Bulletin Volume 15 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...feet thick, are reported in this well, and a marl bed at 150 feet. No data have been received concerning the Davidson well. Sasser.--There are several non-flowing deep wells in the vicinity of Sasser. They vary from 214 to 540 feet in depth, and furnish a copious supply of water, rising from 28 to 60 feet from the surface. Mr. M. N. Brewer, a well contractor, has kindly furnished the following record of Mr. J. H. Wooten's well, located two miles southwest of Sasser: --Clay from o to 50 feet Red sand "50 " 80" Limestone '. "80 " 90" White sand, water-bearing "90 " 120" Limestone "120 " 130." White clay "130 " 140" Limestone with thin layers of flint "140 " 147" Fine white, water-bearing sand "147 " 160" Hard rock, water-bearing "160 " 165" Bluish sand "165 "225" Limestone with thin layers of flint "225 "260" Gray marl "260 " 300" Hard rock "300 " 303" White water-bearing sand "303 "310" Limestone with lavers of flint "310 "340" Blue marl' ." 340 "428" Hard flint "428 "431" Gray marl and white clay "431 "504" Hard rock, water-bearing "504 "530" Another well, seven miles east of Sasser, owned by Mr. J. M. King, attains a depth of only 214 feet. Water-bearing strata are reported in this well at 96, 150 and 214 feet, respectively. The water from the 214-foot stratum rises to within 28 feet of the surface. The deep wells in the vicinity of Sasser all begin in the Vicksburg-Jackson limestone; but, as no fossils have been identified from the borings, the geological horizon of the various water-bearing...