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II. P. ir. BRUMELL — GAS AND PETROLEUM IN ONTARIO. 



It will thus be soon that in Ontario the Trenton as a large producer 

 has proved so far anything but successful. Even at lunulas, on the 

 crown of the Dundas anticlinal, no gas was found. There, however, re- 

 mains in the western and southwestern portion of the province a large 

 area as yet untouched, wherein it may afford large quantities and prove 

 of as great value as it has further southward, in Ohio. 



The following table exhibits the position of the Trenton in southwest- 

 ern Ontario in regard to tide level. 



Locality of well. 



Toronto, Swansea . . . 



Mimico 



Collingwood, City. . . 

 Delphi. 



Dundas 



Saint Catharines. . . . 



Thorold 



Provincial company, 



numbei 14 



Brant ford 



Stratford 



Elevation 



of well 

 above tide. 



Feet. 



About 



347 

 250 



592 

 600 

 300 

 .297 

 517 



About 020 

 672 



1,185 



1, 



Elevation 



of 

 summit of 



Trenton. 



Feet. 



— 296 



— 44:; 



Begun on 

 + 552 



— 1,130 



— 1,21)'.) 

 — 1,388 



- 1,905 

 -1,278 



- 1,175 



Thickness 



of 

 Trenton. 



E < t. 

 602 



Trenton. 



flii7 



Elevation 



of base 



of Trenton. 



Feet. 



— 898 

 Not reached. 



+ 39 

 Not reached. 

 ....do 



— 1,876 

 Nut reached. 



.do 



.do 



.do 



I las in Tren- 

 ton — cubic 

 feet per day. 



None. 



A I .out 5,000 



" r,,ooo 



" 0,000 

 None. 



None. 

 Very small. 



None. 



Very small. 

 None. 



Unfortunately no analyses or close examinations have as yet been 

 made of the Trenton limestone in that part of the province under con- 

 sideration, the only analyses available being those of specimens from 

 quarries considerably to the east of the portion where it is under cover. 



An unusual Occur re ace of Gas. — A rather peculiar occurrence of gas is 

 that found in the well near Saint Catharines. In this boring a yellow 

 quartzose sandstone beneath the Trenton limestone was penetrated for 

 seventy-seven foot and afforded a small quantity of gas, insufficient for 

 commercial purposes. 



Forthcoming Publication on the Subject. 



In closing, I should like to draw attention to the fact that a detailed 

 description of wells bored in Ontario, accompanied by maps and sections, 

 is now in press and will shortly he issued by the Canadian Geological 

 Survey. In this will be found a more or less complete narrative of bor- 

 ing operations tip to the close of the calendar year 1890. 



