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OIL AND CAS REGIONS OF KANSAS. 



MIAMI COUNTY. 



In the vicinity of Paola there have been at least seventy-five wells 

 bored. There was great activity here in the gas industry five or six 

 years ago, and a large amount of capital was invested in boring wells. 

 About 12 wells are at present yielding gas, and three of these some 

 oil. There are three of those not yielding gas that furnish some oil. 

 The pressure of the combined wells as delivered at the regulator was 

 35 pounds per square inch in the summer. After the pressure had 

 been reduced, the gas was delivered to customers at a pressure of 

 about two inches, water pressure. The gas has considerable odor of 

 sulphur compounds, so that there is little danger that it will escape 

 into a room and not be noticed. Some difficulty has been experienced 

 here in keeping sufficient pressure on the mains for the use of con- 

 sumers in winter, when so large an amount is used for heating pur- 

 poses. 



In the vicinity of Osawatomie there is a stronger flow of gas than 

 at Paola. There are at least eight wells here, most of them yielding 

 an abundant supply of gas, and new wells have been bored recently. 

 The pressure runs up above 200 pounds to the square inch, and the 

 depth of the wells is from 324 to 686 feet. A large number of pri- 

 vate families are supplied with the gas and it is used at the State 

 Insane Asylum. 



At Louisburgh, in the eastern part of the county, there is at pres- 

 ent only one well yielding gas, and this only in a limited quantity. 



ALLEN COUNTY. 



The lola Mineral Well was the first development in this line here. 

 At a depth of 626 feet gas was obtained, and at one time the quan- 

 tity was estimated to be over 5000 cubic feet daily; now, however, 

 owing to the flooding and partial filling up of the well, there is prac- 

 tically no gas. The well still affords an abundant supp^ly of mineral 

 water. Previous to this year 5 wells were supplying the town with gas, 

 but more recently a new well has been bored in the southwestern part 

 of the town, that yields gas at a rock pressure of 350 pounds to the 

 square inch. The gas issues from a 4^3 inch pipe and comes from a 

 depth of 835 feet, although the well has been bored to the depth of 

 over 850 feet. A well bored some distance east of town proved to 

 be unproductive. It is estimated that the yield of the new well is 

 7,000,000 cu. ft. per day. This is one of the strongest wells that has 

 been bored in the state. The wells that supply the city discharge 

 into a common regulator of the "Little Giant" type, where the 



