J-14 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



and its second at 1100 feet. It was drilled to 1150 feet in depth. 

 Five hours after it was packed it showed a rock pressure of 500 

 pounds, and in three days 600 pounds were registered. When 

 the gas was turned into the village line there was some water in 

 the pipe which was frozen by the rapid expansion of the gas. 

 In thawing the pipe fire was accidentally communicated to the 

 well, and a considerable demonstration followed. It was some 

 time before the well was again brought under control. Its rock 

 pressure never rose above 400 pounds thereafter. In the winter 

 of 1896-97 the pressure was drawn down to 35 pounds, but 

 though subjected to a long-continued and steady draft, it did not 

 fall below this figure. Well no. 4 is located one half mile north- 

 west of no. 1. At 650 feet a powerful gas vein was struck. 

 The cable was cut by flying chips and the drilling tools were lost. 

 The gas showed a rock pressure of 400 pounds and the well was 

 not drilled deeper. In the winter of 1896-97 the pressure did not 

 fall below 40 pounds. Well no. 5, located to the southeast of 

 no. 1 was drilled to a depth of 1200 feet but only an insignificant 

 amount of gas was found there. It was the first example of a 

 dry hole in this field. Wells of this character are popularly 

 and jocularly known here as " post-holes," If the well had been 

 tubed, possibly gas enough for a single residence could have 

 been obtained from it. 



Well no. 6 is located one and one half miles from no. 1, and 

 directly north of the village center. At 700 feet, gas enough for 

 the drilling engine was struck, and at 1150 feet a powerful vein 

 was found. It raised the tubing, but the clamps struck the cas- 

 ing and thus were stopped there. The tools were left in the well, 

 which was packed at 600 feet. 300 pounds rock pressure was 

 noted when the well was renewed. Well no. 7 is three quarters 

 of a mile due north of no. 6. At 650 feet it found gas enough for 

 the boiler of the drilling engine. A second vein was reached at 

 1000 feet and this grew steadily stronger till 1150 feet was 

 reached, when a pressure of 450 pounds was registered. Under 

 steady use it is drawn down to 50 pounds, but the impression 

 among those who have the care of the line is that no. 7 supplies 

 a larger volume than any other well of the field. Its production 

 has been estimated at 100,000 cubic feet a day, but the grounds 

 on which the estimate is based are not understood. 



