Daily globe., 1879-04-29
ST. VINCENT SALT WELL.
an Unsuccessful Attcn,pt to Secure HM n
GtUsis from q UMtpersttU Pr0fessOr---

An Unsuccessful 1tte,,,pt to Secure Hn 1H-
Gtysis from a UMtVersttU Pr0fess0r--An
Aamy surgeon More Cohsiderutc.
Last winter, it will be remembered, the
st. Paul & Pacific company sunk an artssian
we'll at st. Vincent. An abundance of water
was struck at a depth of l60 feet, but un-
as to be entirely worthless. Naturally the
water suggested aalt springs or med icinal
properties, either of which verified would be
a discovery of great value to the State. For
the purpose of ascertaining the real charac-
ter of the water, jug of it was sent to DIR.
Hand, of the State board of health. The
doctor not having apparatus for complete
analysis, as he had done in other cases, sent
the sample to Prof Peckham, of the depart
ment of chemistry and physics, of the State
university, but that gentleman, instead of
making the analysis, conceived the idea that
there was an opportunity to swell the liberal
salary paid him by the State, and
he therefore indites a letter in
which he states thorough analysis
would be worth one hundred dollars. 1t is
hardly necessary to say that Prof. Peck
hams offer was not accepted and that in
consequence he made no analysis. But
some of the water was sent to DR.. II. O.
Perley, U. s. A., surgeon Mt Fort Pembina,
who has made partial analysis, the result
of which was noted down, with descrip-
ton of the we'll, by Capt. Collins, COM
mander at Fort Pembina, and furnished the
Emerson I7edepende7at, from which we
copy. AS matter of interest in this con-
nection it may also be stated that an eastern
gentleman engaged in the manufacture Of
salt, having heard of the discovery, is here
to thoroughly look into 1.-The matter with an
idea of developing the some if it shall ap-
pear there is anything to develop. The
following are the notes made by Capt. Col
Inns
sThis we'll was sunk forty feet by the or
dinary means of we'll digging, and, as no wa
ter was found, it was determined to try tht
experiment. of sinking an artesian we'll. Th'
locality is near the round house, few fee
from the St. Paul & Pacific railroad. Th,
firm of Spear & Co., Minneapolis, were en-
gagged, and Mr.. Mayo, an old, experienced
we'll borer from the Pennsylvania oil regions
with an assistant, a pair of horses and Dor
ing machine was sent to do the work. Op
erations were commenced early in January
} and after many Interruptions caused by th
severity of the weather, water was found at
depth of about $50 feet from the surface
The pipe or casing is of wrought iron in six
teen feet lengths, screwed together ant
forced down as the boring or drill
/, ing progressed. Much difficulty was foun'
in driving the pipe through layer of pei
bly, limestone concrete, Is feet thick, a
: about 12O feet from the surface. This too
, three days hard pounding. The waite
flows from the top of the pipe at about fort
gallons per hour. The height it would ris
. above the surface, If the pipe was carrie
/, up, is not known-it reached the top whe
! it projected eight feet above the surface
flowing over as before. The following al
: the strata and measurement pierced by tx
boring:
J, Strata Deptl
Alluvium, black soil of the valley. 8 fe
- Clay, drab colored. very compact;
). s'Gumbo," or mari. liz 9
a Limestone, concrete, containing clay,
E limestone pebbles, etc c............. Is
!, Gravel, mixture of sand, flint, hard
. . pebbles, etc lO
Clay, blue, very compact. .......... 6
y Sand, mixed with pebbles (water
found), bottom of this deposit not
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