122 Repoet of the State Geologist. 



To these^meagre data may be added the following statement 

 from Mr. Horsley : 



Struck Medina 



Struck first gas 1,527 1,510 



Struck second gas 1,678 1 , 565 



End .., 1,624 1,620 



Mr. "Westcott states that he has bore'd for gas '* successfully " 

 in the Medina at Corfu, Genesee county, striking gas 115 feet 

 below the top of the formation. At Alden, Erie county, in five 

 wells, gas was struck at 102, 110, 114, 104 and 141 feet below 

 top. The first discharge of gas was so violent as to throw out 

 the tools ; but the supply soon failed. At Allen's Hill, Richmond, 

 Ontario county, 100 feet. 



Water Power. 



Streams capable of furnishing power to grist and saw-mills are 

 numerous, especially in the southern part of the county. A large 

 number of mills were formerly maintained. Gibson's map desig- 

 nates 50, exclusive of Waterloo and Seneca Falls ; all but one or 

 two are placed on streams. Yery few continue in use. 



Waterloo. — The source of the water power at the above-named 

 villages is Seneca river. Between Waterloo and Seneca Falls 

 the stream forms a part of the Cayuga and Seneca canal. Above 

 Waterloo the same is the case to within half a mile of the lake, 

 where the canal diverges, finally entering the lake at Geneva. 

 The fall is 62 feet (441—379) between the lakes, of which 14 (dis- 

 regarding fractions) occurs at Waterloo, and most of the 

 remainder at Seneca Falls, a few feet occurring between the latter 

 and Cayuga lake. 



The canal was incorporated in 1813. When first opened it ad- 

 mitted boats of three feet draft, but between 1825 and 1857 this 

 was successively increased, and at present it accommodates those 

 of six feet draft, the depth of channel being seven feet. The 



