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by him at 24,480,000 cubic feet of gas and about one barrel of oil 



a day. The top of the oil sand is put at 1785 feet below the bottom 



of the Olean conglomerate and the well is stated by Ashbumer to 



lie in a syncline. 



To rock 16 feet 



Casing 196 



Gray shales and slate 625 



Fine shelly sandstone 675 



Shales 870 



Fine sandstone and shales alternating 960 



First gas sand 1 1 80 



Main (Bradford) sand 1230 



Well on Joseph Renaldi farm, lot 45, Red House. 



Casing 300 feet 



Sand (Chipmunk?) at 680 



Top second sand at I049 



Bottoin second sand at I059 



BroTv^n sand at 1095 



Top Bradford sand at 1359 



Bottom Bradford sand at 1429 



Bottom of v/ell 1562 



References 

 Ashburner, C. A. Petroleum and Natural Gas in New York State. Amer. 



Inst. Min. Eng. Trans, vol. 16, 1888 

 Bishop, I. P. Petroleum and Natural Gas in Western New York. N. Y. State 



Mus. Ann. Rep't 51, v. 2, 1899 

 . Oil and Gas in Southwestern New York. N. Y. State Mus. Ann. 



Rep't 53, V. I, 1901 

 Orton, Edward. Petroleum and Natural Gas in New York. N. Y. State 



Mus. Bui. 30, 1S99 



PYRITE 



There has been no marked increase in the production of pyrite 

 for acid making in the last few years, but developments are now in 

 progress that will doubtless lead to a considerable gain in productive 

 capacity in the near future. These developments have centered 

 about the St Lawrence and Jefferson county district, on the north- 

 west side of the Adirondacks, where mining operations on a fairly 

 extensive basis have been carried on for the last fifteen or twenty 

 years. This district contains great resources of easily available ores, 

 but the deposits are low grade and their commercial exploitation 

 involves a considerable capital outlay for mining and milling equip- 

 ment necessary to place an undertak'ng on a successful working 

 basis. 



