. --------- --------- ---------- Oil well. ----·---- ------------------- Do. 8 1,100 

9-7 Many. 

Flows. 

Flows. 

Numerous oil wells, some abandoned. 

Small supply of oil, 

abandoned. 

Gas at 900 feet. 

Foroil; unsuccessful. 

For oil or gas; abandoned. 

Foroil; unsuccessful. 

7 --------- ---------- S~b~~d~~~~ of oil; 

_________ --------- ----·--·-- Do. 

Los Angeles (few ..... do ........ ----------·--------- _________ ---------- Gas well. 

miles southeast). I I L~so~t~~!~~{1 miles I ... :do----·--- 820 _________ --------- •••••• ____ Small supply of oil. 

I Analysis, Cal. State Mining Bureau, 12th Rept., 18f>J-94, pp. 352-353. 

2 Record, Cal. State Miuing Bureau, 11th Rept., 1891-92, p. 457. s Record, ibid., p. 457. 4 Cal. State Mining Bureau, 11th Rept., 1891-92, p. 134. 5 Id., Bull. N o.11, Uil and Gas Yielding FormatiOns of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara 

counties, part 1, p. 27. 6 Cal. State Mining Bureau, 11th Rept., 1891-92, p. 489. 7Cal.StateMiningBureau,~ull. No.11, Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties, part I, pp.14-17. . 8 Ibid., p.l4. 9Jbid.,p.17. . lOCal. State Mining Bureau, 7th Rept., 1887, p. 78. n Cal. State Mining Bureau, Bull. No.ll, Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties, part l, p.14. 12 Cal. State Mining Bureau, 7th Rept., 1887, p. 77. 
14 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. [NO. 57. 

CALIE'ORNIA--Continued. 

Location. County. Depth. ter. mfn~te. wat~r. Remarks. 

I 

Diame-\ Yield Height I 

----------1------1-----l---------------------

LosAngeles (5tmiles west). 1 Los Angeles . Feet. 

± 500 

Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

Los Angelos (6 miles 

west).l 

Los Angeles (10 miles 

north of west).2 

..... do-------- 658-1,485 

..... do________ 520 

Los Banos 3 ........... Merced·-----

Loyalton---------___ Sierra ....... . Do---------·------ ..... do-----· __ Do.: .... ---------· ..... do .... ___ _ Do ..................... do---· ___ _ . Do ..................... do ....... . Ludlow ------ ________ San Bernar· 

dino. 

Madera 4 ------·-----· Madera .... . Do ________________ ..... do ....... . 

Madera (6miles west) .... do ____ . __ _ 

Mayfield ........ ------ Santa Clara .. Merced------------ ... Merced------

Merced (13 miles ..... do ------- southwest). 

Milpitas ____ ------· ... Miramonte----- .. ---· Do ............... . Modesto (1 mile east) Montague s ________ ... Moody Gulch u ______ _ 

Mount Cayetana (southwest slope, near Santa Paula 

Creek). 7 

Mount Diablo-----·--

Santa Clara .. Kern ........ . ..... do ....... . Stanislaus .. . Siskiyou . _. __ Santa Barbara. 

Ventura ..... 

Santa Barbara. 

Newman------------· Stanislaus __ _ Do ..................... do ....... . Newman Ranch _____ ..... do ....... . Nordhoff (1 mile Ventura .... . south). 

434 

525-750 

1,000 

400 

620 

430-512 

1,800 

1,~~ 

633 

604 600-700 

1,013 

-------4· ----•·so· Fjl~:: 20 Flows. 

3 10C Flows. 

4 --------· Flows. 

-------~-~ Fe!~ ---~low. 

---·-----~--------- -3 

+ Ytol 

~ 100 t It~~~~ 9 167-175 ---------- 10 --------- + 1t 

500-700 j --------- + 2 636 8 , 1, 670 Flows. 

}J~ ----i~:-1~~~~~:~ ~~~~~~: 1,400 ·-------- --··----- --·--·--·-

430-1,170 I ---------~--------- ----------

900 

m --- -,r:;;~- :~~~, .. 500-800 -----···· -------------------

Small flow of gas; abandoned. 

Two wells, for oil; 

unsuccessful. 

Two wells, sulphur water and some gas; abandoned. 

Several wells. 

Temp.l30°. 

Several wells . Not in use. 

Strongest flow at 665 

and 680 feet. 

Two wells. 

Small flow of gas. Gas well. 

For oil or gas. 

Several oil wells. 

Brackish water. Several oil wells. 

Nor man ( 2 mil e s Glenn . __ . _ ... north). 8 

940 2 4 + 15 Small amount of gas at 337 feet. 

Norman (a bon t t ..... do ____ .... mile southeast). 1,100 --------- --------- Surface. Small amount of gas at 500 feet. 

North Cucamonga ... San Bernardino. 

Norwalk ............. Los Angeles. Oakland .............. Almeda ..... . Ontario •..... ---- ......... do. ___ ... . Oroville-------------- Butte _______ _ Pasadena ....... ------ Los Angeles_ Peru (lt miles south) Ventura ..... Pico --------·- .... ---- Los Angeles. Pixley---------------- Tulare ...... . Do-------------··- ..... do ....... . Do---------------· ..... do. ______ _ Do ..................... do _______ _ Do ....................... do _______ _ Pixley (1! miles ..... do .... ___ _ northwest).9 

Pixley (2 miles east) ...... do··------

Pixley (vicinity) __________ do--------

Do ____ ................. do-----·-· 

Pixley (3mileswest) ...... do ____ ·--- Pixley------------ ......... do .... ___ _ Pixley(3milessouth- ..... do ....... . west). Pixley(6milessouth- ..... do ....... . west). 10 

Pixley (6mileR west). __ ... do ____ .... 

450 --------- Many. ----------

480 

506 

457 

800 

1,200 

400-570 

600-735 

438 

480 

600 

713 

730 

955 

600 

1,150 

937 

858 

1,060 

815 

1,150 

950 

4 ---·--··-- --···-·--· ·-·------ 112 Flows. 

9t --------- No flow. 

3 4 Flows.? 

8 

7 

8 

9 

8 

9 

8 

9 

9 

8 

9 

9 

9 

8 

Many. ··-------- Many. + .1 

+ .8 + .3 

+ .2 

+ .2 

1,200 

.1 

Flows. 

+ .2 

+ .7 

Flows. 

+ .2 

+ 1 

+ .7 

No water. Several oil wells. 

Numerous oil wells. 

1 Cal. State Mining Bureau, Bull. No.ll, Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties, part 1, p. 15. . 2 Cal. State Mining Bureau, 7th Rept., 1887, p. 78. 3 Record, Cal. State Mining Bureau, lOth Rept., 1890, p. 3'.?6. 4 Cal. State Mining Bureau. 11th Rept., 1891-92, p 211. a Cal. State Mining Bureau, 12th Rept , 1893-94, p. 351. 6 Record, Cal. State Mining Bureau, 8th Rept .. 1888, p. 548. 7 Record, Cal. State Mining Bureau, Bull. No. 11, Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los 

Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties, part 1, pp. 37-38. 8 Record, Cal. State Mining Bureau, 11th Rept., 1891-92, p.2"Z4. 9 Cal. State Mining Bureau, 11th Rept., 1891-92, p. 487. 1o Ibid., pp. 487-488. 
DARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. 15 

CALIJ!"'ORNIA-Continued. 

Location. County. Depth. Dlame- per of ter. minute. water. RemarlQ3. 'I . Yield Height 

----------------1------------l--------:------ -------·1------------------

Pixley (10 miles Tulare-------

southwest).! 

Pomona·-------·--------· .do _______ _ Potter Valley------- Mendocino ... Puente 2 -----·-----·-- Los Angeles_ Roberts Island.·----- San Joaquin_ 

Riverside ------ ·--·-· Riverside ___ _ Rocky Point--~------ Sierra _______ _ 

Do----·-· ___ ------ ..... do-·-----· 

Feet. Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

895 10 +.4 

50-~ -~~-~~-~-==~=:·.:::-----::if 100-1,750 ------· -- --------- --------- 1,43.') 7-5 Flows. 

580 

1,132 

10 Many. 

3 20 4 10 

Flows. 

Flows. 

Flows. 

Numerous oil wells. 

Gas well; saline 

wat.:;;:. 

Sacramento3 _________ Sacramento_ ~8~~0 ···------ --------- ---------- Gas well. Do.4 ______ --------- _____ do-------- 965 

970 --------- --------- -----·---- Do. Do.4 ---- ---· ---·-· _____ do _______ _ ---···--- ---·-·--- Flowf'!. I Water salty kaline. 

and al-

:::: :::~: :; :; ::::: _ -~~~'~ J Some gas. 

Sacramento ( 9miles ..... do--·· ___ _ 2,250 

northeast). 5 

St. Helena .........•.. Napa ........ _ 2,000 

Salinas---------- _____ Monterey..... 1,435 

Do------------ ......... do-------- 1,100 11-9 --------- -10 Salt Marsh Canyon 6 _ Ventura _____ 400-1,600 

San Bernardino ...•.. San Bernar- 605 -------6" ·M:a.:Uy~- --:Fi;;w-;,~-

• dino. 

Do ................ _____ do ....... . Do ________________ ..... do _______ _ 

San Francisco._._____ San Francisco 

San Gabriel ....•..... Los Angeles_ San Jacinto ____ ----·· San Diego .... San Jose. _____________ Santa Clara .. Do •.. _____________ ..... do _______ _ 

San Lewis Ranch ____ Merced -----· San Louis Obispo .... San Louis 

Obispo. 

425 

415 

865 

500± 

450-650 

442-700 

400 

410-426 

928 

3 

3 

8-5 7 

7 

7 

8 

7 

76 Flows. 

_. ___ --~~-1: ~~~~;=: -----·---1-- ------- Many .. · Flow. 

900 • Flows. 128-160 , _________ _ 

Many. Flows. 

Santa Barbara (7 Santa Bar- 400-1,000 

miles east). 1 

Santa Clara ____ ------ Santa Paula region __ Santa Rosa (4 miles 

south). 8 

bar a. Santa Clara._ 

Ventura-----

Sonoma---·--

Sattley--------------- Sierra ....... . Sa villa Colony 9 ______ ------------ ____ 

1 

Semitropic ----------- Kern ........ . Sheridan1o ___________ Placer-------

Sierra Valley-------- Sierra _______ _ Do .....• __________ ..... do ....... . Do------. ______________ do _______ _ 

Silverthread oil dis- Ventura c ·---

trict (near Santa 

600 --------· Many. +10 530-800 s:

5 

~::::~:~T--Few~- --~:~~~~-

600 ~----- ____ Many. Flows. 

495 8-7 Many. ];~lows. 

734 --------- --------- -1\J 640-888 3 15-45 Flow. 

5J'i6-900 4 125-300 Flow. 

746 2 16 Flows. 

400-1,600 --------- --------- ----------

Several oil wells. 

Several wells. 

Do. 

Two wells. 

For oil; unsuccessful. 

Sulphur water; 

temp., 103°; gas at 600 feet. 

Several oil we 11 s; some abandoned. 

Temp., 60°. 

Several oil wells. 

Flows at intervals. 

Gas and sulphur 

water; gas not used. 

Several wells. 

Do. 

Numerous oil wells. 

Paula Creek).ll 

SisiCanyon ---------- ---------------- 400-800 --------- --------- ------ ____ Do. 

Smyrna Colony------ Kern ........ . Stockton .......•..... SanJoaquin. 

Stockton (S. F. and ..... do--------

524-600 Two wells. 420 -------8· --------- -----+--! Warm water. 

497 1 · i\1~-ny:- -19 

S.J. V.R.R.) 

sto<&;~~-~::=:::~=~~:~ :::::a~:::::::: 1,4oo~2~J :::::~~~~ ·::~:=:~~~ -----~-~- &:~~~11~~- stockton (Jackson ..... do ....•. __ 1, 700 12-9£ Many. ---------- Gas welL 

st~g~V~~H -----· __________ do________ 1,400 __________________________ __\ Do. 

1 Cal. State Mining Bureau, 11th Rept., 1891-92, p. 488. 2 Cal. State Mining Bureau, Bull. No.ll, Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties, part 1, pp.18-2l. 3 Cal. State Mining Bureau, 12th Rept., 1893-94, p. 350. 

4lbid., p.350. 5 Record, Cal. State Mining Bureau, loth Rept., 1890, p.505. 6 Cal. St;ate Mining Bureau, Bull. N o.ll, Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties, part l,pp.36-37. 7 Cal. State Mining Bureau, 12th Rept., 1893-94, p. 357. 8 Record, Cal. State Mining Bureau, 11th Rept., 1891-92, p. 456. 9 Cal. State Mining Bureau, Bull. No.3, Gas and Petroleum Yielding l<'ormations of the Central 

Valley of California, p. 20. 10 Record, Cal. State Mining Bureau, 11th Rept, 1891-92, p. 319. 11 Cal. State Mining Bureau, Bull. No.ll, Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties, pp. 33,35,37. n Record, Cal. State Mining Bureau, 8th Report, 1888, pp. 559-560. 13 Record, Cal. State Mining Bureau, Bull. No.3, Gas and Petroleum Formations of the Central 

Valley of California, p. 17 . • 14 Ibid., p. 17. 
lo DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. [NO. 57. 

CALIFORNIA-Continued. 

Location. County. Depth. Diame- Yield He~fht 

ter. mi~~te. water. 

Feet. Inches. Gallons. 

Stockton Asylum San Joaquin. 600+-1, 750 ---·--·-- Many. (Jackson well).l 

Stockton (St.Agnes ..... do........ 1,720 Many. College). 1 

Stockton (court· ...•. do........ 1,917 12-8 Many. house). 2 

Stockton (Citizens' ..... do........ 2,061 Many. Ga11Co.). 

Feet. 

Remarks. 

Two gas wells. 

Do. 

Gas well. 

Do. 

Stockton------------- .•... do ........ 980-1,080 Many. Flow. Several wells; temp., 75°. Stockton (9 miles ..... do........ 1,404 

southeast). 

7-5 Many. Some gas. 

Summit-------------- Plumas...... 400-800 

Do ..................... do........ 1,008 

3 5-125 

3-4 

Flow. Numerous wells. 

Flow. 

Sunset District 3 ••••• Kern ......... 500-1,350 

Susanville ...•.••..... Lassen....... 960 ......... . ..•..... -10 

Numerous oil and 

brine wells. 

'.rarCreek 4 ••••••••••• Ventura ..... 700-1,000 .................. ---------- Numerous oil wells. 

Tar Creek Canyon ........ do-------- 400-905 ......... .... ..... ...• ...... Do. 

Tipton ................ Tulare....... 400 7 +.04 Several wells about 

the same depth. Do ..................... do ........ . Do ..................... do ....... . Torrey Canyon ...... Ventura .... . Traver ..............• Tulare ...... . Tulare ..................... do ....... . Do ..................... do ....... . Tulare (about 20 ...•. do ..••••.. miles west). Tulare (E. Jacob's ...•. do .....•.. Ranch). 

Do 5 .................... do ....... . Do& .................... do ....... . Do ..................... do ....... . Tulare (city wells) ....... do ....... . Tulare ..................... do ..••.••• 

Tulare(about20 ..•. do ....... . miles southwest; 

Lambertson 

Ranch).7 

Tulare~7mileswest) 8 ..... do ...•.... Vinton ............... Plumas ..... . Visa.Iia ............... Tular~ ...... . Watsonville .......... Santa Clara .. Waukena ............ Tulare ...... . Wheeler Canyon u ... Ventura .... . Wild Bill Gulch 1o ___ ..... do ...... .. Winchester .......... Riverside ... . Yreka ................ Siskiyou .... . 

480 

503-1,012 

450-1,000 

!l60 

400 

460 

500 

539 

498 

887 

835 

552 

720 

1,058 

730 

700 

775 

540 

450-816 

400-900 

850-975 

400 

700 

8-6 --------- +.04 

8-9 Many. Flow. ..... .... Many. Flow. 

'1 Few ............ . 6 ......... +.8 

7 500 ......... . 7 +.15 

9 +.1 

9 +.1 

9 +.35 

9 ·M:aii:V~- +.3 

9 -15 

8 300 Flows. 

9 Many. +.75 

8 +.35 

150: Flows. 

190 Flows. 

-2 ---··s-=9· ·M:aii:V~- Flow. 

Several wells. 

Oil wells . 

Several wells about 

this depth. Some gas. 

Do. 

Gas well. 

Several wells. 

Several wells about 

this depth. Gasat600and 700feet. 

Several wells. 

Do. 

Oil wells. 

1 Record, Cal. State Mining Bureau, Bull. No.3, Gas and Petroleum Formations of the Central 

Valley of California, p. 18. 2 Record, ibid. 1 pp. 15-16. 8 Cal. State Mming Bureau, 12th Rept.,1893-94,pp.31J3-354; Record, Cal. State Mining Bureau, 

Bull. No.3, Gas and Petroleum Yielding Formations of the Central Valley of Cal., p. 30. 4 Cal. State Mining Bureau, Bull. No. 11, Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties, p. 27. 5 Cal. State Mining Bureau, 11th Rept., 1891-92, p. 489. ~ Ibid., pp. 488-489. 7 Ibid., p. 488. 8 Ibid. , p. 487. 9 Cal. State Mining Bureau, Bull. N o.ll, Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties, part 1, p. 37. 1 0 Ibid., p. 36. 

PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO DEEP BORINGS IN CALIFORNIA. 

California State Mining Bureau, Seventh A:r,mual Report of the State Mineralogist for the year ending October 1, 1887, 315 pages, Sacramento, 1888. 

California State Mining Bureau, Annual Report of the State Mineralogist for 

the year ending October 1, 1888, 948 pages, plates, Sacramento, 1888. 

California State Mining Bureau, Tenth Annual Report of the State Mineralogist 

for the year ending December 1, 1890, 983 pages, plates, Sacramento, 1890. 
DARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. 17 

California State Mining Bureau, Eleventh Report of the State Mineralogist 

(first biennial), two years endil).g September 15, 1892, 612 pages, Sacramento, 1893. 

California State Mining Bureau, Twelfth Report of the State Mineralogist (second biennial), two years ending September 15, 1894, 541 pages, Sacramento, 1894. 

California State Mining Bureau, Bulletin No.3, the Gas and Petroleum Yielding Formations of the Central Valley of California, by W. L. Watts, 99 pages, 

plates and maps, Sacramento, 1894. 

California State Mining Bureau, Bulletin No.11, Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties, part 1, byW. L. Watts, 

94 pages, plates, map, Sacramento, 1897. 

Location. 

Town. County. 

Acequia ...... .. . ..... Do'\lglas ... __ _ Do. _______________ ..... do ....... . 

Akron ...... --·------- Washington. 

Ata ~~~==~-~=~==~--==== -~~~~~~~ ===::: 

Do. 1 ••••••.•••••••••••• do ....... . Do ..................... do ....... . Do ..................... do ....... . 

Do---------------- ..... do .. ----~- Do---------------- ..... do __ ------ Arvada ......... -._... Jefferson .... _ Artesian--------···-· Arapahoe ... . 

Do ..................... do ....... . Do ...... ------ _________ do----·--· 

Boulder-------------- Boulder .... c. 

Do------ ............... do-------· 

Boulder (4 miles east) ..... do _______ _ 

~~f~J~~:~~=~~:~~~::: :~~~l~~=~~~:== Do .........•........... do ....... . Burlington.------ .... Kit Carson .. . Byers .....•....... ____ Arapahoe ... . Calhan 2 •••••••••••••• El Paso------ Canon Uity ___________ Fremont ..... Canon City (near) ........ do _______ _ Cheyenne Well;; 3 •••• Cheyenne ... . 

Do------··-------- ..... do ____ ... . Colfax------ .....• ---- Custer_----·- Colorado City·--- ____ El Paso-----· 

Do-----·---·------ ...•. do----·-·· 

Colorado Springs .... ____ .do ____ . __ _ Cotton Creek __ . ___ . _ Saguache . __ . 

Cortez 4 -------------· Montezuma. 

Crestone--· ____ ------ Saguache ___ _ Do .. ______________ ..... do ....... . 

Del Norte ...... ------ Rio Grande .. _ Delta.------ .... ______ Delta ________ _ Do ________________ ..... do ....... . 

Denver 5 •••••• ________ Arapahoe ... . Do. _______________ ..... do ....... . 

Do-----·------ ____ ..... do-----·. 

Do .......... ------ ..... do ....... . 

COLORADO. 

Depth. 

Feet. 442 

596 

1,260 

505 

604 

S56 

465 

474 

1,000 

900 

460 

700 

5115 

720 

400 

+1,000 600 

725 

406 

700 

500 

6(j{) 

450 

566 

1,600 

1,278 

1, 770 

1, 702 

627 

2,020 

1,300 

1,120 

405 

795 

426 

446 

607 

575 

580 

350 

407 

444 

500 

Diameter. 

Yield' Height 

per of 

minute. water. 

Inches. Gallons. 

15 

4 

3 

3 

6-8 

3i 

2 

7t-6 

8 

3 

225 

1,000 

Many. 

Many. 

Many. 

Many. 

-------- ·ve-i-·i2 

few. 20 

10 

5 

Feet. 

Flows. 

Flows. 

Flows. 

Flows. 

Flow;:;. 

Flows. 

Flows. 

Flows. 

Flows. 

Flows. 

Flo-ws. 

Flows. 

+ 35 

Flows. 

Remarks. 

Failure; abandoned. 

Temp., 75°. 

2 wells; temp.,70°. 

+ 20 Watertoo''alkaline.'' 

Unsuccessful. -------3- ---··-so· --:FiO"w.:s:· 

3 30 +15 

Few. Flows. 

·si~;a:ic ""Fiow-:s:· 

2 1t ---------- 6 --------- ---------- Saline water. .. 700 +100 Temp., 900. -- ---4i -lo -15 Waterat350feet. 

--------- --------- ______ ..... For water. Aban· 

doned. --·····-· --------- __________ ,For gas. Failure. 

7 Flows. · 

3 75 Flows. --------- Several No:flow. 

3 10 Flows. 

3 75 Flows. ......... ------··· lt,lows. 

2t Few. Flows. 

3 --------- Flows. 

3ji 30! t 2g 

50 ------ ---- 0 40 +60 

Gas. Pre;;sure 155 

pounds to square inch. Now filled 

with surface water. Gasat216feet. Shut 

offbywater. (Blue 

shale below35feet.) 

Temp., 58°. 

Temn.,56°. 

Temp.,62°. 

Temp.,50°. 

1 Record, 51st Congress, 1st session, Senate Ex. Doc., No. 222, p. 223, Washington, 1890. 2 Record, 51st Congress, 1st Session, Senate Ex. Doc., No ·222, p. 216, Washington, 1890. 3 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv .. 16th Ann. Rep., 1894-95. Part II. p. 563, Washington, 1895. 4 Record, Colorado State Engineer, 8th Annual Report for 1895--96, -pp. 69-70. 5 In Denver and vicinity there are several hundred wells, mainly from 350 to 1,000 feet dee-p. They yield flows of considerable size from several horizons, but owing to large number of wells 

the volume of water is now greatly decreased. The wells are described in the following publi- cations: 51st Congress, 1st session, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 2~2. pp. 175--205,227-22&. Washington, 1890; 

Monograph, U.S. Geol. Sqrv., Vol. XXVII, Geology of the Denver Basin, by S. F. Emmons, W. 

Cross, and G. H. Eldridge, 4°, Washington, 1896. 

IRR 57-02--2 
18 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. (NO. 57. 

COLORADO-Continued. 

Location. 

Town. County. 

Denver.----------..... Arapahoe ... . Do .....•.... ------ ..... do ....... . Do .........•........... do ....... . Do ....... ·c ••••••••••••• do ....... . Do------•••............. do··------

Do---- .•.....•.......... do ____ .... Do ...•...... ---··· ..... do ...•.... Do.----- .... ------ ----.do •... ___ _ Do ..................... do ____ ... . Do ............•.••...•. do ....... . Do----------······ ...•. do ....... . 

Durango .....•••••••. La Plata .... . Eaton ------ •...•..•.. Weld ........ . 

Evans ......•....•......... do ____ ---· Fleming •....•.•...... Logan ........ . 

Florence 1 ------ •• ,. ••• Fremont .... . 

Do •.....•.............. do ..•..... Do ..................... do ....... . 

Fort~~~-~~-=~~~=::::: -~~~8~~~-~:::: FortLupton ......... Weld ........ . Fort Lyon ......••.... Bent----·----

Franceville ,"function El Paso ..... . Georgetown.... . . . . . . Clear Creek .. Grand Junction .•.... Mesa ..... ..-:. .. 

Greeley2 .... ·-----·-- Weld ........ . Do ..................... do ....... . Do-------- ....•••..•... do----·---

Do---------------- ..... do.s ..... . 

Hoehne ..... -----..... Las Animas._ 

Hygiene4_ ---·-----··· Boulder ..... . Irondale ............. Arapahoe ... . Iron Springs .....•... Otero ....... . 

Island Station----·-· Arapahoe .... Do 6 •••••••••••••••••.••• do ______ .. Do ........ -------· ..... de _______ _ Kit Carson........... Cheyenne .... 

Lajunta6 ...••.•.••... Otero ....... . Do-------------·-- ..... do ...... __ Do---------------- ..... do ........ . Do ____ ------------ ...... do _______ _ 

Do-----·------ •... ----.do ....... . Do ..................... do ....... . Do-----· ...•••......... do _______ _ Do ....••...•••......... do.'"· ... . Do·--------------· ..... do ....... . Lamar7 -------------- Prowers ____ _ Lamar (northwest ..... do ....... . of). Langford ( 4 miles Boulder. ____ _ northeast). 

Depth. 

Feet. 

575 

604 

625 

720 

725 

810 

856 

908 

1,069 

1,103 

1,250 

Diame- Yield He~fht 

ter. mf:~te. water. 

Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

9-6t Small. Noflow. 

3-4 ······--- -------·-- 4 60 +60 

3t 10 + 35 

3 70 + 40 

4 70 - 5 

3t-2t 10 + 20 

2t -····---- - 24 

5 ·--··---- ----·----- --------- ...•..... Noflow. 

400 ____ ----- ••••••••• Flows. 

970 ......... ·····---- Noflow. 

1,200 

423 

780 

+1,000 

+ 800 

685 

558 

904 

815 

Few. 

1 

Flows. 

-160 

Flows. 

700 Flows. 

1, 000 Flows. 

-·-···--- -------- Noflow. 

4 .... -~---No flow. 

- 4 

Ma~ls -------2- -----i2o- -----·ioo· 

Remarks. 

Flow pumped down. 

Drilled for oil. Salt water to --40. Well 

abandoned. 

Much water at 230-

260 feet. S o m e water at 400 and 

625 feet. 

Water from 1,125 ft. 

Very small supply of water. Numerous oil wells 

in vicinity. Water at 1,000 feet. 

Temp.,86°. 

Abandoned. Small amount of water at 430 feet. 

1,000 6t-5f Few. Noflow. Some gas at 444,700, 

and 864 feet. 

446 2t t Noflow. 

970 4 ------· -- - 20 

1,165 --------- 40 Flowed Several wells. at first. 

2,140 8-4 Few. -40 Water from 1,165-

1,200 feet. 

936 .....•••.................... Well abandoned. 

~gg -----6:.4- ...... 60 ... Fio.ws~- Flowed at 675 feet. 

1,006 ......... ......... -556 Flows at 240 and 375 

440 

430 

730 

1,460 

. 41:! 

420 

439 

640 

670 

700 

740 

766 

1,152 

560 

420 

400 

8 

4 

60 

15 

Flows. + 40 

-125 

4t 8 Flows . 8-6 45 Flows. 

6 ··-· ----- ---------- 5! 35 Flows. 

8t 15 Flows. 

6 ··------- ---------- 7-§- 12! Flows. 

7t 25 --··-- ---· 5! Many. Flows. 

5t 5 Flows. ·-------- .......•. No flow. 

2 3 Flows. 

feet; unsatisfactory water at 1,006 

feet. In progress. 

No fresh water; salt water at 450 feet. 

Temp., 68°. 

2 wells; temp., 70°. 

Temp.,68°. 

'.remp.,68°. 

Do. 

Temp.,75°. 

Temp,68°. 

Can pump 80 gals. 

t:~~~~as~~====:=== ~~;;:~~~====: +~8 =======~= ----- ·s2- :===~--==== La;;; Animas (7 miles .•.•. do __ ...... ------- .... ---· _____ -·------- .... ------ northeast). 

See Fort Lyon. 

1 Record, 51st Congress, 1st session, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 222, p. ~14. Washington, 1890. 2 Fifty-first Congress, 1st session, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 222, pp. 209-210, Washington, 1890. s Analysis,ibid.,p.226. 

4 Record, ibid., p. 208. 5 Fifty-first Congress, 1st seRsion, Selfate Ex. Doc. No. 222, p.197, Washington,1890. 6 Record, Colorado !:)tate Engineer, Ninth Biennial Report, for 1897-98, pf. 28-29. 7 Record, Colorado State Engineer, Ninth Biennial Report for 1897-98, p. 29; analysis, 51st Congress, 1st session, Ex. Doc. No. 222, p. 228, Washington, 1890. · 
DARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STA'rES, PART I. 19 

COLORADO-Contjnued. 

Location. 

Depth. t r per of 

Town. County. 

Remarks. .. i Diame- Yield I Height 

1 e · minute. water: 

------l--ffi-e_e_t_. -~ Inches. Gallons.~~---------

Leadville ........ ·---- Lake_________ 400 30 

Littleton------- ...... .Arapahoe.... 467 3! 20 2 other similar wells, 

440 and 480 feet. 

Do ..................... do ....... . Do ________________ ..... do ....... . 

Do ...................... do ....... . 

Do·--------------- ..... do ....... . Do ...................... do ....... . 

Do ..................... do ....... . 

Do ________________ ..... do ....... . Do ________________ ..... do ....... . 

Lockett------ ____ .... Saguache ___ _ Longmont------------ Boulder _____ _ Do ________________ ..... do ....... . 

Do •.................... do ....... . Do ..................... do ....... . Loveland I------- ____ Laramie ____ _ 

h~~:a~~ia-~~--:~:~:::· ~r:;~~-~:~:: Moffat. _____ ------ .... Sagauche ... . Do ________________ ..... do ....... . Do ________________ ..... do·-------

Montrose............ Montrose ___ _ 

Mosca------ .......... Costilla ..... . Do ________________ ..... do ....... . 

