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PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS. 



Troy looks favorable for gas in the Big Injun and in the lower 

 sands. (4) That portion of the district between Sinking and 

 Horn Creeks, south of the Parkersburg and Staunton Turn- 

 pike, looks favorable for gas in the Big Injun and Berea Sands. 



Detailed Well Record, Dekalb District. 



Dekalb District, occupying the northwestern part of Gil- 

 mer, where the Pittsburgh Coal horizon reaches a low struc- 

 tural level, has been prospected to a considerable extent, and 

 both oil and gas have been found in commercial quantity, 

 most of the production being in the western part. All the 

 wells drilled in the eastern part, toward Glenville District, 

 have been failures. In the northern portion, gas has been 

 found in considerable quantity along Tanner and Sinking 

 Creeks. Several wells have been drilled along Ellis Run, of 

 which the two following records are available: 



Samuel Bennett No. 1775 Well Record (644). 



Dekalb District; on Ellis Run, 1.9 miles west of Newberne; au- 

 thority, Hope Natural Gas Co.; completed, March 9, 1909- elevation, 

 950' B. 



Top. Bottom. - 

 Feet. Feet. 



Salt Sand 1510 1550 



Maxtori Sand 1740 1750 



Little Lime 1800 1815 



Big Lime 1825 1895 



Big Injun Sand 1895 1955 



Berea Sand (gas, 2290') 2275 2304 



Total depth 2376 



L. S. Vannoy No. 2176 Well Record (645). 



Dekalb District; on Ellis Run, 2.2 miles southwest of Newberne; 

 authority, Hope Natural Gas Co.; completed. Dec. 31, 1909; elevation, 

 855' B. 



Top. Bottom. 



Feet. Feet, 



Coal, Uniontown 25 



Coal, Bakerstown '. . 708 



Little Dunkard Sand 755 800 



Salt Sand (light gas, 1440') 1430 1485 



Salt Sand 1605 1650 



B '9 Lime ...1716 1803 



