ISBN: 9781235895876

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 368 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.8in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Pur… Mehr…

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 368 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.8in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: . . . which forms the base of the Mississippian series. UNDERGROUND WATER. SOURCE. The flood plains of Skunk River and its larger tributaries, such as Cedar Creek, afford abundant water to shallow wells from stream-laid sands and gravels. In Skunk Valley above Rome the alluvium is of agricultural importance owing to the breadth of the flood plains. In the narrower valley below Rome it is important chiefly for supplying towns and villages. Thus the village of Lowell obtains water from open and driven wells in the alluvium, although the rock bottom of the narrow valley is reached at from 20 to 30 feet from the surface, the water being found in a sheet said to be 2 feet deep on the rock. On the flat divides ground water stands liigh, and collecting in the porous silts at the base of the loess and in the reddish sands and gravels which occur in seams and lenses in the Kansan till, usually affords a supply to shallow, open, bored, and driven wells. Larger and more permanent supplies are drawn from the sands overlying the Nebraskan drift and those wluch part it from bedrock. From these strata most of the wells in the county are supplied. In places the lower drift sources lie deep below the surface. Wells in sections 1 and 11 of Marion Township pierced the drift to depths of 190 and 250 feet without reaching either bedrock or the sands and gravels which overlie it, indicating a channel cut in deep rock by some preglacial river and afterwards filled with drift; the course of this buried valley is, however, entirely uncertain. Even on the wider tabular divides the drill or auger may find the water-bearing drift sands absent or too thin to convey enough water for stock wells, and the well must then bo sunk into solid rock. Bedrock must also be probed where the drift is th. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 260 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.6in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: . . . frown on his face, muttering to himself. I stood for a moment, looking from one to another. They seemed not to be paying any attention to me. Then my feelings getting the better of me, I rushed to Granny, and, burying my face in her lap, burst into tears. Will no one take a girl I cried. Chapter III AN ABRUPT PARTING And so we were back again to the place from where we had started when Mr. Van der Heist first entered the house. The boys and Granny were provided for, but no one wanted a girl. Granny, however, seemed relieved, and after a moment brightened up. You will have to take me and Bee after all, she said, and send one of the boys to the colonies. T is better so, I am sure. Nay, madam, returned Mr. Van der Heist, sharply, stopping his walk up and down the room and standing before her; I shall not take the miss. In time, she would have to be married and dowered, so it is not to be thought of. He stopped his speech and continued his march up and down the room. But something must be done with the child! Granny moaned in her perplexity. Aye, agreed Mr. Van der Heist, and he stooped and picked up the letter, which, in the confusion, had fallen to the floor. He read it through with knitted brows, and suddenly his face cleared. I have it, he cried, and going to Granny, he pointed with a fat finger. You perceive, madam, he went on, that Mr. Travers does not say he will not take a girl. He merely says he cannot. That makes all the difference. How, sir What would you do asked Granny. What do you mean Send her to him, of course, insisted Mr. Van der Heist, with much energy. There are ninetynine c. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<