^24 W.G.MILLER PETROLEUM IN CANADA 



"Both WELL Oil Field, Kent County 



"While the production of oil in this field has been gradually failing, table- 

 number 1 shows that the Bothwell field in Zone township has been one of the 

 steadiest producers in the province during recent years. According to E. T. 

 Corkill,^ the wells are shallow, averaging about 600 feet in depth, and the for- 

 mations drilled through are very similar to the Lambton field. The oil in one 

 of the wells occurs at a depth of 365 to 375 feet from the surface and at about 

 188 feet below the top of and in the Onondaga. 



"Leamington Oil Field, Essex County 



"In 1902 oil was discovered in this small and now abandoned field at a depth 

 of 1,040 to 1,125 feef in a porous dolomitic limestone of the Guelph formation. 

 In 1905 the Hickey number 4 had a flow of 1,200 barrels daily for the first 

 three days, but it rapidly fell to about 200 barrels. The field is located in 

 Mersea township. 



"Button Oil Field, Elgin County 



"Oil was struck in Button township about the year 1898, the production 

 since being small. The oil occurs in the Onondaga, at a depth of 160 to 175 

 feet from the top of the formation. 



"Onondaga Oil Field, Brant County 



"The Onondaga oil field, named from the tov^^nship in which it occurs, was 

 discovered in 1910. According to G. R. Mickle,^ the oil is found in the White 

 Medina at a depth of about 550 feet. 



"Thamesville, Belle River, and Comber Oil Fields 

 "These three fields have not as yet become important producers." 



The only other area in Ontario that offers possibilities for the occur- 

 rence of petroleum in commercial quantities is that which borders on 

 James and Hudson bays. This area is wholly unexplored^ in so far as 

 drilling operations for petroleum are concerned ; but the railway to Port 

 Nelson will soon be completed and the area will be rendered more ac- 

 cessible. It contains Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian strata in much 

 larger volume than the Erie-Huron area. 



New Brunswick 



The production of New Brunswick is comparatively insignificant. Be- 

 ginning with 95 barrels in 1909, the production has never exceeded 2,700 

 barrels. In 1916 the quantity was 1,3-1:5 barrels. 



The oil occurs in the Lower Carbonifei-ous, in the Albert shale series. 



Ontario Bureau Mines, vol. xiv, part 1, p. 00. 

 Ontario Bureau Mines, vol. xx, part 1, p. 38. 



