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19-11-12aa--Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 12, T. 19 S., R. 11 W., Barton County; drilled, August 1946. Surface altitude, 1,778.7 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark-gray; contains some fine to medium sand	1.5	1.5
		Silt and clay; gray; contains some fine sand	1.5	3
		Silt, light-gray and buff, very fine to medium sand. Much concretionary calcium carbonate in lower part of interval	35	38
		Silt, calcareous, buff; contains some very fine sand	18	56
		Silt, light-tan and buff; contains some very fine to fine sand	9	65
		Silt, calcareous, light-tan and buff; contains some concretionary calcium carbonate	65	130
	Meade formation
		Silt, calcareous, light-tan; contains some very fine to fine sand and many pebbles derived from Cretaceous rocks	9.5	139.5
		Gravel, medium to fine, sand, and silt; light-tan	1.5	141
CRETACEOUS--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Shale, fissile, gray	5	146

19-11-24dd--Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 24, T. 19 S., R. 11 W., Barton County; drilled, August 1950. Surface altitude, 1,775.7 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	1.5	1.5
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, light-gray, and fine to medium sand	4.5	6
		Silt, light-gray and buff; contains much fine to coarse sand, fine gravel, and some concretionary calcium carbonate	10	16
		Sand, fine to coarse, and much buff calcareous silt; contains much concretionary calcium carbonate	11	27
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and sand	29	56
		Gravel, coarse to fine, and sand	6.5	62.5
		Silt, calcareous, buff; contains much fine to medium sand	6	68.5
CRETACEOUS--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Sandstone, fine, silty, white	29.5	98
		Shale, micaceous, yellow-gray	6	104
		Sandstone, fine, brown, and gray shale; contains some charcoal	2	106

19-11-29bb--Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 29, T. 19 S., R. 11 W., Barton County; drilled, 1943. Surface altitude, 1,789.5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	1	1
QUATERNARY
	Alluvium and Sanborn formation--Pleistocene and Recent
		Silt, yellow-gray and gray-brown, and fine to medium sand	9	10
		Silt, dark-gray; contains some fine to coarse sand and fine gravel	3	13
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and sand	52	65
		Silt, sandy, buff; contains caliche	59	124
		Silt, yellow and buff; contains some fine to medium sand and gravel	5	129
	Meade (?) formation-Pleistocene
		Gravel, fine to medium; contains some silt, fine sand, and coarse gravel	27	156
CRETACEOUS--Comanchean
	Kiowa shale
		Clay, dark blue-gray; contains some yellow to brown sandstone, hematite, and pyrite	15	171
		Sandstone, fine-grained, hard, light-gray, and dark blue-gray clay; contains pyrite and hematite pellets	9	180
		Clay, light to dark-gray, and gray hard sandstone; contains thin bed of hard limestone at 203 feet, "cone-in-cone" calcite from 200 to 210 feet, and pyrite	30	210
		Clay, dark-gray, and dark-gray fissile shale; contains pyrite and shells	20	230
		Clay, partly lignitic, light to dark-gray	10	240
	Cheyenne sandstone
		Clay, sandy, light gray-green, and fine- to medium-grained sandstone	10	250
		Siltstone and very fine-grained sandstone; gray-green	11	261
PERMIAN
		Siltstone, sandy, red-brown	19	280

19-11-31bb--Driller's log of city-supply well at Ellinwood in the NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec. 31, T. 19 S., R. 11 W., Barton County.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	5	5
	Silt, soft, gray	3	8
	Sand, fine	4	12
	Sand, coarse, and gravel	15	27
	Clay, yellow	1.5	28.5
	Sand and gravel	4	32.5
	Sandstone, fine-grained, solid, light	105.5	138
	Shale, blue	3	141

