WELL DRILLING NOTES.
The new artesian well being bored for Aurora, Ill., is proving a great success. Potsdam sandstone was struck at a depth of 1800 feet, and the flow of water is rapidly increasing. At a depth of 2240 feet the flow is nearly 1,000,000 gallons in twenty-four hours from a five-inch bore, and still the drill is going down.
E. F. B. Coffin has been here negotiating for the sinking of an artesian well at Alpena, S. D,
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