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wells along Shanty Run, but no attempt was made for sev- 

 eral years to find further production, the territory being re- 

 garded as too poor for exploitation until the high price of oil 

 in the past few years led to further drilling, with the result 

 that about forty producing oil wells and numerous gas wells 

 have been discovered. The producing sand is the Berea, none 

 of the wells being spectacular, but having the prospect of be- 

 ing long lived, as the Shanty Run wells are still producing. 

 The eight following detailed records are from this pool. The 

 abbreviated records of several others appear in the summa- 

 rized table on a previous page, and the records of the G. A. 

 Kemper No. 1 (635), which produced oil from the Berea Sand, 

 was published in the section for Newberne, page 80. The 

 James Allman No. 1 (623), drilled several years ago, 1.1 

 miles northeast of Newberne, is a gasser, but its record was 

 not secured : 



W. T. Wiant No. 1 Well Record (624). 



Troy District; on Tanner Creek, 0.6 mile northeast of Newberne; 

 authority, South Penn Oil Co. ; elevation, 880' L. 



Top. Bottom. 



Feet. Feet. 



Coal, Sewickley 220 223 



Salt Sand 1150 



Salt Sand 1375 



Pencil Cave 1730 



Big Lime 1740 1810 



Big Injun Sand (gas, 1885') 1810 1910 



Berea Sand (oil, 2211') 2210 2238 



Fifth Sand .2659 2664 



Total depth 2676 



The above well, which was one of the first drilled in the 

 pool, was pumped for several years, but is now abandoned. 



J. C. Bush No. 1 Well Record (625). 



Troy District; on Shanty Run, 0.7 mile northeast of Newberne; 

 authority, South Penn Oil Co.; elevation, 915' L. 



Top. Bottom. 



Feet. Feet. 



Coal, Uniontown 130 131^ 



Black cave 840 



Salt Sand 1390 1520 



Sand, Salt 1580 1670 



