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section with the Grassland Basin, most of them being small 

 producers : 



John Shay Heirs No. 1 Well Record (520). 



Courthouse District; on West Fork River, 1.3 miles southwest of 

 Brownsville; authority, Wm. Ahner et al.; elevation, 1050' B. 



Thickness. Total. 

 Feet. Feet. 



Unrecorded 1125 1125 



Sand, Salt 200 1325 



Red rock 100 1425 



Slate and shells 425 1850 



Little Lime 50 1900 



Pencil Cave 15 1915 



Big Lime 105 2020 



Sand, Big Injun 110 2130 



Slate 110 2240 



Sand, Berea (gas, 10 million, 2250') 45 2285 



Unrecorded to bottom 5 2290 



10" casing, 430'; 8", 1240'; 6%", 2020'. 



Gas from the above well was used to run a carbon black 

 factory in the same locality but the gas was soon exhausted 

 and the plant dismantled. 



Michael Tims No. 1 Well Record (521). 



Courthouse District; 0.7 mile southwest of Brownsville; authority, 

 Guffey & Galey; completed, May 23, 1900; elevation, 1050' B. 



Thickness. Total. 



Feet. Feet. 



Conductor 12 12 



Lime, hard 53 65 



Slate, dark, Redstone Coal horizon 10 75 



Sand, soft, Weston 25 100 



Slate, dark 5 105 



Sand, Salt 33 533 



Lime, hard 45 150 



Slate, soft 5 155 



Lime, dark 5 160 



Slate, soft ' 5 165 



Lime, hard 35 200 



Slate, soft 25 225 



Lime and red rock 175 400 



Sand, hard, Grafton 25 425 



Slate, hard 15 440 



Red rock 50 490 



Lime, hard 40 530 



Red rock 40 570 