Ordway·----- .... ____ Otero .... __ _ Otis 2.------ ______ .... Washington. Petersburg ___________ Arapahoe ... . 

Do. 3 ------ ............. do ....... . Pueblo4 .... __________ Pueblo ______ _ 

Do ..................... do ....... . Do ________________ ..... do ....... . 

Do ..................... do ....... . Do ..................... do ...... .. Do·-----------·--- ..... do ....... . Do .......... ------ ..... do. _____ .. Do ..................... do _______ _ Rocky Ford ____ ------ Otero ....... . Do.--------------- ..... do ....... . Do ..................... do _______ _ Do ...... ------ ________ .do ______ __ Do. 5 ______ ............. do ...... .. Do .... ____ .... ____ ..... do ....... . 

Ro'use Junction ...... Huerfano ... . 

Sagauche ..... ________ Ragauche .... Salt Creek ______ ..... Pueblo. _____ _ 

Scranton 6 ------ •••••• Arapahoe. __ . 

Sedalia _____ ------ ____ Douglas ..... . Do ________________ ..... do _______ _ 

Do ..................... do _______ _ 

500 3t-2t 16 

510 25 + 35 525 9] Flow. Temp., 62°. Several 

similar wells from 

520 to 560 feet deep. 

580 8 Flow. 

601 15 + 16 Several similar wells 

from 600 to 675 feet 

710 1--------- deep. 

45 Several similar wells 

from 700 to 735 feet 

810 

1,300 

418 

431 

506 

600 

640 

2,465 

620 

1,J13 

404 

650 

710 

825 

610 

420 

1,575 

2,400 

600 

720 

772 

782 

789 

l, 150 

1,219 

1,260 

1,400 

1,402 

767 

790 

793 

820 

8i5 

1,033 

2,0.'58 

deep. 

+1 

8-4 3! +50 

3 ..... ---- + 11 

__ ___ --~- _____ ~~- :N0-ti0;v.- 6 401 +30 

3! Few. 

1 Flowed. Water at 1,365 feet. 

10 

42 

Few. 

2 --------- -----·--- 30 4~ --------- .4 --------- 4t Many. 

·-------- None. ---------i 20 3t-2t 10 4~ 2-! 

3-5-

3 

300 

3 

20 20-25 

t 

+ 87 

130 

68 

68 

38 

115 

17 

Few. 

Flows. 

Flows. 

Flows. 

+ 1t 

Flow. 

+ 3 

Flow. 

-250 

+35 

+ 35 

Flows. 

~,lows. 

Flows. 

Flows. 

Temp., 80°. 

Temp., 72°. 

Temp.,63°. 

Abandoned. 

+125 Temp., 76°. 

Flows. 

+140 '.femp., 77°. 

+140 I 

l<,lows. I Temp., 78°. + 75 '.femp., 74°. 

Flows. •remp., 78°. 

Flows. Temp., 75°. 

Flows. Temp., 72°. 

Flows. Temp., 75°. 

-200 Salt waterat890feet, 

small amounts of water at 700 and 

1,600 feet. 

400 4t --------- ---------- Small amount of water at various 

depths. Abandon2,030 .................. No flow. 

SOOt 3 .................. . 

650 2t -----·--- ........ .. 710 _____ ............ No flow. 

1,440 --------- ......... ----------

ed. 

Coal prospect. No water. 

Water from200to300 

feet only. Sedalia (5 miles ..... do .... ____ ...... _________ .......... ___ _ south.) 6 

Sheridan ............. Arapahoe ... . Do-----·---------- ..... do ....... . Sheridan Lake ....... Kiowa ...... . 

Stout 7 ------· •••••••• 

1 

Larimer ..... 

580 

620 

1,280 

20 

----- 10 6 --------- -280 Water at 1,200 feet. 

Abandoned. + 30 Poor water 922--1,000 

feet. 

I Record, 51st Congress, 1st session; Senate Ex. Doc. No. 2'Z2, pp. 210-211, Washington, 1890. 2 Ibid., p. 217, Washington, 1890. a Ibid., p. 204. 

4 Records, etc., ibid., pp. 213--214; analyses, ibid., p. 229. 6 Record, Colorado, State Engineer 9th Biennial Report, 1897-1898, p. 29. 6 Record, 51st Congress, 1st session, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 222, p. 207, Washington, 1890. 7 Ibid., p. 211. 
20 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. {No. 57. 

COLORADO-Continued. 

Location. 

I 

Di me- Yield Height Depth. a per of ter. minute. water. 

---------------1-----------1--------!------

To"71. County. 

Feet. Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

•rhatcher. --··--- --- ... Las Animas.. 936 5g --------- ---------- Timpas .•..... -------- Otero .... ---~ 795 6! 35 Flows. 

Troy .................. Las Animas .. 400or500 .................. ------ .. .. Trinidad------------- ..... do ..................................... ---------- Do ................ -.... do........ 2,595 5i Many. -195 

Walsenburg-------·- Huerfano.... 1,250 ................. 

1 

......... -. 

Westcliffe............ Custer....... 500 ......... None.· ......... . Whiteriver ........... Rio Blanco... 402 .................. ----------

Do ..................... do........ +550006! -------- _-_·-_-_-__ -_--_-_-_-_-_-__ .

1

_._-_·_··.-.·_-__ ·.· Wray ................. Yuma ...... .. 

I 

Remarks. 

For gas, entirely in 

shale. Salt water at -40feet. 

Abandoned. 

Salt water at 200 feet. 

Much gas at 500 feet. 

For oil or coal; un- successful. 

PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO DEEP BORINGS IN COLORADO. 

Report of L. G. Carpenter, Field Agent for Colorado, Fifty-first Congress, first 

session, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 222, pp. 173-232, Washington, 18~0. 

Report of P. H. Van Diest, on the Geological Conditions of Artesian Basins in 

Eastern-C~lorado and New Mexico, Fifty-first Congr~ss, first session, Senate Ex. 

Doc. No. 222, pp. 87-97, Washington, 1890. 

Artesian Wells of Colorado and their relation to irrigation, State Agricultural 

College, Bulletin No. 16, July, 1891, 28 pages. 

E~onomic Geology, by George H. Eldridge, Geology of the Denver Basin in 

Colqrado, United States Geological Survey, Monograph No. 27, pp. 317-465, Washington, 1896. 

Underground Waters of the Arkansas Valley in Eastern Colorado, by G. K. 

Gilbert, United States Geological Survey, 17th Annual Report, 1895-1896, part 2, 

pp. 1-51, plates, Washington, 1896. 

United States Geological Survey, Geologic Atlas of the United States, No. 36, 

Pueblo folio, by G. K. Gilbert, Washington, 1897. · 

United States Geological Survey, Geologic Atlas oi the United States, No. 58, 

El Moro folio, by R. C. Hills, Washington, 1899. 

United States Geological Survey, Geologic Atlas of the United States, No. 68, 

Walsenburg folio, by R. C. Hills, Washington, 1899. 

CONNECTICUT. 

Location. 

Town. County. 

Bridgeport . .. .. .. . .. . Fairfield ... .. Mansfield ............ Tolland .... .. Meriden .............. NewHaven .. New Haven ............... do ....... . N oro ton ....... _ ... ~. Fairfield .... . Do ____ ................. do ...... .. . Pomfret Center ...... Windham __ __ Putnam Heights ...... ____ do ...... .. Do ..................... do ....... . Do ..................... do ....... . Do ..................... do ___ .... . Rockville ............. Tolland ..... . Stamford ............. Fairfield ... .. 

Depth. 

F'eet. 800 

800 

530 

3,800 

700 

1,500 

610 

800 

400 

700 

420 3,440 

450 

Dia- Yield I Height per of meter. minute. water. Remarks. 

Inches. Gallons. Feet. .. ....... Several Noflow. 

6 14- Noflow. 

12 70 Noflow. Waterveryhard. . ........................... Unsuccessful. 

None. 

4- No flow. 4 gallons at 900 feet. 

6 Few. Noflow . Few. No flow. 

6 4 Noflow. 

7 Noflow. ........ 2 No flow. ---·- .... Not any .......... Xbandoned. 

8 ................... Water unsatisfactory. 
bARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. 21 

DELAWARE. 

Remarks. 

I 

· I Yield Height Depth. Dlame- per of 

Town. County. ter. mmute. water. 

Location. 

--------1-------1-----1--- ----1---------

Feet. Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

Bowers Beach 1 •••••• ~------- -------- 500 3~ 200 Nc flow. Not much water below 240 feet. 

Delmar 2 ............. Sussex _______ .......... . Lewes 3 .................... d() .... .... 400 6 15 At surface. 

Do. 4 ...... .... .... •••• .... ... ..... 1,080 15 .!!,lows. 

Middletown 6 ..... • • • • Newcastle .. . 535 10--8 330 -50 Wateralsoat475feet. 

Do. 6 ................... do........ 698 ......... _________ .......... Water from 535 and 

Wilmington ................ do ....... . Do ..................... do ....... . 1,Wr -------~-1 I 

15-18 10 -25 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

Wasbington,Heu- .............. .. rich's old Brewery. Washington. Riggs .............. .. House. 

Apalachicola .... .... Franklin .... . Bartow (8 miles Polk ....... .. southwest). 

Do ...................... do ...... .. 

900 

558 None. 

FLORIDA. 

475 

600 

~- -, ----- -.. ------- ~ --- .. ----. 

660--686 feet. 

Abandoned. 

Unsuccessful. 

Eau GaBie ........... Brevard .... . 400 

490 

640 

750 

700 

6 

8 """"'800' + 48 Temp., 78°. 

Fernandina 7 ......... Nassau ...... . Do ..................... do ....... . Fernandina (city ...... do ....... . park). 

Fernandina ............... do ....... . 

6 

8 810 

+ 50 Water from 618 feet. 

+ 641 Temp., 77°. + 40 Temp., 74°. 

762 

Green Cove Springs. Clay 600 ------·tr -----600 ----+·oo· Temp.,80°. ........ .. Heart's Road ?(R.R. Nassau ...... . junction). 

750 6 Many. + 64 Temp., 77°. 

HobeSound .......... Dade......... 1,100 4 Few. Flows. 

Jacksonville 8 .... ____ Duval........ 793 6 + 17 

Do .................... do........ 711 .................. Flows. 

Do .... ----~ ... -- ......... do........ 630 6 432 .......... . Do ..................... do........ 660 6} 9950{ +64 

Do ..................... do........ 1,020 10 ........ .. Do ..................... do........ 937 12 432 

Do ..................... do........ 490 3 180 ·--·+"tiff 

Do ..................... do."----·· 637 6 600 +62 

Do ..................... do........ 650 6 900 + 62 

Do ..................... do.... ... 1, 020 --------- 2, 333 + 62 

Do ..................... do................... 8-4 ................. .. 

-------4- --------- --·--- ---- 4 -----3iif ----+-4tY 

8 Many. - 80 6 100 -117 

Jasper ................ Hamilton.... +550 

Key West ............ Monroe...... 2,350 

Kissimmee ........... Osceola ...... 406 

LakeWorthto _______ Dade......... 1,212 

LiveOak ............. Suwanee..... 1,004 

Madison .............. Madison..... 530 

Malabar .............. Brevard ..... 510 3 Many. Flows. 

Sulphur water. 

Do. 

Temp., 74° to 77°. 

Do. 

Temp.,81°. 

Temp.,77°. 

Temp.,75°. 

Temp ,76°. 

Do. 

Temp.,78°. 

In progress. 

Temp.,60°. 

Teomp.,78°; bored for 

oil; none found. 

Melbourne ........... Brevard..... 400 6 + 48 Temp.,78°. Narcoossee ........... Osceola...... 416 3 - 27 

Ocala .................. Marion....... 1,210 8 - 74 

Orchid ............... Brevard_____ 480 4 Few. Flows. Sulphurwater. Pasadena ............. Pasco........ 450 ......... .......... - 86 

Pensacola ............ Escambia .... 1 1,400 ............................ Navy-yard well. No 

good water. 1 New Jersey Geol Surv., Report for 1899, p.llO. 2 Record, ibid., pp.lll-112. 3 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., Bull.138, p.l2.:S. 4 Record, New Jersey Geol. Surv., Report for 1898, pp.83-87. 5 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., Bull. No.138, p.l23. 6 Record, New Jersey Geol Surv., Report for 1898, p.l15. 7 Georgia Geol. Sury., Bull. No.1, pp. 75---76. 6 Representative wells. ll Both wells. 10 Record, etc., Am. Jour. Sci. ,3d series, vol. 41, pp.105-106. 

-< .. 
22 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. [No. 57. 

~-,LORIDA-Continued. 

Location. I 

Depth. i Diame- y~:1d He~lfht Town. County. ter. minute. water. Remarks. 

Punta Gorda ....•.... DeSoto .: ... 

Do_ .......... ---- ..... do _______ _ Do _______________ ..... do. ______ _ 

Quincy_ ...... --· _____ Gadsden ____ _ Riverside ____ .... ____ Putnam .... __ Roseland _____________ Brevard __ ... 

St.Augustine 1 ...... St.John .... __ 

St. Nicholas------.... DuvaL. ...... South Jacksonville __ ..... do--------

Do .................... do ....... . Tallahassee .......... Leon_ .... ___ _ 

Feet. 

467 

400 

425 

610 

462-450 

1,400 

750 

800 

750 

715 

Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

6-4! 

6 

25 

Many. 

Many. 

5,500 

6 ---------

6 ---------

!<,lows. 

Flows. 

-100 

Flow. 

Flow. 

+ 60 

+55 

+ 69 - 98 

Water too salty for use. 

Salt water only. 

2 wells. 

2 wells. 

Temp., 86°. Strong flows also at 400-450 

and 500-550 feet. 

Temp., 77°. 

Do. 

GEORGIA. 

Abbeville 2 .... _ •••••• Wilcox ....... 

Albany--------------- Dougherty .. Do. 3 ................... de ...... .. 

Do. 4 -------------- ..... do ....... . Albany (16 miles ..... do ....... . west). Americus .... ________ Sumter ..... . 

Do ..................... do ....... . Do. 5 ____ .......... ----.do--------

Do ..................... do ____ .. .. Do ..................... do _______ _ 

Arlington 6 ...... ___ .. Calhoun ___ .. Augusta 7 _______ ..... Richmond __ _ 

Do. 8 ____ ---------- ..... do--------

Bainbridge 9 ·----· ____ Decatur ..... . Do. 10 ------------- ••••• do ....... . 

Do ..................... do ....... . Barrington 11 -------- Mcintosh ___ _ 

540 

665 700-780 

732 

550 

1, 725 

400 

500 

900 

550 

625 

814 

879 

900 

1,325 

965 

450 

Baxley1 2 ------------ Appling...... 507 

Bladen 1a ............. Glynn ______ _ 

Bowen's Mills-------- Wilcox ...... . Bradley's planta- Stewart. ____ _ tlon 14• 

Brunswick 15 ...... ___ Glynn .... ___ _ Do------ ............... do ........ . Do.--- ................. do ______ __ 

Do---------- ........... do--------

Do. -------------- ..... do--------

Do ..................... do .... ___ . Buena Vista16 _______ Marion ...... . 

Camilla .. ----- .... ___ _ Chauncey 17 ---------- Collins ___ ........... . Columbus, 3 miles 

south of. 

Mitchell .... . Dodge .... ---- Tatnall ------ M uscogee .••. 

Cookstown_ .......... Wilcox ...... . Cordele 18 ........ ____ Dooly _______ _ 

Do ..................... do .... ___ _ Creytonsisland 19 ... Mcintosh ___ _ 

480 

673 

740 

450-490 

415 

540 

430 

460 

465 

58!l 

600 

525 

800 

425 

+400 

550 

700 

414 

1 Am. Jour. Sci., 3d series, vol. 3!, p. 70. 2 Ga. Geol. Surv.,Bull.No. 7, p.l51. 3 Analysis and record, ibid., pp. 179-181. 4 Rflcord, ibid , pp.178-179. 5 Record and analysis, Ga. Geol. Surv., Bull. 

No.7, pp.174-176. 6 Record, ibid., p.185. 7 Ga. Geol. Surv., Bull. No.7, pp.l28-129. 8 Ibid., p.130. 9 Analysis, ibid., pp.160-161. lU Ibid., p.162 

4 -25 Water at 90, 139, and 

296 feet. 

2 20 Flows. 

6-4 20-115 +24 Numerous wells. 

Temp., 73§-0 • 

10 225 + 30 

--------- ------------------- Pure water. 

8-4 --- ---1 - 30 Water at 1,000 feet. ___ ,. _____ -10 } Supply is derived 

-10 from the 350-foot 

level. 

--------- --------- Flows. 

4 33 + 1 

6 - -20 } Water at 500, 600, and 

700 feet. Hard and 8 18 -196 slightly chalybeate. 

6 ----- ---- ---- - ~ ---- Five water-bearing 

6-2 -50 strata penetrated. 

--------- --------- ---------- Water at 280 and 370 

feet. 

6-2 -59 

3 200 + 20 Flows at 350 and 450 

--- ;~ i 

feet. 

6 -129 Water at 320 and 408 

feet. 

3 + 30 Water at 160, 260, and 

475 feet. 

2t 60 + 22 Temp., 74°. 

3 Flows. Water from 475 feet. 

3 200 + 28 Numerous wells. 

3 + 19 Temp., 62°. 

8 600 + 12 

4 + 25 

6 350 + 12 

4 600 Flows. Temp., 70°. 

10 -2;10 Water at 331 and 364 

feet. _____ , ___ --------- No flow. Nonflowing. 6 -70 Wateratabout3Ll0ft. 

8 --14:? 

3 2 - 4 Water at 400 feet. 

8 --------- 6 --------- 3 ---------

No flow. 3 wells reported. -20 

- 30 

+50 

11 Ga. G-eol. Surv., Bull., ~o. 1, p.109. 12 Ibid., p.14M. 1s Ibid., pp. 92-93. 

14 Record, Ga. Geol. ::;urv., Bull. No.7, p.197. 15 Ibid., p. 86. 16 Ibid.;p. 198. 11 Ga. Geol. Surv., Bull. No.7, p. 145. 

1s Record, Ga. Geol. Surv., Bull. No. 7, pp. 

159-160. 

19 Ga. Geol. Surv., Bull. No.7, p. 109. . ~ 
DARToN.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITE•D STATES, PART I. 23 

GEORGIA-Continued. 

Location. 

Town. County. 

Cumberland island 1_ Camden ... __ . Do. 2 ______ -------- ..... do ____ ----

Do.a ----·---·----- ..... do--------

Cuthbert.-----·-·---- Randolph ___ _ 

Damascus4_ ---------- Early-----··-- Darien __________ ------ Mcintosh----

Do.6 ---------- ____ ..... do--------

Dawson 6 _ ------ ______ TerrelL------

Doboy ______ .... ------ Mcintosh---· 

Drayton ______________ Dooly ·-------

DryCreek7 ---------- Burke ....... . 

Dublin.·----·-·------ L-aurens--·-- Duckers Stations ____ Dougherty __ Eastman 9 -----------· Dodge _______ _ Eastman------------- ..... do ....... . Do ________________ ..... do ....... . 

Egypt1o -------------- Effingham .. . 

Evelyn .. ------------- Mcintosh ___ _ 

Ev!~tt ·aiti~~~~~~~== -~~~~~: ~~: ==~= Everetts Station _____ Crawford .... 

Fitzgeraldll --------- Irwin--------

Do---------------- ..... do--------

Do---------------- ..... do-----··-

Do ____ ------------ ..... do--------

Florence, 3 miles Stewart ..... . west on Chattahoochee River. 

Do.----- ____ ------ ..... do_----- .. Do---------------- ..... do--------

Do __ -------------- ..... do-------- Fort Gaines. ___ ------ Clay ____ ... __ 

Do---------------- ..... do-------- FortValley12 ________ Houston ____ _ Do ________________ ..... do _______ _ Do ________________ ..... do ....... . 

Hawkinsville13 ·----- Pulaski _____ _ Irwinville ____________ Wilkinson __ _ Jekyl Island14 _______ Glynn ....... . Jesup15 _______________ Wayne.---·--

Depth. 

Feet. 

600 

485 

680 

1,000 

M7 

492 

580 

650 

450 

;tOO 

763 

850 

547 

680 . +600 

720 

750 

500 

420 

460 

+400 

680 

800 

1,000 

853 

490 

490 

445 

455 

650 

800 

1,075 

500 

1,200 

490 

600 

480 

500 

Diame- Yield He~fht 

ter. mfu~te. water. 

Inches. Gallons. 4 Feet. 

+ 12 

+ 12 

Remarks. 

4 

6 6-4 555 + 51 Water sulphurous. - ~ Water also at 340-400 

and 550 feet. 2 

4 

8 

- 7 Water also at 200ft. 

200 + 15 --------- -45 

250 ----------

5-2 6 

8 

2 

8 Flows. Temp., 50°. - 30 Water also at 280and 

8 --------· ------- ·-- 2 + 10 

4 Many. -120 

------·-- Notany ---------- -200 

-45 ---·---4- ---------

2 + 45 

3 +14 

2 +38 

-----~---------- --··:..::·27" 

10 -150 

6 -128 

12-8 139 -320 6 ~ + 20 

2 -lo +20 

1t + 30 

-----4-=3- 150t ::= ~ 

400 - 12 

6-4 ~ ---- ·--- -100 ________ .Not any------ ___ _ 

·--- ---6· ~~:-~~: -- :Fi~w~- 3 (?)+50 

6 250 +45 2 - 33 

375 feet. 

li'irst flow at 350 feet. 

Abandoned. 

Water at 300 and 750 

feet. 

Sulphurous water. Do. 

Water at 500 feet. 

Abandoned. 

Temp., 71°. 

Water also at 287 

feet. 

Kingsland ............ Camden ..... . 4 75 2 60 Flows. 

Do1 6 -------------- ••••• do-------- 500 2 33;\ + 20 

Leary17 -------------- Calhoun-·--- 672 5-2 23 + 30 

Leary,3 miles north. ____ .do-------- 400 --------· _________ Noflow. Abandoned. 

Leesburg _____________ Lee---------- 500-600 8 ---·-·--- Noflow. Temp., 68°. Mineral water. Louisville 1a ____ ------ Jefferson ___ _ 

Lumber City 19 .----- Telfair ______ _ 

Lyons2° -------------- Montgomery 

McArthur21 ______ ·--- ..... do--------

450 

400 

400 

900 

Macon 22 ______________ Bibb_________ 955 

Manassas _____________ Tatnall ·---· 498 

Meldrim .... __________ Effingham.... 538 

l\iilledgeville ... __ ... _ Bald win .. __ . 600 or 700 

Millen2a. _. __ . ___ ____ Screven...... 480-450 

Montezuma24 ________ Macon------- 500 

Do·----------- ____ ..... do .... ____ 425 

Do---------------- ..... do-------- 425 

1 Analysis, Ga. Geol. Surv., Bull. No.7, pp. 78-79. 

2 Ibid., pp. 78-79. a Record, ibid., pp. 76-77. 4 Ga. Geol, Surv., Bull. No. 7, pp. 183-184. 5 Record, ibid., pp. 105-108. 

6lbid., pp. 187-188. 7 Ga. Geol. Surv., Bull. No.7, p.l28. s Record, ibid., p. 182. 9 Analysis, ibid., pp.144-145. 1o Ga. Geol. Surv., Bull. No.7, pp.l21-122. u Ibid., p.152. 12 Record, Ga. Geol. Surv., Bull. No.7, p.l92. 

4 --------- ---------. 

2 

3 

3 

60 

10 

+ 14 

- 84 

-60 

12 Not any------ .... 6 --------- -148 

6 Many. Flows. 

Several wells. Those on low ground flow. 

6 wells. Water also 

at300 feet. 

Main water horizon at 375 feet. 

Water at 419 and 890 

feet. 

Abandoned. 

--------- Many. Noflow. 

4-6 --------- +19 Several wells. 

300 +62 2 wells. 

5 Flows. Temp.,62°. 2 Flows. . Do. 

ta Ibid., p. 140. 

14 Analysis, ibid., p. 94. 

15 Record, Ga. Geol. Surv., Bull. No.7, pp, 103-104. 16 Ga. Geol. Surv., Bull. No. 7, p. 79. 1 7 Recm·d, ibid., pp.186-187. 1s Ibid., p.l32. 1 9 Ibid., n.l50; Analysis and record, U. 8. Geol. 

Surv., Bull. N o.l38, p. 224. 20 Record, Ga. Geol. Surv., Bull. No.7, p.l46. 21 Ibid .. p.l47. 22 Ga. Ge"l. Snrv., Bull. No.7, p.l93. 23 [bid., pp. 123-124. . 24 Record, ibid., pp.189-190. 
24 DEEP BORINGS • IN THE UNITED STATES, P.ART I. [No. 57. 

GEORGIA-Continued. 

Location. 

Depth. Town. County. 

Montezuma---------- Macon----~--

Do ________________ ..... do ....... . Oglethorpe ___________ ..... do .... ___ _ Pelicalville. _ ---- __ --. ______ . _____ .. __ Quitman 1 ____________ Brooks ______ _ 

Reynolds 2 •••• -------- Taylor_·----- Riceboro3 ____________ Liberty _____ _ 

Do 4_. ----· -·--- ---- ____ .do---· ___ _ Richland _____________ Stewart ..... . St. Marys 5 • ---·-- ____ Camden _____ _ 

St. Simons Island ____ Glynn _______ _ 

Do. 6 ----··-·------ ••••• do .... ___ _ 

Savannah------------ Chatham ___ _ Do ________________ ..... do _______ _ Do ________________ ..... do ....... . Do _____________________ do. ______ _ 

Do. 7 -----------·-- _____ do _______ _ 

Savannah (6 miles ..... do .... ___ _ south). 

Savannah (12 miles ----.do __ . ____ _ west on Great 

Ogeechee River). Sebastopol.------ ____ Burke _______ _ 

Smithville a---------- Lee----------

Statesboro_------ ____ Bulloch------

Do-----·---------- ..... do __ ------ Swainsboro9 --------- EmanueL ___ _ Do --------------- ..... do _______ _ Tarboro Io (lt miles Camden ...... northeast). Tennille 11 _ .. ___ • _ .. _ _ Washington _ 

Thomasville 12 _ -----· Thomas _____ _ Do---------------- ..... do _______ _ Union Island _________ ---------------- Valdosta 13 ----------- Lowndes. __ __ 

Valona_-------------- Mcintosh ___ _ Wadley 14 ------------ Jefferson ____ . 

Warwick 15 ___________ Worth_------

Waycross 16------ ____ Ware _______ _ Do------ ____ ------ ____ do _______ _ Do-----------· ____ ..... do---- ..... Waynesboro 17 _______ Burke. ______ _ 

Do ...... ---------- _____ do _______ _ Do ____________ ,. ________ do ______ __ 

Do----.----------- . ___ .do _______ _ 

Do----------------- ___ .. do--------

Do. ___ ------------ ..... do _______ _ Ways l:;tation 1s ______ Bryan ...... __ 

Do---------------- _____ do .. _____ _ Whiteoak1 9 __________ Camden _____ _ 

Wolf Island _____ ----- ---------------- Wright.-------------- ------ ------ __ __ Wrightsville 20 _______ Johnson-----

Do·----------- ____ ..... do _______ _ 

Feet. 

450 

450 

490 

430 

500? 

700 

460 

430 

420 

525 

480 

438 

±650 

'1,500 

500 

402-470 

475-700 

1,147 

±659 

676 

900 

415 

(?) 600 

400 

400 

414 

990 

1,900 

480 

475 

522 

455 

445 

497 

700 

500 

600 

992 

1,260 

760 

425 

618 

876 

460 

484 

450 

500 

785 

672 

763 

1 Record, Ga. Geol. Surv .. Bull. No.7,pp.156-157. 2 Ga. Geol. Surv., Bull. No.7, p. 194. s Ibid., pp. 110-111. 4 Ibid., p. 110. 6 Ga. Geol. Surv., Bull. No.7, pp. 74-75. s Ibid., pp. 87-!l2. 7 Record, ibid., pp. 114-120. s Ibid., pp.176-177. 9 Ga. Geol. Surv., Bull. No.7, p. 43. 10 Ibid., p. 83. 

Diame- Yield Height per of Remarks. ter. minute. water. 

-------

Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

:i} 30 { 

+26 Flows at 60, 150, and 

350 feet. 

+26 

2 66 ---------- Temp.,62°. 

4i 400 ----:..:·3(,- Temp., ±70°. 

6 Water at 109 feet. 

8-4 60 -80 

3 150 +20 

4 100 + 24 Soft water. 6 .25 -120 

4 Many. +no Water at 300 and 500 

feet. 

6--3 100-150 3 wells. 

6 250 + 40 Water 350 and 435 

feet. 

~ --~ -- -- - --- ~----- -18 

12 Many. No flow 

10 -M:~~y.~- ---------- 2 wells reported. 

6 -----·---- 5 wells of old water- works. 

12{ 13wells} -------- { City waterworks 

4,861 comprising 13 wells. 

4 + 31 

--------- --------- Flows. Temp., 72°. 

6 --------- - 2 Water at 200,345,and 

500 feet. 2~,4 Many. + 20 2 wells. 

7-4! 40 -100 

4 --------- ..................... 6 21 -80 •) 10 -90 2 Many. +50 

12-4 Many. -190 Water at 426 and 830 

feet. 

5% Many. -210 

8 Many. -210 

4 150 

8 -113 Temp. 7uo. Water at 360, 450, and 515 feet. 

3 120 + 60 Temp., 70°. 6 Many. +20 13 wells reported. Flow also at330 feet. 

8-2 1 - 5 Sulphur water. 12 750 -60 2 wells, pure water. 6 150 

4 -55 

6 +14 Water at 250,300,and 900 feet. 

8 -52 

---·----... --------- No flow 

No flow 

4 - 18 

6 ·---+"2() Abandoned. 

3 200 Water at 340 and 440 

feet. 

6-2 Many. ----::.:.·oo· 4 300 Water at 130 and 450 

feet. 

2 ----- ~- ~ ~ + 45 Sulphurous water. 6-3t -80 

8 -60 Water at 430 and 672 

feet. 

