﻿PETROLEUM 
  AND 
  NATURAL 
  GAS 
  IN 
  WESTERN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  regions 
  of 
  Pennsylvania, 
  have 
  disregarded 
  everything 
  except 
  

   sandstones, 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  accustomed 
  to 
  find 
  oil 
  or 
  

   gas, 
  and 
  so 
  valuable 
  stratigraphic 
  information 
  has 
  been 
  lost. 
  

   In 
  a 
  few 
  instances 
  owners 
  of 
  the 
  wells 
  have 
  been 
  disposed 
  to 
  

   withhold 
  information, 
  specially 
  if 
  the 
  well 
  was 
  a 
  " 
  wildcat 
  " 
  in 
  

   a 
  hitherto 
  unexplored 
  district. 
  This 
  inability 
  to 
  procure 
  accu- 
  

   rate 
  information 
  has 
  left 
  gaps 
  in 
  our 
  knowledge 
  which 
  make 
  

   the 
  task 
  of 
  correlating 
  the 
  strata 
  already 
  recognized 
  in 
  Erie 
  co. 
  

   with 
  those 
  occurring 
  in 
  wells 
  farther 
  south 
  exceedingly 
  difficult. 
  

   The 
  records 
  which 
  follow 
  are 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  accurate 
  within 
  the 
  

  

  limits 
  claimed. 
  

  

  Gowanda 
  wells 
  

  

  At 
  Gowanda 
  two 
  wells 
  have 
  been 
  sunk 
  on 
  the 
  Cattaraugus 
  co. 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  Cattaraugus 
  creek. 
  The 
  following 
  original 
  record 
  of 
  

   the 
  old 
  Vinton 
  well 
  kept 
  by 
  the 
  driller, 
  Mr 
  J. 
  D. 
  Rickerson, 
  differs 
  

   slightly 
  from 
  the 
  one 
  already 
  published. 
  

  

  Vinton 
  well 
  

   Completed 
  Mar. 
  23, 
  1883 
  

  

  Salt 
  water 
  at 
  250 
  feet 
  Top 
  of 
  Corniferons 
  lime- 
  

   Gas 
  and 
  oil 
  458 
  stone 
  at 
  1580 
  feet 
  

   Oil 
  904 
  Water 
  1580 
  

   Gas 
  1006 
  Well 
  finished 
  in 
  water 
  1700 
  

  

  Cased 
  to 
  100 
  feet. 
  

  

  This 
  record 
  places 
  the 
  horizon 
  of 
  the 
  Corniferous 
  limestone 
  at 
  

   1580 
  feet, 
  290 
  feet 
  deeper 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  record 
  furnished 
  by 
  Mr 
  

   Vinton. 
  

  

  In 
  July 
  1897 
  a 
  well 
  was 
  put 
  down 
  on 
  the 
  Koss 
  farm 
  two 
  and 
  

   one 
  half 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Gowanda 
  near 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  

   branches 
  of 
  Cattaraugus 
  creek. 
  The 
  following 
  record 
  was 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  by 
  Mr 
  Charles 
  Howland 
  who 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  spot 
  while 
  the 
  

   well 
  was 
  being 
  drilled 
  and 
  who 
  kept 
  careful 
  records 
  of 
  the 
  depths. 
  

  

  Gas 
  at 
  246, 
  570, 
  598 
  and 
  1193 
  feet 
  Green 
  oil 
  at 
  1707 
  feet 
  

  

  Corniferous 
  limestone 
  at 
  1505 
  More 
  green 
  oil 
  1765 
  

  

  Amber 
  oil 
  1626 
  Bottom 
  of 
  well 
  2060 
  

  

  a 
  See 
  author's 
  paper, 
  5th 
  an. 
  report 
  of 
  N. 
  Y. 
  state 
  geologist, 
  1885. 
  

  

  