﻿PETROLEUM 
  AND 
  NATURAL 
  GAS 
  IN 
  WESTERN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  47 
  

  

  was 
  plugged 
  and 
  shot 
  at 
  that 
  depth. 
  The 
  well 
  started 
  off 
  with 
  

   a 
  flow 
  of 
  30 
  barrels 
  a 
  day 
  and 
  continued 
  to 
  flow 
  for 
  a 
  year 
  and 
  

   four 
  months. 
  

  

  This 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  producing 
  well 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  Wells 
  1, 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  

   were 
  then 
  plugged 
  and 
  shot 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  sand 
  at 
  about 
  615 
  feet 
  

   and 
  all 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  good 
  producers. 
  Later 
  on 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  wells 
  

   were 
  put 
  down 
  on 
  the 
  Homer 
  farm 
  near 
  the 
  Simons 
  well 
  of 
  1880, 
  

   and 
  were 
  all 
  productive. 
  

  

  In 
  May 
  1896 
  a 
  well 
  on 
  the 
  King 
  farm 
  found 
  oil 
  in 
  a 
  stray 
  sand 
  

   above 
  the 
  Chipmunk 
  sand. 
  This 
  started 
  off 
  with 
  100 
  barrels 
  

   a 
  day 
  and 
  produced 
  15,000 
  barrels 
  the 
  first 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  well 
  on 
  the 
  Indian 
  reservation 
  at 
  South 
  Vandalia, 
  was 
  

   sunk 
  on 
  the 
  flat 
  near 
  the 
  village 
  in 
  March 
  1897. 
  Some 
  oil 
  was 
  

   found 
  in 
  a 
  stray 
  sand 
  at 
  352 
  feet, 
  and* 
  at 
  392 
  feet 
  oil 
  which 
  flowed 
  

   1000 
  barrels 
  in 
  24 
  hours. 
  

  

  The 
  oil 
  throughout 
  this 
  field 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  scattered 
  through 
  

   several 
  sands 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  first, 
  at 
  about 
  615 
  feet, 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  

   productive. 
  In 
  places 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  divided 
  into 
  two 
  distinct 
  

   divisions, 
  sometimes 
  including 
  salt 
  water 
  between. 
  The 
  oil 
  is 
  

   of 
  an 
  amber 
  color 
  and 
  of 
  excellent 
  quality, 
  being 
  readily 
  dis- 
  

   tinguished 
  from 
  the 
  Bradford 
  oil 
  which 
  is 
  greenish. 
  The 
  Chip- 
  

   munk 
  sand 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  dip 
  south, 
  and 
  the 
  Bradford 
  sand 
  south- 
  

   west. 
  The 
  former 
  is 
  regarded 
  by 
  oil 
  men 
  as 
  a 
  stray 
  sand, 
  and 
  

   is 
  probably 
  distinct 
  from 
  other 
  oil 
  horizons 
  previously 
  found. 
  

  

  Recent 
  borings 
  go 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  sand 
  extends 
  much 
  farther 
  

   to 
  the 
  south 
  than 
  was 
  at 
  first 
  supposed, 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  at 
  some 
  future 
  

   time, 
  be 
  correlated 
  with 
  an 
  already 
  known 
  horizon. 
  At 
  present 
  

   the 
  matter 
  is 
  in 
  doubt. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  wells 
  are 
  selected 
  as 
  giving 
  a 
  fair 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  

   Chipmunk 
  field 
  in 
  a 
  s.e. 
  — 
  n.w. 
  direction. 
  The 
  records 
  were 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  by 
  Dr 
  J. 
  P. 
  Colegrove 
  of 
  Salamanca 
  who 
  has 
  been 
  actively 
  

   prominent 
  in 
  developing 
  this 
  field. 
  

  

  