The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-09-07
Artesiam Wells,

es'iig paper was read rom Mr.. Lynch
d. D. Of Charleston, on the subject o
Artesian Wells. It gives the result o
efforts to obtain water in this way a
Charleston, s. G.
A Well was commenced there, il
ls4s, by MIR. Andrew G. Wilton, I'M
der the authority of the City Council
As early as 1924, an Artesian We'll
was commenced under the same au.
thority, and sunk to the depth of 33s
feet, when the iron rod twisted of, in
an effort to bore through a limestone
rock, and it could not be extracted
In 1925, a second effort was made.
and in le4e Capt. Bowman under
took one at Fort Sumter, in Charleston
harbor, under the authority of the
General Government the work was
suspended after boring a depth Of $50
feet. In 1s4S the well referred to, by
Professor Lynch, was commenced, and
has now attained the depth of ll45 #.
The Superficial soil of Charleston
is loose alluvial sand, about twenty
feet thick, the lower half of which is
saturated with water. Beneath this
lies stiff, compact clay, (post pleio-
cene) gradually passing into a sand,
likewise water bearing and about 40
feet thick; so feet below the surface,
the firm eocene mari is concentrated,
the various strata of which are in the
aggregate $50 feet thick. Beneath
these, and differing but little from them
in neurological character, lie the Gre
taceous strata ofas yet unknown thick
ness. Both, the eocene and the Gre
taceous stata consist of alternating lay
ers, of hard limestone, firm mari sand
stones, and loose sands, seldom con-
tanning less than 20 per cent. of carbo-
nate of lime. Cast iron tubes of 6 #.
internal diameter, were at first sunk
80 feet to exclude the superficial and
the post pleiocene sands.
The engineer generally found the
Well so or 100, sometimes 14O feet
less deep in the morning than he had
left in the proceeding evening. After
toiling in vain for long time to ex-
haust the streams, it was determined
to shut them out by system of tubing.
To do this the passage through all the
rocks had to be opened, from 81 to
fully 5 inches in diameter.
Notwithstanding the use of the most
perfect tubes that could be procured,
the sand still continued to give annoy
ance.
The temperature of the well has been
examined from time to time, by a
Skies Register Thermometer" but the
tube has not been affected. This how
ever does not 60 to shew that the tenn
perature does not vary, as we go down
into the bosom of the earth, for the
difficulties and delay occasioned i'll
citing the thermometer down and
lrawing it out, gives the instrument
lime to vary.
The Artesian Wells in Paris, Rochell
md other places in Europe, establish
beyond doubt, that as we approach the
ENTER of our globe, the internal heat
Increases. The Artesian Well now
'eing bored for Belcher's Refinery at |
st. Louis, is the deepest on this CONT
lent, and will no doubt throw some
light on this interesting subject; for
hat wealthy establishment has resolv-
d not to discontinue the work until
hey are fully satisfied that water can
lot be had.
PEACH TRADE IN New YoRK.-The
Commercial Advertiser of the 26th
It,, says:
The quantity of peaches daily re-
eived in the markets in this city is