178 RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE. 



Thickness From To 



Fine white sandstone 5 594 599 



Dark shale (base of Lee) 6 599 605 



Limestone (top of Pennington) 5 605 610 



Red, green and dark shales 89 610 699 



Red and green shale with some limestone 6 699 705 



Shales, dark slate colored 16 705 721 



Blank (shales) 6 721 727 



Red, green, and dark slate-colored shales 7 727 734 



Red and green shales 42 734 776 



Dark shales . 18 776 794 



Dark shale and light gray limestone 6 794 800 



Red, green and dark shales 40 800 840 



Gray limestone 8 840 848 



Brown, sandy limestone, oil-bearing 5 848 853 



Gray limestone with shale probably from caving 15 853 868 



Oolitic limestone 10 868 878 



Dark gray limestone, some dark and red shale partings 52 878 930 



Limestone, brown and dark gray, crystalline 65 930 995 



Brownish gray, compact, fine-grained limestone 45 995 1040 



Brownish-gray crystalline limestone 15 1040 1055 



Brownish-gray, compact, fine-grained limestone 17 1055 1072 



Brownish-gray, crystalline limestone 6 1072 1078 



Light gray crystalline limestone 6 1078 1084 



Brownish-gray crystalline limestone 16 1084 1100 



Record of Hendren No. 1 oil well, 4 miles northwest of Oneida, Tenn. 



Drilled by Chas. W. Whitcomb. Elevation 1298 feet; mouth of well 

 about 240 feet below the top of the Lee formation ; diameter at well mouth 

 8*4 inches; 8)4 -inch casing to 335 feet; 6%-inch casing to 788 feet. 



Thickness From To 



Sandstone 205 205 



Dark shale 5 205 210 



Sandstone 12 210 222 



Sandstone, with some black shale 5 222 227 



Sandstone, with occasional coal particles 58 227 285 



Dark shale 20 285 305 



Dark sandy shale and fine sandstone 15 305 320 



Dark shale 15 320 335 



Blank 6 335 341 



Sandstone, water at 374 61 341 402 



Dark shale 22 402 424 



Sandstone, with some sandy shale partings 60 424 484 



Dark shale 6 484 490 



Dark, laminated sandstone . . 5 490 495 



Dark shale, part sandy 11 495 506 



Laminated sandstone 5 506 511 



