MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 185 



Deep well, Depew. This record, taken from Bishop's " Structural 

 and Economic Geology of Erie County," supplies an interesting 

 parallel with the preceding one. 



Drift to 34 feet 



Flint at 34 



Niagara (200 feet) at 594 



Shales (60 feet) at 794 



Clinton (30 feet) at 854 



Red Medina sandstone (90 feet) at 884 



White Medina sandstone (12 feet) at 974 



Red shale (1164 feet) at 986 



Oswego sandstone (75 feet at) 2 150 



Shale (630 feet) at 2 225 



Trenton (720 feet) at 2 855 



Dark gray sandstone (no feet) at 3 575 



Bottom at 3 685 



A small flow of gas was found at iioo feet in the Medina 

 formation. 



One of the latest developments in the Erie county gas field has 

 been the discovery of the Orchard Park pool in the town of East 

 Hamburg, where a small area of high pressure gas was tapped in 

 1912. About twenty wells are located in the area. At first the 

 flow was exceptionally large for pools in the Medina, but the yield 

 fell off rapidly after the first few months. The wells are about 

 1700 feet deep. The output is handled by the Orchard Park Oil & 

 Gas Co. 



In the town of Brant, in the southwestern comer of Erie county, 

 is an area in which considerable activity has been in progress during 

 the last few years. It covers a par^t of the Cattaraugus Indian 

 reservation, and some 40 wells have been put down within the 

 reservation or along the border. The gas comes from the Medina 

 at 1700 to 1800 feet depth. 



On the border of Erie and Cattaraugus counties between Gowanda 

 and Springville lies the Zoar district which was developed in the 

 years 1888-95 3.nd for a time was a large producer. The Kerr well, 

 drilled in 1888 by Michael Mclntyre of Gowanda, was probably 

 the largest that had been drilled in the State up to that time. Its 

 initial flow was estimated at 25 to 30 million cubic feet a day and 

 the pressure forced out the string of tools and threw them 150 feet 

 into the air. The horizon of the gas is referred by Bishop to the 

 Salina waterlime and the lower part of the Onondaga limestone. 

 The usual depth was about 2000 feet. In recent years attention 

 has been given to the underlying Medina horizon, which is found 

 at about 3300 feet, with some success. 



Kerr well, Zoar. Drilled in 1888 by Michael Mclntjrre of 