3 . --- ---- ~ - 63 

11 Record, ibid., pp. 133-136. 12 Ibid., pp. 158-159. 13 Analysis, ibid., pp. 154-156. 14 Record, Ga. Geol. Surv., Bull. No.7, p.131. 1s Ga. Geol. Surv., Bull. No.7, p.164. 16 Record and analysis, ibid., pp. 96-102. 11 Record, ibid., pp.l25-126. 18 Ga. Geol. Snrv., Bull. No.7, pp.l11-112. 1V Ibid., p. 82. 2o Ibid., pp.137-138. 
DARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. 25 

PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO DEEP BORINGS IN GEORGIA. 

Preliminary report on the artesian well system of Georgia, by S. W. McCallie, 

Geological Survey of Georgia, Bulletin No.7, 214 pages, plates, Atlanta, 1898. 

Artesian prospects in the Atlantic Coastal Plain region, by N. H. Darton, 

United States Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 138,232 pages, plates, Washington, 

1896. 

Location. County. 

Boise .•.•.. ------------ Ada----------

Bliss---------·---- ____ Lincoln---··· 

Clift ......... ---------· ---------------- Idaho City_----------- Boise ....• ___ _ 

Minidoka _____________ Lincoln------

g~~~la ~ ~=~::: :::= ~=~= £f:~~ii ~~~~~~ 

Aledo 1 --------------- Mercer------

Algonquin 2 ·--------- McHenry ___ _ 

Alton .... ------------ Madison ____ _ 

Amboy 2 .... ____ ------ Lee ______ ----

Aurora 2 __________ .... Kane--------· 

Do. 3 ------·------- ..... do ....... . Do. a-------------- ..... do _______ _ 

Do. 3 ------ .... ---· ..... do ____ ---- Austin 4 ------ __ ------ Cook _____ ---· Barry 5 _____ ------ ____ Pike ...... ___ _ 

·Beardstown 6 ___ ------ Cass ____ ------ Belleville.------------ St. Clair ___ __ Belvidere 4 _ ....... ·--- Boone _______ _ Do.---------.----- __ .. do_ .. _. __ _ Benton _________ -----· Franklin .. __ _ Bethalto ...... ________ Madison ____ _ 

Bradford.·----------- Stark ...... .. Braid wood ____ .... __ _ WilL __ ... ___ _ 

Cairo------------- ____ Alexander __ _ Do---------------- ____ .do---- ___ _ 

Cambridge----------- Henry------· Camppoint ----------- Adams ...... . Canton 7 -------------- Fulton-------

Do. 7 ________ ------ ..... do __ ------

Do.s -------------- ..... do .....•.• Carbon Cliff 9 ____ .... Rock Island_ 

Do. 7 •• ________________ .do--------

Carmi------------ ___ White _______ _ 

Carrollton7 ---------- Greene ...... . 

IDAHO. 

I Diame- Yield He~yht Depth. ter. mf:~te. water. 

Feet. 

450 

483 

450 

+400 

425 

±400 

400 

Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

270 + 10 

8 --------- ---------- 8 ·---- ---- ---· ------

ILLINOIS. 

3,115 --------- Many. - 75 

2,527 

890 

2,000 

663 

1,388 

2,270 

2,255 

1,205 

2,510 

1,070 

503 

1,950 

1,932 

780 

1,000 

2,454 

900 

700-750 

1,025 

6-4 35-40 Flows. 

+3 

-----8~6- -----sso· :::::::::: --------- .......... + 60 ------------------ + 60 ......... Many. ---------- 6 100 - 35 

17 ........ .. 

-----8-=4- -----4oo· 

8-6 200 

5 3 

12 15 8-~ Many. 

556 

-so 

- 6 

- 6 

-12 

-25 

-175 

At surface. 

+ 10 

1, 329 9-6 74 -146 

~:gg& ----- ""4' -----125" ---- +"3i' 

1,646! H-6 260 + 15 

Remarks. 

Temp., 80°. DeeP{lst 

of several wells. 

Hot wells average 555 gallons per 

minute, and have a height of +30 

feet. Temp., 170°. 

Prospect well. Not 

in use. 

Water at 1,200 feet. 

Salty water from 

2,300 to 2,620 and 

3,071 feet. 

Bad water. Abandoned. 

2 wells; mineral wa- ter. 

Temp., 55° to 60°. 

Water at 300, 1,100, 

and 1, 700 feet. 

Water,oil,and gas. 

Saline water. 

Water from 655 feet. 

4 wells. 

No water below 750 

feet. 

Water from 2,050 

feet. 

Water from 1,100 to ),305 feet and 1,403 to 1,646t feet. 

Unsuccessful. 

Brackish water at 850 

feet. 

950" 

1.m ~:::~:::: ~~~~~~~ -Flo~'ib- water from 1,225-

1,330 feet. 

1 U. S. Geol Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895-96, 

part 2, p. 810. 5 Analysis.J..ibid., p. 827. 

2 Ibid., p. 810. ~Analysis, ibid. p. 820. 4 U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895-96, 

part 2, p. 810. 

6 Record, ~11. Geol. Surv., pp. 61, 66. 7 Record, U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895-96, part 2, p. 849. a Record, Ill. Geol. Surv. Rept., vol. 8, pp. 62-63. D Record, ibid., pp. 64:-65. 
26 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. [N0. 57. 

ILLINOIS-Continued. 

Location. County. 

Carthage 1 •••••• ------ Hancock_--·-

Dq. 1 ______________ ••••• do--------

Do.-2 ---------·---- ..... do--------

Do. 3 _ ----··· ------- __ ,..do-------- Centralia4 ----------- Marion ______ _ Champaign---------- Champaign._ Charleston _____ ------~ Coles ____ . ___ _ 

Do. ____________________ do _______ _ 

Chatsworth5 _________ 

1 

Livingston -- Chicago 6 _______ ------ Cook ________ _ 

Do. 7 ____ ----------· ___ .• do--------· 

Chicago B~. 6-(Union ~=== ~:==~~~~~=I~:== Stock ~a~~:=~==== 

1 

.. __ .do._ .. ___ _ Yards). 8 

Chicago (Lehman ..... do _______ _ 

Well). 

Di e- Yield Height am per of ter. minute. water. Depth. 

Feet. Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

1, 800 5-3 - 16 

1, 000 10-8 - 20 

1,787 --------- ·-------- + 5 

975 --------- Many. ------ ___ _ 

864 6 --------- ---------- 400 ·---- ---- --------- ------ -·-- 2,600 ---- -···· -·------- ----------

748i --------- ---· ----- ------ ---- 1,200 --------- --------- - 25 

694 5 --------- -13 

711 400 -13 

~J~ :===~~~== ~=~=~==~~ -:Ai-top~- 1,105 --------- --------- ----------

Remarks. 

Brackish water at about 750 and 1,000 

feet. 

Water at 865 and 975 

feet. 

Mineral water. Do.· 

Unsuccessful. 

Salt water at 160 and 

815 feet. 

• Hard water, original 

head + 77 feet. 

Original head + 77 feet. 

Unsuccessful. 

Hard water. 

Brackish water. 

Chicago(Swift&Co.) ..... do--------

Chicago (Stockton) ______ do ____ ---- { 

2,604 

2, 700 

2.180 

2,186 r~~:~~~~ -----~~~- ----= -~~- 2 other wells. 

Collinsville. --------- --------· -120 ___ .. _____ Madison ..... Columbia _________ ·--- Monroe------

Coufr~I~~~~~-~ :::= ====== -~~~gg~~~ :::: 

Danville Junction ___ Vermilion __ _ 

Decatur9 _____________ Macon_------

Dekalb ------ -------- Dekalb ______ _ 

Do_--------------· ..... do _______ _ 

573 

1,010 

1,117 

1,201 

2,008 

507 

800 

5i. -------- - 10 

8--6 Many. - 25 

-55 

~:~:~ ~~!c~~h~ant. No gas or oil found. 

Brackish water at 1,701) to 1,735 feet. 

Do _____________________ do _______ _ 880 

890 

10-8 Many. 

14-6 300 - 65 Watt-r 125 to 161 and 

Do ________________ ..... do ....... . Do _________________ ..... do _______ _ 

Denver (near)------- Hancock ____ _ Divernon .... _____ .... Saugamon __ _ 

Dixoni 0 -------· ______ Lee ..... ______ { 

East Dubuque------- Joe Daviess .. East Moline---------- Rock Island . 

East Peoria---------- TazewelL ___ _ 

East St. Louis .. ______ St. Clair ____ _ 

Eldorado------ ....... Saline--------

Elgin u ---------- ____ . Kane ........ _ 

Do .. 1 2 ------------- ••••• do ....... . 

Do.I2 ------------- ..... do _______ _ 

Do. 13 ···---------- ••••• do _______ _ 

Equality------------- Gallatin ..... . 

981 6-4 Many. - 60 

700 Many. -40 

1,030 _________ Many. -40 

60! _________ Not any----------

lJ~g }-------- Many. ------ .... 

940 5 --------- - 95 

1,340 6 240 + 36 

734 

1,100 

520 

1,400 

1,876 

2,026 

2,230 

1,800 

6 --------· + 27 

-- 4 

6--Si- ----·---- ----------

1 U.S. Geol. Surv.,17th Ann.Rept.,1895-96, part 2, p.810. 

:Record, I_II .. Geol. ~-~rv. Rept., vol. 8, pp. 64-65. 

Record, 1b1d., p. 6...,. 4 Record, Economic Geology of Ill., vol. 2, pp.138-139. 5 Record, Economic Geology Ill., vol. 3, pp. 595--596. 

aU. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1&95-96, part 2, p. 811. 7 Ibid., p. 811. s Record, Economic Geology Ill., vol. 2, p. 186. 

595 to 890 feet. 

Coal prospect. 

3 wells. 

750 and 1030 to 1080 

feet. 

Brackish water at 1H7 and 734 feet. 

Good drinking wa- ter, but unfit for 

boilers. 

Water at 487 to 514 

feet; sulphur wa- ter at 650 to 700 feet. 

Also sulphur water at 650 to 700 feet. 

Sulphur water at 65<T to 700 feet; soft wa- ter at 2,024 feet. 

Also sulphur water at 650 to 700 feet. 

Very salt water at 900 feet. · 

9 Record, Economic Geology Ill., vol. 3, pp. 538--539. 10 Analysis, U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895-96, part 2, p. 827. u U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895-96, part 2, p. 812. 12 Ibid., p. 812. 13 Ibid., p. 812; Analy!;!is, ibid., p. 827. 
DARToN.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNI'rED STATER, PART I. 27 

ILLINOIS-Continued. 

Location. County. 

Evanston 1 ••••••••••• Cook----·----

Fairbu.ry2 ____ , _______ Livingston .. Do ________________ ..... do ....... . 

Franklin ........ ____ Morgan ..... . 

Fulton a __________ .... Whiteside .. . 

Galena4 -------------- Jo Daviess .. . 

Depth. 

Feet. 

1,602 

571 

2,002 

1,200 

Diame- Yield He~Fht 

ter. mfn~te. water. 

Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

+ 5 

8 --------- - 60 

5 

8 

300 

166 

+ 61 

+ 85 

Remarks. 

Water at 562 to 832 

feet. 

Water at 427 feet. 

Flow for gas unsuc- cessful. 

First flow, 475 feet; 

sulphur water. 

Galesburg-5 ·······---_Knox ........ . 

1,246 

1,209 

1,236 --------- --------· ---------- City waterworks well No.2. 

Do. 6 .•••••••••••••••••• do·------- 1,226 14-6 120 -102 Water at 1,060to1,226 

feet. 

g:~~e07~~~:~~::::~:: -~~~JJ.::~:::~ 1,<l70 9-6 50 -178 

2,250 6 190 - 31 

Gi.lman. ----- _ ··------- Iroquois ..... . Greenup ..... -------- Cumberland_ 

1, 746 --------· 150 -- 7 

640 2 ......... ---------- Mineral water. Hamilton ....... ------ Hancock ____ _ Harvard. _______ ---"-- McHenry .... 

Harvey ..... -~-----··· Cook--------- { 

~ ----i2~7- ~g :: ~! ~~~dh~~~~~er. 1,000 } 2,075 --- ---· 250 - 10 2 wells. 

Hawthorne ..... ------ ..... do _______ _ 

Do--·---------·--- ...... do-----···· 

Hennepin------------ Putnam ..... . Henry------------·--- MarshalL .... ! 

HighlandPark 8 •••••• Lake ........ . 

Hinsdale . ------------ DFuuptaogne_ ._._-_-_-_-_ Ipava 9 _ ----- ___ ••• ____ lt 

Jacksonville 1o ·------ Morgan------

Do.u ------------- ..... do ........ . 

Do.l 2 ---------'---- ••••• do--------

Do.l 2 ------------- ••••• do _______ _ 

i 

Jerseyville 1a_ ··----- __ Jersey ____ .. .1 

Joliet 14_ -·----- ________ WilL ... ------1 

Do ..................... do ....... . Do.ts ______________ ---.do ....... . 

Ka~~~~e-i7 ::::::::.·: ·iian.t~kee::::i Kewanee IB ___________ Henry. ------1 

989 --····--- --------- ---------- 2,005:!- ---·--··· --------· ---------- 800 4 80 +50 

1,355 3t 32 

2,200 

864 

1,570 

1.600 

2,343 

2,408 

3,028 

2,003 

477 

1,200 

1, 700 

2,076 

1,000 

1,480 

1,050 

1,350 

8-5 150 + 9 

60 ----------

-----6~i ------36" ----~-i5" 

5% 85 +10 

500 -30 

12-3 200 100 

Many. Flows. 

_________ -----~~- ----+-io- --------- --------- + 10 4 - 15 

9-6 130 150 

7-4 

8 

so 

80 

Slightly saline water. White sulphur wa- ter. 

Water at 900, 1,300, 

and 1, 700 to 2,200 

feet; slightlysaline 

and hard. 

Also salty and sulphurous water at about 1,010 feet. 

For gas. Water brackish at 2,340 feet. 

Water brackish at about 2,100 feet. 

Water from 1,800 and 

3,000 feet; slightly 

saline. 

Water at 1,400to 1,600 

feet. 

Water from 900 feet. 

Water from 1,000 

feet. 

2 wells. 

Water from 1,180 to 1,350 feet. 

135 Flow~. Shaft for coal. 

Flowed o gallons at 28 feet, 200 gallons at 173 feet, then 

decreaRed to 135 

gallons. 

1 U.S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895-96, part 2, p. 813; Analysis, Ibid., p. 827. 2 Ill. Geol. Surv., vol. 6, p. 242. 3 U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., lR95-96, part 2, p. 813. 4 Ibid., p. 813; Analysis. p. 827. 5 Analysis, Am. lust. Mining Engineers, Trans., vol. 27, p. 135. 6 U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895-96, part 2, p. 813. 7 Ibid., p. 813; Analysis, p. 827. 6 U.S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895-96, part 2, p. 813. 9 Ibid., p. 813. • 10 Ill, Geol. Surv., vol. 8, p. 67. 11 U.S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895-96,part 2, p.8H; Analysis, Ibid., p.82e. 12 Ibid., p. 814; Analysis, ibid., p. 820. 1 3 Ibid., p. 814; Analysis, pp. 808,827. 14 Record, Economic Geol. Ill., vol.2, pp. 482,487. 15 U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895-96, part 2, p. 814; Analysis, Ibid., p. 821. 16 Record, Ibid., pp. 799, 814. 17 Ioid., p. 814; Analysis. ibid., p. 821. 

ISJbid., p, 814; ibid., p. 821. 19 U.S. Geol. Surv.,l7th Ann. Rept .. l895-96, part 2,p.814. 2° Columbia College, School of Mines Quarterly, vol.16, pp. 238-243. 
28 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. [NO. 57. 

ILLINOIS-Continued. 

Location. County. Depth. ter. mfnute. wat~r. Remarks. Diame-1 Ynieelrd Height 

-------1------------------

Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

Lagrange·----------- Cook ........ . Lake Forest 1 ---· ---- Lake ........ . -----------··-----No flow. --------- 60 + 50 

Lancaster2_ ---------- Wabash ..... . Lasalle 1 __ ·----- -----. Lasalle ...... . 6 ---·----- ---------- 6 200 ----------For oil; unsuccessfuL 

i.emo:n.t ____ -----· ---- Cook _______ __ Litchfield a _____ ------ Montgomery 

Feet. 

2,014 

9ti0 

+800 

50'.2 

1,366 682 --------- -------- + 60 --------- ------------------- Oil with salt water 

McLeansboro-------- Hamilton ___ _ Macomb ______________ McDonough. 

and gas. 8-f>t 3t ------ .... --------- --------- -55 Do.4 ______________ ..... do ...... . 

800 

1,350 

1,630 --------- --------- ------ .... Water from 1,135 to 1.360 feet. 

Marion--------------- Williamson .. 

Marissa. _____ -----____ St. Clair _____ _I 

1, 715 --------- --------- Flow. For gas and oiL Sulphurous and salt water found. 

Marseilleso ·----- _____ Lasalle.·-----· 

Marshall------------- Clark _______ _ 

Mattoon-------------· Coles ____ ..... 

Mendon-------------- ..Adams ______ _ Mendota 6 ------------ Lasalle ______ _ Do. 7-------------- _____ do _______ _ 

MilanB ______ ------· ___ Rock Island .. Do. 9 -----------·--- _____ do _______ _ 

Millstadt-----. _______ St. Clair------ Minonk _______________ Woodford ... 

Minorka ______________ Gundy.------

!Ioline10 ------ ________ Rock Island .. 

685 

2,189 

500 

1,647 

35 Noflow. 

1 Flow. 

Many. __ -- .... 

-47 

Flow is from 298 feet. 

2 unsuccessful o i I borings. 

Salt water at308 feet, and very salty at J 

1,500 feet. 

1,0'20 

400 

857 + 14 Flows at 187 and 637 

feet. 

1,217 

1,157 -----s-=5- -----ais· ----+-6i" 

620 7i 4 - 75 

1, 7551_________ 100 -1<9 

Water from 800 and 

1,000 feet. 

Hard water. Moderate! y hard water at 750 feet 

and at about 1,700 

feet. 

Do.n -----·------- _____ do ...... .. 

2,100 ·-------- ---·-·---1 + 46 1,166 --------- 250 + 25 

1 628 5 350 + 82 Sulphur water at 

::: __ --~-~---~;~ :----=-;,; ".'i.~~~;f.:r;r; no Monmouth 12 .-------- Warren .... .. 

Do------------ _________ do .. __ ··--- Do.I3 _____ ---- _________ do _______ _ 

Do.14 --·--·------- _____ do _______ _ 

1,230 ......... 1 200 I - 60 ·water from 1,074 to 1,230 feet. 

Monticello ______ .----- Piatt.---- .... ~::~: ~:~~~~~j~~~~~:~~~ ----~-~- :1~ftig,~~l~fi~: Morgan Park-------- Cook---------

Morris 15 _____ -------- Grundy------

Do---------------- ..... do---··----

Mount Carmel 16 .... Wabash ...... Mount Carroll ....... CarrolL------

Murphysboro-------- .Jackson _____ _ 

Oakpark------------- Cook .. ____ ·---

Do------ __________ ..... do ........ . 

Olney 11 --------------1 Richland. ___ _ 

1,046 

406 

600 

700 

2,502 

509 

1,568 

2,200 

2,000 

10 Many. 

45 

Flows. 

5 --------- ·---------

8 -------------------

500 -20 

-20 

_________ .... ___ __[ Noflow. 

1 U.S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895-96, part 2, p. 814. 2 Record, Economic Geol. Ill., vol. 3, pp. 58-60. a Record Ill. Geol. Surv., vol. 7, p. 37. 4 Analysis, U.S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 18i15-96, part 2, pp. 808,827. 

5 Record, Ill. Geol. Surv., vol. 8, p. 50. 6 U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann.Rept., 1895-96, part 2, p. 815. 7 Record, Minnesota Geol. Surv., 13th Ann. Rept., pp. 55, 56. 8 U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann Rept, 1895-96, part 2, p. 846. 9 Ibid., p. 815; Analysis, ibid., pp. 808, 827. 10 Record, U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895-96, part 2, pp. 847,848. n Record, ibid., p. 848; Analysis, ibid.i pp. 808, 827. 

water also. 

Water at 1,040 feet. 

Bored for oil. 

Much water at 1,200 

feet; lessfrom1,300 to 2,50U feet. 

Good water at 400 

feet; saline water at 450 feet. 

Water from 1,529 

feet.. 

Water from 1,600and 

2,200 feet. 

Saline water. 

12 Record, Ill. Geol. Surv. Reports, vo. 8, pp. 62-66. 

13 Record, U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895-96, part 2, p. 848; Analysis, ibid., pp. 808, 827. 14 Record, ibid., p. 848; Analysis, ibid., pp. 808, 827. 15 Record, Economic Geol. Ill., vol. 2, p. 457. 16 Reeord in part, Economic Geol. Ill., vol. 3, pp. 386-387. 

I7lll, Geol. Surv. Reports, vol. 7,p.8. 
DARTON.! DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNIT.ED STATES, PART I. 29 

ILLINOIS-Continued. 

Location. County. 

Ottawa 1 .• ---- ____ ___ _ Lasalle.------

Do. 2 -----·-------- ..... do _______ _ 

Palatin 3 ______________ , Cook ________ _ 

~:~ts·:~~== :::::: :::::·: ~~~~;~~~-~=== Park Ridge._.________ Cook _____ .. __ 

Paxton-----·-·--··--- Ford--··- __ _ 

Pedicord ------------- Lasalle ______ _ 

Pekin _________________ TazewelL ___ _ 

Do-----·---·--·-·- ..... do--------

Peoria (opposite)4 .. -1 Peoria .. -.... Peru5 ---·-- ·--------- Lasalle ______ _ 

Polo---···--------··-·· Ogle ......... . Potsdam·····-----·-· ...... ---···---- Princeton a ___________ Bureau·-----

Do----------·- ____ ---·.do __ ------

Do7 -----· ••. ··---- ~--·.do .. ------ Quincy--------------- Adams_------ Ramsey-------------- Fayette _____ _ Redbud _______________ Randolph ... . 

Do·--------------- _____ do ....... . 

Depth. 

Feet. 

4-00 

1,84-0 

1,656 

2,507 

2,200 

1,500 

2,100 or 2,600. 

2,189 

Diame- Yield He~Fht 

ter. mfn~te. water. 

Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

+177 

+2 

--------- Few. ---------- 8 Notany ·--------· 6-3 --------- -10 

Many. 

8 At surface. 

800 1,000 -------6- -----i6f -----+65" 

734 

1,360 200 +60 

+120 

Remarks .. 

Has 200 wells 460 feet 

deep. Waterfrom 

290 to 400 feet. 

Water from 1,64-0 to 1,840 feet. 

Water at 160 and 800 feet. 

Brackish water. 

Water from Potsdam 

1,845 to 2,143 feet. 

Salt at 500 feet. 

Saltwater at 425 feet. 

Lower water strongly sulphur- ous. Temp., 70°. 

Sulphur water. Water at 750 feet 

also. 

!:~ ~==~=::~= -~;~~=- :~~=~~i~= 2,092 9f-4t 320 ...... ---- Water hard, slightly saline from 1,521 to 1,670 feet and 1,850 

400 

550-1,000 

+4-00 -------3- -------4- -----+-7" 

4 --------- -20 

to 1,975 feet. 

5wells. 

Review----------·-···---·------------

580 

1,350 

1,400 

1,233 

6 ------ ... _______ : __ Temp., 62°. 

Do ________________ --------·------· 208 54 Salt water from 600 to 1,008 feet. 

Riversides----------- Hancock ____ _ 680 35 +63 Mineral water. 

Do--------------·- ..... do-------- { 

Riverton9 ------------ Sangamon ... 

Rock Island 1o .... .•.. Rock Island .. 

Do.11 •••••• --··--·- _____ do---·---· 

1,300} 

2,200 

2,584 

1,150 

2,282 

Rockford12 ----------· Winnebago __ 1,3Q0-1,996 

Do.13 -------------- ----.do--------

Rushville.------------ Schuyler ___ _ 

St.Johns14 ----------- Perry _______ _ 

Do .. -------------- _____ do _______ _ Savannah------------ CarrolL _____ _ 

Seneca ·-·------------ Lasalle ...... . Do.I 5 -·-···------- _____ do _______ _ 

Shelbyville ___________ Shelby ______ _ 

400 

2,500 

1,050 

3,750 

1,432 

600-650 

680 

1,200 

3 1,000 

4 

8-~ ---------

8-U 116-260 

6 

+20 

+70 

+50 

+ 8 

-8 

6 ----------

500 H3 

4 --------- +15 

6 _____ ____ Flows. 

I U. 8. Gaol. Surv.,17th Ann. Rept.,1895-96,part 2,p.816. 2 Record, ibid., pp. 798-799. a Ibid., p. 816. 

4 Economic Geol. of Ill., Vol. 2, p. 449. 

No gas, oil, or water found. 

s~~E~~~ ~~~~~- at 

Also sulphur water at 800 feet. 

Five wells. Water 

from 380 to 400 feet 

and 1,200 to 1,300 

feet. 

Water has unpleas- · ant taste. 6 salt wells; brine at 970 feet. 

2 wells. 

Water, which is hard 

and sulphurous, is 

from 350 and 38U 

feet. 

Water is saline, and 

from 625 feet. 

5 Analysis, U.S. Gaol Surv., 17th Ann. Rapt., 1895-96, part 2, p. 828. 6 U. 8. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895-98, part 2, p.816; Analysis, ibid., pp.808,828. 7 Record, Economic Geol. of Ill, vol. 3, p.l78. · 8 Record, Ill. Geol. Surv., vol. 8, pp. 64-65. 9 111. Geol. Surv. Reports. vol. 8, p. 62. to U. 8. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rapt., 1895-96, part 2, p. 816; Analysis, pp. 808, 828; Record, pp. 

845-846. n Ibid., pp. 817, 845. 

12 Ibid., p. 816; Analysis, p. 828. 

13 Analysis, ibid., p. 828. 

Hill. Geol. Surv., vol. 7, p. 38. 

15 U. S. Gaol. Surv.,17th Ann. Rept., 1895-96, part 2, p. 817. 
30 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, P .ART I. [NO. 57. 

ILLINOIS-Continued. 

Locat.ion. County. Depth. Ia~e- per of 

tei · minute. water. Remarks. 

I 

D' Yield Height 

----------------1-----------1--------l------ -------1------------------

Sheldon-------------- Iroquis. ____ _ Shawneetown 1 ______ Gallatin _____ _ 

Do.2 -------------- ..... do ....... . 

Feet. 

1,800 

1,513 

1,500 

Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

10-5 100 -40 

For oil, only salt water found. 

Ai 500 feet, small 

vein gas; at 1.500, 

large quantity salt water. Sparta 1 • ______ ------ __ Randolph.... 480 -75 

Springfield No flow. 3 .. ·c ·--- __ Sangamon ___ Nearly 

Sterling 4 _____________ Whiteside __ _ 

Streator 5 __ ----- ______ Lasalle. ______ i 

I Tuscola -----· -------- Douglas ...... Do. _______________ ..... do_: ____ __ 

Vermilion 6 ---------- Lasalle ....... 

Virginia .... ____ ._____ Cass _________ _ 

Washington Heights. TazewelL ___ _ 

Warsaw .......... ___ Hancock .... . 

Do ..................... do ....... . Do------ ______ .... ____ .do __ ----- Waterloo. ____ .... _ .. Monroe------

Waukegan-------. __ 

Wenona ........... __ _ West Frankfort _ .. .. Wilmington 7 ___ • ___ _ 

Lake--------_ { 

MarshalL ___ _ Franklin __ .. _ 

WilL .... ----

Winchester---------- Scott ________ _ Winnetka 8 __ ----- .... Cook----- ___ _ 

Do . __________ . _ __ _ _ __ .. do __ .. ___ _ Woodstock _________ ._ McHenry ___ _ 

Do---------------- ..... do ........ 

1.200. 

1,450 

2,496 

350 At surface. 

+45 Water at 450, 2,170 to 2,496 feet. 

792 --------- --------- ----------

1;~ -----~~- -i.\Iaiiy~- ':Fiows:- Temp., 60°. 

Flows begin at 380 

feet; water slight- ly saline. 

750 

1,308 

780-800 

750 

860 

1,036 

4 

6 

6 9i-7t 

100 

90 

200 

20 

Water at 730 and 750 

feet; unfit for 

drinking. 

+ 6.') 3 wells; water sulphurous. +155 Do. + 62 Original head +98. 

