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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Petroleum 
  

  

  One 
  small 
  oil 
  pool 
  has 
  been 
  developed 
  in 
  this 
  township, 
  located 
  

   on 
  lots 
  19, 
  12 
  and 
  20. 
  The 
  productive 
  horizon 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  

   sand 
  which 
  here 
  is 
  found 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  1050 
  feet. 
  The 
  wells 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  at 
  the 
  start 
  from 
  10 
  to 
  50 
  barrels 
  each, 
  and 
  were 
  in 
  May 
  

   1898 
  yielding 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  barrels. 
  Small 
  quantities 
  

   of 
  oil 
  are 
  also 
  reported 
  from 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  township 
  but 
  

   nowhere 
  in 
  paying 
  quantities. 
  

  

  The 
  Chipmunk 
  field 
  

  

  This 
  field 
  takes 
  its 
  name 
  from 
  Chipmunk 
  creek 
  along 
  which 
  the 
  

   first 
  paying 
  wells 
  were 
  found. 
  It 
  includes 
  a 
  region, 
  the 
  limits 
  

   of 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  yet 
  clearly 
  defined, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  juncture 
  

   of 
  Tuna 
  creek 
  with 
  the 
  Allegany 
  river 
  southeastward 
  and 
  in- 
  

   cluding 
  the 
  east-central 
  part 
  of 
  Carrollton 
  and 
  the 
  west-central 
  

   part 
  of 
  Allegany 
  townships 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Allegany 
  river. 
  

  

  The 
  oil 
  occurs 
  in 
  a 
  stray 
  sand 
  or 
  sands, 
  considerably 
  above 
  

   the 
  regular 
  sand 
  of 
  the 
  Bradford 
  and 
  Kane 
  pools. 
  • 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  well 
  in 
  this 
  field 
  was 
  a 
  " 
  wildcat 
  " 
  boring 
  by 
  a 
  Mr 
  

   Simons, 
  on 
  the 
  Homer 
  farm, 
  in 
  1880. 
  A 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  oil 
  was 
  

   found 
  at 
  about 
  600 
  feet; 
  but 
  as 
  no 
  oil 
  horizon 
  was 
  then 
  known 
  so 
  

   near 
  the 
  surface, 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  thought 
  worthy 
  of 
  attention. 
  The 
  

   well 
  was 
  continued 
  to 
  the 
  third 
  or 
  Bradford 
  sand, 
  and 
  no 
  further 
  

   oil 
  being 
  found, 
  was 
  abandoned. 
  

  

  In 
  April 
  1895, 
  Dr 
  J. 
  P. 
  Colegrove 
  of 
  Salamanca, 
  put 
  down 
  a. 
  

   trial 
  well 
  on 
  the 
  Mike 
  Kelley 
  farm. 
  Gas 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  600 
  feet, 
  

   and 
  a 
  show 
  of 
  oil, 
  which 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  was 
  considered 
  worthless, 
  at 
  

   615 
  feet. 
  No 
  oil 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  third 
  sand. 
  A 
  second 
  well 
  

   was 
  sunk 
  100 
  rods 
  away 
  on 
  the 
  Corts 
  farm 
  with 
  similar 
  results, 
  

   a 
  small 
  quantity 
  of 
  oil 
  being 
  found 
  at 
  about 
  615 
  feet 
  and 
  the 
  

   third 
  sand 
  being 
  barren. 
  A 
  third 
  well 
  on 
  the 
  Mary 
  Kelley 
  farm 
  

   showed 
  the 
  same 
  conditions 
  as 
  the 
  earlier 
  borings. 
  

  

  The 
  fourth 
  well, 
  still 
  farther 
  north, 
  was 
  drilled 
  to 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  

   1200 
  feet. 
  Gas 
  and 
  oil 
  having 
  been 
  noticed 
  at 
  700 
  feet, 
  the 
  hole 
  

  

  