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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Peth 
  well. 
  Near 
  Great 
  Valley, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  Drilled 
  by 
  O. 
  A. 
  Knox, 
  Bradford, 
  Pa. 
  

  

  Record 
  from 
  R. 
  F. 
  Gilman, 
  Great 
  Valley 
  

  

  Drive 
  pipe 
  66 
  feet 
  Gas 
  and 
  20 
  ft 
  sand 
  at- 
  650 
  feet 
  

  

  Gray 
  sand, 
  6 
  ft 
  at 
  430 
  Slate 
  to 
  1570 
  

  

  Dark 
  sand, 
  15 
  " 
  470 
  Sand, 
  30 
  ft 
  with 
  no 
  

  

  Slate 
  and 
  shells, 
  40 
  ft 
  gas 
  at 
  1570 
  

   A 
  little 
  gas 
  at 
  570 
  

  

  Completed 
  at 
  1650 
  feet. 
  

  

  This 
  well 
  furnished 
  a 
  small 
  but 
  permanent 
  flow 
  of 
  gas 
  which 
  

   has 
  not 
  been 
  utilized. 
  

  

  Two 
  wells 
  producing 
  a 
  small 
  quantity 
  of 
  gas 
  are 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  land 
  of 
  Mr 
  Ostrander 
  at 
  Killbuck. 
  They 
  are 
  not 
  commercially 
  

  

  profitable. 
  

  

  The 
  Humphrey 
  field 
  a 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  1897 
  nine 
  wells 
  were 
  put 
  down 
  in 
  the 
  south- 
  

   west 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Humphrey, 
  in 
  four 
  of 
  which 
  some 
  oil 
  

   was 
  found. 
  

  

  The 
  successful 
  wells 
  are 
  located 
  on 
  lots 
  50, 
  51 
  and 
  59, 
  and 
  on 
  

   Mar. 
  1, 
  1898 
  were 
  producing 
  altogether 
  about 
  10 
  barrels 
  of 
  oil 
  

   a 
  day. 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  400 
  barrels 
  had 
  been 
  run 
  into 
  

   the 
  pipe-line. 
  

  

  Record 
  of 
  well 
  no. 
  1, 
  Ed. 
  Guthrie 
  farm, 
  on 
  lot 
  51, 
  Humphrey, 
  be- 
  

   longing 
  to 
  the 
  Union 
  oil 
  and 
  gas 
  go. 
  

  

  Sunk 
  in 
  May 
  1897 
  

  

  Record 
  from 
  B. 
  C. 
  Mclntyre 
  

  

  8 
  inch 
  drive 
  pipe 
  Top 
  third 
  sand 
  at 
  1236 
  feet 
  

  

  through 
  gravel 
  and 
  Sand 
  and 
  shells 
  1236 
  to 
  1272 
  

  

  quicksand 
  85 
  feet 
  Oil, 
  and 
  gas 
  enough 
  

  

  12 
  ft 
  white 
  sand 
  with 
  for 
  boiler 
  at 
  1272 
  

  

  a 
  little 
  oil 
  and 
  gas 
  Chocolate 
  (Bradford?) 
  

  

  at 
  310 
  sand 
  1272 
  to 
  1300 
  

  

  First 
  regular 
  sand, 
  Sand 
  and 
  shale 
  mixed, 
  

  

  gray, 
  25 
  ft 
  thick 
  with 
  12 
  ft 
  of 
  black 
  

  

  with 
  a 
  little 
  oil 
  and 
  shale 
  full 
  of 
  oil 
  at 
  

  

  salt 
  water 
  at 
  510 
  the 
  base, 
  to 
  the 
  bot- 
  

  

  Top 
  second 
  sand 
  1035 
  torn 
  of 
  well 
  1372 
  

  

  The 
  bed-rock 
  first 
  reached 
  by 
  the 
  drill 
  was 
  a 
  white, 
  flat-pebble 
  

   conglomerate. 
  

  

  a 
  A 
  test 
  well 
  was 
  bored 
  in 
  Humphrey 
  about 
  the 
  year 
  1878 
  by 
  Golden, 
  Fowler 
  & 
  Humphrey. 
  The 
  

   well 
  was 
  1500 
  feet 
  deep 
  and 
  barren. 
  

  

  