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by J. D. Rickerson and completed March 23, 1883. It was put 

 down at Gowanda on the Cattaraugus county side. 



Salt water at 



250 feet 



Gas and oil at 



458 



Oil at 



904 



Gas at 



I 006 



Top of Corniferous at 



I 580 



Water at 



I 580 



Bottom of well 



I 700 



McMillan well, Gowanda. This hole was drilled near the cemetery 

 in Gowanda about 1899 and is reported by Bishop who obtained 

 the record from Mr Michael Mclntyre of the Gowanda Natural 



Gas Co. 



Drift 20 feet 



Casing 196 



Small flow of gas at 615 



Second gas at i 1 10 



Top of Corniferous (Cor- 

 niferous 185-190 feet 



thick) at I 410 



Show of oil at i 600 



Top of Niagara at i 680 



Bottom of well i 720 



Versailles wells. These are in the extreme northwestern comer 

 of Cattaraugus county on the Erie county border. They are quoted 

 from Bishop's records. 



Well No. I Well No. 2 





Rock at 15 feet Rock at 



42 feet 



Casing 185 Casing 



199 



Top of Corniferous at i 075 Top of Corniferous 



I 241 



Bottom of Corniferous at i 275 Bottom of well 



I 543 



Bottom of well i 383 





In well no. i some gas was found at 190 feet in shale. 



In no. 2 a small flow was tapped at 940 feet in shale. 



Chautauqua county. The first gas wells in the State were drilled 

 in this county. The supplies were obtained by shallow wells 

 bottomed in sandstones of the Chemung and Portage formations 

 which together occupy the surface from the Erie county line to the 

 Pennsylvania boundary. Many of the borings were only 100 to 

 150 feet deep and the deepest about 500 feet. The pools were not 

 large, but they showed a fair degree of persistency and were scattered 

 over the lake shore belt from Silver Creek southwest to the State 

 line. Many afforded convenient and easily controlled supplies, but 

 scarcely sufficient for more than local use, most of the wells in fact 

 supplying only one or two families each with light and fuel. The 

 aggregate production, thus, was not large. The principal towns 

 within this natural gas belt are Silver Creek, Dunkirk, Fredonia, 

 Brocton, Westfield, Mayville and Ripley. 