19-12-5aa--Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 5, T. 19 S., R. 12 W., Barton County; drilled, 1943. Surface altitude, 1,799.6 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, clayey, black	1.5	1.5
QUATERNARY
	Alluvium
		Silt and clay; gray-brown	5.5	7
		Silt, clayey, gray-green; contains some very fine sand	3	10
		Silt, blocky, gray-green and yellow-brown; contains caliche nodules	6	16
		Silt, gray and brown, and fine to medium sand	1	17
		Clay, silty, gray, brown, and yellow	3	20
		Silt, dark-gray and brown, and fine to medium sand; contains a few caliche nodules	4	24
		Sand, fine to medium, and silt; gray and yellow-brown	22	46
		Silt, sandy, yellow-brown and gray; contains a few caliche nodules	16.5	62.5
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Sandstone, medium-grained, yellow, lavender, and white,	7.5	70

19-12-14bb--Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 14, T. 19 S., R. 12 W., Barton County; drilled, 1946.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill and soil	2	2
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, gray-green, iron-stained	3	5
		Silt, sandy, tan to brown	31	36
		Sand and silt; tan and buff; contains sandstone fragments and caliche nodules	4	40
		Silt, sandy, white to buff, and brown; contains caliche nodules	19	59
		Gravel, fine to coarse, composed of sandstone, "ironstone," and caliche pebbles; very silty, poorly sorted	11	70
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Sandstone, tan, brown, and yellow	3	73

19-12-21bb--Sample log of test hole at the NW cor. sec. 21, T. 19 S., R. 12 W., Barton County; drilled, 1943. Surface altitude, 1,884.6 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	1.5	1.5
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, sandy, tan-gray	3.5	5
		Silt, buff, brown, and reddish-brown; contains caliche nodules	33	38
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Sandstone, medium- to coarse-grained, yellow-gray and brown, and some pink clay	23	61
		Clay, varicolored; contains some fine sand from 76 to 90 feet	49	110
		Clay, dark-gray to white; contains some brown fine grained sandstone and hematite	20	130
		Clay, gray and red	5	135
		Clay, sandy, dark-gray; contains pyrite	5	140
		Siltstone, sandy, gray-white; contains pyrite and some black carbonaceous silt	10	150
		Clay and shale; light to dark-gray, red, and red-brown; contains pyrite	56.5	206.5

19-12-29dd--Driller's log of test hole in the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec. 29, T. 19 S., R. 12 W., Barton County; drilled by the Layne-Western Company for the Kansas Power Company of Great Bend.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	3	3
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Clay	6	9
		Sand, coarse	4	13
		Sand and gravel	5	18
		Clay, blue	2	20
		Sand and gravel	17	37
		Clay, yellow	3	40
		Clay, gray	10	50
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota (?) formation
		Sandrock	18	68

19-12-29dd--Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 29, T. 19 S., R. 12 W., Barton County; drilled, 1943. Surface altitude, 1,814.8 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	1.5	1.5
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Clay, silty, gray	4.5	6
		Silt, sandy, gray and blue-gray; contains caliche	7	13
		Gravel, fine to medium, and medium to coarse sand	17	30
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse sand; contains some yellow clay	25	55
CRETACEOUS
	Dakota formation (Gulfian)
		Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, white to yellow-brown, and light-yellow and gray siltstone	32	87
		Clay, blue-gray	3	90
		Clay, blue-gray, and white to brown fine- to medium-grained sandstone	10	100
		Sandstone, medium-grained, yellow and brown	10	110
		Siltstone, soft, yellow-gray, interbedded with brown medium-grained sandstone	7	117
		Clay, light-blue-gray and yellow gray, and brown medium-grained sandstone	6	123
	Kiowa shale (Comanchean)
		Clay, blue-gray; contains a thin bed of very hard calcareous sandstone at 135.5 feet and a layer of hard pyrite at 140 to 141 feet	18	141

