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in the valley of Rocky river, a copious flow of gas has continued 
to escape for several years. 
From these facts it will be seen that the ow of gas from wells 
bored in Cuyahoga county has been, on the whole, considerably 
less than from those farther east, and sca reel¥ sufficient to war- 
ae any great confidence in the success “of experiments of this 
d. 
Since the geological formation at Cleveland is precisely the same 
as at Painesville, Conneaut and Erie, the difference noticeable in 
this: As we a roach the Alleghanies we find the strata which 
and 
Wihe's ‘ind Uses of the Gas obtained from the Gas Wells.— 
illuminating power of the gas of the West Bloomfield well pe 
that from the wells of Fredonia and Erie has been oppras 2. and 
found to be about one-half that of the gas used in t of our 
cities; or, technically, it is 7- or 8—candle gas, our ieee sak pacer 
from 14— to 18-candle power. 2 has usually the odor of petro- 
leum, in mall quantity of condensible petroleum 
vapor. It is heavier than common street gas, and its heating power 
is grea It contains carbonic acid and carbonic oxide, an 
as —— fndigponaible to its safe use. v a well pro- 
ducing a copious flow of = can hardly be penuaiuatell: If the 
wells of Mr. Neff had so located that their enormous product 
could have been utilized, they would have yielded larger pecuni- 
ary returns to their owner than any oil well beds ver done. 
patie and elegance imparted to an sesattiahitont by an 
abundant flow of re well sh nce of 
—— — Here every fire in the house, in the kitchen 
ange as well as the parlor grate, is fed by a fuel which gives & 
brilliant, cheerful flame, is supplied and cut off by turning a stop 
> ma e smoke and leaves no ashes; and all this in 
addition to an abundant supply for illumination. So great a 
