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ern and western parts, however, offer some favorable locali- 

 ties for further development, as follows: (1) The extreme 

 northwestern corner of the district, north of Stumptown, along 

 Mikes Run, looks favorable for oil in the Salt Sand of Rose- 

 dale, which is the producing gas stratum at Stumptown and 

 showed oil in the Katie Stump No. 1 (780), and has produced 

 it in some quantity in Calhoun, near Dodrill, which is along 

 the same strike as Mikes Run; (2) That territory lying along 

 the crest and north of the Chestnut Ridge Anticline between 

 Right Fork of Steer Creek and Cedar Creek, looks favorable 

 for gas in the Salt and possibly in some of the lower sands ; 

 (3) It is possible that the Rosedale Oil Pool extends west- 

 ward from Rosedale between the 900 and 1000-foot structure 

 contours toward the low divide between Frozen Run and 

 Bear Fork; (4) The Rosedale Basin, similar in structure to 

 the Richardson Basin in Calhoun, where oil is found in abun- 

 dance, offers some hope of oil in the Berea or other deep 

 sands. It must be remembered, however, that Wells Nos. 

 785, 786 and 789, all of which were deep, found no sand below 

 the Injun that was present in more than one of these wells. 

 This circumstance does not preclude the possibility of a rich 

 oil-bearing sand in the Rosedale Basin, but is evidence against 

 it and therefore adds greatly to the usual hazard of drilling. 



