﻿THE 
  MIXING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
  1908 
  

  

  45 
  

  

  are 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  waters 
  of 
  nonmedicinal 
  character 
  that 
  

   are 
  sold 
  for 
  family 
  and 
  office 
  use. 
  The 
  amounts 
  of 
  dissolved 
  min- 
  

   eral 
  matter 
  are 
  expressed 
  in 
  grains 
  per 
  United 
  States 
  gallon. 
  

  

  NaCl.... 
  

   CaS04 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   MgS04. 
  . 
  . 
  

   Na2S04 
  . 
  . 
  

   K2SO4... 
  

   CaCOs... 
  

   FeCOs.... 
  

   NaaCOs... 
  

   MgCOs. 
  . 
  . 
  

   NaNOs.. 
  . 
  

  

  Si02 
  

  

  CO2 
  (free) 
  

  

  DIAMOND 
  

  

  ROCK 
  

  

  SPRING 
  

  

  .48 
  

  

  1.88 
  

  

  07 
  

  

  a 
  -43 
  

   63.09 
  

  

  •74 
  

   tr 
  

  

  REDSTONE 
  

   SPRING 
  

  

  WEEDSPORT 
  

   SPRING 
  

  

  31-41 
  

  

  3 
  -40 
  

   2 
  . 
  iq 
  

  

  7.64 
  

   1. 
  17 
  

  

  35 
  

  

  •03 
  

   8.54 
  

   1 
  . 
  29 
  

  

  .22 
  

  

  1-74 
  

   .06 
  

  

  2.66 
  

  

  aReported 
  as 
  NaHCOa. 
  

   ^Reported 
  as 
  Mg(HC03)2. 
  

  

  NATURAL 
  GAS 
  

  

  The 
  natural 
  gas 
  fields 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  and 
  

   western 
  parts, 
  south 
  from 
  Lake 
  Ontario. 
  There 
  are 
  15 
  counties 
  

   that 
  contain 
  productive 
  fields. 
  Though 
  scarcely 
  comparable 
  as 
  

   regards 
  size 
  with 
  the 
  gas 
  pools 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Appalachian 
  region 
  

   farther 
  south, 
  the 
  fields 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  long 
  hfe, 
  as 
  instanced 
  

   by 
  those 
  in 
  Chautauqua 
  county 
  where 
  the 
  first 
  holes 
  were 
  put 
  down 
  

   over 
  80 
  years 
  ago 
  and 
  which 
  are 
  still 
  productive. 
  The 
  gas 
  fields 
  

   of 
  Cattaraugus 
  county 
  have 
  been 
  under 
  development 
  since 
  1865. 
  

   Despite 
  the 
  continuous 
  drain 
  upon 
  the 
  resources, 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  gas 
  

   has 
  increased 
  markedly 
  of 
  recent 
  years 
  in 
  response 
  to 
  the 
  greater 
  

   activity 
  in 
  exploration. 
  

  

  Geological 
  occurrence. 
  The 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  productive 
  gas 
  pools 
  

   geologically 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  extend 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Paleozoic 
  

   sedimentary 
  formations, 
  the 
  Potsdam 
  sandstone, 
  to 
  the 
  Chemung 
  

   and 
  Portage 
  formations 
  of 
  the 
  Devonic 
  which 
  are 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  Paleozoic 
  series 
  as 
  represented 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  Certain 
  forma- 
  

   tions, 
  however, 
  are 
  more 
  prolific 
  than 
  others, 
  and 
  the 
  wells 
  in 
  each 
  

   field, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  derive 
  their 
  main 
  supply 
  from 
  a 
  definite 
  horizon. 
  

  

  Though 
  small 
  amounts 
  of 
  gas 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  sandstones 
  

   correlated 
  with 
  the 
  Potsdam, 
  the 
  lowest 
  beds 
  which 
  are 
  the 
  source 
  

   of 
  any 
  considerable 
  flow 
  are 
  the 
  limestones 
  of 
  Trenton 
  age. 
  The 
  

  

  