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(12) From tlie second simdHtoiie of (be Petroleum Measures (Veuango). Sand here 

 20 feet iu tliickiiess ; oil in sand; depth of well 1,875 feet; drilled lb83; torpedoed; 

 yielded 550 barrels of oil on first day of flow. Dai'k greenish red; specific gravity 

 on sample collected August, 1885, 40i^ Baum^. Aucbor Well No. 3, Cooper tract, 

 Sheffield, Warren County, Pennsylvanin. (59763.) 



(13) From the gray sandstone of the Petroleum Measures (Venango.) Dark greenish. 

 Fisher Well No. 3, Gates, A''enango County, Peuwsylvania. (59904.) 



(14) From just above the third sandstone of the Petroleum Measures (Venango). 

 Sand here 22 feet in thickness; oil in sand; depth of well 1,076 feet; drilled 1885 ; 

 torpedoed ; yielded 18 barrels of oil on first day of pumping. Dark greenish ; spe- 

 cific gravity 49^ Baumd. Well No. 5, Diamond farm. Cranberry, Venango County, 

 Pennsylvania. (59795.) 



(15) From the third saridstoue of the Petroleum Measures (Venango). Sand 18 

 feet iu thickness; oil in sand ; depth of well 957 feet ; drilled 1865; not torpedoed; 

 yielded 35 barrels of oil on first day of pumping. Black ; specific gravity 48^° 

 Baum6. Well No. 1, Heckerthorne farm. Cranberry, Venango County, Pennsyl- 

 vania. (59815.) 



(16) From third sandstone of the Petroleum Measures (Venango). Black; specific 

 gravity 48° Baum^. Sackett & Eielnier Well No. 4, Taskell Field, Cranberry, Ve- 

 nango County, Pennsylvania. (59587.) 



(17) From the third sandstone of the Petroleum Measures (Venango). Sand here 

 25 feet in thickness; oil in sand; depth of well 490 feet; drilled 1864; torpedoed; 

 yielded 600 barrels of oil on first day of flow. Dark greenish ; specific gravity on 

 sample collected August, 1885, 39^*- Baiime. Hammond Well No. 1, farm of John 

 Steele or " Coal Oil Johnny," Cherry Tree, Venango County, Pennsylvania. (59790.) 



(18) From the third saudstofie of the Petroleum Measures. Sand here 13 feet in 

 thickness; oil in sand; depth of well 1,180 feet : drilled 1875; torpedoed; yielded 45 

 barrels of oil on first day of pumping. Greenish brown ; specific gravity on sample 

 collected September, 1885, 47^° Baume. Well No. 1, Fletcher Farm, Parker, Butler 

 County, Pennsylvania. (.59798.) 



(19) This was the first well drilled for oil, and oil was found at the depth of 69^ feet 

 in one of the " monntain sands :" afterwards deepened to the third sandstone of the 

 Petroleum Measures (Venango). Depth of well 500 feet ; drilled 1859 ; not torpedoed ; 

 yielded 10 barrels of oil on first day of flow; afterwards yielded 40 barrels on first day 

 of pumping. Dark gieenish; specific gravity on sample collected March, 1885,40^° 

 Baum6. Drake Well, Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company, Cherry Tree, Venango 

 County, Pennsylvania. (59768.) 



(20) From third sandstone of the Petroleum Measures (Venango). Sand here 35 feet 

 in thickness; oil in sand ; depth of well 1,685 feet; drilled 1885 ; torpedoed; yielded 

 7,000 barrels of oil on first day of flow. This well was unproductive until torpedoed. 

 After shot was fired, and before the well conld be brought under control it was esti- 

 mated that from 12,000 to 19,000 barrels of oil were produced in the first 24 hours. 

 Dark greenish red; specific gravity 48° Baume. Well No. 1, Marshal, Peun, Butler 

 County, Pennsylvania. (59782.) 



(21) From third sandstone of the Petroleum Measures. Sand here 60 feet in thick- 

 ness; oil in sand; depth of well 950 feet; drilled 1872; not torpedoed; yielded 50 

 barrels of oil on first day of flow. Dark red ; specific gravity on sample collected in 

 1873, Sip Baum6. Ross Farm, Dunkard, Greene County, Pennsylvania. (59792.) 



(22) From the third sandstone of the Petroleum Measures. Sand here 22 feet in 

 thickness; oil in sand ; depth of well 917 feet; drilled 1884 ; torpedoed; yielded 400 

 barrels of oil on first day of flow. Dark amber; specific gravity on sample collected 

 October, 1885, 47^' Baum<«. Well No. 1, Rodgers Tract, Glade, Warren County, Penn- 

 sylvania. (59803.) 



(23) From the fourth sandstone of the Petroleum Measures. Dark greenish red; 

 specific gravity 44^" Baum6. Kangaroo Well No. 1, East Brady, Clariou County, 

 Pennsylvania. (.59489.) 



