﻿PETROLEUM 
  AND 
  NATURAL 
  GAS 
  IN 
  WESTERN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  51 
  

  

  Well 
  on 
  (yNeil 
  farm, 
  lot 
  71, 
  township 
  of 
  Carrollton 
  

   Drilled 
  January 
  1897 
  

  

  Casing 
  279 
  feet 
  Slate 
  with 
  salt 
  

  

  Top 
  Rice 
  Brook 
  sand 
  at 
  983 
  water 
  990 
  to 
  995 
  

  

  Bottom 
  Rice 
  Brook 
  sand 
  990 
  

  

  The 
  upper 
  six 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  sand 
  was 
  mixed 
  with 
  pebbles, 
  the 
  

   rest 
  of 
  the 
  stratum 
  finer 
  and 
  darker 
  colored. 
  Oil 
  came 
  in 
  at 
  

   983 
  feet, 
  filling 
  the 
  hole 
  400 
  feet 
  and 
  giving 
  in 
  addition 
  eight 
  

   bailers 
  of 
  salt 
  water 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  night. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  24 
  

   hours 
  the 
  well 
  had 
  furnished 
  40 
  barrels 
  of 
  oil. 
  Three 
  weeks 
  later 
  

   the 
  production 
  had 
  dropped 
  to 
  8 
  barrels 
  a 
  day. 
  

  

  Well, 
  lot 
  59, 
  same 
  township 
  

  

  Casing 
  259 
  feet 
  Top 
  of 
  sand 
  (Rice 
  

  

  Dark 
  sand 
  40 
  to 
  50 
  ft 
  Brook) 
  1082 
  feet 
  

  

  thick 
  at 
  875 
  Drilled 
  to 
  1090 
  

  

  The 
  oil 
  sand 
  had 
  four 
  feet 
  of 
  pebbles 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  with 
  an 
  equal 
  

   depth 
  of 
  darker 
  sand 
  without 
  pebbles 
  below. 
  The 
  well 
  filled 
  

   300 
  feet 
  with 
  oil 
  in 
  two 
  hours, 
  and 
  produced 
  30 
  barrels 
  the 
  first 
  

   day 
  without 
  shooting. 
  

  

  Well 
  no. 
  1, 
  Worth 
  oil 
  co., 
  lot 
  60, 
  township 
  Carrollton 
  

  

  From 
  Devonian 
  oil 
  co. 
  

  

  Rice 
  Brook 
  sand, 
  top 
  1039 
  feet 
  Bottom 
  of 
  well 
  1045 
  feet 
  

  

  Rice 
  Brook 
  sand, 
  bottom 
  1043 
  

  

  

  Well 
  no. 
  4, 
  same 
  lot 
  

  

  

  

  Drilled 
  July 
  1897 
  

  

  

  Casing 
  

  

  260 
  feet 
  Top 
  salt 
  sand 
  

  

  1052 
  feet 
  

  

  Top 
  Rice 
  Brook 
  sand 
  

  

  1043 
  Bottom 
  of 
  well 
  

  

  1057 
  

  

  Well 
  no. 
  1, 
  Rumsey 
  farm, 
  on 
  lot 
  44, 
  Carrollton 
  township 
  near 
  mouth 
  

  

  of 
  Rice 
  Brook 
  

  

  Owned 
  by 
  the 
  Devonian 
  oil 
  co. 
  Sunk 
  May 
  1896 
  

  

  Record 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  Heasley, 
  driller, 
  Tuna 
  Creek, 
  Pa. 
  

  

  Drift 
  240 
  feet 
  Cased 
  to 
  565 
  feet 
  

  

  Cement 
  gravel 
  at 
  284 
  A 
  little 
  oil 
  at 
  580 
  

  

  Drive 
  pipe 
  285 
  Gas, 
  and 
  oil 
  which 
  flowed 
  800 
  

  

  Oil 
  and 
  salt 
  water 
  480 
  Drilled 
  to 
  882 
  

  

  With 
  good 
  sand 
  to 
  555 
  

  

  