Experience with Deep Wells.
LOCALITY-INDIANAPOLIS.
The city of Indianapolis is situated upon the east bank of White river, upon what is termed first bottom. This bottom or valley is bounded on the west by White river and on the east by a range of clay banks, extending from the river on the south to Fall creek on the north, and varies in width, being in some places two and one-half miles from the liver. This valley has a rich soil, underlaid with sand and gravel and varying in depth from sixty to ninety feet, is water bearing below fourteen to sixteen feet. A well put down lower has a continuous supply. This water, before the ground was honeycombed with thousands and thousands of privies, was good except in some localities, where it was contaminated by swamp water and in others by salt water.
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