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penetrated 210 feet of drift and did not reach the rock. Another at Frank Moorman's residence 

 in the southern part of the village did not reach rock at a depth of 205 feet. 



At Windsor, in western Randolph County, a gas well penetrated 107 feet of drift, mainly 

 sand and gravel. 



At Losantville, in southwestern Randolph County, a gas well passed through 240 feet of 

 drift, mainly till but containing some sand and gravel in its upper portion. 



Henry County. — At Mooreland, Henry County, a gas well penetrated 150 feet of drift, 

 mainly till but containing beds of gravel at about 90 feet. 



In a gas boring at Mount Summit 235 feet of drift was found, mainly assorted material. 



At Springport a gas well near the level of the depot, on comparatively low ground, pene- 

 trated 70 feet of drift, much of which is assorted material. 



At Middletown, in Fall Creek valley, a gas-well boring penetrated 160 feet of drift, which 

 includes some till but is mainly assorted material; a strong flow of water comes from 83 feet. 

 Another gas well on the uplands in the north part of Middletown, about 15 feet above the level 

 of the railway station, penetrated 203 feet of drift. Like the one in the valley it has some till, 

 but the drift is principally sand and gravel. 



A gas well 1J miles north of Mechanicsburg, Henry County, has over 200 feet of drift, 

 largely till. A log thought by the well driller to be sycamore was struck at about 200 feet. 



At Cadiz a gas well penetrated 421 feet of drift and entered shale of Ordovician age, there 

 being no limestone of Silurian age. 



At Kennard a gas well penetrated 227 feet of alternate beds of till and assorted material 

 in nearly equal amounts. 



In the vicinity of Greensboro rock is struck at 100 feet or less. 



Rock is exposed in East White River 3 miles or more above and again a short distance below 

 Knightstown. At Knights town several gas wells penetrate from 64 to 100 feet or more of drift. 

 They begin on a gravel plain along the river, 50 to 75 feet above the river bed, and penetrate 

 20 to 25 feet of gravel, below which blue till continues to the bottom of the drift. Blue till 

 outcrops along the river bluffs below the gravel in the vicinity of Knightstown. 



Hancock County. — Several gas borings have been made in the vicinity of Greenfield. The 

 least thickness of drift reported is 150 feet, in the valley of Brandywine Creek; the greatest 

 thickness is about 200 feet in a-well which starts at 889 feet, about the same altitude as the rail- 

 way station. Nearly all the wells passed through surface till about 30 feet thick, below which 

 are alternate beds of till and assorted material. The assorted material apparently exceeds the 

 till in quantity. 



At New Palestine the thickness of the drift is 285 feet, but the character of the material 

 was not ascertained. 



At McCordsville, in northwestern Hancock Comity, a gas well penetrated 186 feet of drift, 

 mainly till. 



Marion County. — In northeastern Marion County, at Oakland, a gas well penetrated 231 J 

 feet of drift, of which the following section is reported. The well is about 35 feet below the level 

 of the depot, 810 feet. 



Section of drift in Oakland gas well. 



Feet. 



Till, yellow and blue 56J 



Sand and gravel 50 



Till, blue, with but little sand or gravel 125 



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