﻿PETROLEUM 
  AND 
  NATURAL 
  GAS 
  IN 
  WESTERN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  The 
  Alder-bottom 
  toell 
  

   This 
  well 
  was 
  located 
  on 
  lot 
  22, 
  range 
  9, 
  township 
  of 
  Leon 
  

   about 
  six 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Cattaraugus 
  village. 
  Mr 
  J. 
  W. 
  Stearns 
  

   who 
  drilled 
  the 
  well 
  informs 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  drill 
  encountered 
  noth- 
  

   ing 
  but 
  shales 
  till 
  the 
  Corniferous 
  limestone 
  was 
  reached 
  at 
  2255 
  

   feet. 
  Drilling 
  was 
  stopped 
  in 
  the 
  Niagara 
  shales, 
  as 
  he 
  believes, 
  

  

  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  3000 
  feet. 
  

  

  Other 
  borings 
  

  

  In 
  December 
  1897 
  a 
  well 
  was 
  sunk 
  at 
  East 
  Otto 
  by 
  Mr 
  Arthur 
  

   Richardson. 
  The 
  well 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  stopped 
  in 
  water 
  at 
  

   2753 
  feet. 
  No 
  record 
  has 
  been 
  obtained. 
  

  

  At 
  West 
  Valley 
  on 
  the 
  Buffalo, 
  Rochester 
  and 
  Pittsburg 
  rail- 
  

   road 
  a 
  well 
  was 
  sunk 
  for 
  gas 
  several 
  years 
  ago 
  without 
  success. 
  

   No 
  record 
  has 
  been 
  preserved. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Ellicottville 
  four 
  wells 
  have 
  been 
  drilled, 
  all 
  

   of 
  which 
  have 
  proved 
  barren. 
  Three 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  located 
  

   in 
  what 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Somerville 
  valley, 
  two 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  

   village. 
  Well 
  no. 
  1 
  of 
  this 
  group 
  gave, 
  according 
  to 
  Mr 
  Hickey, 
  

   the 
  contractor, 
  the 
  following 
  approximate 
  record. 
  

  

  First 
  sand, 
  with 
  a 
  little 
  

  

  

  30 
  feet 
  of 
  black 
  

  

  shale 
  

  

  gas 
  at 
  about 
  

  

  250 
  feet 
  

  

  with 
  some 
  oil 
  

  

  at 
  1340 
  feet 
  

  

  Second 
  sand 
  

  

  725 
  

  

  Sand 
  

  

  1600 
  

  

  Third 
  sand 
  

  

  1050 
  

  

  13 
  feet 
  of 
  shells 
  

  

  1790 
  

  

  

  

  Bottom 
  of 
  well 
  

  

  1803 
  

  

  The 
  well 
  furnished 
  very 
  little 
  gas. 
  

  

  Well 
  no. 
  2, 
  one 
  mile 
  east 
  of 
  no. 
  1, 
  found 
  35 
  feet 
  of 
  sand 
  having 
  

   a 
  show 
  of 
  oil 
  at 
  475 
  feet. 
  Drilling 
  to 
  1809 
  feet 
  disclosed 
  no 
  fur- 
  

   ther 
  oil 
  or 
  gas. 
  

  

  A 
  fourth 
  well 
  was 
  put 
  down 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  1897, 
  three 
  

   fourths 
  mile 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  without 
  finding 
  gas. 
  This 
  well 
  

   was 
  1651 
  feet 
  deep. 
  

  

  Four 
  wells 
  have 
  been 
  drilled 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Franklinville, 
  

   one 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  2500 
  feet 
  deep. 
  The 
  Simonds 
  well 
  2400 
  feet 
  

   in 
  depth 
  gave 
  a 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  gas, 
  but 
  not 
  enough 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  

   commercial 
  value. 
  Of 
  the 
  Ogilvie 
  well 
  located 
  east 
  of 
  Franklin- 
  

   ville 
  no 
  information 
  was 
  obtainable. 
  All 
  these 
  wells 
  were 
  prac- 
  

   tically 
  barren. 
  

  

  