20-gallon flow at 80 

feet also. Temp.,50°. 

~~~~::::: :~::::::: :~:~~~~~~: }rronywater; 3wells. 

100 - 25 

1,135 

1,600 

2,005 

1,854 465 . ____ .. ___________ ...... _ __ Coal prospect. 

635 1 4i ... __ ---- 46 s~~~~rC::t~~d~~~ 

4121 _________ --------- -t- 25 

1,570 1_________ 150 + 8 

1.900 I ___________________________ _ 

1,0141-- ------- 500 ---------- . 410 ! 5 --------- -130 

400 to 631) feet. 

Water from 350 feet. 

Original head, + 18 

feet. 

-------- ---------·------------'-------

1 U.S. Geol. Surv.J7th Ann. Rept., 1895-96, part 2, p. 817. 2 Ky. Geol. Surv. ~ept. Petroleum, Natural Gas, etc., by E. Orton, p. 205. a Ill. Geol. Surv. Reports, vol. 5, p. 312. 4 Analysis, U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 18!15--96, part 2, p. 828. 5 lll. Geol. Surv., vol. 7, pp. 50, 59; Record, U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895-96, part 2, p. 798; Analysis Ibid., p. 821. 6 U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895-96, part 2, p. 818; Economic Geol. Illinois, vol. 2, p. 235. 7 U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895--96, part 2, p. 818. 8 Analysis, U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895--96, part 2, p. 828. 

PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO DEEP BORINGS IN 

ILLINOIS. 

lllinois Geological Survey, Reports on Geology and Palreontology, volumes 5, 

1873; 6, 1875; 7, 1883, and 8, 1890. ' 

Economical Geology of Illinois, by State geologist, volumes .2 and 3, Spring 

field, 1882. 

The Water Resources of Illinois, by Frank Leverett, United States Geological 

Survey, Seventeenth Annual Report, 1895-96, part2, pp. 695-849, plates, Washington, HH::l6. 
DARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. 31 

INDI.AN.A. 

The numerous deep borings in Indiana are for oil or gas, but a few of them 

yield water supplies. The wells are in groups or "districts," often many square 

miles in extent. Where localities given in the following list are in districts, only 

representative wells are described, for it would not be practicable here to list all 

the individual wells. In some localities new wells are constantly being sunk. 

Location. County. 

Adams .... ·--------- Decatur ____ _ Alexandria ___________ Marlison -----

Depth. 

Feet. 

Diameter. 

Yield He0ight 

per f 

minute. water. 

Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

Remarks. 

± 800 ·-------- ---------.--------- Gas well. 

881 ··------· --------- --------·- Gas wells. Amboy 1 ____ ---------· Miami ...... . 940 --------- --------· ---------- Salt water at 385 feet. Albany~ ________ .----- Delaware ___ _ 978. ·-------- --------- ---------- Gas well. Albion 3 _____ ••• ------ Noble .... ___ _ 1,914 ------------------ ---------- Forgas;unsuccesful. 800 : _________ --------- ---------- Water,mineral; city supply in part. 

Anderson 4----- .••••. Madison ____ _ 

Do. 5 ____ • __ ••••••••••• do----.... 800-900 8 ----- .... -25 -Gas wells in vicinity. 

Arcadia 6 _ -----· •••••• Hamilton---- 974 .... ----- --------- ------ ..•• Gas well. 

Atlanta .................... do ....•••• ___________ ---------·-----------------· Do. 

Attica---- .....•••.... Fountain --·- 900 --------- --------- Flows. Sulphurous water. Auburn---·---··--- .. Dekalb....... +1,933 --··----- --------- .... ··-c-- Gas wells. 

Aurora7 ...•...•...... Dearborn.... 1,000 .......... ----··--- ---------- Brackishwaterat195 

feet, brine at 81U 

feet, and gas at 267 

feet. 

Bloomington 8 _ -----· Monroe ------ 2,730 ......... --·-----· ---------- Nogoodwater;aban- doned. 

Bluffton ..••.......... Wells----·--- 100-500 ·-------- ·-------- ·------·-- Hard water. Do. 9 -------------· ..... do________ 1,200 ··-···--- _ ----------------- For gas; unsuccess- ful; salt water. Boone Landing ...... Floyd ........ --··---·--- ......... ------------------- Boonville ............. Warrick_____ 1,400 _________ ....•.... No flow. 

Boonville (4 miles ...... do......... 1,500 10or12 Noflow. 

west). 

Boonville .....•. ------ ..... do ....... . Bridgeportio -·--·--- Marion ...... . Brightwood------···· Marion ...... . Do •.•.. ___________ ..... do ........ . 

Do------------·-·· _____ do·------· 

Broad Ripple .............. do ........ _ Brookville (4 miles Franklin ... . south). 11 

Brownstown 12 _______ Jackson------

~~~t:~~ B:iiiis==== :~=: ifi~~i:=:=:=== 

Butler-----·------ ____ Dekalb. ------ Do 14------ ____ ---- .•••. do ____ .... 

1,200 12 --------- Flows. 

1,200 --------- ·------·- ---· ---·-- !¥g ---·-. "8" -----i39" -= ~ 

1,181 ---'-- ---- ----- --·- ------ ·---

+ '950 

1,254 

1,891 

1,050 

+1,004 

600 

2,139 

-291 

- 20 

Cadiz.·----··-----·--- Henry . ---·-- ............. ----· _________ ·--- ____ ------ Cambridge ... ~-----·- Wayne....... + 886 ......... _________ ----···--· 

Camden .............. Jay-------------------·---------- ......... ____ ..... . Cannelton------------ Perry .... ____ 750 8-5% ·---- ____ -150 

Carbon (2 miles Clay------____ 936 ---· __________ .... ------ ___ _ south). 

Gas wells. 

Gas well. 

Salt water. Gas well. 

Several wells. 

Railroad well. 

Some gas, oil, 

salt water. Gas wells. 

Do. 

and 

Flow of magnesia water at 565 feet; 

salt water at 1,891 

feet. 

Oil well; abandoned. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful; salt water. Hard water. For gas, unsuccess- ful; salt water. Gas wells. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Gft's wells. 

Water and oil. 

Not successful. 

Do. _____ ............... do .... __ __ 1,255 10 ----- ·--- - 40 Good water at 350 feet. 

Carmel.------ .. __ ... Hamilton ___________ ·--- _____ .... ·---- ____ .......... Gas well; small prod- uct. 

1 Record, Ind. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv., 16th Rept., 18881 pp. 186, 187. 2 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, part 1, p. 715. 3 Ibid., p. 737. 4 U.S. Geol. Surv., 18th Ann. Rept., 1896-97, part 4, p. 487. s Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, part 1, pp. 711-713. 6 Ibid., p. 699. 7 Ibid., p. 705. 8 Record, Ind. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv., 15th Rept., 1885-86, p. 332. 9 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, part 1, p. 740. I 0 Ibid., p. 701. 11 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, part 1, p. 707. 12 Ibid., p. 726. I3 Ind. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Sem., 16th Ann. Rept.,l888, p.186. 14 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv.,llth Ann. Rept.,1889-90,part 1,p. 738. 
32 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. [NO. 57. 

Location. 

INDIAN A-Continued. 

County. Depth. Diameter. 

Yield Height 

per of 

minute. water. 

Feet. Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

Carthage1 •........... Rush.-----------------------------------···----------

Centerville ........... Wayne....... + 886 ----- ........ _____ ----------

Remarks. 

Gas near 1,257 feet. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Chandler_ .. ---.______ Warrick_ .... 1,505 --------- _________ .... ------ 2 flows of salt water and some gas. Charlottesville.------ Hancock ..................... ____ .... _ .... ---- ...... . Chesterfield 2 .... ____ Madison_____ 9-iS --------- _____ .... ------ ___ _ 

Cicero---------------- Hamilton .... ----------- ......... --------- ...... ---- Circleville ............ Tipton------- - +1,078 .......... --------- ......... . 

Gas well. 

Do. 

Gas well. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Columbia City3 ______ Whitley ___ __ 1, 375 ---- ---- . ---- -- --- - 20 For gas; unsuccess8~~~~~~-:::::::::::: ~:;~~~1-~~~~ -----~·-~~- ~=======~ :::::::~: ::::~~==== Connersville 6 ........ Fayette...... 851 8 ................. .. Converse ............. Miami........ 200--435 --------- .................. . 

ful. Salt water. Gas well. 

Do. 

Do. 

Hard water; brackish waterat435feet. 

Do. 6 ------ ............. do ....... . 900-950 --------- ----- ______________ Gas wells in vicinity. 

Corydon .............. Harrison 7 .. . 

..... do ...... .. 1,200 --------- -------------------'Gas boring. 423--728 8--5% --------- ......... Fresh water 30-130 

Covington (3 miles Fountain .... below). 

Cowan................ Delaware __ .. Crawfordsville s • .. • • Montgomery 

Crown Pointo ________ Lake---------

Do.10 .................. do ...... .. Cumberland----·---- Marion ..... .. Daleville------------- Delaware ... . Dalton................ Wayne ...... . 

Danville.............. Hendricks __ _ Do ..................... do ...... .. 

Decatur 11 .. .. .. ... .. .. Adams ..... .. 

Deer Creek (one-half CarrolL .... .. mile south). 

Delphi 12 ................... do ...... .. 

Do ..................... do ______ __ Delphi (2milessouth- ..... do ....... . west). 13 

Delphi (northeast) ........ do--------

Delphi (southeast, at ..... do ______ __ water tower). 

Delphi (southeast) ........ do ....... . 

Delphi (northwest) ....... do ____ .... 

1,000 

+ 935 

1,544 

1,365 

3,300 

+1,039 

+ 870 

+ 960 

830 

1,500 

1,300 

± 840 

914 

1,200 

923 

928 

947 

1,315 

1,385 

-120 

8-5 30 ----------

6-4 --------- ----------

6-4 --------- ----------

6-4 --------- ----------

6-:-4[ ... ____ .. Flows. 

6-4 Flows. 

6-4 

Desoto .............. __ Dublin----------- .. .. Dunkirk .......... __ __ W1;~::~-~~== -----i;250- ::::::::: ::::::::: ----~25a· Jay ... _______ ± 925 _________ --------- .... ------ Dunreith ....... ____ __ 

Earl Park------ ...... Eagletown ..... ____ __ 

Henry _ .......... __ ......... ----- .......... ---------- Benton ------ 1,000 5 --------- ........ .. Hamilton. ________ .. ____ ....... -- .... _ ..... -..... ----

Eaton 14 ...... .... .... Delaware ____________ ...................... ----- ----

1 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, part 1, p. 704. 2 Ibid.' pp. 709-713. 

feet; also saltwater 

in lower strata. 

Gad well. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. Sulphur wa- ter at 750 feet. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. Salt water. Not successful. 

Salt water. Gas well. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Abandoned. 

First water at 700 

feet. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. Salt water. Oilat825feet; saltor 

mineral water at 833 feet. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Salt or mineral water at 923 feet. 

Salt or mineral water at 928 feet; also oil. 

Salt or mineral water at 922 feet; also oil 

I 

and gas. Salt or mineral water at 898 feet; also oil 

and gas. Salt or mineral water at 923 feet. 

Gas well 

Gas well. 

Gas wells. 

Gas well. 

Abandoned. 

Gas well; small prod- uct. 

Gas well. 

3 Record, U. S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, part 1, p. 736. 

4Jbid., p. 722; U.S. Geol. Surv., 18th Ann. Rept., 1896--97. part 4, pp. 487-488. 6 U. S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, part 1, p. 721. 6 Ibid., pp. 690--691. 7 U.S. Geol. Surv., 18th Ann. Rept., 1896-97, part 4, p. 488; Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. 

Rept., 1889-90, part 1, p. 72.'). s Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., part 1, 1889-90, p. 729. II Ibid., p. 704. 

1o Borings preserved in county auditor's office. 11 Record, U. S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, part 1, p. 740. 

12 Ibid., p. 731. 

13 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv., 1881-1893, p. 54, pl. 14. 14 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, part 1, p. 713. 

·"' 
DARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. 33 

INDIAN A-Continued. 

Location. County. Depth. ter. mfu~te. wa~~r. Remarks. 

I I 

Diame- Yield I Height 

---------:-----:-------: -------1----------

Johnson · _____ , Edinburg 1 _ ---·-· __ __ 

Elizabethtown.·----· 

ElkharP _ ------------

Bartholo-1 

mew. Elkhart _____ _ 

Elwood.--·-·· .... ---· Madison ____ _ English (8 miles Crawford .... sout'l). 

Do ...... ·-----_ ....... do-----·---

English, Clark well 3 •••••• do ____ .... 

Evansville------- __ .. Vanderbu~g _ 

Do4 _____ ------ ......... do .... ----

Feet. 

1,583 

+ 9H 

+ 615 

J: 936 

700 

887 

648 

1,100 

1,829 

Inches. Gallons. ]l~eet. 

-83 For gas; salt water only. 

Gas well. 

5t --------- Flowed. For gas; unsuccess1 

ful. Salt water at 550 feet. 

----··:·· --~---i!- ----~ -~-~· Gas well. . 

-----·--- --------- .......... 

1 

G.is at 408 feet; salt 

I water at 648 feet; 

1 

s.ome oil. 

--··------ --------- ----------~ Severalwells; brack- ish water. --------- ......... ---------- Salt water at 1.400 , I teet. 

Fail~>~O"illl'i5~~~::~==::1 iii-a~~~==:~::: 500-U'28 ----8~4-- ::===:::: :::::::::: 

Farmland 6 ••. ___ -----~ Randolph.... 1,017 '---------1--------- ---------- Gas wells. 

Fisher's Station----- Hamilton ____ ------. ____ : _ ... -----.--------- ----------

Flora------------····- Carroll------ ±1,100 I &-4 1--·-····· --········ Florida _______________ Madison _____ ----------- _________ ------------------- Fontanet _____________ Vigo --------- ± 400 8 - 12 

.l!,ontanet (one-half ..... do........ 440 Many. mile southwest). 

Uo. 

Do. 

Salt water at feet: also oil. 

Gas well. -

1,040 

Fontanet (3 miles ..... do--------

southwest). 

1,451 8-4 Many. ------ .... Water at 400 feet. 

Fortville--------·----- Hancock...... (?) Fort Wayne __________ Allen_________ 250-450 

Fort Wayne (Bass 

foundry.) 

Fort Wayne (Abott's addition). 7 

Fort Wayne (courthouse). 

..... do--------

_____ do--------

..... do ....... . 

FountainCity ........ ·Wayne ...... . Francesyille ......... Pulaski ..... . 

Frankfort 8 ...... ..... Clinton •...•• 

Frankfort (4 miles ..... do--------

east). 

Franklin 9 ------ ...... Johnson ----- Frankton ............. Madison ___ __ Fulton ................ Fulton----·--

1,458 

1,900 

3,000 

+1,025 

+890 

1,446 

1,105 

1,113 

840 

1,150 

:=:::~:::i'.5;~Wii1 ··-·:.:.6(?)

1 

~:i:Ji~s. at water-

--------- ------- ______ ·----- .For gas; unsuccess· . ful. _ _____ ___ _ _____ ___ -900 For gas; unsuccessful; mineral water. - 8 For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Do. 

--·------ -----·--- -----·---- Oil and gas; unsuc- cessful. 

-600 Salt water at 1,200 

feet . 

. -------- --------- -------··· For gas; unsuccess· ful. 

Gas well 

Salt water only; abandoned. 

Galveston 1o ___ . ------ Cass .... _ _ ____ 860 ...... ___ ...... ___ .•.••..... Do ________________ ..... do________ 934 -····---- ·----·--- ·····-·---

Garrett ............... Dekalb ....... ----------- ------·-- --------- ·--------- Glenwood------------ Rush......... +950 ------·-- ......... ----------

Goshen n_· ____________ Elkhart------ 2,059 Flows. 

Salt water only. Small gas well. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful; salt water. 

Gosport-------------· Owen-------- 926 --------- Many +30 White sulphur water. Greencastle----····-- Putnam ..... . 1,200 6 --------- ----------

Do ...................... do ________ 2,000-2,700 8-4 Flow. 

Greenfield 12 --------- Hancock..... 990 --------- ---·-·--· ......•... 

1 Record, U.S. Geol.Surv.,llth Ann. Rept., 1889-90, part l,p. 728. 2 Ibid., p. 735; Michigan Geol. Survey, 1881-1893, p. 57, Pl. XVII.· 3 Record,Ind.Geol.and Nat. Hist.,l7th Ann. Rept., 1891, p.311. 4 Ky. Geol. Surv. Petroleum, Natural Gas, etc., by Orton, pp.l97-98. 5 U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-00,part 1,p. 685. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Several borings; water at several 

horizons. 

Gas wells. 

6 Ibid., pp. 688-68!1. 7 Analysis and record, Ind. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv., 16th Ann. Rept., 1888, pp.l29-130. 8 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Anu. Rept., 1889-00,part l,p. 730. 9 Ibid., p. 727. 

10Record, Ind.Geol.and Nat.Hist., .l9th Ann.Rept.,1894,p.39. 11 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, part 1, p. 735; Mich. Geol. Surv., 1881-1893, p. 60. pl.l9 .. 12 Record, U. S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., part 1, pp. 701-702. 

IRR 57-02--3 
34 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. [NO. 57; 

Location. 

INDIANA-Continued. 

County. Depth. 

Diame- Yield Height 

ter. mfn~te. w~fer. Remarks. 

---------------1------------:--------l-------------------- -----------------

Feet. Inches. 'Gallons. Feet. 

Greensburg 1 -------- Decatur_____ 862-886 --------- --------- ........ .. Greensboro (near) ... Henry _______ .................... --------- ........ .. 

&~~:~~:od-~::::~:::: r~b~~~~-::::~ ~ 1:::::::::::::::::: ----~-45- Do.2 ______ ------- ..... do________ 1,975~---,----- ......... -240 

Numerous gas wells. 

Gas well. 

Do. 

Water from 320 fpet. 

For ga>~; unsuccess- ful; water at 1,840 

and 1.8f:i5 feet. 

Several gas wells. 

~~~~~~=~~I:~~:~~=== = =-=~~~:==~I ~~~e~a1 I;_ells. -----·--- ·-------- ........... Over 1,000 wells for 

Hagerstown--·-- .... Wayne ....... 766-1,025 Hammond .... ·--- .... Lake .... ____ 1,700-1,900 

Hartford ....... ------ Jay .......... ±925 

Hartford City a ...... Blackford .... 900-1,000 

oil and gas in the 

county. 

Hartsville ............ Bartholomew +861 ................... ---------- Gas well. 

Hebron ...... -------- Porter ....... ----------- .......... ....... .1 • .......... For gas; unsuccessHerbst Station ------ Honey Creek ..... ___ _ Huntington 4 ....... .. 

Grant........ 1,045 --------- --------- ---------- Henry....... +980 ......... --------- ---------- Huntington. 1,037 .................. 1 

- 87 

Huntsville .......... . Indianapolis . ____ ... . ~:~f~~n-~:::: "95~i~oo9· ::::::::: ~=~:::::J::::: :::: 

ful. - Gas well. 

Gas wells. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Gas well. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

1,520 --------- ......... .... ...... Do. 

1,i58 ·--·--·s· ~::~::::: :~~~::::::' ~:I~:=~~rat<l.60feet, 

Do. 5 .... ---------- ..... do ....... . Irvington------------ ..... do ...... .. Jasper ................ Dubois.----·· 

gas at 600 feet, oil 

and mineral water at 955 feet. 

Jeffersonville 6 ....... Clark ________ 960-1,216 --------- ......... ------·---- For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Joliet ................. Hamilton ____ ----------- ......... --------- ......... .. Jonesboro 7 ........... Grant........ 935 .......................... .. Kempton 8 ...... ...... Tipton....... 1, 035 .......................... .. Kendallville .......... Noble........ +1,920 .................. ----------

Kentland------- ...... Newton ..... . Do .... ------- .......... do ...... .. Kewanna 9 ........... Fulton ...... . Kirklin ........... ,. .. Clinton __ .. .. Knox ................. Starke ...... . 1 200 

1;325 

1,089 

1,089 

±1,500 

-- 60 

- 84 

Kokomo1° __ . _________ Howard ...... 920-1,000 ......... Many. Flows. 

Do ..................... do ............................ Many ......... .. Do ..................... do ..................................... Flows. 

Knightstown .... : .. --~ Henry ............................................. . Lacrosse (3 miles Laporte...... 838 .................. At sur- distant). , face. 

~~~j1;~~;~~~~::]-:ilb~~~:: ----~:~- :::::~~~: ~~~~~~:: :~~:~~~~~ Laporte ...... ____ .... 1 Laporte ........................................... .. 

Larwell 13 ............ Whitley ____ _ 1,593 -200 

Gas well; small flow. 

Gas well. 

For gas; unsuccess· ful. 

Do. 

Do. 

])o. 

Borings for gas or oil; 

unsuccessfuL 

Gas wells; much salt water. 

Gas well. 

Good water. 

Gas well. 

Gas well. 

Do. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful; salt water. Lawrence ............ Marion....... 1,015 .... _____ ......... -315 

Lawrenceburg ....... Dearborn ............ ___ ..... ..... ..... .... .... ...... Gas wells. 

Lebanonl4 ........... Boone ...... __ 1,350-1,840 ............................ Several wells; saline water at 400 and 

Leesburg----- Liberty15 ............ .. ------. Koeciusko Union........ --- 1, 971 800 8. -1051---_-_-_ -_ -_-_-_-_ ::::~:~::: Foflru,315~0~:.,et~nsuccess1 Record, U. S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, part 1, pp. 703-704. 2 Ibid., p. 728. s Ibid., pp. 678-£81. 4 Ibid., p. 739. 6 Record, Ind. Geol. and Nat. Hist., 1885-86, 15th Rept., p. 331. 6 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., l889-90,part 1, p. 724. 7 Ibid., p. 688. · s Ibid., p. 696. 1l Ibid., p. 733, 10 Ind. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv., 1885-86, 15th Ann. Rept., pp. 323-326; U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. 

Rept., 1889-90, part 1, pp. 891-693. 11 Ind. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv., 1885-86, 15th Ann. Rept., pp. 69-71. 

12 Record,etc., U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-'90, part 1, pp.689-690. ·13 Ibid., p. 736. ll4 Ihid., p. 730. as Ibid., pp. 720-~21. 
DARTON.l DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. 35 

INDIAN A-Continued. 

Remarks. 

I 

I Diam. e- Yield. I H. eight I Location. County. Depth. 1 per j of · ter. minute. water. 

-----~!-----~------·--- --------

1 

Feet. Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

Liberty (8 miles I Union........ 1,000 l:i-1G --·------ ---------- from). LodP _________________ Fountain____ 1,155 10 35 + 4.3 

Logansport 2 ---·· ____ Cass._________ +1,075 

Loogootee ____________ :Martin_------

Losantville .... ------- Randolph ... 1,200 

1,105 

2 Flows. 

McCordsvillfl _________ Hancock ..... ------···--- ________ ···-···-- ----------

Madison9 ------------ Jefferson____ 1,004 ·-·------ ·-------· -700 

Marion 4 __ ------ --·--- Grant. ______ ._,+865-1,010 4)---- _____ Flow. 

Markle ---------------1 Huntington _i 1,700 8 ·-------- Flows. 

Markleville ----------1 Madison----· 972~--------- --------- ---------- Martinsville--------- Morgan...... 1,472 -------· ---·-----· Do .. 5 

1 

____ do-------- 668-704 5-6 30--35 Flow. 

Mechanicsburg ______ , Henry---·----------·--·----------------------------

Medaryville (6 miles I Pulaski·----- 1,030 -------·. --------- ---------- west).6 

MichiganCity ........ Laporte...... 819,83.3 300 +22 

MichiganCity(lmile ..... do·------- 541 

west).7 . Middleton ____________ Henry------- +935 --------- ·----·--- ----------

:;:~~:;;:;;_:;;:;: 1 ~:~::~ ;=;; :ax>;::~ __ ---: --~- c-: ;;=- ==;;;::=;; 

Millgrove-------~----~ Jay........... ±925 -·----··· --------- ---------- MitchelL _____________ ! Lawrence___ +1,200 ·-------- ·-------- -30 

Monon 9 ------ ________ White .. _____ _ 

Do ________________ ..... do _______ _ 

Monticello __________ J ____ do --------

Monrovia .... --------1 Morgan------ Montezuma---------- Parke---· ___ _ 

Do ________________ ..... do .. ______ _ 

Monticello 9 ---------- White _______ _ 

Montpelieri 0 _________ Blackford .... Do ________________ .... do _______ _ 

±920 

+SsO 

+1,050 

±1,500 

1,675 

1,700 

---------,---------

4 Many. 

475 

+1,150" ------· .. ---------

Nearly 

to surface. 

Nearly 

to surface. 

-550 

+115 

Rises 

to surface. 

-650 

Flows. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

For oil; yields minf'ral water. Several boring for 

gas; unsuccessful; 

sulphur water. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Gas well. 

·For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Numerous gas wells; some yield oil. 

White sulphur wa- ter. 

Gas well. 

For gas. 

Six wells of mineral water. 

Gas wells. 

Salt water and oil. 

Temp .. 57°. Sulphur water. 

Gas wells. 

Some oil at 135 feet 

and some gas at 1,180 feet. 

Several gas wells. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Gas wells. 

For gas; saline water at 1,200 feet. 

Salt water at 880 

feet. 

Gas boring; salt wa- ter at 880 feet. 

Salt water at 1,050 

feet. 

Water at 450 and 

1,100-1,200 feet. 

Salt water at 300 and 

450 feet: sulphur water at 1,200 feet, 

which rose to +100 

feet. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful; salt water at 1,150 feet. 

Gas well; hard water. 

Mooresville--------·- Morgan------ Morgantown _________ ..... do--------

975 

808 

±1,500 

1,665 8 ·-------- Nearly Gas borings; fresh 

Morristown u ________ Shelby_------ . 921 

Mount Summiti2 ____ Henry_·---·· 1,082 

to sur- water at 70 and 490 

face. feet; saline water at 1,100 feet. 

--421 Gas well; mueh salt water. -720 Gas wells; salt water at 1,020 feet. 1 Record, Ind. Agricultural and Geographical Repts .. 1869, pp. 29-31. 2 Record, Ind. Geol. and Nat. Hist., 19th Ann. Rept., 1894, p . .38; U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, part 1, p. 7.32. 9 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, part 1, p. 723. 

4lbid., pp. 685-687. 5 Record and analysis, U. S. Geol. Surv., 18th Ann. Rept., 18!l6--97, part 4, pp. 490, 498. 6 Record, Ind. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1891, p. 315. 7 Record, ibid. and U.S. Geol. Surv., 18th Ann. Rept.,l896-97, part 4,p.491. 8 Record, Ind. G~ol. and Nat. Hist. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1891, pp. 311-312. 9 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, Part 1, p. 731 10 Ibid., p. 680. 11 Ibid., p. 700. 12 Ibid., p. 706. 

t 
36 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. [N0. 57. 

INDIAN A-Continued. 

Location. County. Depth. Iame- per of ter. minute. water. Remarks. I

n· Yield, I Height 

----------1---------- 1----~--- -------1----------

Feet. Inches. t.J.nllnns. Feet. 

Myera ---------------- HamHton .... --·-·------ -----· ... ----- .... ----------

Muncie 1 ______________ Delaware .... 870-955 

Do2 _____ .......... ____ .do ____ .... 1,600 -···----- --------- -506 

Nashville--···----·-· Brown....... 500-530 --------- -···-·--- Flows. New Albany ......... Floyd ................... --------- ---------

New Britton._. _____ . Hamilton ..... _ .... _ ........ ----...... ---- ------ ---- Newburg. ___________ _ Newcastle a _________ _ ire~~~~i~~-~~~= -----~~- :~::: :::~ ~:::: ~::l::::: :::: 

New Corner_ .. __ ..... Delaware. ___ . _____________ . ____ . _________ I _______ ... 

New Palestine ______ _ Hancock..... 1,000 --------- --------- -400 

Noblesville4 .......... HamHton .. .. North Madison -----~ Jefferson ___ _ North Manchester 5 _ Wabash ..... _ 

84~ 

1,500 

+1, 180 6 Many. -200 

-190 

~~{;fl~~~~~~- _:::::~ b~1~~~~:::: ---~~~~~- ::::::::: ====~~==~ ----~~- Ogden _______ . ______ .. Henry _ -----· ___________ . ____________ . ____ ------ ... _ 

Osgood . __ ------- _ .... Ripley . . ..... 950 5 ____ . ____ .... ------

Oxford (5 milesSW). Benton....... 537 _________ .................. . 

Palestine 7 ............. Hancock ..... --------------------------------------- Paoli. ........... --=--- Orange .. ____ 1, 000 ..... ________ .............. . 

~:~~I!t~~~-i~~-~~-r:_~~ ll~~1~~~~-~~~ ::::::::::: ::::::~:: ::::::::: :::::::~:- Perkinsville........... Madison . ___________ .. _. _____________ ..... ------ .... 

Peru 9 ---------------- Miami.. ....... 9W--1,050 ......... --------- •.rosur- . face. 

::£3~~1~~- ~:~;~:·:1 ~~~;::;;:;::_ ;:~I:;;;;;;;~;;;~~;;;:~===~~~= Petersburg(one-half ..... do-------· 1,310 --------- ......... Flows. 

mile east). I Peter!' burg (Z;tmiles ..... do ___ ____ 1,200 ______________ .... -80 

northeast). I 

Petersburg(one-half ..... do........ 1,200. 10--/)i 30 Flows. 

mile north). ' 

I 

Petersburg (1 mile ..... do ........ north). 

Pierceville .. _ .. _____ . Ripley . _____ . 

Plainfield ....... _____ Hendricks. __ Plymouth 11 • ____ ... _ _ MarshalL __ ._ 

1,100 1 

965 

1,385 

+ 1,368 

10-4 .. __ . .. .. Flows. 

-468 

Point Gabel. _________ Grant ________ ----------· . ----- -----· .. Portlandn _________ :_ Jay ........... 900-1,500 :::~~:::: .:::_____ -300 

PrincE:>ton ------------ Gibson ..... .. 600--790 --------- --·------ ---------- Do _______________ ; .... do ........ . 

Gas well; small 

product. 

Numerous wells in 

vicinity. 

Brine at 1, 390 feet. Two wells. For gas; unsuccess- ful 

Gas wells. 

Several gas w e 11 s with flows of salt water. 

Gas well. 

Salt water at 1,003 

feet; some gas at 625 and 900 feet. 

Gas w:ells. 

Gas . boring; unsuc- cessful; s!tlt water. Do. 

Gas well. 

Do. 

Gas boring; small 

supply. 

Gas well. 

Sulphur water at 2>i0 

feet: salt water at !lOO feet: lithia wa- ter at 1,000 feet. Do. 

Gas welL 

Boring for oil and gas. 

Salt water at 1,042 feet. · 

Blue lick water. Gas well. 

Salt water at 600 and 

1.310 feet. 

Saltwater at600feet. 

Fresh water at 160 • feet; salt water at 600 feet; oil at 1,200 

feet. 

Fresh water at· 700 

feet; some oil at 1,200 feet. For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Gas well. For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Gas well. 

Gaswells; saltwater at 1,500 feet. 

Several wells. 

RedKey ______________ Jay---------- 1,274 --------- --------- ---------- +900 Gas well. 

2,600 :::~:::=:·Many~- --Fiow~~- Sulphur water; no oil; temp.,ooo. 

Reelsville (near) .. __ . Putnam. __ ... 

1 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, Part 1, pp. 713-719. 2 Ibid., p. 731. aU. S. Geol. Surv., 18th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, Part 1, pp. 705-707. 4 Ibid, p. 697. s Ibid .. p. 739. 6 Ibid., p. 723. 7 Reeord, U. S .• Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, p. 702. s Ibid., p. 710. 9 Record, Ind. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv., 16th Ann. Rept., 1888, p. 184; U.S. Geol. Surv.,lltb 

Ann. Rept., 1889-90, Part 1. pp. 732--733. 10 Record, Ind. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv., 16th Ann. Rept., 1888, pp. 185, 2fi5. 1 ' Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, Part 1, p. 735. 12 Ibid.,p.68l. 
DARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. 37 

INDIAN A--Continued. 

Location. County. 

Reelsville (near)1 ____ Putnam ....•. 

Rensselaer_------·---- Jasper ..•.... Do-----------·---- .· •.•. do ....... . 

Depth. 

Feet. 

