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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. 1913 Excerpt:...County: "When the land is generally cleared up the wells are more liable to fail." "There were formerly many springs, but they have mostly ceased to flow." Butts County: "Many springs dry or partly dry, others too warm for drinking, caused by timber being cut around them." Cherokee County: "A spring dried when a deep well was put down." "Water supply not as good an'd strong as 25 years past; there are three times the land cleared and cultivated, and the blasting on public roads and in mines has sunk the water--some are forced to dig wells deeper" (recorder a resident for 65 years). Douglas County: "A fine spring has failed, one of the best in the whole country, after 50 or 60 years' use;" ascribed to draining a swamp. Fayette County: "One spring went dry, caused by cutting a ditch near-by." Franklin County: "Water changed so little it is barely perceptible." "Wells have been dug deeper." Fulton County: "Some springs entirely dry, others very low." Gwinnett County: "Farm was settled in 1818, and for 50 years water was obtained from fine springs; the springs are not very fine now." Heard County: "Some springs have sunk, on account of cultivation of the land." Henry County: "Many wells and springs that never failed before are dry now." Lumpkin County: "Wells fail at times, but could not state cause." Pike County: "All wells are scarce in water; many have been dug deeper." Putnam County: "The water level has sunk in 15 years 8 to 10 feet." In Georgia, as pretty generally in other States east of the Plains, the reporters' remarks clearly indicate that the observed lowering of the water level exceeds that...