19-13-3cc--Sample log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 3, T. 19 S., R. 18 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,846.6 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill and soil; dark-gray	4	4
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Silt and clay; light-gray and brown-gray	13	17
		Silt, gray and brown; contains some sand and gravel	7	24
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and sand; contains some light-gray clay	6	30
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and sand; coarse gravel is derived from Cretaceous rocks	11	41
		Silt, sandy, yellow-brown; contains some gravel	3	44
		Sand and poorly sorted gravel; derived from the Dakota formation	7	51
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains much sand and silt; derived from the Dakota formation	2	53
		Conglomerate, hard, brown; consists of Dakota fragments	2	55
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, light-gray mottled red	2	57

19-13-4cc1--Driller's log of city-supply well in the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec. 4, T. 19 S., R. 18 W.; drilled for the City of Hoisington by the Layne-Western Company, 1986.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	2	2
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Clay, sandy	18	20
		Sand, coarse	2	22
		Sand and gravel	2	24
		Clay, sandy	1	25
		Sand, coarse	1	26
		Sand, coarse, and gravel	18	44
		Clay	1	45

19-13-5cc--Driller's log of test hole at the SW cor. sec. 5, T. 19 S., R. 13 W., Barton County; drilled by the Layne-Western Company for the City of Hoisington, 1935.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Gumbo, black	5	5
		Hard pan	11	16
		Sand and clay	3	19
		Sand, coarse	2	21
		Sand, coarse, and small gravel	9	30
		Sand, fine to coarse	11	43 [as printed]
		Sand, coarse, and clay	4	47
		Sand, coarse, and small gravel	11	58
		Sand, fine, and gumbo; very tight	7	65
		Sand, fine, silty, and clay	5	70
		Sand, fine, silty, tight	8	78
		Sand, coarse, brown; some fine sand, clay	12	90

19-13-6db--Driller's log of irrigation well in the NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec. 6, T. 19 S., R. 18 W., Barton County; owned by Elmer Amerine. Surface altitude, 1,890.0 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Soil, clayey	28	28
		Sand, clayey	9	37
		Sand	8	45
		Clay, tough	10	55
		Sand and gravel	34	89
		Sand, cemented	1	90
		Sand and gravel	25	115
		Rock, hard	1	116

19-13-8da--Driller's log of test hole at the NE cor. SE 1/4 sec. 3, T. 19 S., R. 13 W., Barton County; drilled by the Layne-Western Company far the City of Hoisington, 1985.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	2	2
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Clay, sandy, brown	11	13
		Sand, medium, brown	5	18
		Sand, fine, blue, and clay	2	20
		Sand, coarse, brown	3	23
		Sand, coarse, and gravel	5	28
		Sand, medium, and little gravel	2	30
		Sand, coarse, and small gravel	13	43
		Clay, blue-green and white, and a few gravels	5	48

19-13-16aa--Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 16, T. 19 S., R. 13 W., Barton County; drilled, 1945. Surface altitude, 1,851.5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	3	3
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Silt and clay; gray	5	8
		Silt, brownish-gray; contains some sand and gravel	6	14
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and sand	28.5	42.5
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, blue-gray and yellow, and brown medium-grained sandstone	7.5	50

19-13-21aa--Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 21, T. 19 S., R. 13 W., Barton County; drilled, 1943. Surface altitude, 1,846.5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, silty, black	3	3
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene and Recent
	Alluvium
		Silt, gray-black; contains some coarse sand and fine gravel	2	5
		Silt, sandy, gray, contains caliche nodules	9	14
		Gravel, fine to medium, and sand; contains some coarse gravel from 14 to 20 feet and yellow silt from 30 to 40 feet	46	60
CRETACEOUS--Gulfian
	Dakota formation
		Clay, silty, white, red, gray, and yellow	20	80
		Clay, sandy, light-gray and yellowish; contains some lignite from 85 to 87 feet	10	90
		Clay, light blue-gray; contains thin beds of maroon hard siltstone from 110 to 120 feet	30	120

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