1,240 

800 

1,275 

Diameter. 

--Inches. 

.............. 

Yield Height 

p!:'r of 

minute. water. ---

Gallons. Feet. 

~---- ... --.. +20 

Ridgeville ............ Randolph .... 981-1,105 

Richmond·----- •..... Wayne ..•.... 

Rochester2 ------.---- l<'ulton .....•. 

Do------ ____ ------ ..... do----- __ _ Rochester (lt miles ..... do--------

south). 

Rochester------------ ..... do--------

Rockport .•••...• _ ..... Spencer ..... . 

Rockville ......• ------ Parke .... ----

945 

1,185 

500 --------- Many. + 5 

1,157 --------- --------- -15 

1,500 

+400 

2,169 

Rogers .. ------------- Pike.......... 1, 785 10-4! --------- ----------

Remarks. 

Salt and sulphur water. 

Sulphur water. Gas boring ; not in use. 

Gas borings; unsuc- cessful. 

Gas boring; unsuc- cessful. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Sulphur water. Salt water at 1,157 feet. 

Water flowed at 240 

feet; well a bandoned. 

Four gas borings; no product. 

For gas; unsuccess· ful. 

Royal Centers ...... _ Cass__________ +925 --------- _________ ---------- Oil wells. Royerton. ________ ... . Delaware------------------------------------------- Gas well. 

Rushville and vicin- Rush----------------------------------------------- Gas wells. ity.4 

St. Omer ........... .. Decatur·---"------------------------------ ------ ____ Gas well. St. Paul ••..••.... ___ _ Shelby_______ +820 --------- --------- ---------- Do. 

Salem5 ·-------------- Washington_ 1,800 ---·----- --------- ------ ____ For gas; unsuccess- Do ________________ ..... do________ 750 ___________________________ _ 

Sandusky------------ Decatur...... 830 6 --------- -15 Selma 6 --------------- Delaware____ 1,025 ______________________ ...... 

Seymour 7 •••••••••••• Jackson ....... { \~~ 1}-------- --------- Flows. 

~e:fC:~H:-:·:::::==~= -~;~fi~-~====== =======~~~J=======~ =====~=== ==:::::::: 

Shideler ____ ------ ____ Delaware .......... ________________________ -----. ___ 

Sheridan------------- Hamilton____ 1,076 --------- --------- .... _____ _ Shoals-~-------- ...... Martin------_ 960 ____ . ____ ___ ______ Flows. 

Svmerset 10 ....... ____ Wabash______ 853 ______________ .•..• ______ __ 

SouthBendll ________ St.Joseph.... 1,670 -----·--- -------------------

Spencer-------------- Owen-------- 1,150 4 200 +65 

Spiceland 12 __________ Henry ........ -----------·----------------··---------- Springportls _________ ..... do------------------- ......... -------------------

8t. Marys._----------- Vigo ____ ..... . 

Do---------------- ..... do-------- Sullivan------ ____ .... Sullivan . ___ _ 

2,055 

830 

1,000 

8 --------- -75 

8 ···--·---- -75 

-15 

Sullivan, 2 miles SE ...... do-------- ±1,000 ........ _________ Plows. Sullivan 14 ______ ...... ____ .do .... ____ 544 ..... ____ .... _____ , ______ .... 

~~~~~fv~fi~~~~-~~:::: i1~~I!on·.-~::: ::::::::::: ::~:::::: ::::::::: :::::.-:::: 

Do ..................... do........ 1,000 8-6 ·-------- Atsurl'u....:e. 

Do. 15_ •••••• ------ ••••• do··-· .•.. 971 ·····---- --------- Flows. 

ful. 

Gas well. 

Do. 

Several gas wells. 

Sulphur water. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Gas well. 

Do. 

Some salt water. Water at 485 feet. 

For gas; unsucceE'sful. 

Sevflral wells; saline water. 

Gas wells. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Gas boring; much 

strong brine. 

For gas; unsuccessful. 

Gas well; water at 140 

feet. 

Swainville ............ H-amilton ____ ........... --------- 370 ------ .... 

1 

Gas well; small prod- uct. Swayzee .•..•• ________ Grant •.•••••. ---------- _ .... ----· --·--. ___ . ___ ------ Gas wells. . Sweetzer ....... _ .......... do-------- ----- -----· --------- --------- ____ ------ Gas well. 

Sycamore------------ Howard ...... -------------------- _________ ---------- Do. 

Tampico .....• -------- ..... do........ +950 --------- --------- ---------- Gas wells. 

1 Record Ind. Agr. and Geol. Rept .• 1869, pp. 9 Ibid., pp. 702-703. 

29-31. 1o Record, Ind.--Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv., 17th ~Record U. S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., Ann. Rept., 1891, pp. 2.'i2-253. 

18SY-90, Part 1, p. 733. 11 Record, Michigan Geol. Sury., 1881-1893, p. 84 3 U.8.Geol.Surv.,llth Ann.Rept., 1889-00,part pl. 64; U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept.: 

1, p. 732. 1889-90, part 1, pp. 734-35. 4 Ibid.,p. 704. 12 Ibid., p. 707. 5 Ibid., pp. 725-726. 1s Ibid., p. 706. s Ibid., pp!'715-716. 14 Record, Ind. Geol. Surv., 1870, _pp. 193-194. 7 Ibid., pp. 726-727. 15 Record, U. S. GeoL Surv., 11th Ann. Rept. a Ibid., p, 969. 1889-90, part 1, p. 709. 
38 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, P .ART I. tNo. 57. 

INDIAN A-Continued. 

Location. County. 

TerreHaute 1 ·------- Vigo ---------

Do.2 -------------- ----.do ___ _ 

Do ________________ ..... do .... 

Thorntown-----·--·· Boone ________ ! 

Depth. 

Feet. 

2,800 

1, 793 

±1,625 

1,500 

Diame-l Yield Height 

ter. ,m&~te. w~fer. 

Inches. Gallons. 

8 

6 5 

Feet. 

Flows. 

Flows. 

~~~;~~ t-anai-ng. ~~~~ ~fE;~n-~~~~==~ -----~~~- ~=~~ ~~~~= ~~~==~~=: ~~~=:: =~~: Trafalgar ...... ------ Johnson_____ 1,500 --------- _____ ............ .. 

Trettl.<~~~==--=~=~~=: -~~~~s~-=:::: ~gg t~ ~::~~:~:~: ------ +s· 

Union Grove ......... Delaware____ 944 ......................... .. Union City" .......... Randolph .... l.093-1,780 --------- --------- ......... . 

Upland............... Grant ____ .... 1, 040 .......................... .. Valley Mills---------- Henry .................. --------- ................ .. Valpar.~is_o __ 6 

__ -_- _-_--_ • __ --__ --_ Porter ...... _ 1, 344 .......................... .. D ..... do........ 1,336 ...................... ------

Remark"!. 

Sulphur water with 

little gas. Brine at 1,3CO feet: 

sulphur water at 1,793 feet; some oil at 1,629 feet. 

Several borings for 

oil; unsuccessful. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Small amount of gas. Gas wells. 

Dry well. 

Gas well. 

Several borings for 

gas; unsuccessful. 

Gas well. 

Do. 

Do. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Van Buren e ____ ...... Grant __ .... .. 973 __________________ .......... Gas well. 

Vernon ---------- .... Jennings .... . 

Wabash9 ·------------ Wabash ...... 

Waldron ............. Shelby------- Walnut LeveL ....... Wayne ....... 

Walton.·------ _______ Cass ______ .... 

Warren---------- .... Huntington .. Warsaw H> ............ Kosciusko __ _ 

Do. 11 _______ ......... do ....... . Washington .......... Wayne ..... .. 

923 --------- .................... For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

2,270 6 -----~--- -4ll For gas; unsuccwss- ful. 

+820 _____ ......... ---------- Gas well. 

+867 ------ ___ --------- .... ------ For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

1,0'28 ............................ Saltwaterand some 

969 

700 

1,437 

+97o 

oil. --------- .......... Someoil; abandoned. 

15 For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

-387 Salt water. For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Waterloo ...... _ ...... Dekalb. _________________ ......... ____ ..... Gas well. 

Westfield. ______ ...... Hamilton.... · 1,080 ...... ___ .. _ ------ ------ .... Gas wells; much salt water. 

±}:gz~ :::::::::1::::::::: --Fi~;~s~- &!: ~~lf; salt and 

Do .. ---- ............... do ...... .. Williamsport ........ Warren ____ __ fresh water also. 

Winamac ............. Pulaski .... .. 1,200 45 .... do ... For gas; unsuccess- ful; flow of water also. 

Windfall ............. Tipton....... 1,002 ............................ Gaswell. 

Winchester 12 •••• .... Randolph .... 

1

1,000-1,071 ................... ------ .... Several gas wells. 

Worthington ......... Greene....... 1,44!) ......... _____ .... !<'lows.? Sulphur water. Xenia 1s ......... _____ Miami.. .. ____ , 937 .... _ .... 1 

______ ... .. ....... 1 

G~at::~i~o. tlow of 

Yor~fowil:·.-_::==:::~:: -D~i~~are~~j g~z :~~:=~~:: ===:::::: ===::·_::::

1

1 Gas~~n. Zionsville 14 .......... Boone........ 1,038 ......... ......... -438 For gas; unsuccess- ful; salt water at 1,013 feet. 

800 .................. Flows. I For gas; unsuccess- ful. . Do---------------- ..... do--------

1 Record, Ind. Geol. Surv. Report for 1870 (Indianapolis, 1871), pp. 126-134. 2 Record, Ind. Geol. Surv. Report for 1870 (Indianapolis, 11:$71), p.l26; Ind. Agr. and Geol. Surv. 

Rept., 11:l69, pp. 28-29, 31; Am. Jour. Science, 2d series, vol. 48, p. 271. 3 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-1800, part 1, pp. 695-697; Ind. Geol. and Nat. 

History Surv., 1885-1886, 15th report, p. 330. 4Record, U. S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-1890, part 1, p. 714. • Ibid., p. ti84. 6 Ibid., p. 733. • 7 Record, Ind. Geol. and Nat. History Surv., 16th Ann. Rept., 1888, p. 264. a Recc-rd, U. S. Geol. ~urv., 11th Ann. Rept., 18/:l9-1890, part 1, p. 689. 9 Indiana Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv., Report for 1875, pp. 4H-4S. 10 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, part 1, p. 739. u Ibid., p. 736. u Ibid., pp. 683-685. 13 Ind. Geol. and Nat. Hist., 16th Rept., 1888, p. 187. 14 Record, U. S. Geol. Surv., 11th Ann. Rept., 1889-90, part 1, p. 730. 
DARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, P ~RT I. 39 

PRINCIPAL PUBLI.CATIONS RELATING J'O DEEP BORINGS IN 

INDIANA. 

The Natural Gas Field of Indiana, by A. J. Phinney, United States Geological 

Survey, Eleventh Annual Report, 1889-1890, part 1, pp. 579-740. Plates. Washington, 1891. 

Water Resources of Indiana and Ohio, by Frank Leverett, United States Geological Survey, Eighteenth Annual Report, 1896-1897, part 4, pp. 423-559. Plates. 

Washington, 1897. 

INDIAN TERRITORY. 

Location. Nation. Depth. per of Remarks. Diam-1 Yield Height 

-----------------l------------l--------l--e-te_r_._ minute. __ w_a_t_e_r._ 1 _________________ _ 

Bartlesville (2 miles Cherokee .... distant). 

Chelsea (5miles W.) ...... do ....... . Salina (lt miles SE.) ...... do ...... .. Do----------·· ......... do ...... .. Chickasha ...... ------ Chickasaw_ .. 

Atoka (15 milesW.) 1 • Choctaw ..... 

Location. County. 

Feet. Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

1,800 Few. Flows. 

300-600 8 --------- ------ .... 470 --------- ......... Flows. 

520 --------- ............. do ... 876 ]0 ......... ---~------

1,414 

IOWA. 

Depth. Diameter. 

Yield Height 

per of 

minute. water. 

Feet. Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

Small quantity crude 

petroleum. 

Several oil wells. 

Salt water. 

Do. 

Salt water at298feet; no water below; 

well in progress. Small indication» of 

oil at 807 feet; oil at 917 feet; much &alt water: salt water and oil at 1,235 feet 

and 1,347 feet; oil 

and gas at 1,391feet. 

Remarks. 

~f:~~~~ =~~~~~~=== ==== ~~;~th-~~=== 1, ~ \=~~====== ·::====== ---- -~69' Amana4 .............. Iowa--------- 1,640 ......... 100 +30 Temp. 60°. 

Anamosa6 ............ JonAs-------- 2,007 10-5 300 -56 

Anita ................. · Cass.......... 486 ......... Many ........... Coal prospect. Atlantic6 _____________ ..... do........ 1,310 ............. do.. -160 

Arcadia .......... ____ CarrolL------ 620 ... .. .. 

1 

. . Failure. 

Boone ---------------- Boone--...... 3,0412~ -_-_ -_ =_~_-_-_=_-_- -_M_ ·_ a_-_~_Y __ ·_ -__ -_-_- -_-_2oo __ -_· Bedford ...... ________ Taylor.______ u Coal prospect. 

Britt7 ................ Hancock..... l\84 7 ......... [ -16 

Bu~R~ii<>ii= :~~==~=:=: ·nesdMoines== 2.~~ 6-~i ------7o·[ -!§~ Calmar ....... ________ Winneshiek _ 1,1!0 

1 

4 70 

1 

-320 

Do. 8 ................... do........ 1,223 8 ......... -100 

Cedar Rapids . .. .. . .. Linn ___ .. .. .. 1, 450 5 150 + 14 3 wells. 

Centerville9 ......... Appanoose... 2,4951 12-4 200 -200 

Do. 10 • ------------ ..... do........ 1,540 14-7 350 -280 

8fa~~~~~~~~~~=~~~===~- ~~:~~~~~-==== ----·i;oo2·\====: ~~== :===· :::: i<;iowed_- Coal prospect. Clinton 11 ............. Clinton ...... 

1

1,035-1,497 10-5 1, 736 +68 5 wells. 

Do.'2 ______________ ..... do........ 1,065 5t ......... +351 

Do. 12 ______________ ..... do........ 1,674 8-5 1,500 +45 

Council Bluffs 1 3 _____ Pottawatta- 1,114 ............. _ ........ ------ mie. 

Do.H ................... do ...... .. Councill3luffs(school ____ .do .... ___ _ for deaf). 14 

Cresco ................ Howard ..... . 

860 1,091 

1.158 

1 Record, Pa. 2d Geol. Surv. Reports, vol. J5, p. 341. 2 Record, Iowa Geol. Surv., vol. 3, pp. 189-192; vol. 6, pp. 219-220. 3 Ibid., vol. 6, p. 196. 4 Ibid., pp. 286-287. 6 Ibid., pp. 262-265. 6 Ibid., pp. 336-339. 7 Analysis, Iowa Geol. Sul-v., vol. 6, p. 195. 

4 56 +50 

s Record and analysis, ibid., pp. i91-192. 9 Record and analysis, ibid., pp. 326-328. 1o Record ana analysis, ibid:, pp. B26-328. u U.S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. R.ept., 1895-96, part 2, p. 811; analysis, ibid., p. 827. 12 Ibid., p. 811; analysis, ibid, p. 827. •s Analysis, Iowa Geol. Surv. Reports, vol. 6, p. 

340. 14 Ibid., p. 340. 
40 DEEP .BORINGS IN THE UNITED ST.ATES, PART I. [NO. 57. 

lOW A-Continued. 

Location. County. I 

Diame- Yield Height 

Depth. ter. mfnetit.e. w~fer. 

Creston . __ .. -------- Union--------

DesMoinesl ___ ........ Polk----~---- Davenport (bottling Scott _______ _ 

wor:Ks). 2 

Davenport (Malt _____ do ..•..... and Grain Co). a Davenport (Gas ..... do--------

Company).3 

Feet. 

500-600 

3,000 

780 

1,076 

1,200 

Davenport (Glucose ----.do. -- ____ :!,1(){)--2,107 

Co. ). 4 

Do.s ------------ __ ...•. do---- .... Davenport (city ---------------- park).6 

Davenport (Kimball ------------ ___ _ House). 7 

Davenport (packing ---------------- companyJ.5 

Davenport (Schmidt ------------ ___ _ building). 5 

Davenport (woolen ..... __ ------ ___ _ mills). 5 

Davenport (ice com- ------------ ___ _ pany). 5 

Dubuques ______ ------ Dubuque ___ _ 

Do. 9 --------------- ••••• do--------

1,500 

1, 797 

1,080 

1,180 

1,200 

1,053 

1,067 

802 

955 

Do---------------- ..... do------__ 1,262 

Do. 9 -------------- ••••• do........ 1,954 Do _______ ----- ......... do.--- .. __ 1,300--1,4(1() 

Do.Io _ ------------ ____ .do------·- 1. 765 

Do. 9 _ ------------- ..... do-------- 1,000 

Emmetsburg 11 ------ PaloAlto..... 874 Do---------------· ..... do-------- 810 

Farmington . ------ __ Van Buren... 705 

Fontanelle_---------- Adair-------- 800 Fort Madison12 ------ Lee.'__________ 689 

Do.13 ------------- ..... do________ 720 

Do.1a ------------- ..... do________ 764 

(;.fenwood14 --------- Mills--------- 2,000 

Do.14 ------------- ..... do._______ 1,910 Granville •..••• ------ Sioux ____ ____ 450 

Greenfield_ .••. ------ Adair-------- 900 Do ____ ------------ ----.do----____ 512 

Grinnel1I5 _____ ------ Poweshiek___ 2,003 

Grundy Center------ Grundy------ 485 

Holstein 16 _____ -----· Ida----------- 2,004 Homestead17 ________ Iowa--------- 2,224 

Hulll8 ---------------- Sioux-------- 1,230 Jefferson.------------ Greene_______ 2,021 

Keokuk 19 ------ --~--- Lee ------ ____ 710 

Do.2o ------------- ..... do........ son 

Do. 20 ------------- ...... do________ 2,000 

Inches. Gallons. 1 Feet. 

10-3 400 -4.5 

300 +59 

5 300 +13 

5-4 400 +47 

5 +77 

5 250 +5i 

5 +125 -22 

5 120 +20 

8-5 250 +45 

4 73 +24 

3t 300 +3-5 

6-4 240 +10 

4 --------- ------ --- 6 340 I +81 

6 450 i ______ ----

3 40 +1 

13 2,000 Flow. 

3 40 ---------- 5 580 +41 

::::;;;·J~~~~-- :::::~: 6 i 600 +20 

6 :----- ·--- +85 

lOj!l------83" -1~~ 

10--4 

8-4 

10-4 

10--6 

8-.5 6 

80 -5 

Many. 150 

None. 

None. 

105 

250 

-230 

-150 

-275 

-117 

-1oo 1 

-4..1 

+3.5 

6 +47 

12-10 {3 wells 1. +30 1, 700 J 

1 Record, Iowa Geol. Surv. Reports. vol. 6, pp. 294.-~9. 2 U. S. Geol. Surv., 1~th Ann. Rept., 1895-1896, part 2, p. 812. a Ibid., p. 812. 

Remarks. 

Two borings for coal; 

unsuccessful. 

Found water. 

Water from 1050-1076 

feet.-

Two wells. Water 

from near bottom. Four wells. 

Water at 1,175 feet. 

Water at 1,075 feet. 

Water from 'TOO and 

1,050 feet. 

Water from 775 and 

1,064 feet. 

Water at surface.·· 

Several wells of 

about this depth. 

Two wells. 

S e v e r a l wells 965-

1,060 feet. 

Abandoned. 

Temp. 55°. 

Coal prospect. 

Temp. 64°. 

Two other wells 700 

feet deep. 

Temp. 50°. 

Temp. 65°; 3 wells •. 

4 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 189.5-96, part 2, p. 842. 5 Ibid., p. 811. 6 American Geologist, vol. 3, 1889, p. 117; Iowa Geol. Surv. Reports, vol. 6, pp. 272-280; Record 

U.S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895-96, part 2, pp. 842-845. 7 Record, U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., 1895-96, part 2, p. 84.4. 8 Record and analyAis. Iowa Geol. Surv. Reports, vol. 6, pp. 208-214. 9 Ibid., pp. 208-214. 

1o Ibid., pp. 208-211. 11 Record, ibid., p. 196. · 12 Record and analysis, Iowa Geol. Surv. Reports, vol. 6, pp. 321-322. 

1a Ibid., pp: 321-322. 

14 Ibid., pp. 340-347. 15 Record and analysis, ibid., pp. 287-292. 

16Record, ibid., p.222. 17 Record and analysis, ibid., pp. 283-285. 18 Record, ibid, p.l99. 19 Record and analysis, ibid, pp. 323-326. 2o Ibid, pp. 323-326. 
DARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. 41 

lOW A--Continued. 

Location. County. 

Keokuk1 ______________ Lee----·-----· 

Do_ ..••• ----•.•........ do----..•. Do ____ ----~------- ..... do----~---

Lakepark ------------ Dickinson ... . Lansing2 _____________ Allamakee ... { 

Le Mars2 .....••.•.... Plymouth __ _ McGregor s .. ---·· •.•• Clayton .•..•. Do. a _. ___ ••••••••• ___ .. do---- ... . Manchester4 ..•.•••.. Delaware ... . Mason City ••...• ... Cerro Gordo. 

Do ....••..••••..•.... _.do---- .... Do.5 ----···-···-·- ..... do •....... · Monota ......•...• ___ . Clayton ..... . 

Do-·---~------- ........ do--------

Monticenos ---------- Jones--------

Mount Clara 7-------- Lee····------

Depth. 

Feet. 

2,230 

1,987 

935 

700 

676 

740 

1,560 

1,006 

520 

1,870 

600 

1,200 

1,473 

417 

452 

1,198 

939 

Mount Pleasants ____ Henry------- 1,125 Nevada _______________ Story-------- 940 

Newtono ··----------- Jasper_______ 1,400 OsC'eola _______________ Clarke_______ 1,953 

Oskaloosa 10 .. _. ___ . _ _ Mahaska. ____ 2,800-3,000 

Ottumwau ---------- Wapello_____ 2,047 

Dc. 10 ------------- ••••• do........ 1,554 Pella 12 _______________ Marion....... 1,803 

Pocahontas (3 miles Pocahontas__ 632 

south). 

Diame- Yield Hei~ht 

ter. per of Remarks. 

minute. water.· 

Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

10 300 +30 Another well 1,805 

feet; water also at 600 and 900 feet. 

6-4 -Maii.Y:· --.Fiow-:· ·······4· 55 -aoo Temp. 50°. 

} · 6 700 +40 Two wells. 

-----6-=-3" ....... :ro· -----+62" 

6-3 +20 

10-5 -14 

6-4 60 Noflow. 

8 SO Noflow. 

8-6 -75 

6 70 -212 

6 None. ---------- 175 -40 

------------------ -10 

165 -30 

11-6 --------- -49 

5 Many. -90 

------------------No flow. 

Temp.54°. 

Temp. 52°. 

Three wells. 

Abandoned. 

Formerly flowed 200 gallon~. 

--------- ---- ·---- ---------- Abandoned. 

8 700 +lost Temp. 70°. 

10-4 --------- +49t Temp.64°. 12-5 250 -90 

Unsuccessful. 

Pocahontas(near) ___ ..... do ....... . Postville Is--------- __ Allamakee. __ ~edoaki

4 ______ _-_______ Montgomery 

1

'm -------si -~~~::_ --·-=-:ooo· 

560 --------- --------- ---------- Coal prospect. ~almla ------------- Jackson _____ _ 973 720 +78 Sanborn ______________ O'Brien _____ _ 1,224 6 so -459 Say lorville _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Polk _____ . __ _ 

Shenandoah __________ Page---------

Sibley---------------- Osceola------ l,m ~=======ii =====i6~= =====~~= Sigourneyl5 --------- Keokuk _____ _ Sioux Cityi 6 ___ •••••• Woodbury __ _ 1,880 6-4~ --------- -30 

2, 011 3 Flows. Water at570and rose to -12; at 1,250 feet 

flowed. 

South English ------· Keokuk-----· 

Spencer ~~:~~:~ ~==~ (10 ==== miles ====== ..... 

-~~~~0==~~===:: do ________ 

1

. 

south). 

Tiptoni7 -----·······- Cedar--------

Vinton ts --------- ____ Benton.------ Do.1D ...••••••.... _____ do ________ : Wall Lake. ___________ Sac .... _______ ' 

Washington 2 0 . • ••••• Washington _ Do.2t ------------· _____ do _______ _ Waukon2s _____ · _______ Allamakee __ _ 

Waverly------------- Bremer-----· 

Webster City23 ------ Hamilton ___ _ West Liberty24 ______ Muscatine __ _ 

Whatcheer. ____ ·----· Keokuk·--·-· 

Bellville Township __ Pocahontas __ Wilton Junction2s ___ Muscatine.--~ 

420 

800 

400 

600 

2, 700 

1,287 

1,425 

427 

1,611 

1,217 

577 

1, 720 

1,250 

1,-768 

636 

1,360 

1,300 

1 ~-cord, Iowa Geol. Sur. R_eports, vol. 5, p. 

~Ibid., pp. 232-235. 3 Record and analysis, ibid, pp.185-188. 4 Ibid., pp. 214-219. 5 Ibid., pp.193-195. 6 Record and analysis, ibid., p. 256. 7 Record, ibid., p. 3?.2. .

8 Record and analysis, ibid., pp. 320-321. 9 Record, ibid., p. 292. 10 Ibid., pp.308-310. . 11 Record and analysis, ibid., pp. 317--320. 12 Record, ibid., pp. 310-315. I~ Ibid., p.l89 .. 14 U.S. Geol. Surv., 17th Rept., 1895-96, part 2, 

p.817. 15 Record, Iowa Geol. Surv. Reports, vol. 5, pp. 

30iH()8. 

4 None. 

6 Many. 

Abandoned. 

4t-3t --------- ---------- Abandoned. 

8-4~ Many. 6 62 

6 50 

10-4i 95 -54 

12-6 62 -58 

8 ·-------- -280 _____ Many. ---------- 8-6 70 +16 

Abundant supply. 

6-41"1! · y'2 [ Flows. 

~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~l~~~ ~~~~~ 

Temp.65'. 

Js Record, Iowa Geo1. Surv. Reports, vol. 5, p 258. 17 Ibid., vol. 6, pp. 261-262. 18 Ibid., vol. 3, pp. 192-195. 19 Record and analysis, ibid., vol. 6, pp. 266.:.267. 

20 Record and analysis, Iowa Geol. Surv. Reports, vol. 6, pp. 304-305; Am. Geologist, vol. 

1, pp. 28--31. 21 Record and analysis, Iowa Geol. Surv., Reports, vol. 6, pp. 30~305. 

112 Record, Iowa Geol. Surv; Report~. vol. 6, p. 202, 1896. 

23 E,ecord and analysis, ibid., pp. 220-222. 24 Records and analysis, Iowa Geol. Surv. Re· 

ports, vol. 6, pp. 281-282. 2s Ibid., pp. 280-281. 
42 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PA.RT I. [N0. 57. 

PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO DEEP BORINGS IN IOWA. 

Iowa Geological Survey, volume 3, Second Annual Report, 1893, with accompanying papers, 502 pages, plates, Des Moines, 1895. 

Artesian Wells of Iowa. by W. H. Norton, Iowa Geological Survey, volume 6 

pages 113-428. 

The Water Resources of Illinois, by Frank Leverett, United States Geologic:=tl 

Survey, Seventeenth Annual Report, 1895-96, part 2, page 811. 

Location.- County. 

l{ANSAS. 

Depth. 

Feet. 

Diameter. 

I 

Inches. Gallons. 

Remarks. 

Feet. 

Alma ................. Wabaunsee .. Do ...................... do ...... .. Anthony! ............. Harper ..... . 

•} 000 

!;912 ·----4,::2! :::::::~: "F'iO"ws:· Salt water and gas. 

2,335 

Asherville 638 -------3-::::::::: -----::_:26" Saltwaterfrom50to ............ Cloud ....... . 

Atchison .......... , .. Atchison ... .. Banner --------------- Trego ....... . Benedict (southeast Wilson ..... .. 

638 feet; mainly 

+I,!~ 1-------if --Fe·w~- ----~iw· A~ :s::~~- 2,414 13--6t ................... Fresh water at 403 

of). 

Benedict (near) ........... do .... __ __ 

Bronson ........ _ .. , .. Bourbon .. _ .. 

Buffalo ............... Wilson ...... . Buffalo (2 miles west) ..... do .. __ . ___ Caldwell .............. Sumner ..... . 

Cawker City (2miles Mitchell . __ __ northeast). 

Cawker City (10miles ..... do ........ north). 

Chanute 2 .............. Neosho ...... . 

Do ..................... do--------

Cherokee------------- Crawford ___ _ 

827 

850 

1,170 

400--800 

800 

468 

416 

8t-5 11 

:nr-----··--· 

8-6 

6 ......... ----------

-217 

No flow. 

Cedarville ............ Smith .............................................. . Cherryvale........... Montgomery. 609-617 

Do. 3 ................... do........ 1,220 -------it:::::::::------+s· 

Do ................ .' .... do ........ 1,397-1,500 

Coffeyville ................ do ....... . Columbus ............ Cherokee .... . Coolidge .... ---------- Hamilton .... . 550 

1,30! ::::::::: ::::::::: -----::._·65' 

500 5t 90 Flows. 

feet; strong sa It water at from 1,096 to 2,414 feet. 

Oil well; fresh and 

salt water also 

found. 

~alt water at 650 to 700 feet. 

Only salt water. Oil and water wells. 

Salt water only at 457 feet. 

Salt water. 

Do. 

Several gas and oil 

wells. 

Large flow of gas; some water. First water at 65(_) 

feet. 

Gas wells. 

Salt water, and gas found. 

Oil wells; water at several horizons: 

Gas well. 

Devon (near) ........ Bourbon .... . 800 8-6 ................... Salt water at from 

650-700 feet. 

Dodge City (It miles Ford ....... .. 800 ............................ Unsuceessful. 

east.). Doniphan4 ___________ Doniphan.... 763 ......................... .. Eldorado ....... ______ Butler .......................... , ................. .. 

I 

Elgin----------------- Chautauqua. ±1,~ o __ -_---_-_-_-__ --_[·_·_·_-_-_-_-_·_· __ .. _._· __ ·_-_-_--_·_ Elkader .............. Logan........ "" 

Elkader (7miles S.)._ ..... do........ 500 ............. _____ ---- ..... . 

