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J. S. Shaffer No. 1774 Well Record (651). 



Dekalb District; 1.2 miles northwest of Lucerne; authority, Hope 

 Natural Gas Co.; completed, Oct. 14, 1910; elevation, 1065' B. 



Top. Bottom. 



Feet. Feet. 



Little Dunkard Sand 881 931 



Big Dunkard Sand 1000 1020 



Second Cow Run Sand (gas, 1257'; water, 1268'). .1210 1280 



Salt Sand 1410 1490 



Salt Sand 1600 1680 



Maxton Sand 1820 1840 



Little Lime 1840 1855 



Pencil Cave .' 1855 1865 



Big Lime 1865 1926 



Big Injun Sand 3926 1998 



Berea, shells only 2335 



Total depth 3072 



The above well was reported to have made 1% millions 

 in the Second Cow Run, but was abandoned, the volume evi- 

 dently having declined rapidly. 



The record of the G. M. Fisher No. 1 (653), drilled on 

 Mitchell Run, 1.5 miles north of Tanner, and already men- 

 tioned as the first deep well in the county, is published in the 

 section for Tanner, page 81. It made gas in the Big Injun 

 and shows of oil in both the Big Injun and Berea Sands. 

 The following well was reported to have made considerable 

 gas and still burns at the well mouth, but was abandoned : 



Geo. W. Fisher No. 1 Well Record (655). 



Dekalb District; on Jones Cabin Run, 0.8 mile northeast of Al- 

 fred; authority, Carter Oil Co.; completed, July 14, 1904; elevation 

 875' B. 



Top. Bottom. 

 Feet. Feet. 



Sand, Little Dunkard 790 820 



Sand, Second Cow Run 1100 1225 



Sand, Salt 1325 1485 



Big Lime 1760 1820 



Sand, Big Injun (gas show, I860') 1820 1920 



Total depth 2700 



10" casing, 145'; 8*4", 860'; 6%", 1780'. 



The Samuel Riddel No. 1 (656), drilled on the head of 

 Jones Cabin Run, was reported a dry hole, but its record was 

 not secured. 



