GEOLOGICAL PAPERS. 



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tion — that is, twenty feet below sea-level, when the topography of the 

 county is considered. 



Gas and other products have been found in the wells as shown in 

 the table. The company, hoping to strike a stronger flow of gas than 

 that found in any of the wells, has continued to pull the casing and 

 hunt for "a great gusher." A well yielding 50,000 cubic feet per day 

 is generally considered worth casing and piping. A reference to the 

 table will show that some of the wells reached that amount. 



No. 1 in the new series was also a prospect well; the com- 

 pany not having access to the log of the former wells. The gas-sand 

 was reached without properly casing out the salt water, and conse- 

 quently the well had to be abandoned. The drill used is the ordinary 

 <?hurn drill, and the measurements made on the rope with a steel 

 tape. The logs of the different wells show only slight variations in 

 stratigraphy when the topographical differences are considered. Gas 

 continues to bubble from some of the larger wells. The amount of 

 gas as shown in the table was estimated from measurements made 

 with an ordinary gas-meter. 



♦still drilling 