Ellsworth ............ Ellsworth ... _ 

Do ..................... do ... _____ ~ 

Emporia 5 ............ Lyon ....... .. 

1,300 

730 

2,005 

4t .... ,____ -114 

6 ----- ............ .. 

Deep boring, salt water. 

Abandoned. 

Unsuccessful. All in 

blue shale. 

Salt 730--~80 feet; salt water at 1,300 feet. 

Salt water. Gas prospect; abandoned. 

Eminence------------ Finney ....... ----------- ........................... . Erie ................... Neosho...... 750 _________ 400 Mineral water. Erie (2 miles north) ....... do .... ____ 833 ......... Many. Flows. Large flow of oil and 

gas, and salt water. 

I Record, Kansas Univ. Geol. Surv. Rept., vol.1,Pl.21. 2 Ibid., vol. 1, p. 77, pl. 13; vol. 3, pl. 25. s Ibid., vol. 1, pl.ll ; vol. 3, pl. 22. 4 Record, Kansas Univ. Geol. Surv. Report, vol. 1, pl. 18. o Ibid., vol. 3, pl. 28. 
DARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, P .ART I. 43 

KANSAS-Continued. 

Diame- Yield Heigf ht ' Location. County. Depth. t per o Remarks. 

---------I-------I----~ minute.' water. ________ _ 

Erie .. __ ..... ____ .... _ Neosho ....... 

Eureka 1 .. ______ ...... Greenwood __ 

Do ..................... do ...... .. 

Fall River ____________ ..... do--------

Do.2 .................... do ...... .. Farlington·----------- Crawford __ __ Farlington (2 miles ..... do ........ southeast). 

Fleming ................... do __ .... .. 

Fort Scott............ Bourbon .... . Do ____ .................. do ...... .. Fort Scott (near) ____ ..... do ...... .. 

Feet. Inches. Gctllons. Feet. 

813 ......... ____ ........... ____ Saltwaterat400feet; 

oil sand at 550-585t 

feet. 

503 --------- _________ ---------- Coal prospect; abandoned. 

+1,100 --------------------------. In progress 1900; salt water 500-700 

feet, and 800-900 

feet. 

986 10-5t1 1; 000 -77 W ;~1~~ta~1M~f~~~~lt 

1,480 ---------1 Many. ---------- 556 ________ ......... _ '. -----.... Small flow of gas. 

1,:~~ ------ -~-,-~~~~~- ----~~~~-~ ::~rfl:::f::l- 80~ feet. 620 

543 

750 

51! .... _ .... ' Flows. 

5t 4 Flows. 

6t ......... ,.. .. .. .... Gas well; strong flow 

of water. Do---------------- ____ .do .. ------ 850-900 8-6 ......... '------ .... Oil wells; saltwater. 

Fowler--------------- Meade ..................................... '---------- Fredonia 3 __________ .. Wilson....... 1,224. --------- .... _____ ........ .. Do ..................... do........ 2,414 ......... None ........... Salt water at 354 and 

1,195 feet; abandoned. 

Garden City (one- Finney ....... half mile NW.).4 · Do ..................... do ....... .. Garden City (8 miles ..... do ...... .. south). 

Girard 5 .. .. • • .. .. .. .. Crawford .. .. Do ______ ---------- ...... do ...... .. Girard (3-j- miles N.) _ ..... do--------

Goode(';' miles SE.) ................ .. Goodwater ..... ------ Gove ....... .. 

Greatbend (4 miles 

northeast). 

Barton------. 

Hill City (3 miles Graham ...... from). 

+1,000 

902 

1,250 

500-550 

857-900 

401 

430 

501 

1,365 

10 

3 

Many. -150 

-70 

Few. 

10 

400 _________ ---------INoflow. 

Two gas wells. 

Gas. 

All in shale; abandoned. 

Saline water from 

Dakota sandstone,. at 344 feet. 

Shale to bottom. 

Horton ............... Brown....... 1,100 6 Few. ----·-----~ Waterat45feet. 

Howard -------------- Elk ..... ______ 1, 000 -_-_-_-_ ._ ._._-_· ___ N __ o_n_e __ ·_ : __ --_-_-__ -_-_-_--_-_ Abandoned. 

Do.6 -------------- ..... do·------- 1,226-1,410 

Hoyt __________________ Jackson ______ { ·rloo~ } 6 None. ________ __ 

Humboldt 7 ------- ... Allen ..... ____ 793-962 Many. 

Do------ .. -------- ..... do________ 1:137-970 

Hutchinson .......... Reno ....... .. Independence ........ Montgomery 

lola ....... ------ ...... Allen ....... .. Do 8 .................... do._ .... .. lola (near) ..... ------ ..... do ....... . Do .......... _ .......... do ....... . Do ..................... do ...... .. Ionia ............. ---- Jewell ...... . 

+800 

1 020 · '370 

734-737 

906 

928 

976 

432 

8t-5 --------- ------ .... 5 --------- ·---------

Ja~estown ---------- Cloud .. ·--------------------·------------- Flows. 

Jerome ....... ____ .... Gove ......... 400 ...... ___ ---·-·--- ------ ___ _ J-etmore ...... ---~---- Hodgeman .. _ 1, 000 . ________ ................. . Do---------------- ..... do __ ...... 700or800 ......... ___ ...... -20-30 

Johnson .............. Stanton .... .. 

Three water wells. 

Gas wells; water a.t 14.5, 218, 645 feet; 

salt water at 97~ 

feet. 

Reveral salt wells. 

Oil and gas. 

Large flow of gas. Three wells. 

Large flow of gas. Salt water found. 

Salt water; abandoned. 

Salt water found. 

For coal. !t' , 

Not in use; abandoned. 

Kanopolis .. .. .. .. .. .. Ellsworth __ . 

Kansas City 9 • .. .. _.. Wyandotte .. Kendall .............. Hamilton ___ _ 

400 

881 

758 

500 

8 Many. -180 

8-4 -----............ --~ Salt water at 645-87& 

·:::::: :: ::::::::: :::::::::: N ~::;~ter at tba; 

1 Record, Kansas Univ. Geol. Surv. Report, vol 

3, p~. 27. s Ibid., vol. 1, pl. 12; vol. 3, pl. 24. 2 Ibid., vol. 1, pl.13; vol. 3, pl. 25. 4 Ibid., vol. 2, p. 27. 

5 Ibid., vol. 3, p.148. 6 Ibid., vol. 3, pl. 29. 7 Ibid., vo1.1, pL 14; vol. 3, pl. 23. s Ibid., vol.1, plf 15. u Ibid., vol.l, pl, 18. 
44 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. (NO. 57. 

KANSAS-Continued. 

Location. County. 

Kincaid -----~ ---- .... Anderson ___ _ 

~~~~~a~~:=~~=:=~~~:: ~~Wf!g:~ _ :::~ Lacrosse------·----·- Rush c .....••• 

•t:~~~~~~-====== ====== ~~~~6-e-:::::: Do ..................... do ....... . 

Lawn~~~~-=~:=:~~~===: -~~~~~~ ::::·: Leavenworth~------. Leavenworth 

Do ..................... do ....... . Liberal a-------------- Seward ..... . Little River .......... Rice ....•..... 

Lone Elm ...... ------ Anderson ... . 

Lovewell (~ miles Jewell-------

northwest). 

Lyndont --------····- Osage ....... . Lyons .... ----·· .•.... Rice ......... . 

Lyons (Bemis Salt ..... do ....... . Co.). McFarland5 __________ Wabaunsee .. Madison ••........ ____ Greenwood .. 

Depth. 

Feet. 

992 

+800 

514 

444 

990 

756 

743 

600 

900 

1,170 

2,116 

485 

1,000 

1,140 

400 

1,007 

1,230 

1,625 

2,006 

1,89tij 

Diame- I I Yield 

ter. I mf:~te. 

Inches. I Gallons. 

3 

10-3 

20 

400 

250 

Height of water. 

Feet. 

-240 

+50 

-·····--- --------- Flows. 

--- · · ··7· --··.--52· · -··=-=ioo· 

8 ····----- ---··· ·---

8-5 

4 

6 

-30 

Remarks. 

Salt shafts. 

Water pure. 

Temp. 65°; salt wa- te.r. 

Salt water. Gas and salt water .. Gas and water. 

Water at 130 feet. 

Much water to 400 

feet, then 600 feet 

of salt and shale. 

Salt water at 320 · feet, no gat~ or oil; 

abandoned. 

Salt water only. 

Saltwater at 239feet. 

Salt prospect; abandoned. 

Salt well. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. · Mankato ............. Jewell .....•. 500 8 ········- -50 Salt water. Mapleton 6 __ •••••••••• Bourl:lon ----- 665 ···-····· .•••• ---- ····-· •••. Water at 218 and 616 

feet; oil at 647 feet, 

and salt water at 00.5 feet. 

Marion ............... Marion .....•. 1,800 

Marquette .......... -~ McPherson__ ~ 400 

Marysville . . . . . . . . . . . MarshalL.... 1, 360 

Meade................ Meade ...•.. _ 800 

Moran ................ Allen ..... __ 1,008-1,085 

Mound Valley 7 ------1 Labette •••••• 1

1 762 

Neodeshas ---···-----1 Wilson ...•. ~. 1,101 

Do ...•.......•.•....... do--·····-

Do ..................... do ....... . Do ..................... do ....... . 

Neodesha (near) .......... do ....... . 

Neosho Falls ......... ! Woodson ... . 

N~~~t~~~y (14 miles 1 Ness ........ . 

Ness City (8 miles 1 •••• do--------

south). 

1,078 

1,215 656 

±400 

Newton-------------- Harvey------ 1,0-i5 Do __ ---------·--·- .... do .... ____ 910-1,076 Niotaze 9 ............. Chautauqua. 1,158 

Oakley _ .... __ ...... .. Logan .... ___ _ 725 

()berlin ............... / Decatur."' ... l800-1,000 

6 Few. 

Few. 

-70 

Flows. 

6 --------- ·······---

12-4 ··---·--· ...... ----

7H-6t 1t +6 

8±-51-------·- ----------

8t ···-- ---· ·-----· ... 

6t-5 --------- ----------

3 30 -356 

For coal; unsuccess- ful. 

Salt water. 

Red beds at 200 feet; 

salt below. 

Two holes; water to surface. 

Temp. 70°. Salt water and gas. Oil prospect. Water at 230 and 820 feet; 

salt water at 420, 

685, and 775 feet, 

and gas at 655 feet. 

Sulphur water at 1.423 feet; salt water below. 

Oil and gas wells. 

Water at 811 and 

1,078 feet. 

Saltwater at 361 feet. 

:::::::~: ;;;;;;~:- :iiii::ii-1 ::5-:::~·:;... oil and water. --30 Unsuccessful; water at intervals to 200 

feet, then shale to bottom. 

-t ......... . 

1 Record, Kansas Univ. Geol. Surv. Report, vol. 1, pl. 14;. vol. 3, pl. 23. 2 Ibid., vol. 1, pl. 20; vol. 3, pl. 26. s Record, 51st Congress, lst sess., Senate Ex. Doc. No. 222, p. 158. 4 Record, Kansas Univ. Geol. Surv. Report, vol. 3, pl. 27. 5 Ibid., vol. 1, pl. 19; vol. 3, pl. 30. 6 Ibid., vol. 1, pl. 16. 7 Ibid., vol. 1, pl. 10; vol. 3, pl. 21. s Ibid., vol. 1, pl. 11; vol. 3, pl. 22. 9 Ibid., vol. 1, pl. 12; vol. 3, pl. 24. 
i 

DARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. 

KANSAS-Continued. 

Location. County. Diame-1 Yield Height 

Depth. ter. mfn~~e. wa~~r. Remarks. 

----------1--------1-----1---- ----1----------

Ola+,he ________________ Johnson ____ _ 

Osage Mission 1 --·--- Osage-------- Osborne·.--------- ____ Osborne ____ _ Oswego2 --·---------·- Labette _____ _ 

Do ________________ ..... do ....... . 

Ottawa.------·-·----· Franklin ..... 

Do.----------· ____ ..... do _______ _ 

Paola 3 ________________ Miami. ______ _ 

Do----------·----- ..... do ... ____ _ 

Feet. 600 Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

700 ·--·----- --------- ----------

g~ -------6- ~~~~====~ r··.::.::ii)(J" 

606 

1,002 

1.005 

1,075 

500-580 

-40 

8 --------- - --~-- ----

5t-+i Many. -0 to 

-400 

Water at 85 feet; salt water at 5HO feet; 

weak flow of gas at 36lt feet. 

Small amount of gas at 5811 feet; salt water at about 61() 

feet. 

Small amount of gas at 548 feet; salt water at 606 feet. 

Oil at 675and 702feet; 

large volume of 

gas. 

Salt water at 384 and 

622 feet; fresh wa- ter at 715 and 755 

feet; gas and water at 490 feet. 

City well. 

Several gas wells 

Parsons and vi- Labette ______ 500-1,050 Several wells for gas; cinity. not much found; 

salt water at 400 to 500 feet; no flow; 

abandoned. 

Peru __________ -------- Chautauqua .1,240-1,700 

Peru (near) ............... do-------- 1,190 

Three wells. 

Water at 660 and 

1,190 feet. 

Pittsburg ------------ Crawford .... Pleasanton ___________ Linn---------

Do .....••.............. do ........ . 

Pleasanton (near) 4 _______ do----·-·· 

Portis (6 miles north- Osborne ____ _ west). Portis (8milesnorth- ...•. do .... ___ _ west). Pratt_--------··--- ____ Pratt. _______ _ 

k~~~~~d~-~~~~~~~==== -Ness·========= 

Randolph ____________ Riley ________ _ 

Ravanna(nc>rth of) .. Finney ______ _ 

Do----·------- ......... do--------

Richfield5 ............ Morton------ Do----·---------~- ...... do·--- ___ _ Do---------------- ..... do .... , __ _ 

Do---------------- ____ .do _______ _ Rago . ____ ----·- ---· __ Kingman . __ _ 

Russell.-------------- RusselL ..... . St. Marys. __ .---_----- Pot t a wato- mie. 

Do--------·------- _____ do ____ ·--- St.PauL ....••....... Neosho ...... . 

Santa Fe------------- Haskell ------

Do-----------· ____ ..... do ____ ·--- Scandia--··---------- Republic ..... Smith Center-------- Smith----·---

SmithCenter (2miles _____ do _______ _ 

southeast). 

950 7t 75 -80 

729 5 ----- ·- .. ---------- Salt water. 

918 6t --------- Salt water at 828 and 

918 feet. 

757 6±-5 --------- ·--------- Water at 132 and 656. 

feet; salt water at 348 and 757 feet, and trace of oil at 353 

and 730 feet. 

546 _____ ·--- --------- Noflow. Salt water. 

543 

±800 

408 

658 

400 

+400 

+400 

670 

700 

600 

640 1,000 

997 

1,123 

520 

661-668 

~.200 

1,300 

1,003 

600 

6 --------- -200 

-15 

Do. 

Thick salt beds 600 t() 

800 feet; not used. 

Bad water. Water in sandstoneunder blue shale. 

--------·· Many. -~00 Abandoned. 

------·-- ------2-z- Flo;~ Do. 

3 Flows. 

Flows. Temp. 66°; water at · 570 feet. --------- 15 +251 Twowells; temp.60°. ----------------------------, Saltwell; 175 feet of 

10-5 Many. -300 I s~~~~t~ water. -------·. ____ _____ Flows. Salt water. 

6 Many. 

10---l>i ·----- ••• 

7 ----- ·---

Flows. Do. 

!<'lows. Salty water; abandoned. 

-200, Good waterat200and 

400 feet. 

-100 

-16 Good water. -390 Saltwaterat590feet; 

abandoned. 

540 --------- Many. -140 Saltwaterfromsand 

535-540 feet under 

535 feet of shale. 

I Record, Kans. Univ. Geol. Surv. Report, vol.1, pl. 15. 2 Ibid., pl. 10; vol. 3, pl. 21. s Ibid., vol. 1, pl. 17. 4 Ibid., pl 16. 5 Record, 51st Cong., 1st sess., Senate Ex. Doc. No. 222, p. 157. 
46 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. [NO. 57. 

KANSAS-Continued. 

Location. County. Depth. per of Remarks. Diame- Yield I Height I 

_________________ 

1 

___________________ 

1 

__ t_e_r_._minute._w __ a_te_r_._1 _______________ __ 

Sterling-------------- Rice ......... . Do--·--------- ......... do .....•.. Stover------.......... Labette ..... . Sun (southwest of) .. Barber ..•.... 

Feet. 

916 

946 

530 

600 

Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

10-2t None. . . . . . . . . . . Salt well. 

10-2t Few. -3 Do. 

7 ......... -16 

For coal; unsuccess- ful; mostly black 

shale. 

Syracuse------------- Hamilton·---

Oil wells. 1,000 -90 --------- --------- Thayer _______________ Neosho---·--

Thayer (near)------- ..... do ....... . 825 

1,064 ----Bt-=4i ~~~~:~::: ::::~::::: Water at 376,575,805, 

andl,064 feet. 

Do ______ ---------- ..... do ........ 1 

I 

Tonganoxie---------- Leavenworth Topekal _______ _. ______ Shawnee ..... 

Do.2 ------ ............. do---- ___ _ 

895 

854 

900 

1,638 

8!-(ij --------- ---------- WatE~r at 215 feet; 

gas at 827-830 feet. 

City well. 

Coal prospect; no coal; no flowing water. Torontoa _________ ... Woodson .... 1,452 --------- _________ Flows. Salt water and some 

Do ..................... do........ 940-782 

Tribune .............. Greeley...... 500 

Valley Falls .......... ] Jefferson.... 1,174 

{ 

800 

Wallace (vicinity) ___ Wallace...... 448 

400 

Wamego . ---··· -- .... Pottawatomie 1, 000 

Washington .......... Washington .1.100-1,200 

Do ...........•........ do....... 1,350 

Do ..................... de........ 2,200 

Weir City ...... ------ Cherokee.... 442 

Do------------ ........ do .... ____ 480 

Do···---·---··----- ..... do........ 4!:l0 

Wellington ........... Wabaunsee... 1,000 

Wichita ____ ---·--·--- Sedgwick____ 1,605 

Do------··-------- ---·.do....... 1,025 

Wilson-----·--·--···· Ellsworth.... 1,375 

oil. ______ ....... _____ ...... ____ Two wells; some gas. 

--------- ......... ---------- Unsuccessful. 3 2 ' +40 Very saline water. 

4 None. ---------- }Didnotreachbottom 

~ "':Non~~- ~===:~~::: of shales. 

••••••••• ......... -16 Saltwater. 

1 6 None. ---------- Abandoned. 6 None .......... . Do. 

8t 75 -70 

it 75 -70 

6! ......... -70 

Not in use. ----i~ ~:::::::: -----::_:70- Saltwaterat500feet. 

-----8~5- ::::::::: :::::::::: Salt water; abanWinfield ..........•... Cowley-----· 

doned. 

1,200 ...... · ... Many. +6 Salt water. Yale ...... -------- .... Crawford ___ _ 1,217 6 Many. --115 

Vulcan Iron Works.. Kingman ___ _ . ------ -----· .... Trego .... ___ _ 1,000 --------- ......... ______ ... Two salt shafts. 

700 --------- .... ----- ......... . 

PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO DEEP BORINGS IN KANSAS. 

Report of J. W. Gregory, field. agent for the Middle Division, Fifty-first Congress, first session, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 222, pp. 14f>-172. Washington, 1890. 

Water Resources of a portion of the Great Plains, by Robert Hay, United States 

Geological Survey, Sixteenth Annual Report, 1894-95, part 2, pp. 535-588, plates. 

Washington, 1895. 

The University Geological Survey of Kansas, by Erasmus Haworth and assistants, vol. 1. 320 pages, pJates. Topeka, 1896. 

Report of the Board of Irrigation, Survey, and Experiment for 1895 and 1896 to 

the Legislature of Kansas. 238 pages, plates. Topeka, 1897. 

The Univet·sity Geological Survey of Kansas, Special Report, by Erasmus 

Haworth and W. R. Crane, vol. 3. 347 pages, plates. Topeka, 1898. 

1 Record, Kans. Univ. Geol. Surv. Report, vol.1, pl. 17. 2 Ibid., vol. a, pl. 27. 2 Ibid., vol. 3, p. 14-9, pl. 29. 
DARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. 4 7 

KENTUCKY. 

Location. County. 

Ashland (4 miles Boyd ________ _ south). 

Ashland (6 miles ...•. do __ ----~­

south). 

Atoka(14mileswest)l Boyle .•.•.... BeaverDam (I! miles Ohio ........ . southeast). 

BlaineCreekmouth2_ Lawrence ... . 

Blaine Creek mouth ..... do ....... . (ltmiles from).s Bowling Green 4 _____ Warren ..... . 

Depth. 

Feet. 

1, 715 

2,100 

+1,414: 

goo 

2,597 

1,840 

1,782 

Bowling Green (vi- cinity).5 ...... do ........ 600--1,200 

Bowling Green (15 

miles northwest). Boone's Landing 6 __ _ 

Brooksville ·---·- ..... 

..... do ... ____ _ 

Meade ....... Bracken _ . _ .. 

Brummetts Station_. Whitlev _ .. _. Burkesville _____ ------1 Cumberland. 

Brandenburg 7 _______ / Meade _ ...... I 

Catlettsburg (1 mile Boyd _______ __ south). Catlettsburg (ltmiles ..... do ______ __ south). 

Cloverfork ............ Harlan ...... . Cloversport s ____ . _. _ _ Breckinridge 

Cloyds Landing...... Cumberland_ 

Cumberland Falls Whitley _ .... 

600-700 

500--579 ~00 

1,000 

1, 700 

400--765 

~,025 

~~.322 

423 

+896 

±400 

±400 

(vicinity). 

Cynthiana ............ Harrison.--~- 1,000-1,300 Danville ........... ___ Boyle __ ...... 560 

Eddyville (below) ... Lyon......... 1,315 

Elizaville ............. Fleming _ ..... 600 

Frankfort ______ ...... Franklin..... 825 

Glasgow 9 ------------ Barren....... 1 200 Glasgow (5 miles ..... do-------- 1:370 

southwest).IO 

Glasgow Junction (3 ..... do ____ .... miles southeast) .11 

Grand Rivers (near). Lyon ........ . 

Grayson Springs (6 

miles). 12 

Grayson ___ __ 

Greenup (1t miles Greenup_ .... east). 

Greenup (1 mile) ......... do ........ 

Greenwood (2 miles Pulaski ...... southeast). 

Do------------ ____ ..... do--------

Halsey (near) ...... _ _ Whitley .... . 

Harrodsburg-------- Mercer ...... . 

1,511 

1,315 

1,000 

940 

+1,300 

1,600 

1,100 

500 

1,560 

Diameter. 

Inches. 

13-10 

13-10 

Yield 

per minute. 

Gctls. 

6 ----- ----

He~fht 

water. 

Feet. 

-5 

10--6t --------- ----------

2 --------- ----------

Remarks. 

For oil or gas; unsuc- ful. 

Do. 

Oil and gas. 

No oil or water; 

abandoned. 

For oil or gas; un- productive. 

Do. 

But little oil, gas, or water. 

Severalprospectsfor 

oilm·gas; somegas. Several wells yield- ing heavy oil. 

Several gas wells. 

l<'or oil or gas; in 

progress 1!'99. 

Some gas at :300 feet. 

Small showing of oil 

and gas. Gas wells; some brine. · Gas well. 

For oil. 

Several gas wells in 

vicinity; salt water at 400 feet, strong brine at 600 feet. 

Oil well. 

Salt. 

--------- _________ -8 Several wells. 

6 --------- .......... Unsuccessful. _____________ .. ___ .... ...... Water 200 to 300 feet. 

-------6- -ivia.:ny.:· ·:Fi~ws:· 

Many. Flows. 

2 --------- ----------

.... ..... Flows. 

For oil. 

Several gas wells. 

Salt water at about 

700 feet. 

Oil prospect; abandoned. 

Temp.o}t 0 • 

Some oil at 400 feet; 

salt water at 500 

feet; abandoned. 

Some oil at 580 feet; 

abandoned. 

For oil, none found; 

abandoned. 

Abandoned. 

Coal prospect; some water at 60 feet. 

Water at 1,100 feet; no gas. Harrodsburg (near)_ Jessamine __ _ 485 5 ------------------- Water unfit for use. Salt water. Gas and salt water. Hartford ............. Ohio---------

Hartford Ot miles ..... do ........ 1,000 ----- .... --------- +1,300 ·--------- --------- Flows. 

northeast). 

Hawesville ts ........ _ Hancock..... ±1, 500 

Hazzard (near) 1 4 __ .. Perry ..... ~.. +400 

Hflndersonlo _________ Henderson__ +159 

1 Record, Pa. 2d Geol. Surv. Reports, vol. J5, pp. . 340--341. '2 Record, ibid., pp. 335--336. . a Record, ibid., pp. 336-337. 4 Ky. Geol. Surv., Petroleum and Natural Ga>~, 

etc., by E. Orton, pp.159-160. ;; Ibid., pp. 160--162. ~Ibid., pp. 176-177. ,. Ibid., pp. 171-172, 176. 

8Jbid., pp. 191-193. ~Ibid., p. 154. 

___ ·----- ____ . ________ ------ Salt water only. .... _ ....... ______ ..... _____ Salt well. . ________ ... ______ .... __ . __ . Coal prospect. 

10 Record, ibid., p. 154. u Record, ibid., pp. 155-156. 12 Ky. Geol. Surv. Report, vol. 1, new series, 

p.92. 1a Ky. Geol. Surv., Petroleum and Natural Gas, 

etc., by E. Orton, p. 194. 14 Record, Ky. Geol. Surv. Report, 1&'l4-1855, 

pp. 36--39. 1s Ibid., pp. 32-36; Ky. Geol. Surv., Petroleum 

and Natural Gas,etc., by E. Orton,pp.195--

l96. 
48 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. [NO. 51. 

KENTUCKY -Contin~ed. 

Location. County. Depth. per of Remarks. 

I 

Diame-1 Yield Height 

------------------l------------·l--------~ minut: __ w_a_t_e_r_._ 1 _________________ _ 

Henderson 

Henderson 

1_ 

(near) 

...... _.. 

___ ..... 

Henderson 

do ....... _ . . >~~~ I:I~;~:~~: ~~~~~':": (';~;: Henderson (16 miles ..... do ....... . 

Brine. 

Do. 

Two wells; one yields 

gas. 

430or 536 ··--· ...................... . south). 2 

Hendricks .... _ .. ___ .. Magoffin. __ .. 

Hood Creek 8 .•••••••• Lawrence .... Hopkinsville 4 •••••••• Christian ___ _ 

2,484 

1,625 

1,600 

Inez-····-···--------- Martin....... 2,200 Do ................ ---~-do........ 950 Keene ................ Jessamine... 2,000 

Lagrange 5 ......... __ Oldham...... 1,500 

Do. 5 ................... do........ 1,200 

Lagrange (1 mile ...... .... ...... 565 

south). 5 

Laurel 6 •••••••••• --·- Lawrence.... 1,625 

__ 7 •••••••••••• ____ .•••• do ........ ,1,840-2,597 

Perry --------1 410 Leatherwood Creek 

(mouth). 8 

Lexington ........... . Fayett~ . . . . . . 815 

Louisa(20miles west) 9 Lawrence.... 2,105 

Louisa (9milessouthwest).1" 

Louisville (Dupont.'s).ll 

Louisville (Phoenix 

Brewery). 

Louisville (St. Pat- rick's).12 

Louisville (Haynes's farm). 13 

Louisvil'e (McGehee 

farm). 13 

Monticello. -------·- • Morganfield 14 ___ •••• 

Morgantown ........ . Newport 15 .......... . 

..... do _______ _ 

Jefferson .... 

_____ do ....... . 

_____ do--------

..... do ....... . 

Wayne ...... . Union ....... . Butler ...... . Campbell ... . 

OwensboroH _________ Daviess ..... . 

Do ..................... do .. : .... . 

Do----------······ ..... do ....... . Owensboro (2 miles ..... do ........ . east). 

Pactolus (near) 17 •••• Grayson ..... 

Paducah18 ••••••••••• Calloway ... . Panola ................ Madison .... . 

Perryville ............ Boyle ...•.... Pineville ............. Bell ......... . Smithland19 ......... Livingston .. . Smithland (Taylor ..... do ....... . farm). 

2,407 

2,086 

1,800 

1,900 

1.000 

1,000 

200-700 

525 

500 

2,007 

1,000 

1,480 

1,200 

1,000 

1,480 

1,250 

1,700 

650 

6!)0 

1,200 

+1,500 

1 Ky. Geol. Surv., Petroleum and Nat ural Gas, 

etc., by E. Orton, p.195. OJ Ibid., p. 196. a Record, Pa. 2d Geol. Surv. Reports, vol. I5, p.339. 4 Ky. Geol. Surv., Petroleum and Nat ural Gas. 

etc., by E. Orton, pp. 162-165. 

lilbid., pp.l67-168. 6 Record, Geol. Aurv. Penn. Report J5, Oil and 

Gas.Region, p. 339. 

7Record, ibid., pp.33.~9. 

SKy. Geol. Surv. Repts. 18S4-18.'i5, p.228. 9 Record, Pa. 2d Geol. Surv. Repts., vol. 15, p. 

338. to Record, ibid., pp.337-&'38. 11 Record and analysis, Am. Jour. Sci., 2d se- ries, vol.27, pp.l7~178. 

8--~ .................. . Some oil; no water below 825 feet. 

-Oil well. 

Some gas and oil at bottom. 

For oil. For oil 40 years ago. 

Flow of salt water at 1,400 feet; no gas. 

Salt water at 1,200 

feet; no gas. 

Gas well. 

Sulphur water a'-

1,607 feet. For oil or g:~s; unsuc- cessful. 

Salt wells. 

6 .................. No water supply. ............................ l<"'oroilorgas; unpro- ductive. 

Do. 

3 264 + 170 Mineral water; temp. 8tW (or 76t 0 ?). 

Many. + 60 

Many lli'lows Temp. 57.2°; salt wa-

... ----~- ...... --~- S~~~ gas at 400 feet. 

4 ---····-- ......... . 

-100 

-------:t::: :::: :::::::::: ---------~-----·--··1· --- ------ ~------ . - #---- ---- ------ ~---

--------- -------··r·--------

No product. 

Oil wells. For oil; abandoned. 

Oil, gas, and coal. 

Much water at 1,650 

feet. 

Brineat765feet; poor water below. 

Salt water at 780 feet; none below. 

But little gas. 

For oil or gas; unproductive; much salt water at 1,475 feet. 

Salt water at 150 and 

1.700 feet. For oil; unsuccessful. 

Oil well. 

Unsuccessful. 

12 Ky. Geol. Surv., Petroleum, Natural Gas. 

etc., by Orton, pp.169-l70. 13 Ibid., p.l73. 14 Ibid., p. 205. 

15 Record and analysis, Ohio Geol. Surv. Re- port 1888, vol. 6, pp. 298-300. · I6 Ky. Geol. Surv., Petroleum, Gas, etc., by Orton, p. 194. 11 Record, Pa. Geo1. Surv. Report 15 on Oil and 

Gas Region, p. 340. 

1a Record, Ky. Geol. Surv. Description of Jack- son Purchase Region, pp. 321-326. 

19 Ky. Geol. Surv., Petroleum, Gas, etc., by Orton,p.198. 
DARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. 49 

KENTUCKY -Continued. 

Location. County. 

Uniontown .......... -~ Union ....... . Uniontown (Davis ..... do ...... .. mill). 

Walton ...... : ____ ----~ Boone ....... . Warfield (near) I ____ Martin ..... .. West Point (vicin- Hardin ..... .. ity).2 

Whitesburg .... ~----- Letcher ...•.. Williamsburg (10 Whitley ...... miles above). 

Williamstown ........ Grant-----~--

Depth. 

Feet. 

1,079 

+400 

±400 

+1,307 

400 

400 

500 

500 

Diame- Yield' Height 

ter. per of Remarks. mmute water. 

------

Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

4 Flows. For gas. 5-6 Flows. Salt water. 

Gas well. 

Do. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Salt wells. 

6 --·------ ---------- For oil; unsuccessful. 

No water below 30 

feet. 

PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS RELATING ~0 DEEP BORINGS IN KEN1 TUCKY. 

Seventh Report on Oil and Gas Fields of Western Pennsylvania for 1887-88, by 

John F. Carll, Pennsylvania Second Geological Survey Reports, volume P, 356 

pages, Harrisburg, 1890. 

Kentucky Geolog-ical Survey Report for 1854-55, by D. D. Owen, Frankfort, 1856. 

Occurrence of Petroleum, :Natural Gas, and Asphalt in Western Kentucky, by 

Edward Orton, Kentucky Geological Survey Report, 1888-89,232 pages, Frankfort. 

Location. County. 

Aldenbridge ---·----- Bos?ier ...... . Alexandria ........... Rapides ..... . Do---------- ........... do ...... .. Do .... -~-- ........ ___ -_ .do ...... .. 

Allentown ......... .. Bossier ...... . Bosco City ...... ------ Ouachita ... .. Baton Rouge---- .... . East Baton 

Rouge. Do ____ ........... . ..... do ....... .. Bayou Sara ........ .. West Felici- ana. Do ..................... do .... ___ _ Benton ....... -------- Bossier.------

Bolinger .................... do __ ... .. 

~~lf~~ ~~~~~~~:~::: :::: ~~~~~e-~:~:::: 

Cote Blanche Island _ E;t. Mary.~-- .. Crawford------------ ..... do ........ I 

Crowley .............. Acadia ..... .. Delta---------------·· Madison .... . 

LOUISIANA. 

Depth. Diameter. 

Yield 

per minute. 

Height of water. Remarks. 

Feet. Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

rag ----i~· ""'276! ------+4" 

850 --------· ......... ---------- 630 --------- --·------ .......... Four wells; temp. 

400 

400 

1,000 

760 

736 

450 

500 

500 

810 

1,103 

450 

692 

I 

6 ---------

10-: 1 ..... :. 

4 347 

4 

18 

42 

104 

18 

85°±. 

-30 

-30 Water at 750 feet. 

Flows. Temp. 70°; two wells 

+2 Temp. 63°. 

+15 Temp. 60°. 

+65 Tern p. 62°; salty 

water; much gas: -34 

+2 Pumps 347 gallons; Temp. 62°; several 

other wells here. 

635 4 312 -6 Pumps 312 gallons. 

1,200 No water. --------- ·-------- ---------- Dubach ....... _____ ... Lincoln .. . • .. . . . -·473· -------5- -----amY -----+iif Deep well. 

Hammond ..... _ .. .. .. Tangipahol\1. .. Lake Charles ....... Calcasieu .. .. 585 6-4 -104. +18 Four wells; temp.64°. 

Lake Charles (2miles ..... do ....... . 491! 4 100 +10 

east). 

Do_ ..... ------ .... __ ... do ....... . 

Lak~city-~~ ~~:: ~: :::~ ["j"t;t!~~soii·?·::: Marksville .. . . .. .. .. . A voyelles .... 1,~ :::::Sf<:~ I:::Flo~': Two wells. 

I Record, Pa. Geol. Surv. Report J5 on Oil and Gas Region, pp. 339-340. 2 Ky .. Geol. Surv., Petroleum, Gas, etc., by Orton, pp.lS0-181. 

IRR 57 -02--± 
50 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. [NO. 57. 

LOUISI.AN .A -Continued. 

I I 

. ! Yield i Height Location. County. Depth Dmme- per ' of Remarks. : • i ter. minute.l water. 

I ----~~~Inches. Gallons.\-~FI~e~e-t.-t------- Minden. ------ _. ___ ---. Webster _____ 

1 

1,000 _________ .... -----1 No flow. 

New Iberia _________ Iberia.-------- 600 ----------------------------

New Orleans ...... ___ Orleans-----} {;~ }---- ---- ---------1 +15 

N~:;:e~r;~ans (Canal ..... do ________ 

1 

3,000 _________ --------- ________ __ 

Several wells; temp. 68°. 

Bored in 1856. 

New Orleans .............. do-------- 1,300 -------8

-- -_-_-__ -_--_-__ -_- _-----------.-------~~ Winnfield------------ Winn ________ 1.100 Temp. 70°. Also gas. 

I I 

Augusta .......... ----~ Kennebec----~ 

Arbutus.----- ____ ---- Baltimore .. __ Baltimore (National _____ do _______ _ 

Brewery). Baltimore (Malt by ____ .do _______ _ property). 

Baltimore (Spring ..... do. __ .... Garden Brewery). · Baltimore (Hannis ...... do _______ _ Distillery). Baltimore (Seawell) ...... do ______ __ Baltimore lBaum- ..... do ....... . schmidt's Brewery) Baltimore (Von Der ..... do---- .... Horst's Brewery). 

Baltimore (Brehm's ..... do--------

·Brewery). 

Baltimore (Adler's ..... do _______ _ Brewery). Bay Ridge ____________ Anne Arundel. 

Centerville 1 _____ . ___ Queen Anne. 

Claiborne 2 _______ .... Talbot _ ------ Cumberland--------· Alle~any ..... Crisfield.----- ________ Somerset ___ _ 

Do------ ____ ------ ..... do----- ... Do. 3 .... ______________ .do ___ ----

Deer Park ...... ______ Garrett------

Easton.-------------- Talbot ..... .. 

I 

MAINE. 

570 1---------l 10 I No flow.[ In granite. 

M.ARYL.AND. 

775 [ _______________ .... __________ Not finished. 

4.50 6 200 Noflow. 

900 --------- Many. No flow. 

500 ·-------- ---------'~ Noflow. 

800 _____ ......... Noflow. 

!162 ......... 

1 

None. ---------- 400 ----· ---- 25 

435 1 8 ' .,5 No flow. 

1,300 ---------1 1~~ Noflow.,l :: -----~~-~------~~- ----~~ Irony water. 

440

'B5~-------(~>- Many." Near Water at 428 and 665 . surface. feet. 

Many. Wateralsoat380feet. 

2, 000 8 None. .. .... ---- Abandoned. 

1,018 3 Pumps Flows. I Flows 40 gallons; sa200. 1 line water. 1, 0.33 4

6 130 Flows. 1 Saline water. 1,090 --------- Flows. I Do. 

2, 010 5 Flows. 

600 'I 3 None. ------ ____ No water below 100 1 feet. 

Elkton ______ ------____ Cecil _____ .... 490 2t ____ . ____ ------ .... 

1 

Water very unsatisForP~:~~~i~=if~~ :=== :~~~~~~~=== :=== -------~- :::~:~=== ==== ::::: =~~~~~====~~ t~:~!El~1:~~P- 45o. 

Frederick------------ Frederick .... 1,140-996 ....... _ 70 +3 

Frostburg ____________ Allegany ____ . 700 It Noue. ---------- Abandoned. 

IndianHead __________ Charles------ 463 6 11 Nofiow. 

Salisbury4 ------ _ ·--- Wicomico____ 424 ____ ..... _________ ------ ____ Water at 26i feet. 

Sparrows Point ...... ---·------------ _ 49511 _________ ------------------- No water below 210 

feet. 

Tilghmanslsland. ___ Talbot_______ 370-420 -------- Many. 4wells. 

Tunis Mills ___________ ..... do...... 430! 2 Pumps Flows. Flows6gallons. 

i I 100. 

1 Record, New Jersey Geol. Surv., Report for 18!19, pp. 81-83. 2 U. S. Geol. Surv., Bull. 138, p. 13'2. 3 Record, U.S. Geol. Surv., Bull.l38, pp.128-130. 4 Record, New Jersey Geol. Surv., Report for 1899, pp.ll3-115. 
DARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. 51 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

Location. County. Depth. D~ame-: Ypieerld Height 

ter. minute. wa~~r. - --~----- ~~~~-J-~~-

Boston (Eastern Cold· Suffolk ______ _ Storage). Boston(cornerHunt- _____ do _______ _ 

ington avenue and 

Gainesboro street). Boston (corner Com- ..... do _______ _ mercia! and Prince 

streets). 

Boston (34 Provi- _____ do"------· 

deuce street). 

Boston (Park square)l---- .do------·-

Cam bridge (Dow ; ..... do ____ .... Soap Works). 1 Cambridge (Morse ! ••..•• do .... ·--- and White streets). Cambridge _______________ do ______ _ 

Dalton .... ------------ Berkshire ·--·J Dorchester. _____ ----- Suffolk ...... . 

Holyoke------ ________ Hampden ___ _ Do ________________ ..... do ....... . Do ________________ ..... do ....... . Do ________________ ..... do ....... . 

Malden .. --------· ____ Middlesex __ _ New Bedford ________ Bristol.---·-· 

North Adams .... ____ Berkshire .... ~ orthampton . _ .. _... Hampshire __ Do ________________ ..... do ....... . 

Princeton------------ Worcester __ _ Roxbury-------··---· Suffolk ______ _ Do ________________ ..... do ........ . 

Stockbridge .... -----· Berkshire .. __ Taunton .... ---------· Bristol ...... . Turners Falls . _ .. _... Franklin .... . Walpole ________ ------ Norfolk .... __ 

Waltham.-·--------- Middlesex __ _ 

Watertown ·----- ---· ..... do _____ ... West Cummington __ Hampshire __ 

Feet. 400 

512 

1,750 

2,503 

2,567 

500 

462 

400 

+400 870-900 

400 

800 

720 

1,005 

650 

510 

500 3, 710 -!,022 

900 

502 

403 

650 

975 

900 

1,000 460 

700 

625 

Inches. Gallons. Feet. 8 i 70 Noflow. 

81 Few. Noflow. 

i 

_________ I _________ No flow. 

nl_________ 5 

6 ------- -,----------

1 

:==:~~~~=~~~~~~~::~~-g~::· ) 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

6 

8 

8 

400 -20 600 -20 400 -14 Many. Noflow. 

_tj~tl ~~:~:: 625 -4 7 Noflow. 

:::::::~~ ~~~~~;~J::::~~~: ~ -----'52': -----:_:i2' 

6 _________ Noflow. 

15 

Very Noflow. 

few. 

Many. ---------- 8 2k Noflow. 

MICHIGAN. 

Remarks. 

Bad water. 

Sulphur water; good water 459-484 feet; 

well abandoned. 

No water below 500 feet. 

Unsuccessful. 

Do. 

Do. 

2 wells; wattr. Yery salty. 

Water too iron)~. 

Water of fair quality. 

Very hard water. Not successful. 

Do. 

Do. 

Water too irony. Water too hard. 

Water too irony. 

Adrian 1 •••••• -----· __ Lenawee _____ l 1,650 __________ --------- ____ ------ Mineral water at 805 

Albion. ____ _- __________ Calhoun _____ ·--·--·---·---------------------------- Algonac2 ...... _ ______ St. Clair------ 1,614 . _______ ------. ~- ------ ___ _ 

Algonac (5 miles ..... do......... 1,727 --------- -----·--- ----------

below).s 1,275--i/ I 

Allegan 4 ............. 

1 

Allegan ...... 

1

1{ 1, 400 :~------ .. 

1 

..... ___ _ 

Alma 5 -----·. ________ Gratiot ...... 2,863 I ....... ________ .. 

Alpena·-----·-------- Alpena....... 650 i 5 200 

Do s ___________ ......... do ........ 1,()'>..6-1,269 

AnnArbor7 --------- Washtenaw .. 770or775 

Assyria ....... ____ .... Barry________ 1,850 

Battlecreek s _________ Calhoun...... 440 

-2 

+20 

-40 

-16 

Banks . ___ ... ______ _ __ Bay _____ ----- 774-980 ......... ______ . __ . __ ... ___ _ Bay City ....... ______ ..... do-----·-- 715--1,200 ......... 1 

................. .. 

I 

Bay City 9 ------------ Bay------ ___ _ 505 I 

Do .... ____________ ..... do _____ ... 1, 600 ----- ----'.---- ----- ------ ----. 

1 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1881-1893, vol.5, part 2, p. 44, pl.l. 2 Ibid., pl. 3. 

3Jbid.,pl.2. 

feet. Abandoned. 

Several wells. 

Salt well. 

Do. 

Several borings for 

oil; n o t m u c h 

found. 

Temp. 52°. Several 

wells. 

Several salt wells. 

For oil; unsuccessful. 

Water -at 116. feet 

only. 

Salt wells. 

Numerous salt wells 

in vicinity. Salt wells in upper salt beds. 

4 Ibid., pp. 44-45, pl. 4. 5 Analysis, ibid., pp. 45-46; U.S. Geoi. Surv. Water Supply and Irrigation Paper, No. 31, p. 83. 8 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1881-1893, vol. 5, part 2, pp. 46-47, pl. 5. 7 Ibid., pp. 47-49; Reports, 1873-1876, vol. 3, part 1,p. 92. 8 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1881-1893, vol. 5, part 2, p. 50. ' P Analysis, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1873-1876, vol. 3, part 1, p.182. 
52 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. [NO. 57. 

Location. 

MICHIGAN -Continued. 

County.· Depth. Diame- Yield He~fht 

ter. mfn~te. water. 

Feet. Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

Remarks. 

Bay City 1 ............ Bay ...... ____ 2,865 Brine at 2,141-2,:>06 

Benboon.~~~~~~-~~~~~~ -~~~~~~-~~~::~ i:~rn1 ---~-~-~_i_- _-~-~---- ~MM~~~a-~n~YY~~ .. ~I:::::~,3~o~~ MI~Ieleetr.al water. Big Rapids ....... ____ Mecosta...... 1,360 

Blackmar ------------ Saginaw..... 1,764 ......... --------- ---------- Salt well. 

Carrollton ----------- ..... do_....... 743--800 ......... ____ ............... Several Ralt wells. 

CaRewell 3 ------------ Thuron ------1,735-1,770 --------- --------- ---------- Salt wells. Chadwick ...... _ ..... Ionia ..... ____ 4!.18 ...... ___ --------. _________ _ 

Charlevoix 4 •••••••••• Charlevoix... 400-482 8 --------- Flow. Temp.46°. Charlotte 6 .......... Eaton .... ____ 2,209 6 --------- -20 

Do ...... ---------- ..... do._______ 730 ......... --------- _________ _I 

Cheboygan 6 --------- Cheboygan__ 700 ---------.---·-----~'-----· .... I 

Do---------------- ..... do........ 452 10--8~--------- To surCol::•~•(~eet-of)' ~=::h _:: ::: ,,: I :::: :::r::: :::r:::~::: w~;~. :: Jr..£:••; 

Constantine 9 ________ SaintJoseph. 680 '---------'---------_---------- Strong brine at 382 

Do.lo __________ ......... do........ +1,~ ·-------·1--------- -----·-·-- feet. Corunnan ____________ Shiawassee __ 90i --------- ----"···- ---------- Detroit (9 miles Wayne....... 770 -······-· .. ·--------~---------- Some gas and water northeastJ.I 2 at 165 feet. 

Dowagiac ...... ---·-- Cass.... ...... 1,500 .... -----1---- _____ ...... .... Unsuccessful. 

Do---------------- ..... do........ 2 200 ! Water at 87 feet; 

~::~ :~~-~:J::::~:~:: ~:~~-:_:~: ~?i~:~~~;.cl; Do.'a .................. do ....... . Do---------- ........... do _____ _. __ 

East Saginaw H ...... Saginaw .... . East Tawas 15 ........ Iosco _ .... ___ _ 905 __________________ ---------- Do. 

Essexville Is.......... Bay ......... . Flintl7 ......•......... Genesee _, __ _ 755 1 .. .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. ••••••••• 

1,2001---------:--------- ---------- Salt well; fresh wa- ter at 260 feet. 

Florence . . . . . . . ... . . . . Saint Joseph_ Forestville ........... Sanilac ...... . 800 

50.5-600 ---------~---·-· ... ·--------- 1t!:ct~~~dandfilled 

------~l~~~~:~~~ -----~~~- up. Fountain Point ...... 1 Carp Lake, _____ __ Leelanau.· 

Frankfort 1 8 •••••••••• Benzie_ ..... . JJo.I 9 •• __ ••• • • • • • • • .... do ....... . 1, 800 

2,200 160 Flows. Temnerature 58°; 

mirieral water. Grand Marais ........ A-lger ........ 1 

Grand Rapids 20 _ .... Kent ___ ..... . 1,215 --------· None ........... 1 Abandoned. 

2,200 ............................ Freshwaterwithgas 

I

, and brine at botl tom. Do .......• :-:: ..... ..... do........ (?) 700 

Grindstone ........... Huron....... 1,080 

Hillsdale 21 ••••••••••• Hillsdale ..... 1,3.50-1.550 

Howell ............... Livingston .. 550 

