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Blue shale 37 Dark shale i8 



Gray lime 14 Black sand (gas) 6 



Dark shales 15 Brown sand (salt water) 7 



Black muck and salt water ... 2 Blue shale 5 



Dark shale, soft 30 Gray sand (water) 17 



Lime, shell i Dark shale i 



Light shale 5 Gray lime 31 



Dark shales 13 Dark shale 7 



Sand shale (gas) i Gray lime 6 



Light shale 14 Dark shale 2 



Magnesian lime 22 Gray lime 20 



Light shales 19 Dark shale 5 



Hard white lime 10 Black sand, hard 6 



Soapstone 2 Dark shale 19 



Light shale 5 Gas sand 2 



White lime 6 



Light shale 5 Total 590 



White lime 4 



The rock pressure is 260 to 300 pounds per square inch. It is 

 delivered to customers at a pressure of one and one-half ounces. In 

 Cherryvale the gas has been used more or less for over four years, 

 but recently its use has been much extended. As the wells are in 

 different parts of the city and connected in the same system there is 

 little loss from friction from conveying the gas long distances and no 

 trouble has been experienced by consumers since the pipes have been 

 properly protected in the winter. It is said to never have a less 

 pressure than 115 pounds even in the coldest weather. 



At Coffeyville on the southern border of the county there are six 

 wells in use for supplying the gas to the city, but they are not all in 

 constant use. The rock pressure is about 300 pounds, and the gas 

 is supplied to factories at a pressure of 50 pounds and to consumers 

 at six ounces, water pressure. The wells are approximately 800 

 feet in depth. Other companies are at work here, in addition to the 

 one that has been supplying the city for some time. 



There was a very curious explosion at Coffeyville in July last. It 

 occurred near gas well No. 2 of the Coffeyville Gas and Mining 

 Company. A local reporter says: "The earth was torn up for a 

 distance of several hundred yards. Where the main part of the 

 upheaval occurred is a hole probably twenty yards wide by ten or 

 twelve feet deep. Huge masses of rock are lying around which 

 came from the very bowels of the earth. The gas company say 

 that the stratum of rock lies at least thirty feet below the surface. 



