. Underground water resources of Iowa . allons a min-ute, and the pumping capacity 30 gallons a minute. Water wasfound at 130 feet, but the main horizon was in basal in , 61° F. The water is unfit for use in boiler. Date ofcompletion, 1903. Driller, D. W. Haggerty, of Keokuk. Drillers log of S. C. Carter Co. well at Keohuk. Depth. Clay and soil Shell rock Limestone, blue Limestone, brown Limestone, white Lime, blue, and flint Lime, white, and flint Lime, gray, and flint Lime, blue Sandrock, dark, yielding 5 gallons of water a minute Shale, blue Sandrock, dark Lime, white Sh
. Underground water resources of Iowa . allons a min-ute, and the pumping capacity 30 gallons a minute. Water wasfound at 130 feet, but the main horizon was in basal in , 61° F. The water is unfit for use in boiler. Date ofcompletion, 1903. Driller, D. W. Haggerty, of Keokuk. Drillers log of S. C. Carter Co. well at Keohuk. Depth. Clay and soil Shell rock Limestone, blue Limestone, brown Limestone, white Lime, blue, and flint Lime, white, and flint Lime, gray, and flint Lime, blue Sandrock, dark, yielding 5 gallons of water a minute Shale, blue Sandrock, dark Lime, white Shale, blue and black Shale, white Lime, black Lime, gray or light Sandrock! Feet. 16 22 42 52 60 86 132 170 190 195 199 207 249 366 601 536 The log of the Popel-Miller Brewing Co. well, 3 miles south ofKeokuk, is given to assist in the elucidation of the difficult geologicsection in southeastern Iowa. The information was secured by J. The curb is about 523 feet above sea level. Log of Popel-Miller Co. well, Warsaw, III. Soil and clay drift , blue, and shale Lime rock, blue Lime and giit Grit and flre clay Limestone, gray Soapstone, blue Sandstone Lithograph rock, light Lithograph rock, dark Limestone, bastard Soapstone Shale, brown Shale Limestone Sandstone Montrose.—At Montrose (population, 708) water is obtained fromdriven wells ranging in depth from 20 to 50 feet. At Bluff Park is awell 1,960 feet deep. The curb of the well is 680 feet above sea leveland the water originally rose 9 feet above the curb; in 1896, the waterstood 10 feet below the curb. The original discharge was 200 gallonsa minute, the water coming from a depth of 800 feet. Mooar.—At Mooar (population, 250) the E. I. du Pont de NemoursPowder Co. well is 800 feet deep and 6 inches in diameter; casing to LEE COUNTY. 569 600 feet. Water from 110 feet, heads 3 feet below curb; from 240feet, 5 feet below curb; and from 800 feet, overflows. The discharge,original and present, is 165 ga
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