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distributing companies who operate pipe-lines in this district. Among 

 these are the Empire Gas and Fuel Co., the Producers Gas Co. and 

 the Iroquois Natural Gas Co. 



Well records for southern Allegany county are given under the 

 head of petroleum elsewhere in this report. 



In central and northern Allegany county exploration for gas and 

 oil has been carried on more or less extensively but without the 

 discovery so far of any extensive pools. It would appear that the 

 productive sands in the Devonian do not extend much north of the 

 Clarksville — ^Wirt — ^Andover town lines. However, there are possi- 

 ble deeper horizons for gas in the Onondaga or Medina which have 

 been found to contain pools in Cattaraugus county to the west. 

 Only a few deep wells in the territory are on record. 



Hume well. A deep well in the town of Hume, northern Allegany 

 county, was drilled in 1899 on the Buel farm, i mile west of Himie 

 post office. The following record is reported by Bishop.^ The well 

 was practically dry. 



Soil 





35 feet 



Shale 





260 



Shells and slate 





280 



Shale 





401 



Wet sand 





402 



Salt water 





415 



Shale 





765 



Gray sand 





785 



Shale 





800 



Gray sand, a little gas and oil 





055 



Shale with some gas 





155 



Soft brown shale 





177 



Soft sand with gas 





192 



Soft sand 





227 



Sand with shale and show of oil 





234 



Brown shale 





550 



Light colored shale 





700 



Very dark shale 





890 



Hard flint rock 





925 



Light colored shale 





945 



Hard flint 





960 



Soft light colored shale 





980 



Flinty with shells, very hard 



2 



002 



Dark shale 



2 



126 



Very dark shale 



2 



174 



White shale 



2 



380 



Dark shale with occasional hard shells 



2 



550 



Shale and shells 



2 



750 



Hard ";ray and brown sand or hmestone 



2 



840 



Clear rock salt 



2 



900 



Soft blue and red shale 



3 



015 



Blue and red shale 



3 



326 



Canaseraga well. A test well at Canaseraga in the town of Burns 



1 N. Y. State Mus. Annual Rep't 53, v. i, p. rio8. 



