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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  of 
  this, 
  struck 
  a 
  small 
  flow, 
  of 
  gas 
  at 
  1200 
  to 
  1300 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  

   surface. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1896 
  a 
  well 
  was 
  bored 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  

   Hinsdale 
  township 
  near 
  the 
  county 
  line, 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  Cuba. 
  

   Neither 
  gas 
  nor 
  oil 
  was 
  found. 
  

  

  About 
  32 
  years 
  ago 
  a 
  well 
  was 
  put 
  down 
  by 
  Mr 
  T. 
  P. 
  Snyder 
  on 
  

   the 
  old 
  Indian 
  reservation 
  near 
  Cuba 
  in 
  Allegany 
  co. 
  Mr 
  Snyder 
  

   reports 
  a 
  small 
  showing 
  of 
  gas 
  and 
  heavy 
  oil 
  at 
  about 
  370 
  feet. 
  

   As 
  the 
  well 
  was 
  drilled 
  wet 
  and 
  not 
  properly 
  cased, 
  its 
  possibil- 
  

   ities 
  were 
  never 
  ascertained. 
  Well 
  no. 
  2 
  drilled 
  by 
  Mr 
  Keeney 
  

   gave 
  some 
  gas 
  but 
  no 
  oil. 
  

  

  Southern 
  tier 
  of 
  townships 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  townships 
  bordering 
  upon 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  line 
  have 
  

   furnished 
  small 
  amounts 
  of 
  both 
  gas 
  and 
  petroleum. 
  The 
  terri- 
  

   tory 
  in 
  which 
  these 
  products 
  occur 
  in 
  commercial 
  quantities 
  is 
  

   limited 
  almost 
  entirely 
  to 
  the 
  townships 
  of 
  Carrollton 
  and 
  Al- 
  

   legany, 
  which 
  have 
  produced 
  more 
  than 
  nine 
  tenths 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  oil 
  

   thus 
  far 
  marketed 
  from 
  the 
  whole 
  county. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  oil 
  field 
  also 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  Olean 
  town- 
  

   ship 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  productive 
  oil 
  wells 
  have 
  been 
  recently 
  found 
  in 
  

  

  Ked 
  House. 
  

  

  South 
  Valley 
  township 
  

  

  Near 
  Onoville 
  two 
  wells 
  have 
  been 
  sunk 
  to 
  the 
  third 
  sand 
  at 
  a 
  

   depth 
  of 
  1200 
  or 
  1500 
  feet. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  was 
  barren; 
  the 
  other 
  

   gave 
  gas 
  which, 
  if 
  used, 
  would 
  supply 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  families. 
  A 
  

   third 
  well 
  was 
  in 
  process 
  of 
  drilling 
  in 
  April 
  1898. 
  

  

  Red 
  House 
  

   The 
  discovery 
  of 
  gas 
  in 
  the 
  Red 
  House 
  field 
  was 
  first 
  made 
  in 
  

   February 
  1891, 
  the 
  principal 
  horizon 
  being 
  the 
  second 
  sand. 
  

   The 
  original 
  confined 
  rock 
  pressure 
  in 
  the 
  best 
  wells 
  was 
  225 
  

   pounds, 
  which 
  had, 
  in 
  August 
  1897, 
  fallen 
  to 
  100 
  or 
  125 
  pounds. 
  

   My 
  informant, 
  Mr 
  E. 
  W. 
  Lewis 
  of 
  Bradford, 
  estimated 
  the 
  total 
  

   output 
  of 
  the 
  Red 
  House 
  field 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  to 
  be 
  30,000,000 
  cubic 
  

   feet 
  a 
  month. 
  

  

  