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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  valley. 
  Plans 
  have 
  been 
  formed 
  for 
  the 
  exploration 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  

   tract 
  of 
  land 
  near 
  Reed's 
  Corners, 
  east 
  of 
  Canandaigua, 
  by 
  a 
  

   Pittsburg 
  company. 
  

  

  In 
  Steuben 
  county, 
  the 
  North 
  Side 
  Gas 
  & 
  Oil 
  Co. 
  continued 
  

   the 
  drilling 
  of 
  a 
  well 
  at 
  Ferenbaugh 
  which 
  was 
  started 
  in 
  1906. 
  

   After 
  encountering 
  a 
  small 
  flow 
  at 
  250 
  feet, 
  the 
  hole 
  was 
  carried 
  

   down 
  to 
  2100 
  feet 
  and 
  shot, 
  but 
  registered 
  less 
  than 
  40,000 
  feet 
  

   a 
  day. 
  A 
  second 
  well 
  of 
  nearly 
  equal 
  depth 
  gave 
  no 
  results. 
  

   The 
  Steuben 
  Oil 
  and 
  Gas 
  Co. 
  of 
  Hammondsport 
  will 
  sink 
  a 
  test 
  

   well 
  near 
  Keuka. 
  Drilling 
  has 
  been 
  started 
  near 
  Canisteo 
  on 
  

   fche 
  farm 
  of 
  James 
  E. 
  Wilson. 
  The 
  exploration 
  of 
  the 
  Troups- 
  

   berg 
  field 
  has 
  been 
  discontinued 
  for 
  lack 
  of 
  success. 
  

  

  PETROLEUM 
  

  

  The 
  oil 
  pools 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  constitute 
  the 
  northern 
  

   extension 
  of 
  the 
  Appalachian 
  field 
  which 
  reaches 
  its 
  main 
  de- 
  

   velopment 
  in 
  Pennsylvania, 
  Ohio 
  and 
  West 
  Virginia. 
  They 
  

   underlie 
  small 
  areas 
  in 
  Cattaraugus, 
  Allegany 
  and 
  Steuben 
  

   counties 
  near 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  border. 
  The 
  first 
  well 
  was 
  

   drilled 
  in 
  Cattaraugus 
  county 
  in 
  1865, 
  while 
  Allegany 
  county 
  

   began 
  producing 
  about 
  1880. 
  The 
  oil 
  is 
  encountered 
  in 
  fine- 
  

   grained 
  sandstones 
  of 
  dark 
  color 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Chemung 
  

   formation 
  of 
  the 
  Upper 
  Devonic. 
  

  

  In 
  Cattaraugus 
  county 
  the 
  productive 
  area 
  embraces 
  about 
  

   40 
  square 
  miles, 
  mostly 
  in 
  Olean, 
  Allegany 
  and 
  Carrolton 
  town- 
  

   ships. 
  The 
  pools 
  occur 
  at 
  several 
  horizons 
  from 
  600 
  to 
  1800 
  feet 
  

   below 
  the 
  surface. 
  The 
  principal 
  ones 
  are 
  the 
  Ricebrook, 
  Chip- 
  

   munk, 
  Allegany 
  and 
  Flatstone. 
  

  

  The 
  oil 
  field 
  of 
  Allegany 
  county 
  extends 
  across 
  the 
  southern 
  

   townships 
  of 
  Clarksville, 
  Genesee, 
  Wirt, 
  Bolivar, 
  Alma, 
  Scio 
  

   and 
  Andover 
  and 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  several 
  pools 
  that 
  are 
  considered 
  

   to 
  be 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  independent. 
  The 
  Bolivar, 
  Richburg 
  and 
  

   Wirt 
  pools 
  have 
  been 
  most 
  productive. 
  The 
  oil 
  is 
  found 
  at 
  

   depths 
  from 
  1400 
  to 
  1800 
  feet. 
  The 
  Andover 
  pool 
  lies 
  partly 
  in 
  

   the 
  town 
  of 
  West 
  Union, 
  Steuben 
  co., 
  and 
  is 
  tapped 
  by 
  wells 
  

   from 
  850 
  to 
  1000 
  feet 
  in 
  depth. 
  The 
  discovery 
  of 
  oil 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  

   of 
  Granger, 
  on 
  the 
  Livingston 
  county 
  border 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  some 
  

   respects 
  the 
  most 
  noteworthy 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  productive 
  area 
  of 
  

   late 
  years, 
  since 
  the 
  pool 
  is 
  much 
  farther 
  north 
  than 
  any 
  hereto- 
  

   fore 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  