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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  townships 
  of 
  Conewango 
  and 
  Kandolph 
  several 
  borings 
  

   have 
  been 
  made, 
  the 
  records 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  meager 
  and 
  unsatis- 
  

   factory. 
  The 
  well 
  drilled 
  at 
  Conewango 
  in 
  1865 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  840 
  feet 
  deep 
  and 
  " 
  dry." 
  In 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Ran- 
  

   dolph 
  five 
  borings 
  are 
  reported. 
  One 
  on 
  the 
  Albert 
  Gasman 
  farm 
  

   in 
  Randolph 
  village 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  passed 
  through 
  a 
  white 
  peb- 
  

   ble 
  sand 
  containing 
  some 
  oil. 
  Gas 
  from 
  this 
  well 
  was 
  piped 
  to 
  

   Mr 
  Gasman's 
  house 
  and 
  supplied 
  it 
  with 
  fuel 
  for 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   years. 
  The 
  gas 
  horizon 
  is 
  given 
  as 
  800 
  feet. 
  Another 
  well 
  sunk 
  

   for 
  water 
  near 
  the 
  Chamberlain 
  institute 
  failed 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  

   bottom 
  of 
  the 
  drift 
  at 
  400 
  feet. 
  

  

  Two 
  wells 
  are 
  located 
  at 
  East 
  Randolph 
  and 
  two 
  on 
  the 
  Scud- 
  

  

  der 
  farm 
  one 
  mile 
  southeast 
  of 
  Randolph. 
  No 
  records 
  of 
  these 
  

  

  could 
  be 
  obtained. 
  

  

  Mud 
  creek 
  field 
  

  

  A 
  group 
  of 
  four 
  wells 
  is 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  county 
  line, 
  partly 
  in 
  

   Chautauqua 
  co. 
  and 
  partly 
  in 
  the 
  southwest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  

   Randolph. 
  One 
  well 
  was 
  drilled 
  36 
  years 
  ago, 
  the 
  others 
  in 
  

   1896-97. 
  The 
  following 
  record 
  was 
  furnished 
  by 
  Mr 
  J. 
  E. 
  Hazard 
  

   of 
  Randolph. 
  

  

  Well 
  on 
  WalTcer 
  farm, 
  s.iv. 
  part 
  of 
  Randolph 
  township 
  

  

  Rock 
  at 
  30 
  feet 
  Oil 
  sand 
  23 
  feet 
  at 
  330 
  feet 
  

  

  Shale 
  and 
  sand 
  to 
  170 
  Gas 
  in 
  shale 
  400 
  

  

  A 
  little 
  gas 
  in 
  sand 
  and 
  Sand 
  (40 
  feet) 
  (Dewdrop?) 
  490 
  

  

  shale 
  at 
  170 
  Best 
  gas 
  502 
  

  

  Gas 
  estimated 
  to 
  be 
  50,000 
  feet 
  a 
  day. 
  

  

  Another 
  well 
  just 
  on 
  the 
  Chautauqua 
  co. 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  is 
  

   said 
  to 
  furnish 
  100,000 
  feet 
  a 
  day. 
  

  

  Mr 
  John 
  W. 
  Knox 
  reports 
  the 
  rock 
  at 
  Mud 
  creek 
  to 
  dip 
  to 
  the 
  

   east. 
  

  

  Several 
  borings 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  near 
  Little 
  Valley 
  of 
  which 
  

   no 
  record 
  has 
  been 
  kept. 
  One 
  was 
  located 
  two 
  miles 
  west 
  

   of 
  the 
  village 
  and 
  was 
  barren. 
  The 
  well 
  on 
  the 
  A. 
  B. 
  Chase 
  farm 
  

   was 
  drilled 
  to 
  1400 
  feet 
  and 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  yielded, 
  at 
  one 
  time,- 
  

   a 
  strong 
  flow 
  of 
  gas. 
  Another 
  well 
  on 
  the 
  Winship 
  farm 
  was 
  

   drilled 
  to 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  2000 
  feet 
  but 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  entirely 
  barren. 
  

  

  