. Geological report on Monroe County, Michigan. erage. The eastern artesian belt lies near the lake shore and consists offour detached areas, one small one in eastern Erie, a second aboutthe mouth of the Raisin and extending southwestward into Erie, athird in eastern Berlin and a fourth irregular one in northwesternBerlin and eastern Ash. In Brownstown of Wayne county the twolatter areas unite and continue towards Detroit along the DetroitRiver. As might be expected the flow of water is stronger in theseregions and the rise above the surface is higher. At the GreeningBrothers nurseries south o
. Geological report on Monroe County, Michigan. erage. The eastern artesian belt lies near the lake shore and consists offour detached areas, one small one in eastern Erie, a second aboutthe mouth of the Raisin and extending southwestward into Erie, athird in eastern Berlin and a fourth irregular one in northwesternBerlin and eastern Ash. In Brownstown of Wayne county the twolatter areas unite and continue towards Detroit along the DetroitRiver. As might be expected the flow of water is stronger in theseregions and the rise above the surface is higher. At the GreeningBrothers nurseries south of Monroe the water reaches the surfacewith force enough to run sprinklers and when compelled to do so ECONOMIC PRODUCTS. will rise 12 feet. Eastward at Lake Erie at the Lotus House thereare two flowing wells which w ill rise 20 feet above the surface or 25feet above the lake. The water of the wells in this lake region isgenerally charged either with sulphur or iron, seldom containingboth in such quantity as to become dark. The heaviest flow of. Fig. 7. Gushing well struck upon Otter Creek, September, 1899. Residence ofEdward Sharkey, 2»/4 miles southeast of LaSalle. artesian water known in this part of the state was struck in Septem-ber, 1899, upon the south bank of Otter Creek, about 2^ miles south-east of La Salle, at the residence of Edward Sharkey. The well is51 feet deep and 6 to 8 feet in the rock, having been drilled with athree inch drill. September 4th water was struck and began toflow, slowly at first and then with greater strength. A wooden 198 MONROE coryTY. pump-stock was (liiv(ni iuto the hole and projected four feet aboveground. Through this the water was thrown with force and to aconsiderable distance, latterly through 10 one and one-half inchholes bored in the side. Thus prevented from escaping freely thewater began to rise through the clay around the mouth of the welland at a distance of 25 to 30 feet from it, forming a shallow lakeabout 100 feet across. By t
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