172 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT.
At Monroe, a station four miles northwest of Sanford on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, a number of wells have been sunk. According to reports from drillers the artesian conditions here are essentially the same as at Sanford. A well about one-fourth of a mile southwest of the depot was drilled for the Title, Bond and Trust Company by W. E. Holmes and Son. This is a two-inch well, 18o feet deep and cased 120 feet. The pressure of this well April 19, 19IO, was eight and one-half pounds, the measurement being made one and one-half feet above the surface. About one-fourth mile beyond the above is a second well This well indicated a pressure of eight pounds, the measurement in this instance being made three feet above the surface. Unfortunately the total depth of this well could not be learned. A third well about one and one-fourth miles beyond this second well indicated a pressure of
Fig. 15.-Artesian well of E. Hy. Palmer on the west side of Lake
Jessup.
one pound. This well has a total depth of 201 feet, is two inches in diameter and is cased I54 feet. As will be seen these wells decrease in pressure on leaving the river. This decrease in pressure is due to the increase in elevation. All of the above mentioned wells are along the grade of the now abandoned railroad from Paola to Monroe.
Another well four miles southwest of Sanfora and owned by Mr. J. V. Weeden, terminated in the Vicksburg Limestone as is shown by a mixed sample of the drillings gathered after the well was completed. Unfortunately neither the total depth of the well nor the depth at which the Vicksburg Limestone was reached could be learned. This well is two inches in diameter and furnishes a good flow of water.