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View of St. Jacob's Well, which is a pool of water about 84 feet in diameter and 58 feet deep that has never been known to go dry. It is part of the Little Basin which is about 280 yards in diameter and 35 feet from rim to floor. Little Basin and St. Jacob's Well were formed in the recent geological past by a process known as solution-subsidence. This process occurs when surface water gains access and dissolves underground deposits of salt, gypsum, or limestone. The overlaying layers of rock and minerals subside to fill the volume vacated by the water soluble deposits.
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1903
Item Number: 7801
Call Number: Berryman Collection: Coll. 2 No.14
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 7801
Agriculture - Livestock - Horses
Collections - Photograph - Steele, F. M. (photographer)
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Environment - Geology - Rocks - Rock formations
Environment - Landscape
Environment - Water - Ponds
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Counties - Clark
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Photographs
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