KANSAS UNIVERSITY QUARTERLY. 



MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 



There are three gas towns in this county: Independence, Cherry- 

 vale and Coi^eyville. At Independence, during the past summer, 

 there have been four wells supplying the gas for use in the city. The 

 pressure of the gas is regulated at the tank by the "Fulton " Regu- 

 lator, so that from 60 to 80 pounds of pressure is carried by the 

 pipes leading to the town. The closed pressure on the wells runs 

 from 300 to 400 pounds at different wells. The Regulator system 

 that is used is for the purpose of preventing a higher pressure than 

 that stated above from entering the lines of pipe, so as to avoid any 

 accident that might occur from the bursting of pipes. For domestic 

 use in the city the pressure is reduced by an automatic regulator from 

 75 pounds to 5 ounces, and the regulator is so arranged that a higher 

 pressure will cause the oil to blow out of the apparatus so that the 

 excess of gas will escape. For supplying factories and mills a 

 special pipe line is laid and a pressure of 20 pounds is maintained on 

 this. The new ice factory on the banks of the Verdigris is thus 

 supplied. During the past season the gas company has connected 

 four other wells wiih the system for supplying the city. A new well 

 that was bored in December a mile west of the city is said to pass 

 through gas sand 40 feet in thickness, and to be the best well yet, 

 yielding an abundant flow of gas, and giving a rock pressure of 350 

 pounds per square inch. The oil produced here has not yet been 

 utilized. 



At Cherryvale during the season there have been eleven wells from 

 which gas could be drawn. The amount of gas that these can yield is 

 not known. There is oil in smaller quantities than at the Neodesha 

 pool, but no attempt has been made to utilize it yet. The wells here 

 have not been "shot." Several companies are in the field and it is 

 expected that soon more prospect holes will be bored. There are 

 three regulators in use, of a new and superior pattern. It is notice- 

 able that the wells here are not as deep as most of those that have 

 been previously mentioned, being only about 600 feet deep. The 

 "log" of well No. 2 has been kindly furnished us by the superin- 

 tendent of the Gas Company there. It is as follows: 



Feet. Feet. 



Soil 4 Dark shale 10 



Clay and lime boulders xo Drab sand (gas) 8 



Blue stone grit 30 Soapstone 14 



Dark clay like fire clay 10 Light sand (gas) 7 



Gray lime, hard 18 Shale and soapstone 85 



Soapstone 10 Drab lime 26 



