Report of a Geological Survey of the Vicinity of Belle Plaine Scott County Min
Report of a Geological Survey of the Vicinity of Belle Plaine Scott County Min
Winchell, Alexander, 1824-1891
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They consist mostly of sand and gravel. These facts are apparent from the following statement of materials passed through in boring the existing well. At depth Intervening of thickness. FEET. FEET. 9 Soil and gravel. 9 9 Clay and gravel. 18 18 Sand and gravel. 36 54 Quicksand. 90 1 Coarse sand. 91 C Clay. At 93 feet, a piece of grapevine with bark. 97 38 Sand, varying from quicksand to coarse sand. At 114 feet, sand filled the pipe 12 feet ; at 125 feet, it filled 5 feet. 135 45 Gravel, quicksa...nd, and coarse sand. At 144 feet the pipe filled 10 feet. At 168 feet another piece of grapevine. 180 7 Blue Clay. 187 13 Rock fragments. 200 2 Gravel. Brine stood 18 by salometer. 202 8 Shelly rock. 210 Bed-rock said to be a sand stone probably Potsdam sandstone (see diagram. ) Here is a favorable bed of materials to serve as a reservoir for any brines wliick might escape from the outcrops of any of the contiguous strata ; and some surface indications of brine have long been known ; but, in boring into these deposits no brine seems to have been reached of sufficient strength for practical purposes.
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