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PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS. 



In addition to the summarized records in the table, the 

 details of most of these wells will be given in the following 

 pages, giving such information as is available regarding the 

 underground strata. 



Detailed Well Records, Troy District. 



Troy District, with the exception of the western part, 

 where the Newberne pool is located, has not produced oil and 

 gas in large quantity, but outside of the Newberne region 

 only a few scattered wells have been drilled, the evidence of 

 which, though unfavorable, is not sufficient to declare the 

 territory barren. The district is situated in the northeastern 

 corner of the county, next to Doddridge and Ritchie, and in 

 its northern part the geologic structure reaches a low level, 

 where the Robinson Syncline enters it from the north. The 

 southeastern corner is crossed by the Chestnut Ridge Anti- 

 cline, giving the Pittsburgh Coal horizon an elevation of 975 

 feet, being a rise of 500 feet from the low level along the 

 Doddridge Line. 



A few wells have been drilled along the eastern border 

 of the district next to Lewis. The Andrew T. Gooden No. 1 

 (608), drilled at Linn, produces gas, but its record could not 

 be obtained. One mile east of Troy on Leading Creek, the 

 E. M. Talbott No. 1 (609), drilled by an unknown company, 

 was plugged and abandoned as a dry hole, but according to 

 residents gas not only blew out the plug, but also escaped 

 in large quantities through the ground around the well. An- 

 other well, the E. M. Talbott No. 1 (610), was drilled a few 

 rods distant from the former location and produces gas from 

 the Big Injun Sand, beyond which it was not drilled. The 

 record of this well is published in the section for Troy, page 

 77. The Robert L. Ruddel Heirs No. 1 (611), drilled by 

 J. T. Carter and others on Leading Creek one-half mile south- 

 east of Alice, was abandoned as a dry hole. Its record could 

 not be secured, but according to Charles Conley, the well 

 made a show of oil in the Maxton Sand, 500,000 cubic feet of 

 gas from the Keener, and a show of oil and gas in a deeper 

 sand, the total depth being about 2200 feet, which was suffi- 

 cient to penetrate the Berea Sand. 



