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TEXAS PETROLEUM.
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casing. At this depth the 12-inch pipe was telescoped with a 9-inch pipe
down to a depth of 2363 feet. From this point there was used 200 feet
of 8-inch and 212 feet of 7-inch pipe to a depth of 2600 feet. At this
depth, by means of a 6a-inch shoe on a 4-inch pipe the boring was con-
tinued to 2920 feet. The total depth reached was, as already stated,
3070 feet.
The well was not successful in securing sufficient acceptable water, and
the boring was discontinued. The contract price was $75,000, completed
to 3000 feet and finished with 6-inch pipe.
The section of the well was given in a paper by Mr. J. A. Singley in
a separate pamphlet (with Mr. G. D. Harris' paper on the Organic Re-
mains from the Well) in the Fourth Annual Report of the Geological
Survey of Texas, 1892, and is as follows:
GALVESTON DEEP WELL SECTION.From--
Surface.....
46 .....
63 ......To-
46 .....
63 .....
100 .....100 ...... 110 .....
110 ...... 167 ......
167 ...... 279 ......
279 ...... 305 ......
305 ...... 315 ......
315 ..... 440 ......
440 ...... 458 ......458 ......
468 .....
497 ....
575.
592 .....
612 .....
647 .....
674.
706 ......
720 .....
737 .....
827 ......
882 ......
893 ......
903 ......468 ......
497 .....
575 .....
592 ...
612.
647.
674 .....
706.
720 ......
737 ......
827 ......
882 ..
893 ......
903 ......Made feet.
40' ............
17.
37 ............
10 ............
57.
112.
10 .............
125 ............18 .............
10 ...........
29.
78 .
19 ...........
20 ...........
35 .. .
27.
32 ............
14 ............
17 ............
90 ............
55 ............
11 .............
10 .............911 ......1 8
Formation.
Buffy gray sand.
Reddish brown clay, enclosing calcareous concretions,
ferruginous sandstone, quartz pebbles, nodules of
dark gray clay and shell fragments, the only species
being Labiosa caniculata, Say.
Mottled red and blue clay, full of shell fragments.
The last 16 feet of this clay was full of lignitic
matter, and gave fewer shells.
Gray sandy clay.
Fine gray sand, containing some fragments of lignite.
Buff colored sandy clay.
Fine gray sand, containing a few fragments of lignite,
and in the lower 5 feet a few fragments of Leda
concentrica, Say? (smooth form), and Mactra lateralis,
Say.
Grayish brown clay, enclosing fragments of lignite
and well preserved shells of the following species:
Arca floridana, Con.? (young), Leda concentrica. Say?
(smooth form). Domax tumida. Phil., Syndosmya
s'qualis, Say, Mactra lateralis. Say.
Fine sand. varying in color from gray to ashy gray
and buffy gray. Fragments of lignite were met
with throughout this be, and the last 35 feet were
slightly micaceous.
Grayish brown clay, containing fragments of lignite,
shells, coral. and a fragment of the claw of a crust-
acean. Of the shells the following have been
determined: Area floridana, Con.? (young), Leda
concentrica, Say? (smooth form), Domax tumida, Phil.,
Syndosmya cequalis, Say, Mactra lateralis. Say, Nassa
acuta, Say, Anachis obesa, C. B. Ad., Odostomia con-
oidea, Brocci.
Gray sandy clay, slightly micaceous.
Brownish gray sandy clay.
Fine light gray clayey sand, micaceous.
Brownish gray sandy clay.
Gray sand. micaceous.
Brownish sandy clay, a few shell fragments.
Light gray sandy clay.
Reddish brown sandy clay, with finely comminuted
shell fragments.
Buffy colored sand, slightly micaceous.
Brownish gray clayey sand.
Light gray clayey sand. the last 11 feet containing
a few fragments of shells and large pieces of lignite.
Coarse silvery gray sand, composed of angular frag-
ments of translucent and smoky quartz, not much
water worn. (This is the water-bearing sand from
which most of the city's water supply is derived.)
Buffy sandy clay.
Gray sand, full of fragments of lignite and a few
shells. Two of the species determined are: Area
floridana, Con.? (young) and Syndosmya cequalis, Say.
Brownish clayey sand.
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