﻿PETROLEUM 
  AND 
  NATURAL 
  GAS 
  IN 
  WESTERN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  43 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  portion 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  Eice 
  Brook 
  field, 
  but 
  the 
  

   greater 
  part 
  is 
  furnished 
  by 
  seven 
  wells 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  town. 
  One 
  or 
  two 
  wells 
  on 
  lot 
  44 
  supply 
  about 
  210,000 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  a 
  day 
  additional 
  to 
  the 
  Smith 
  chemical 
  co. 
  of 
  Brad- 
  

   ford. 
  The 
  gas 
  from 
  Bed 
  House 
  and 
  Bice 
  Brook 
  also 
  supplies 
  

   the 
  villages 
  of 
  Limestone, 
  State 
  Line, 
  Carrollton 
  and 
  West 
  

   Branch. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  376 
  stove 
  connections, 
  it 
  furnishes 
  fuel 
  

   for 
  the 
  two 
  large 
  boilers 
  at 
  the 
  Limestone 
  tannery, 
  for 
  the 
  power 
  

   house 
  of 
  the 
  Olean, 
  Bock 
  City 
  and 
  Bradford 
  electric 
  railway 
  at 
  

   Bed 
  Bock, 
  for 
  four 
  oil 
  well 
  boilers 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  24 
  retorts 
  of 
  the 
  

   Chemical 
  works 
  at 
  West 
  Branch. 
  

  

  A 
  well 
  with 
  an 
  estimated 
  flow 
  of 
  9,000,000 
  feet 
  of 
  gas 
  a 
  day 
  

   was 
  completed 
  in 
  April 
  1898, 
  in 
  Pennsylvania, 
  just 
  south 
  of 
  lot 
  

   1, 
  in 
  the 
  extreme 
  southeast 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  township. 
  No 
  borings 
  

   have 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  Bed 
  House 
  to 
  ascertain 
  whether 
  the 
  pool 
  ex- 
  

   tends 
  into 
  this 
  state. 
  

  

  Well 
  records 
  

  

  Information 
  from 
  Mr 
  Miner 
  Wellman, 
  Friendship, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  Messrs 
  Doherty, 
  Wellman 
  and 
  Corbin 
  have 
  producing 
  gas 
  wells 
  

   on 
  lots 
  6, 
  13, 
  and 
  14 
  Bed 
  House 
  township. 
  The 
  well 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  

   part 
  of 
  lot 
  13 
  had 
  an 
  original 
  rock 
  pressure 
  of 
  227 
  pounds 
  and 
  

   a 
  measured 
  volume 
  of 
  1,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  a 
  day. 
  

  

  Another 
  southeast 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  lot 
  14 
  had 
  an 
  original 
  rock 
  

   pressure 
  of 
  200 
  pounds 
  with 
  a 
  measured 
  volume 
  of 
  9,200,000 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  a 
  day. 
  A 
  well 
  on 
  the 
  n.e. 
  corner 
  of 
  lot 
  13 
  gave 
  

   a 
  pressure 
  of 
  190 
  pounds 
  and 
  a 
  volume 
  of 
  4,200,000 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  

   On 
  the 
  south 
  part 
  of 
  lot 
  6 
  a 
  well 
  gave 
  a 
  pressure 
  of 
  145 
  pounds 
  

   with 
  a 
  volume 
  of 
  3,500,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  a 
  day. 
  The 
  wells 
  on 
  the 
  

   east 
  side 
  of 
  lot 
  22 
  are 
  barren. 
  

  

  The 
  gas 
  horizon 
  here 
  is 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  second 
  sand 
  at 
  about 
  

   800 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  surface. 
  

  

  Well 
  no. 
  1, 
  s.e. 
  corner 
  lot 
  23, 
  Red 
  House 
  township, 
  200 
  ft 
  from 
  each 
  

  

  boundary 
  line 
  

   Becord 
  from 
  Devonian 
  oil 
  co. 
  

  

  Conductor 
  36 
  feet 
  Red 
  sand, 
  barren 
  1195 
  feet 
  

  

  Drive 
  pipe 
  301 
  No 
  third 
  sand 
  or 
  signs 
  of 
  any 
  

  

  Rice 
  Brook 
  sand, 
  top 
  956 
  Bottom 
  of 
  well 
  at 
  1308 
  

  

  Rice 
  Brook 
  sand, 
  bottom 
  995 
  

  

  