~~~~~:~:: ~~::~~~:: ::::~~~~::11 Abandoned. ......... --------- .......... Brineat1,!00feet. .................. ----------:Gas; abanaoned. 

Imlay ......... --------- ........•. ' Fresh water at 190to 2 2 ••••••••••••• Lapeer....... 1,020 

I 

Ionia .............. ___ Ionia 1 ---------1 400--UOO 8 Many. + 

-~-~· 200 feet; salt water . .. at 648 to 710 feet. 

No water below 362 

feet; temperature 

I 00°. ' 

1 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1881-1893, vol. 5, part 2, p. 50, pl. 6. 2 Ibid.,p.51,pl. 7. ' 3 Ibid., p. 53; Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1873-1876, vo1. 3, part 1, p. 94. 4 lJ. S. Geol. Surv. Water Supply and Irrigation Paper, No.30,p. 87. 5 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1881-1893, vol. 5, part 2, p. 53, pl. 8. 6 Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1881-1893, vol. 5, pa:rt 2, p. 53. · 7 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1873-1876, vol.3, part 1,p. 87-88. 8 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1881-1893, vol. 5, part 2, p. 54, pl.10. 9 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1873--1876, vol. 3, part 1, p. 00. 10 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1881-1893, vol. 5, part 2, p. 54, pl.ll. 11 Ibid., p. 54, pl.l2. 12 Ibid., p. 54, pl.15. IS Ibid., p. 55, J)l.16. 14 Ibid., p. 5.'5; Mich. Geol. Surv. Renorts, 1873-1876, vol. 3, part 1, pp. 94---96; Analysis, p.183. 16 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Repor'ts, 1881-1893, vol. 5, part 2, p. 57; Analysis, Mich. Geol. Surv. 

Reports, 1873--1876, vol. 3, part 1, p.184. 16 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1881-1893, vol. 5, part 2, p. 58. 17 Ibid., p. 58; Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1873-1876, yol. 3, part 1, p. 97. 18 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1881-1893, vol. 5, part 2, p. 59, pl. 18. 19 Analysis, ibid., p.59. 20Record, ibid., p. 61, pl. 20. ::I Ibid., p. 62; Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1883--1876, vol. 3, part 1, p. 81. 22 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1881-1893, vol. 5, part 2, p. 63, pl. 22. 
DARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. 53 

MICHIGAN -Continued. 

Location. County. 

Ionia 1 ................ Ionia ........ . 

Ithaca 2 ............... Gratiot .... .. 

Depth. 

Feet. 

450 

637 

Diame· 

ter. 

Yield Height 

per of 

minute. water. 

Inches. Gallons. Fert. ....... ,.1 _________ ......... . 8 50 -72 

Ja~kson 3 ............. Jackson ... ~-- 2,100-2,455 ......... _________ Flows. 

8~==~~~=:::~==~=== =====a~==:~====· 20U88 -----·io· -M:~ny~- ------~9-

Kalamazoo 4 • • • • • • • • • Kalamazoo . -I 2, 250 

Kawkawlin 5 ......... Bay .......... 810-1,133 ........................... . Lake Linden ......... Houghton ... 1,50'Z-l,508 12-8 100 

Lansing "magnetic Ingham...... 1,400 1 !<'lows. 

well." 

Lansing Hotel ............ do ....... . Lansing Reform ..... do ....... . School.B 

740 

506 

Ludington 7 .. .. .. • .. • Mason . .. .. . . 2, 2"20 ................. _ ..... . 

Ludt~g~on---(i-illiie- :::::a~=~~=:::: ~Jgg =~~~=~=:: ~~~~:::::.:::::: ·--- ..::;.~~1.:.:;1. _ _ _____ _ __ Manl•too _____ 1,947-13,0271- ______________ -I- ____ _ 

1 

Marengoll ___________ Calhoun..... 460 Do ........... ------~-- ... do........ 2,015 

Marine City12 ...... ·, St. Clair ...... 1,470-1,737 

Marine City (llity ..... do........ 1, 777 well). 13 • : 

Marshall 14 .. • • .. • • • • • Calhoun .... -I 440 

Maryville 15 . .. . .. .. • .. St. Clair...... 1, 150 

Melbourne . -...... _.. Saginaw .. .. . 950 

Menominee .......... Menominee.. +400 

Midland 16 ....... ·..... Midland ..... 1,~00-1,325 

Monroe 17 ............ Monroe...... 1, 765 

Mount Clemens 18 .... Macomb ..... 1,060-1,244 

Muskegon 1 9 ...... ___ Muskegon ... 1,230 

10-5 ......... ·-15.! --------- ......... ----------1 --------- ................... ----------1 

8 Several. 

Flows. 

Flows. 

+4 

Do. 2 r. ___ • ~.... . . . . _ ... _do ........ 

I 

2,627 ! --------- ...... ---

New River 21 

Niles --------1---------------- 1,0291---------1·-------- ......... .. ................. Berrien...... 1,438 10-5 15 +15 

Do.22 .................. do........ 1,140 ............................ . 

Remarks. 

Flow of sweet water at 300 feet. 

Several wells; good water. 

Several wells Flow 

of water at 1.050 

feet; hot water at 1,820 feet. 

Abandoned. 

Large water supply: several wells. 

Two salt wells. 

Saline water. Tem- · perature 58t0 • 

N umerouR salt wells 

in town and vicinity. Blackwaterat 

960. Some oil at 1,905 feet. 

Two salt wells. 

Several salt wells in 

and near town. Clear water 1,170-

1,370 feet. 

Saltwaterat745 feet; 

mineral water 970 

and 985 feet. 

Well now plugged; water somewhat 

sulphurous. 

Several mineral 

wells. 

Flows of mineral water at 333 feet 

and 643 feet. 

Strong flow of mineral water at 700 

feet, brine at 2,400 

feet. 

Salt well. 

Temperature 60°. 

1 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1873-1876, vol. 3, part 1, pp.134-135. 2 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reuorts, 1881-1893, vol.5, part 2, pp. 63-64. s Ibid., p. 65, pls. 23-25. · 4 Record~ Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1881-11!93, vol. .1, part 2, p. 65, pl. 26. 6 Ibid., p. 65: Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1873-1876, vol. 3, part 1, p. 96. 6 Record, Mich. Geol.Surv. Reports, 1873-1876, vol.3, part 1, pp.117-118. 7 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1881-1893, vol. 5, part 2, p. 66, pl. 27. 8 Ibid., pl. 29. 9 Ibid., pl. 28. 10 Ibid .. p. 66, pls. 30-32. u Ibid., p. 67. 

12 Ibid., p. 67, pls. 33-38. 

1s Ibid., p. 67, pl. 39. 14 Ibid., p. 67. 

15 Ibid., p. 68, pl. 40. 16 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1881-1893, vol. 5, part 2, p. 69. 1 7 1 bid.' p. 70, pl. 41. . 18 Record, and analysis, ibid., pp. 70-71, pl. 42. 19 Record, ibid., p. 71, pl. 43; Mien. Geol. ~urv. Reports, 1873-1876, vol. 3, part 1, p. 84. 20 Ibid., p. 85. · · 21 Ibid., p. 77: Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1881-1893, vol. 5, part 2, p. 73. 22 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1881-1893, part 2, p. 73, pl. 44. 
54 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. [NO. &7. 

MICHIGAN -Continued. 

Location. County. 

I 

. I Yield Hei~ht Depth. Dlame-r per of ter. mmute. water. Re:tnarks. 

---------------i------------1--------l-----'--------------l-----------~---

Niles 1 ___ •••• --------- Berrien~- ___ _ Feet. 

600 

Norris .....•...•.....• Wayne....... 631 

Oscoda2 ····-···------ Iosco ......... 1,070-1,103 

Owosso 3 •• ----·- ----~- Shiawassee .. 1,000 

P~~ot~akceL_--_-__ ·-__ -_-_-_--_-_"_ Emmet .•.... 575 ·Oakland..... 1,505 

Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

10-8 450 +18 

Port Austin 5 ........ Huron ....... 1,198-1,225 --------- --------- ....... · .. . 

Port Hope 6 ••••••••••••••• do........ 787 ............................ . Port Huron 7 ••••• ____ St. Clair...... 498-785 --------· ----····· ......... . Port Huron (12miles ..... do ................... -----··--. ____ .... Flows. 

northwest). Port Huron 8 ••••• ____ ••••• do ....... . :Port H•.uon Deer- ..... do ....... . spring. 

Strong brine at 370 

feet. 

For §!as: abandoned. 

Salt wells. 

Brine at M4 feet. 

Temperature 50°. 

Salt water at 1,100 

feet. 

Salt wells; sweet water at 336to1,100 

feet. 

Salt well. 

Gas wells. 

Portsmouth .......... Bay .....•..... Do. 9 •••• ---------- ••••• do ....... . 1,000 --------- --------- ---------- 664 ---------'--------- ---------- Salt well. 

Provemont ......•.... 1 Leelanau ... . 700 8 --------- + lO Sulphur water 300 

Romeolo_ ............ Macomb ____ _ Royal Oak u . . . . . . . .. :)akland _ .. _. ~ po.l2 _____________ ------~0--------

Sagmaw ----··---- .... Sagmaw _ ... . Do. 13 ........... ----1 ..••. do ...... . Saginaw (sou th-, ...... do -------- east).14 - St. Clair 15 ...... ------ St. Clair. ____ _ 

Do.I 6 -------------1-----do -------- St.lgnace 17 ........... ;Mackinac .. . 

1,600 --------- ----- ---· -600 

1,400 --------- ---------

2,502 ---- .. --- ----.---- ---------- 74J-830 --------- --------- ---------- 860 , _________ --------- -----------

1,764 -----·-·· --------- ----------

919 

1,6d2 919 8 Many. -300 

Flows. 

St .• Tohns ............ Clinton...... 1,200 -------- ------• ----------

~JgF.1,ch:~~~~:::=~4~0it::::: i,~~~l" :::::::: =::: :::: :::::::::: 

Stronach2°_ ---------1 Mamstee..... 1,972 -------- ---------- TawasCity21 ________ ,1 Iosco.......... 905 ........ ----------

Thunder Bay River ---------------- 1,025 ------------------- (near bed).22 

feet in rock. 

Numerous salt wells. 

Brine at 350 and 1, 655 

feet. 

Salt wells. 

Salt well. 

S tr on g sulphur water. 

UnsuccessfuL 

Deep well. 

Several salt wells. 

Salt well. 

For gas; unsuccess- ful. 

Salt well. 

Salt well. Flow of 

mineral water at 400 feet. 

Whiterock 23 ....... Huron------· 555-1,311 ___ .. _______________ Several salt wells. 

Winona .............. Bay ____ ...... 1,020 .... ________________ Drill hole for copper 

ore. 

::§ :::::;::: ::::::::: ~:::::::::1 ::::~:::ltwell& Wyandotte 24 -------- Wayne ...... . Do ....................... do ...... .. YP.silanti ------- ...... Wa<lhtenaw .. Zllwaikee 25 __________ Saginaw_ .... 

1 Record. Mich. Geol. Snrv. Reports,1873-1876, vol. 3, part 1, p. 93. 2 Analysis, ibid., p.186. 3 Record, ibid., p. 97; Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports,188l-1893, vol. 5, part 2, p. 78, pl. 45. 4 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports,1881-1893, vol. 5, part 2, p. 75, pl. 47. 5 Ibid , pp. 75-76; Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports,l873-1876, vol. 3, part 1, pp. 77-78; Analysis, p.l83. 6 Ibid., p. 76. 7 Ibid., p. 77, pis, 48-55. ~ Ibid., PJ?· 77, pl. 57. 9 Analysis, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1873-1876, vol. 3, part 1, p.l82. 10 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1881-1893, vol. 5, part 2, p. 7~, pl. 59. u Ibid., p. 79. 

