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PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS. 



only a show of oil and gas, is published in the section for 

 Rosedale, page 99. The records of several wells are available 

 and appear in the following pages: 



T. V. Shock No. 1 Well Record (786). 



Birch District, Braxton County; on Steer Creek, at Rosedale; au- 

 thority, South Penn Oil Co.; completed in 1914; elevation, 780' B. 



Top. Bottom. 



Feet. Feet. 



Coal, Upper Freeport 485 486 



Gas Sand of Rosedale 1318 



Salt Sand (oil show, 1533'; water in bottom) 1490 1538 



Maxton Sand 1570 1590 



Little Lime (oil show, 1720') 1670 1736 



Big Lime (gas, 1790') 1736 1800 



Big Injun Sand 1800 1896 



Lime, shell and slate to bottom 1896 3050 



10" casing, 156'; 8%", 481'. 



The above well, located near the axis of the Grassland 

 Syncline, shows not only the presence of water in the Rose- 

 dale Salt Sand, but also the total absence of sands below the 

 Injun where oil might have been expected along the basin. 

 The well was abandoned as a dry hole. 



The Berry Heirs No. 1 (787), located on O'Brien Fork, 

 1.2 miles northeast of Rosedale, and completed subsequent to 

 the writer's visit to the field, was reported a dry hole. The 

 W. C. Rollyson No. 1 (788), in Rosedale, was reported an oil 

 well; the J. W. Smith No. 1 (790), in Rosedale, was reported 

 a 50-barrel well; the U. S. Upton et al. No. 1 (792) struck 

 the Salt Sand at 1487 feet and found the oil pay 36 feet from 

 the top. 



E. E. Cottrell No. 1 Well Record (791). 



Birch District, Braxton County; on Steer Creek, at Rosedale; au- 

 thority, Alexander and Doty; completed in 1914; elevation, 787' L. 



Top. Bottom. 



Feet. Feet. 



Sand (water, 475') 440 600 



Coal, Upper Kittanning 615 617 



Coal and water, Mercer 725 728 



Cave 741 745 



Sand Salt ...770 800 



