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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  well 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  1626 
  and 
  1710 
  feet 
  producing 
  a 
  heavy 
  oil 
  

   having 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  new 
  cider. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  my 
  visit 
  in 
  August 
  

   1897, 
  the 
  well 
  was 
  reported 
  to 
  contain 
  100 
  feet 
  of 
  oil 
  resting 
  upon 
  

   900 
  feet 
  of 
  water. 
  Mr 
  Howland 
  thinks 
  the 
  well 
  would 
  have 
  

   yielded 
  better 
  if 
  shot 
  at 
  1765 
  feet. 
  As 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  pumped, 
  

   the 
  daily 
  yield 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  ascertained. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Zoar 
  gas 
  field 
  on 
  Cattaraugus 
  creek, 
  six 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  

  

  Springville, 
  a 
  well 
  a 
  on 
  the 
  Cattaraugus 
  co. 
  side 
  passed 
  through 
  

  

  Drift 
  80 
  feet 
  Show 
  of 
  oil 
  and 
  gas 
  at 
  1865 
  feet 
  

  

  Top 
  of 
  Corniferous 
  lime- 
  Depth 
  of 
  well 
  1950 
  

  

  stone 
  at 
  1700 
  

  

  The 
  well 
  has 
  no 
  gas 
  worth 
  piping. 
  

  

  The 
  Kelly 
  well 
  across 
  the 
  creek 
  in 
  Erie 
  co. 
  found. 
  a 
  

  

  Corniferous 
  limestone 
  at 
  1500 
  feet 
  Amber 
  oil 
  and 
  salt 
  

  

  Green 
  oil 
  and 
  gas 
  1725 
  water 
  at 
  1760 
  feet 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  Gowanda 
  wells 
  and 
  the 
  Zoar 
  wells 
  quoted 
  above 
  are 
  

   the 
  only 
  borings 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  where 
  a 
  fair 
  

   showing 
  of 
  oil 
  has 
  been 
  found. 
  The 
  amount 
  thus 
  far 
  discovered 
  

   is, 
  however, 
  insufficient 
  to 
  warrant 
  the 
  belief 
  that 
  oil 
  exists 
  here 
  

   in 
  paying 
  quantities. 
  

  

  The 
  data 
  furnished 
  by 
  these 
  well 
  records, 
  which 
  are 
  believed 
  to 
  

   be 
  as 
  reliable 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  obtained 
  by 
  the 
  ordinary 
  methods 
  of 
  drill- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  measuring, 
  show 
  the 
  horizon 
  of 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  Corniferous 
  

   limestone 
  to 
  lie 
  at 
  Gowanda 
  about 
  1500 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  surface. 
  

   The 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  corniferous 
  at 
  Buffalo 
  creek 
  is 
  approximately 
  573 
  

   feet 
  above 
  tide. 
  * 
  The 
  elevation 
  of 
  Gowanda 
  station 
  is 
  772 
  feet. 
  

   Assuming 
  the 
  air 
  line 
  distance 
  between 
  these 
  points 
  as 
  27 
  miles, 
  

   the 
  average 
  dip 
  of 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  Corniferous 
  is 
  approximately 
  

   48 
  feet 
  to 
  the 
  mile. 
  

  

  Wells 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  put 
  down 
  at 
  Snyder's 
  schoolhouse, 
  lot 
  50, 
  

   town 
  5, 
  range 
  8, 
  and 
  at 
  Smith's 
  Mills 
  nine 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Gowanda. 
  

   No 
  record 
  of 
  these 
  has 
  been 
  preserved 
  beyond 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  

   first 
  was 
  about 
  1000 
  feet 
  deep. 
  

  

  a 
  See 
  author's 
  paper, 
  16th 
  an. 
  report 
  of 
  state 
  geologist, 
  1896. 
  

  

  