148 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THIRD ANNUAL REPORT.
depth of 240 feet. This well is cased 2oo feet and the water is
reported to rise 12 feet above the surface.
The following is a log of the well of Mr. G. A. Beach, supplied
-by the driller, Mr. Frank Bartlett. This is a 4-inch well, 257 feet deep, and is cased 184 feet.
Feet.
Surface sand and soil .................................... o 6
R ed clay ................................................. 6 20
H ard pan, black .......................................... 20 24
White sand ........ ................................24 -30
Blue clay and marl ..................................30- 33
Sand and shell .......................................... 33 53
Blue clay and m arl ....................................... 53 159
Shell and sand, water rises to within nine feet of surface. .... 59 8o Blue clay and marl .......................................8o -130
Black quicksand, water plentiful .......................... 130 -146
Very hard blue marl and clay ............................ 146 -I8o
Black quicksand, water-bearing ........................... 18o -186
Blue m arl ............................................... 186 -196
Very hard black flint, wafer flows......................196 -197'2
Hard rock, flint and more water .....................1972-201'2
Softer limestone, more water with increase of depth..........201'2-251
HURDS.
Hurds is located on the Florida East Coast Railway seven miles southwest of St. Augustine. The elevation at Hurds according to levels made for Mr. B. A. Carter is 38 feet above sea. The deepest well recorded at this point is 385 feet. This is a 4-inch well and was drilled in 19o6. It was cased to a depth of 16o feet.
This well does not flow, although the water rises to within 5 feet of the surface. The well was drilled for B. A. Carter by I. C. Peck.
MOULTRIE.
Flowing wells are obtained at Moultrie. A six-inch well put down here for the St. Augustine Industrial School reached a total depth of 3oo feet. The water at this locality is reported to rise 32 feet above sea level. The surface elevation in the vicinity of Moultrie varies from o to about 30 feet above sea.
PICOLATA.
Picolata is in the extreme western portion of St. Johns County, almost due west of St. Augustine on the St. Johns River. A fourinch well drilled about the year 1890 is now owned by R. H. Bohn. The depth was reported to be about 300 ,feet. The pressure of