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Nov 17, 1871

Journal Entry

November 17, 1871 ~ Friday

17. We dug 2 feet this morning & struck a strong stream iof water in
the gravel it came in so fast we could not dig any lower. we
had hard work to get the water out so we could stone it up
Kennison who was diging & stoneing up got wet through & was vary
Chilly & when we closed at night we had walled up 4 feet & there
was 3 1/2 feet of water in the well

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Nov 17, 1871