1877.] 453 ic:arll. 



42. Snyder Well, No. 1. (180) 

 December, 1868. 



Lease No. 3, Mill farm, If miles south of Pleasantville. Authority, J. 

 C. Champion. 



Well mouth above ocean in feet 1510 



? 50 to 50 =1460 



IstS. S 40 " 90 =1430 



? 165 " 255 =1255 



2d S. S 25 " 280 =1230 



? 130 " 410 =1100 



3dS. S 25 " 435 =1075 



? 70 " 505 =1005 



4th S.S 20 " 525 = 985 



? 70 " 595 = 915 



5th S.S 14 " 609 = 901 



? 31 " 640 = 870 



6th S.S 20 " 660 = 850 



? 80 " 740 = 770 



7th S.S 18 " 758 = 752 



? pocket. 2 " 760 = 750 



Wet hole. Cased at 275'. Pumped 8' from bottom. 

 Best production 90 barrels per day. Gas sufficient to Are 1 boiler. 

 Black oil. Gravity 4SP. ' Mud veins in both the lower sands. 



43. Bates Well, No. 1. (102) 



1866 



Dawson Farm, li miles south of Pleasantville. Authority, N. R. Bates. 



Well mouth above ocean in feet 1587 



? 560 to 560 = 1027 



3d S. S. estimated 30 " 590 = 997 



? 50 " 640 = 947 



4th S. S 30 •' 670 = 917 



? 122 " 793 = 795 



5th S. S fine pebble and sand. 13 " 805 = 782 



? pocket. 15 " 820 = 767 



Wet hole. Cased at 400'. Pumped 20' from bottom. 



Black oil. Gravity 47° when first pumped. 



At one time during the first ninety days of the production the well 

 yielded at the rate of 500 barrels per day, and was running at this rate 

 when the men, in the excitement occasioned by so great a flow of oil, 

 "shut down " to connect with a larger tank. This seemed to check the 

 flow so efl"ectually that the well could never again be brought up to its 

 former production. The first part of the record was lost. My driller re- 



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