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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  In 
  June 
  1897 
  the 
  well 
  was 
  drilled 
  to 
  900 
  feet 
  and 
  flowed 
  with 
  

   an 
  increased 
  amount 
  of 
  oil. 
  

  

  Mr 
  W. 
  M. 
  Kincaid 
  of 
  the 
  Devonian 
  oil 
  co., 
  Bradford, 
  gives 
  

  

  me 
  a 
  synopsis 
  of 
  a 
  well 
  on 
  the 
  Kumsey 
  tract 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  

  

  refer 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  boring. 
  According 
  to 
  this 
  the 
  sand 
  occurred 
  

  

  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  First 
  sand 
  at 
  480 
  feet 
  Top 
  third 
  sand 
  at 
  730 
  feet 
  

  

  Bottom 
  of 
  first 
  sand 
  555 
  Bottom 
  of 
  third 
  sand 
  740 
  

  

  Top 
  second 
  sand 
  570 
  Shell 
  811 
  

  

  Bottom 
  of 
  second 
  sand 
  580 
  

  

  Mr 
  Eathbone 
  of 
  the 
  firm 
  of 
  Mallory 
  & 
  Kathbone, 
  Bradford, 
  Pa. 
  

   reports 
  the 
  following 
  results 
  of 
  levelings 
  to 
  ascertain 
  the 
  dip 
  of 
  

   the 
  Chipmunk 
  sand 
  near 
  Irving's 
  mill 
  : 
  from 
  Chipmunk 
  to 
  Irving 
  

   the 
  dip 
  is 
  west 
  50 
  feet 
  to 
  600 
  rods. 
  The 
  next 
  400 
  rods 
  west 
  shows 
  

   a 
  dip 
  of 
  41 
  feet. 
  Northwest 
  from 
  Irving's 
  mill 
  the 
  dip 
  is 
  28 
  feet 
  

   in 
  275 
  rods. 
  The 
  total 
  dip 
  southernly 
  measured 
  between 
  the 
  Mc- 
  

   Caffery 
  farm, 
  lot 
  16, 
  and 
  the 
  North 
  and 
  Dunham 
  well 
  on 
  lot 
  59 
  

   Carrollton 
  township 
  was 
  south 
  119 
  feet 
  in 
  1200 
  rods. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  this, 
  the 
  rock 
  dips 
  from 
  Irving 
  in 
  all 
  directions 
  

   but 
  greatest 
  toward 
  the 
  east. 
  

  

  

  Other 
  oorings 
  in 
  Carrollton 
  Township 
  

  

  

  Well 
  no. 
  12, 
  Matteson 
  oil 
  co. 
  (on 
  hill) 
  

  

  Conductor 
  

  

  24 
  feet 
  Oil 
  1230 
  feet 
  

  

  Casing 
  

  

  300 
  Rotten 
  sand 
  1264 
  

  

  Chipmunk 
  sand 
  (with 
  Total 
  depth 
  1297 
  

  

  gas) 
  

  

  1223 
  

  

  Hants 
  well, 
  Tony 
  White 
  farm, 
  lot 
  27, 
  north 
  end, 
  in 
  a 
  valley 
  

  

  Conductor 
  

  

  42 
  feet 
  Total 
  depth 
  620 
  

  

  Casing 
  

  

  390 
  Torpedoed 
  with 
  40 
  

  

  Second 
  sand 
  

  

  586 
  quarts 
  at 
  587 
  

  

  Oil 
  

  

  to 
  605 
  

  

  Good 
  sand 
  

  

  to 
  615 
  feet 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  oil 
  pool 
  has 
  been 
  developed 
  on 
  lots 
  11 
  and 
  12 
  Carroll- 
  

   ton. 
  It 
  is 
  owned 
  by 
  the 
  Johnsons 
  of 
  Bradford, 
  Pa. 
  

  

  