﻿PETROLEUM 
  AND 
  NATURAL 
  GAS 
  IN 
  WESTERN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  41 
  

  

  Well 
  on 
  the 
  Childs 
  farm, 
  "belonging 
  to 
  Union 
  oil 
  and 
  gas 
  co. 
  

  

  Record 
  from 
  B. 
  C. 
  Mclntyre 
  

  

  Mouth 
  of 
  well 
  approximately 
  1500 
  feet 
  A. 
  T. 
  

  

  To 
  bed-rock, 
  a 
  soft 
  con- 
  Oil 
  and 
  gas 
  in 
  choco- 
  

   glomerate 
  15 
  feet 
  late 
  colored 
  sand 
  

  

  First 
  gray 
  sand, 
  20 
  ft 
  at 
  580 
  (Bradford?) 
  12 
  ft 
  

  

  No 
  second 
  sand 
  thick 
  to 
  1357 
  fett 
  

  

  Top 
  third 
  sand 
  at 
  1305 
  Total 
  depth, 
  finishing 
  

  

  Shells 
  and 
  sand 
  1305 
  to 
  1345 
  in 
  shale 
  1403 
  

  

  Bear 
  Hollow 
  well, 
  belongmg 
  to 
  the 
  Orchard 
  park 
  oil 
  and 
  gas 
  co. 
  

  

  Record 
  from 
  B. 
  C. 
  Mclntyre 
  

   Elevation 
  of 
  mouth 
  of 
  well 
  approximately 
  1800 
  feet 
  A. 
  T. 
  

  

  Bed-rock 
  at 
  20 
  feet 
  Bottom 
  of 
  Bradford 
  

  

  Cased 
  to 
  220 
  sand 
  at 
  1438 
  feet 
  

  

  Top 
  of 
  Bradford 
  sand 
  at 
  1417 
  Black 
  (McKean?) 
  sand, 
  

  

  30 
  ft 
  1618 
  

  

  The 
  Bradford 
  sand 
  yielded 
  gas 
  and 
  about 
  a 
  barrel 
  of 
  oil 
  a 
  day. 
  

   Three 
  additional 
  wells 
  were 
  drilled 
  Mar. 
  1, 
  1898. 
  

  

  Well 
  at 
  Ischua 
  

  

  Record 
  from 
  E. 
  J. 
  Fish 
  by 
  C. 
  E. 
  Banfield 
  

  

  This 
  well 
  is 
  located 
  three 
  quarters 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  

   in 
  the 
  s. 
  e. 
  corner 
  of 
  lot 
  8, 
  Ischua 
  township. 
  

  

  First 
  sand 
  containing 
  Light 
  colored 
  shales 
  

  

  a 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  with 
  some 
  shells 
  750 
  to 
  1150 
  feet 
  

  

  black 
  heavy 
  oil 
  and 
  Black 
  shale 
  from 
  1150 
  1725 
  

  

  a 
  little 
  gas 
  from 
  140 
  to 
  160 
  feet 
  Coarse 
  red 
  sand 
  with- 
  

   Shells 
  with 
  a 
  little 
  gas 
  at 
  750 
  out 
  gas 
  or 
  oil 
  1765 
  

  

  Total 
  depth 
  . 
  1802 
  

  

  Well 
  unproductive. 
  

  

  Hmsdale 
  

  

  A 
  well 
  put 
  down 
  about 
  20 
  years 
  ago 
  on 
  lot 
  48 
  near 
  Hinsdale 
  

   village 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  given 
  a 
  small 
  showing 
  of 
  oil. 
  Another 
  

   on 
  lot 
  12 
  was 
  entirely 
  dry. 
  Five 
  years 
  later 
  a 
  well 
  was 
  bored 
  

   near 
  the 
  Western 
  Xew 
  York 
  and 
  Pennsylvania 
  depot 
  which 
  gave 
  

   a 
  large 
  flow 
  of 
  gas 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  but 
  has 
  now 
  ceased 
  to 
  pro- 
  

   duce. 
  This 
  well 
  was 
  1200 
  feet 
  deep. 
  Another, 
  one 
  mile 
  south 
  

  

  