12 Ibid., p. 79, pl. 60. 13 Ibid., p. 79: Analysis, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1873-1876, vol. 3, part 1, p.182. 14 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1873-1876, vol. 3, part 1, pp. 96-97. 15 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports,1881-1893, vol. 5, part 2, p. 79, pl. 62. 16 Ibid., pl. 61. 17 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports,1881-1893, vol. 5, pa!"t 2,f.. 79, pl. 63. 18 Analysis, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1873-1876, vol. 3, part , p.184. 19 Record, Mich. Geol. Hurv. Reports, 1881-1893, vol. 5, part 2, pp. 81-82. 2o Record, ibid., p. 84, pl. 65. 21 Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1873-1876, vol. 3, part 1, p. 79. 22 Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports,1873-187o, vol. 3, part 1, p. 40. 23 Ibid., pp. 76-77; Analysis, p.184; Record, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1881-1893, vol. 5, part 2, p. 86. 24 Record. Mich. Geol. 8m·v. Reports,1881-1893, vol.5, part 2, p. 87,pl.66. 25 Analysis, Mich. Geol. Surv. Reports, 1873-1876, vol. 3, part 1, p.l85. 
bARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. 55 

PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO DEEP BORINGS IN MICHIGAN. 

The Geology of Lower Peninsular of Michigan, by C. Rominger, Michigan Geological Survey, vol. 3, part 1, .225 pages, New York, 1876. 

The Geology of Lower Michigan with reference to deep borings, etc., by A. C. 

Lane, Michigan Geological Survey, Vol. 5, part 2,100 pages, plates, Lansing, 1895. 

Analysis of many of the wen waters are in" Lower Michigan Mineral Waters,'' 

by A. C. Lane, U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Supply and Irrigation Papers, No. 

31, Washington, 1899. 

Water Resources of the Lower Peninsular of Michigan, by A. C. Lane, U.S. 

Geolos-ical Survey, Water-Supply and Irrigation Papers, No. 30, 97 pages, plates, 

Washington, 1899. 

MINNESOTA. 

Location. County. Remarks. 

Diame-' Yield Height 

_D_e_p-th---J-t-et_·-_1 mf:~te. wat~r. ~~-----. Feet. Inches. I Gallons. _F<_e_e_t_. -!----------

Austin ................ ! Mower....... 750 10-8 ~ 220 -6 Fine water from 600 

' ~- feet. 

Belle Plaine ____ ...... ' Scott ...... --- 7

4

1

7

0

8 --- -- ---- 1 

-- -- -- • -- -- ---- ----

Benson ............... i. Swift--------~ __ , ____ ... ----------

Do ...... ------ .... I .. __ .do........ _ .. Blue Earth .... _______ 1 Faribault---- ,,~0() : ___ ·: ___ ·: ___ --_-_:_!~. _M ___ a:n_y ___ : =3030 

i , 5 x200 F~:;!aw ~;~~fe ~ 

Browns Valley 1 ••• __ -I Traverse ... _I 465 feet. 

Brownsville 2 __ • __ .... i Houston ____ . 590 1, 000 + 13 

Dodge Center __ ... __ . Dodge .. __ .. __ 504 8 80 -88 Railroad well. 

west). 3 1,225 feet. 

Duluth (12 miles St.Louis..... 1,1\07~~ 8-5! _________ -40 Mineral water at 

~f~~¥;~~~I_J~~~~~~:: §lh~r~~i~e:::. 'gi~ :~::::::: -M:~ny~- ------+4. Several wells in vicinity; only flow is 

Faribault . _____ __ ____ Rice----- 1 .... 1 1120 1- _ .. __ .... __ _ __ __ _ .. __ . __ __ _ Si:~:O~l::;·_ Fond duLac .... _____ , St. Louis ...... l 

Fountain ____ ..... __ __ Fillmore __ . __ ! 

Freeborn------- ______ Freeborn ----1 

Gladstop.e ______ ...... Ramsey ....... 1 

Glencoe ...... -------- McLeod •••••• Do---------------- ..... do .... Graceville .... -------- Bigstone. ___ _ 

Grove City ........... Meeker ------1 Hastings" ____ .... ____ Dakota ... __ __ Hayfield ........ __ .... __ .... __ .-...... I 

Henderson _____ .. .. .. Sibley __ .. ____ I 

Humboldt 6 ______ • __ Kittson .... .. 

Jordan ____ ... ____ __ __ Scott ..... ___ _ 

Kandiyohi...... .. .. .. Kandiyohi. .. Lake City 7 ___________ Wabasha .... . 

Lamberton ........... Redwood .. .. Mankato . ______ ______ Blue Earth __ Do ............ ____ ..... do ______ __ 

1,508 ........ -1---- _____ -10± Salty water; bored 

579 61 20 II -29....51 for gas. 950 _________ .... _____ -----.· ____ Unsuccessful. 

615 ----- ·--- _________ , -30 

1, 640 8-6 50 ' -85 

1, oou 50 1 .. ---- ----

460 8-6 40 1 -50 Two wells; granite at ! 510 feet. 

700 --- -- ---- -- .. - .. .. -57 1,160 ________ 100 +14 Water slightly salty. 530 ..... ____ None. ________ __ 

707 10-8 400 +70 Temp. 50°. 

644 ----·--· --------- ---------- Salty water at 17D650? ----- .... --------- ---------- 450 --------- --------- ---------- 820 --------- --------- ...... ----

180 feet. 

Unsuccessful. 

400 

2,204 

650 :~:::~~== ~~~=:~=:= .. ---:-_00· Unsuccessful. 

10,8,6 500to80 +40 f:\everalwells. Water 

Mendotas ______ ______ ____ ______ ______ 857 4 10 +10 ferruginous. 

Minneapolis ...... ____ Hennepin.... 1,431 ·-------- ......... ----------}Several wellsunsuc- Minne~polis (Lake- ..... do _______ . 2,150 ·------·- --------- ...... .... eessful. 

Minneapolis (West ..... do........ ()22 _________ 300 -24 

wood Cemetery) 9 _ I 

M~~:~~~;is (C. M. .. ... do __ . __________________________ .... __ --1------ __ __ and S. P. R. R. 

shops). 

Water at 168 feet. 

1 Record, Minn. Geol. Surv., 14thRept., 1885·.p.14. Report SpecialComm. U.S. Senate on Irriga- tion and Reclamation of Arid Lands, vol. 4, Washington, 1890, p. 48. 2 Record, Minn. Geol. Surv., 13th Rept., 1884, p. 59. Report Special Comm. U.S. Senate on Irriga- tion and Reclamation of Arid Lands, vol. 4, Washington, 1890, p. 48; Minn. Acad. Natural Sciences 

Bull., vol. 3, N o.l, p.142. 3 Record, Minn. Geol. Surv. Bull. 5, Gas in Minnesota, pp. 31-35. 4 Record, Minn. Geol. Surv. Rep<>i't, vol. 5, 1876, pp. 154-156. 5 Record, Minn. G-eol. Surv.,13th Rept., 1884, pp. 56-57; Analysis and Record Minn. Acad. of 

Natural Sciences Bull., vol. 3, No.1, pp. 137-141. 6 Record and analysis, Minn. GeoL Surv., 13th Rept., 1884, pp. 42-47. 7 Record, ibid., p. 58; Minn. Acad. Natural Sciences Bull., vol. 3, No. 1, p. 142. s Record, Minn. Acad. Natural Sciences Bull., vol. 3, No.1, p.141; Minn. Geol. Surv., 13th Rept., 1884, pp. 55, 56. u Ibid., pp.137-138; ibid., pp. 50-54. to Analysis, ibid., p. 137; Record, Minn. Geol. Surv., 14th Rept., 1885, p. 11. 
56 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES,- PART I. [NO, 57. 

/ MINNESOTA-Continued. 

Location. County. Depth. 

Diame- Yield Height • 

t per of er. minute. water. Remarks. 

------------------1------------l---------l------- --------[------------------

Feet. Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

Minneapolis (Sol- Hennepin ____ ----------- -------·· -----· ... -----· ---- diers' Home). 

Minneapolis (Wins- ..... do __ ------ low House. 

Minneopa Falls 1 ••••• Blue Earth __ 

I 

... . lw. J.tiontiCello ---------- right·----· Moorhead 2 .------- ••• Clay·----- ... . 

Do. 3 •••••••••••••••••••• do ....... . 

New Germany _______ Carver ...... . 

Northfield . ------ ____ Rice ...... ___ _ 

Owatonna ...... ------ Steele------ __ Pine City .. _____ ------~-- ......... ----- Pipestone._-----_----· Pipestone ___ _ Plainview------------ Wabasha __ __ Redwing4 ------------ Goodhue ..... 

St. Charles -----------1 Winona-----· 

St .• Tames ......... ---·• Watonwan __ St. Paul (G.N.R. R,)_ Ramsey------ St. Paul (Elevator ...•. do·-------

Co.).6 

St.P:ml (St.P. & D ...... do ....... . R.R.) 

St. Paul Transfer ..... do ....... . Railroad. 

St. Paul (West. M. . .... do--------

and N. W. R. R.). 

St. Paul city welL ........ do ....... . St. Paul (harvester ..... do _______ _ 

worksJ. 6 I 

St. Paul, Wilgus welU ..... do -------- St.Paul FairGrounds ___ .. do .. _____ _ 

St. Paul, Lake Vadu- ..... do--------

ais. 

St. Paul, White Bear ..... do--------

Lake. 

St. Vincent (2 miles Kittson .. ___ _ northwest). 1 

1,421 --------- --------- Noflow. 

1,000 

500 

1,901 

1,425 

410 

8-6 --------· ----------

-18 

3 --------- -----·----

647 8 1, 000 +25 

640 8 250 -8 

700 12-4t 75 -70 

.Abandoned. 

Flow at 540 feet, and 

salty water at 940 

feet; granite at 940 

feet. 

Good water. Water at 120, 135, and 

370 feet. 

Water at 120 feet and 

1,425 feet. 

Water at 100 feet 

only. 

Hard water. Supply is from 300 feet. 

190450 

ggb ------i2- -----ioo· ·--------- 500 6 100 --·- '+"75- Flows from 

feet. 

944 -60 

501 

834 

850 

10-8 300 -27 Hard water. -38 

-35 

750 

575 

1,030 -24 

1,065 ·-------- --------- ---------- 871-! ---·-·--- -------------------

625 --------- --------- ---------- 500 --------- ------------------- 726-! --------- --------- -11 

777 -18 

1,087 

Scott---------------- Stevens______ +100 --------- ......... ---------- Nowater. 

South St. PauL ...... Ramsey...... 487 --------- --------- .-5 

Do---- .. ---- .. ---- --- .. do----____ 3, 000 .... . .. .. ... _ .... ___ ... ___ For gas. Stephen---·---------- Marshall. .... ------ ..... _____ ......... ____ ------ .... No success. Stillwater s_ •.•... ---- Washington. 3,500 5 _________ ------ ----~ For gas, unsuccess- ful; water at 162 

I and 300 feet; some salt water at 1,950 

Tower (2 miles east). St. Louis. ___ _ 

Tracy 9 • ---------- •••• Lyon. _______ _ Do ...........•......... do _______ _ 

Tyler----------------- Lincoln------

Do---------------- ..... do _______ _ WalnutGrove ....... Redwood ... . Waseca _______________ Waseca _____ _ 

White Bear ------ --·- Ramsey?. ___ _ Winona-----·----- __ Winona----·-

Worthington ..... ____ Nobles.------

Wyoming------------ Chicago------

400 

724 

597 

+400 

+600 400 1,157 

777 

478 

I 

feet and some gas at 2,2.1)() feet. 

1t Many. . .... _ .... I Diagonal drill hole in 

-37 gneiss. 

-148 

10-8 200 -120 

-15 6 500 +10 Temp-. 54°; cased 175 

feet. 

600 

1 

..... ----.--------- ----------1 Unsuccessful. 

505 8-6 Many. 1 -12 i 

1 Record, Minn. Geol. Surv. Bull: 5, Ga·s in Minnesota, pp. 23-24. 2 Report on Irrigation, 52d Congress, 1st session, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 41, part 2, pp. 72-74, Wash 

ington, 1893. 3 Record. Report of Special Comm. U. S. Senate on Irrigation and Reclamation of .Arid Lands, 

vol. 4, p. 48, Washington, 1890; Minn. Geol. Surv. Bull. 5, Gas in Minnesota, pp. 27-31. 4 Record Minn. Acad. Natural Sciences Bull., vol. 3, No.1, p. ,42; Minn. Geol. Surv., 13th Report, 1884, pp. 57-58. 5 Record, Minn. Geol. 8urv., 13th Rept., 1884, p. 63; Minn. Acad. Natural Sciences Bull., v~l. 

3. No.1, p. 140. s Ibid., pp. il9-63; ibid., p. 140. 7 Record, Minn. Geol. 8urv., 14th Rept., 1885, p. 15. 8 Record, Minn. Geol. Surv. Bull. 5, Gas in Minnesota, pp. 25-27; Am. Geologist, vol. 3, p. 343. 9 Record, Minn. Geol. Surv., 14th Rept., 1885, pp. 351-352. 
DARTON.] DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. 57 

PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO DEEP BORINGS IN MINNESOTA. 

Minnesota Geologieal Survey! Thirteenth Annual Report, for 1884, by N. H. 

Winchell, 196 pages, plates, St. Paul, 1884. 

Minnesota Geological Survey, Fourteenth Annual Report, for 1885, part 1, by 

N.H. Winchell, 165 pages, St. Paul, 1886. 

Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences Bulletin, Vol. III, No. 1, Proceedings 

and Accompanying Papers, 1883-1886, by C. W. Hall, 160 pages, plates, Minneapolis, 1889. 

Minnesota Geological Survey Bulletin No. 5, Natural Gas in Minnesota, by N. 

H. Winchell, 39 pages, St. Paul, 1889. 

Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation 

and Reclamation of Arid Lands, vol. 4, 386 pages, Washington, 1890. 

Location. County. 

Artesia (44t mileo; Lowndes ..... south). 

Bay St. Louis ........ Hancock .... . 

Biloxi •........... ---- Harrison .... . Bigbee Valley-------- Noxubee .... . Bonhomie------------ Perry ....... . Brookville ...... ------ Noxubee .... . Canton .... ____ -----· Madison . ___ _ 

Cliftonville -------·-- Noxubee .... . Columbus ............ Lowndes .... . 

Ellisville ....... ----•--- Jones ____ ... . 

Forest----.•.... ------ Scott .. ______ .. 

Greenwood ·--------- Leflore ....... 1 

Do ..... -------- ........ do ........ . Do ....................... do ....... . 

Gulfport ............. Harrison .... .. Houston .... __ ....... : Chickasaw ... .. Indianola.-----·------ Sunflower ... . Jackson ........... ____ Hinds ..•. ___ _ Do ............. ____ ..... do ____ ... . 

Longview ...... ------ Oktibbeha .. . Moorhead--------- .... Sunflower .. . Mechanicsburg .•.... Yazoo--------

Macon ----- .. -------- Noxubee. ---- Okolona-----·--------- Chickasaw .. .. Prairie Rock ......... Noxubee .... . Ravine--------------- ..... do--------

~~~1~-:::::::~~~~==~~ ~ifJi~~i;::::~ Satartia •••... ________ Yazoo ...... . 

Scranton ....... ------ Jackson ..... . Do---------------- ..... do ....... . Do---------------- ..... do--------· 

-Do---------------- ..... do ....... . Tchula ...... --------- Holmes------

Do--------·------- .•... do ....... . Do ........... ------ ----.do ...... .. Vicksburg ............ Warren------

We~~~::::::::::~:::: -~~~a~h-=~::::: . Yazoo City _____ .... :. Yazoo ....... . Do ...................... do ....... . Do ..................... do ....... . Do ..................... do ....... . Do ...................... do ........ -. Do ..................... do ....... . Yazoo City (18 miles ..... do ....... .. southeast). 

Yazoo City (25 miles ..... do ....... .. southwest). Yazoo City (4 miles ..... do _______ _ 

west). 

IR-R 57-02-5 

MISSISSIPPI. 

Depth. 

Feet. 

700 

400--760 

850 

±500 

650 

680 1,021 

±500 

-!00 

1,160 

520 

Diameter. 

Yield Height 

per of 

minute. water. 

Inches. Gallons. 

4-3 10 

44-2 1U0-5 

8--3 

10 

90 

...... _____ Each80 

Feet. 

-90 

Flow. 

Flow. 

-30 

-75 

+10 

Flow. 

Flow . 

3 --------- ----·----

6 400 

-90 

+40 

-45 

Remarks. 

Many wells. Temper- ature of deeper wells 78°. 

Temp. 74°. 

Three wells. 

Twowells; tempera- ture 70°. 

No water below 650 

feet. 

Water at 220 feet, 

court-house well. 

400 Three wells. 

506 

400 +40 Twenty wells in adjoining region. 

700 4-!--2 80 +25 Temp. 71 o ±. 1, 500 3 Few. -50 

800 --------- ..... ---· _____ .... Unsuccessful. 

1,200 = .......... Many. ---------~ 

-----·io· Man~5 ····=--:.~--

~g& 763 ----------------~- ---------:~====~=: Flows. ~~I Two wells. 

±~ :::~::::: ~===~:::: Flo;~~ Several wells. 

700 --------- . 10 -25 . 600 10-8 ........ ----- -21> I 

720 .......... --------- -20 

5&8 3 15 H 

714 6 700 +45 Temp. 74°. 

750 3 ............. Flows. 

780 6 ------ .. -. ----- ...... 727 2 ------------------ 800 .................... Flows. •.rwowells. 

456 2 ·----- --- +16 470 -----·--- --------- Flows. 1.061J Few. lnows. 

1;300 .................. --------- Unsuccessful. 

1,~ .:::::::: ::::::::: ·---+20-

500 3 --------- -140 

4'75 4 40 +5 Two wells. 

l,~ 1_::~::~2: :~~~::14: :::~:~: Temp.70". 

6961 2 --------- +9 

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58 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. LN.O. 57. 

MISSOURI. 

I Diame- Yield Height _Location. County. Depth. I per of Remarks. 

----------------,-----~~minute. _w_a_t_e_r._1 __________ _ 

Annapolis (near)--------------------

Bartlett----- ... ------ Shannon ____ _ Do ........•............ do ....... . 

Feet. 

663-400 

Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

6 70 -340 

Several prospect holes. 

Baryties ......... ------ Washington. 

+400 

740 

495 

654 

450 

---··---- -·-----·· -----· .... Abandoned. 

Bethany-------------- Harrison ____ _ 3! 5 Flows. Temp. 47°. 

Bethel (4milesnorth) Shelby_------ Birchtree --------·-·· Shannon ____ _ 6 1 -90 

Boonslickl _____ ------ Howard ..... . Booneville .... -------. Cooper-------

+400 

1,008 

403 

---·-·-a· "M:iui:Y~-

6 --·--. --- -78 Water strongly min· 

eral; abandoned. 

Brookfield ........ ---- Linn _______ _ 4.51 ·---- ·--- 30 -200 Brunswick2 ___ .•.... Chariton ..... ! 

Chillicothe _______ .... Livingston _. Do .... ____________ ..... do ....... . 

Do ..................... do ....... . Clayton ·----- -------- St. Louis. ___ _ 

1,505 

700 

539 

481 

1,060 

650 

850 

900 

900 

800 

_____ ~- _____ --~-~~- -~-~~~-s_._ ~~n~~~~;:ater. . ·------- Many. -90 --------- 2 Flows. 

Clinton.--------·--·-- Henry . ------ Do. _______________ ..... do--------

Do --------------- ..... do·-------

Do -------------·· ___ .do ....... . Do. 3 ---· ---- ••••••••••• do---· ___ _ 

-----··.s· -----200- -----+20" 

8 175 +20 

10 400 +20 6 12.1) +20 

8-5t 400 +10 Water also at 310 and 

425 feet. 

Do.4 -------------- ..... do........ 913 2,700 Temp.64°. 

Concordia------------ Lafayette.... +200 --------- --------- -------- __ In progress. Diamond _____________ Newton ...... -----------. . . ________ ---·------ EldoradoSprings .... Cedar________ 1,400 --- ·s· --------- --28 Sulphurwater. 

Epworth ....... ------ Shelby-----·· 410 1 -80 

Farmington (near) .. St. Francois.. 442,650 2t ----- ____ ------ .... Prospect borings for 

lead. · Fulton .... -----·-··---- Calloway ___ _ Galbraith Spring 5 ••• McDonald __ _ Granby (sec. 6) ------ Newton ..... . Higginsville. __ .. _.--- Lafayette. __ _ Jackson ____ ....... --1 Cape Girardeau. 

750 

804 

876 

1,512 

531 

8 30 -70 

Many. 8 ° 600 -40 

12-5 30 -80 

Jefferson City .. -----1 Cole __ ........ 1 1,365 

Joplin------------· .... , ........ ·-·-----~ 1,375 

KansasCity 6 • --------~Jackson.----- 1,000-425 :::: :~!:~~~: -----=~ I 

I 

Lagrange 7 ___________ 

1

. Lewis--------

Lamar ____________ ---- Barton ______ _ 

Do ________________ ..... do ....... . 

Lanahan·····--------- McDonald .. . Lebanon 8 ------ ------~ Laclede ------1 

Do. _______________ , _____ do ....... . 

I Lisle ..........•. ______ I Jackson ..... . 

Lonetree-----------------------------

Louisiana 9----- ____ .. Pike---·------

Mexico. ____ ----·---·- Audrain _ .... 

~ Do. :::::::::::===== _______________ ..... ====:~~ do. ~==:-!:: ______ _ 

Mine Lamotte .. _. .. . Madison .. ~ _. Moberly------ ________ ··-------·------- Montgomery City . . . Montgomery 

Do ..................... do .....•. Mountainview. -----· Howell ------ Nevada. ______________ Vernon------

Do ..................... do .... ___ _ 

840 

1,000 

+2,000 

1,428 

1,002 

453 

405 

-------i,- ------5o- ··Flows~-

8 1 -200 

6t 3.1) 

}:f[i :::::·-~: -M:aiif6. Fl~'f& 1 125 8 1 10 _________ _ 

J:~ ------"'1::::::::: _____ ::~ 

670 

510 

1,500 

600 

645 

860 

1,001 

2 · 4 Flows. 

8 300 -200? 

10---fit -------·· -30 

6 70 ---------- lg -----5iio·l· -_:_~ 8 I 7oo -8o 

1 Analysis, Mo. Geol. Surv., vol. 3, p. 71. 2 Analysis, Ibid., pp. 96-97. 3 Analysis, Mo. Geol. Surv. Reports, vol. 3, pp. 85-87,118-119. 4 Analysis, Ibid., pp.120-121. 

Sulphur water; not in use. 

Ferruginous water. Several test borings for gas. Water 

from 380-390 feet, 

590 feet, and 995 

feet. Brackish and 

sulphur water. Brackish. 

Good water. Aban 

doned. 

Sulphur water. Water at 135 and 750 

feet. . Water at 380 and 420 

feet. 

No water. 

Temp. 64.2°. 

For oil or gas, un- successful. Salt water. 

Two wells. 

Temp. 58°. 

Flows to +9 feet 

when not pumped. 

5 Analysis, Mo. Geol. Surv. Reports, vol. 3, pp. 111"-118. 6 Analysis, U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th report, 1895-96, part 2, p. 827. 7 Analysis, Mo. G~ol. Surv. Reports, vol. 3, pp. 141-143. 8 Record, Geology of Missouri, by Broadhead, part 2, p. 86. 9 Record and analysis, Ibid., pp. 94-95. 
DARTON.] DEEP BORINGS ·IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. 59 

MISSOURI -Continued. 

Location. County. 

N~vadal _ ----------- Vernon. ____ _ Oakdale------------~- Shelby------- Osceola ---------- ____ St. Clair---··· 

Philadelphia_-------- Marion ______ _ 

Poplarbluff --------·- Butler-------

Potosi------------ ____ Washington. Do. _______________ ..... do ....... . 

Racine (4:milesnorth) Newton----·· 

Randolph Springs 2 __ Randolph ___ _ 

Rockport ------ ...... Atchison ___ _ 

St.Charles ----------- St.Charles .. . St. Charles (2 miles· _____ do ....... . west). Ste.Genevieve. ______ Ste. GeneVibve. 

St. Joseph------------ Buchanan ___ _ Do ________________ ..... do _______ _ Do _______________ ...... do ....... . 

s;a~~).eph (5 miles ..... dO ........ I 

St.Louis------------- St.Louis .... . St. Louis (asylum) ........ do _______ _ 

St.Louis (Belcher)s _ ..... do --··---

Do.4 ----------·--- ..... do--------

Do.5 ------·------· ..... do _______ _ 

St. Louis (power ..... do-------· 

house). 

NearChainof Rocks ...... do ....•.... 

Sedalia (2 m i l e s south). 

Pettis ...... __ 

Diame-[ Yield Height I 

Depth. ter. mi~e;te. w~fer. RemarkR. 

Feet. Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

800 165 Flows. 

+400 

500 -------1! ::::::::: ·····:...:20· Sez6~~I.rater hori470, 558 300 -6~ Two wells; much 

water; little oil. 

600 8-6 ----. ---- -10 

5~~~ ---·---~- ::::::::: -!g I Three wells. 

1

' ~~ ~ -·---i20" Flo;~ II Temp. 58°; mineral water. 678 8-6 -16 Prospect hole for 

I 

coal; water at 143 

feet. 

1. 276 6 40 --40 ,: 1,361;. 

u -- - ·--- ---------1 ---·------1 

700-800 ---------\--· ·-----1·--·-·---~ F~~~~~~Igas; unsuc1,000 6~----- ---~'---------· Prospectforcoal. 1300 6 --------· _:________ Do. 

1',805 I 6 T 82° t :···-----T·-------- ~Eeral. ; wa er 

"t~! ::::::~ :1 ::; I ~ ~~~~~ ~~:~~-we{J~~; salty 

i water. 2,176 _____ .... 11 

1 , ______ ·--- 3per cent salt at 1,231 

I 

feet; temp. 66°. 

2,199 9-3t:,, 75 Flows. Temp. 73.4:0 ; water I from 1,515 feet. +1,590 6-3t 1 

_________ , __________ Gas at 466 feet; salt 

i water at 520 feet; 

1,4:74: 

735 

1,500 

: temp. 69° at 1,351 I feet. 

-70 

6 70 -45 Water slightly sulphurous. 

9-6 Prospect hole; full of water. '· 

Springfield.------ ___ _ Greene_______ 755 6 750 ---··---- Water at610-620feet. 

Steen Prairie ..... __ _ Maries ....... ---------- -----·--· ·-------- -------·-· Sullivan (5 miles Crawford.... 1,200 ......... ·-------- TosurROUth). . face. 

Topsy----··---·-··---

Truesdail ------ -----· Unionville . ------ ___ _ 

Mercer ...... . Warren ••.... Putnam ••.... 

Warrenton.------ ____ Warren ..... . Webb City----------· Jasper ...... . 

Westplains ___________ HowelL ..... . 

Winona---·--·------- Shannon .... . Wright City-"·-··--- Warren •.••.. 

+400 

+400 

700 

450 

501) 

575 

700 

406 

·--- -~~-~---- ---~- ·--- --~~~-

7~~--------- -20 

10 I 100 -40 

8,41 1-~~-~:~. --~ 

Water also· at 20, 240, 

and 800 feet. 

Some water at 215 

feet; abandoned. 

Three wells. 

Several water huri- zons. 

Two wells. 

Fine water. 

PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO DEEP BORINGS IN 

MISSOURI. 

Report on the Mineral Waters of Missouri, by Paul Schweitzer, Missouri Geological Survey, 1890-1892, Vol. III, 256 pages. Jefferson City, 1892. 

1Analysis, Mo.Ueol. Surv. Reports, vol. 3, pp.l21-122. 2Analysis, Ibid., pp. 73-74. 3 Analysis, Mo. Geol. Surv. Repm ts, vol. 3, pp. 79-81. 

4Analysis and record, St. Louis Acad. Science, Trans., vol.1, pp. 80-86, pl. 5. 6Record, Am. Jour. Science,2d series, vol.15, pp. 460-461. 
60 DEEP BORINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, PART I. [No.o7. 

MONTANA. 

Location. County. I 

I Diame- ! Yield 

Depth. ter. mi~~e. 

Height of water. 

1

--1-

Feet. Inches. Gallons. Feet. 

Billings ... ____________ Yellowstone _I 1,000 

Bozeman------------- Gallatin -----1 600 

Chinookl _____________ Choteau _____ I 

1 

956 -50 

Fort Assinniboine ________ do _______ _ 1,950 

Fort Keogh ____ ------ Custer ______ _ 811 

500 

15 Flows. 

Glendive (court· Montana .•... house). 

1,002 

Remarks. 

All in shale. 

Bored for oil; unsuc- cessful. 

Waters also at 112. 

220, 540, and 620 feet. 

Small flow of gas; no waterbelow65feet; 

all clay. 

Unsuccessful. 

Helena--------------- Lewis and 

Clarke. Do ________________ ..... do _______ _ 

Do ________________ ..... do _______ _ 1,: :~~~~~~~J~~~~~~~~ ____ ~~~- Gggn~d.flow; abanJunction------------- Yellowstone. 

Miles City------------ CuRter ______ _ Do ____________ , ________ do _______ _ Do _____________________ do _______ _ 

Miles City (court- _____ do _______ _ 

house). MilesCity2 _____________ ... do _______ _ Do _____________________ do _______ _ 

Miles City (35 miles ____ .do _______ _ 

west). Miles City __ ---------- __ .. do _______ _ Do _____________________ do _______ _ Miles City (10 miles _____ do _______ _ east). Miles City (Reform _____ do _______ _ School). Rosebud ________________ ... do _______ _ 

500 ____ .. ___ _____ ____ Flows. Small flow also at 144 

472 

481 

4.56 

509 

4-2-f ·-------- 4-2-f ------- 4-2-f --------- 4-2! 

Flows. 

Flows. 

Flows. 

Flows. 

~~ ~-------4-1 ~ ~-----~~ 420 4-2-t _____ ___ Flows. 

452-514 --------- --------- Flow. 

479 9-2-f --------- Flow. 553 _____ ____ _ ____ ___ Flows. 

507 Flows. 

485-5021 4-2t ----- ____ FlowE. 

feet. 

Temp.57°. 

5 wells. 

3 wells. 

1 Report on Irrigation, 52d Cong., 1st sess .. Senate Ex. Doc. 41, })_art2, pp. 72-73. Washington,1893. 2 Record, Report on Irrigation, 52d Cong., 1st sess., Senate Ex. Doc. No. 41, part 2, pp. 73, 9d. 

Washington, 1893. · 

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