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The following well, taken from Volume I (A), page 373, 

 which failed to find the Gordon Sand, and was a dry hole, 

 shows a reason for the abrupt western termination of the pool : 



Wm. E. Donlan No. 2 Well Record (361). 



Courthouse District; on Sand Fork, 0.6 mile southwest of Copley; 

 authority, South Penn Oil Co.; elevation, 895' B. 



Top. Bottom. 



Feet. Feet. 



Coal, Pittsburgh 325 329 



Sand, Big Dunkard 900 950 



Pencil Cave 2000 2010 



Big Lime 2010 2060 



Sand, Big Injun 2060 2250 



Sand, Gordon Stray. 2681 2686 



"No Gordon or Fifth Sands." 



Volume I (A), page 370, of the Survey, gives the record 

 of the B. F. Clayton No. 1 Well (362), located near the Copley 

 gusher, 0.2 mile southeast of Copley, at an elevation of 990' B., 

 by South Penn Oil Co. 



The seven following wells were drilled along Cove Lick 

 and its lower branches, being located north of the Copley 

 gusher : 



John Copley No. 1 Well Record (365). 



Courthouse District; on Cove Lick, 0.3 mile north of Copley; au- 

 thority, South Penn Oil Co.; elevation, 885' B. . 



Top. Bottom. 



Feet. Feet. 



Coal, Pittsburgh 250 



Sand, Big Dunkard 850 910 



Sand, Second Cow Run 1040 1400 



Pencil Cave ' 1895 1920 



Sand, Big Injun 1975 2200 



Sand, Gordon Stray 2609 2620 



Sand, Gordon 2629 2645 



The above well, the record of which is taken from Volume 

 I (A), page 369, is located only a few hundred feet from the 

 Copley gusher, but was only a light producer from the Gordon 

 Sand. 



