﻿PETROLEUM 
  AND 
  NATURAL 
  GAS 
  IN 
  WESTERN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  39 
  

  

  Little 
  Valley 
  toionsMp 
  

  

  A 
  boring 
  which 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  gave 
  promise 
  of 
  a 
  remunerative 
  

   supply 
  of 
  gas 
  was 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  Mr 
  John 
  E. 
  Leach 
  about 
  

   one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  miles 
  northeast 
  of 
  Elkdale 
  station. 
  Samples 
  

   of 
  the 
  drillings 
  were 
  shown 
  me 
  by 
  Mr 
  Leach 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  notes 
  were 
  taken 
  : 
  

  

  Sandstone 
  130 
  

  

  to 
  

  

  140 
  feet 
  

  

  Blue 
  gray 
  shale 
  

  

  1160 
  feet 
  

  

  Sandstone 
  200 
  

  

  to 
  

  

  240 
  

  

  Blue 
  gray 
  shale 
  

  

  1275 
  

  

  Calcareous 
  sandstone 
  

  

  

  300 
  

  

  Harder 
  blue 
  gray 
  shale 
  

  

  1290 
  

  

  Calcareous 
  sandstone 
  

  

  

  350 
  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  1450 
  

  

  Argillaceous 
  sandstone 
  

  

  

  600 
  

  

  Black 
  shale 
  

  

  1488 
  

  

  Hard 
  argillaceous 
  sand- 
  

  

  

  

  Blue 
  shale 
  

  

  1530 
  

  

  stone 
  

  

  

  620 
  

  

  Black 
  shale 
  

  

  1590 
  

  

  Pocket 
  of 
  gas 
  in 
  hard 
  

  

  

  

  Gray 
  sand 
  with 
  some 
  

  

  

  argillaceous 
  sandstone 
  

  

  

  630 
  

  

  oil 
  

  

  1740 
  

  

  Hard 
  argillaceous 
  sand- 
  

  

  

  

  Gas 
  which 
  was 
  drowned 
  

  

  

  stone 
  

  

  

  850 
  

  

  out 
  by 
  salt 
  water 
  

  

  1980 
  

  

  Softer 
  argillaceous 
  sand- 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  stone 
  

  

  

  884 
  

  

  

  

  Sufficient 
  gas 
  was 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  lower 
  level 
  to 
  furnish 
  

   four 
  stoves 
  for 
  a 
  year. 
  The 
  pocket 
  found 
  at 
  630 
  feet 
  gave 
  a 
  large 
  

   flow 
  for 
  16 
  hours 
  and 
  then 
  ceased 
  almost 
  entirely. 
  

  

  Salamanca 
  township 
  

   A 
  well 
  on 
  the 
  Rich 
  farm, 
  lot 
  18, 
  township 
  of 
  Salamanca 
  is 
  said 
  

   to 
  have 
  furnished 
  a 
  small 
  flow 
  of 
  gas. 
  No 
  record 
  has 
  been 
  pre- 
  

   served. 
  Wells 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  valley 
  below 
  Salamanca 
  have 
  

   proved 
  entirely 
  barren. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  record 
  shows 
  the 
  conditions 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  vicin- 
  

   ity. 
  

  

  Salamanca 
  centennial 
  tvell, 
  Oct. 
  28, 
  1876 
  a 
  

  

  Record 
  by 
  H. 
  A. 
  Darrow 
  

  

  Well 
  mouth 
  A. 
  T. 
  1554 
  feet 
  

  

  Conductor 
  9 
  feet 
  

  

  Gray 
  slate 
  and 
  shells 
  441 
  to 
  450 
  feet 
  Gray 
  slate 
  with 
  

  

  First 
  s. 
  s. 
  450 
  455 
  shells 
  784 
  to 
  1120 
  feet 
  

  

  Gray 
  slate 
  455 
  750 
  Third 
  s. 
  s. 
  1120 
  1138 
  

  

  ? 
  750 
  780 
  Gray 
  slate 
  with 
  

  

  Second 
  s. 
  s. 
  780 
  784 
  hard 
  shells 
  1138 
  1325 
  

  

  Cased 
  at 
  241 
  feet. 
  A 
  small 
  quantity 
  of 
  gas 
  at 
  900 
  feet. 
  Un- 
  

   remunerative. 
  

  

  a 
  Pa. 
  second 
  geol. 
  survey 
  14, 
  p. 
  101. 
  

  

  