Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-11-14
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,rxeStlng .xpcrsisens Was ree~aiis cssB-
eirsts%i lssfs ii iSse trsrfss- " 40 ErfessAa
x,.Ii over sa4s NE. IN depth III Tie aiisass-
.,e.sf,,l asssn.E1 to scrlsre sslppls Of fressi
water Tie sass.r ssrp,y os Iise city y
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at.r il .s,sss s.s.s,,s.sA s.sr iir,. snss manu-
/ featuring parpo-.+ Il i ta,allr Unit In
/ drinking slal sieBtr.i;e Hsrs.
1 Ii was thou if ihat ~ snirg down
| greater tls.ita 4 stratum of ru@k woslli be
/ penetrated sass Supply of pare water OBJ
tanned. at all events. ii was deeEied shaf
/ The esfs fi4lssnt ~as wsli worth the irasest-
/ usent BY the eify OF $1,000.
Work as begun niare than year ago,
hat il terale,l ts.. rotary a1d je'uae
proe.-ss hetnss sSesi The we'll was started
| y ith a 2..-iatsh casing, with hich the siif-
1 face sand WIS removed TO depth OF 81
feet. In.isle OF tais casing a i5-inch pipe
was sunk to a depth of $50 feet, and inside
of this laineh pipe was ieieseopei 70 =
4 depth of 1900 feet.
H ibsing Ia, al accident further progress
with this size OF pipe Was rendered iruls.
less, md p inch pipe was then teieseoPsd
10 depth of .;iG3 feet. A ,'-ineii pipe ga.
then inserted and depth Of 500 feet and
3 inches WAS reached.
I No water Was f0Htisi al the bottom, nor
was any rock penriratcs! in reieiiing thai
depth. The contractors have complied WITH
their contract. which Was to bare to depth
of 5000 feet, were paid .7G.Uoo, and fur
ther work was abandoned, the hope of Sc
curing aor of fresh water on the island
having been given up.
The wen is pronounced TO bc the deepest
GA the seacoast in the niied States, and a
description of the different strata picreed
nv the boring il interesting, from toe fact
that il shows the formation of the different
islands along lie coast of Texas.
From the surface Ia depth OF ~ feet
there Mas a stratum OF gray sand; thence
to depth OF 81 feet was layer OF red
clay and h H. thence To 'ierth of LOO
feet there was a stratum OF tilar clay. seal
shells ami fragments of rotten wood.
From the IU0-foot level to depth of 3le
feet, sand, ssashells and fragments ofwoof'
were encountered, and from that depth to
4 the >I5-foot icyti sand and SANITY clay vary
Ing in hardDess was discovered.
From tin. slJ-foot level to a depth OF
,2sS feet sand clay, sea shells and decayed
wool were found, and from that depth u
TIE 3oI0-feot level varying strata OF sand
clay sea shells and large logs were en-
eoun,ered. VI the very bottom of the hole
u bed oil sea shells was struck.
The contractors expended So, oon before
they completed the work, and eminent en-
gineers who have made thorough exam
nation of the surroundings have expressed
the opinion that il will be an impossibility
to secure supply of pure water on the
islands by means of artesian wells. There
fore, wells will be sunk on the mainland II
miles from the city, and the water brough,
across the bay by means of iron pipes. The
estimated cost and the amount available for
the work is $500, 900.