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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Wells 
  in 
  this 
  field 
  started 
  off 
  at 
  about 
  50 
  to 
  75 
  barrels 
  or 
  better, 
  

   one 
  giving 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  300 
  barrels. 
  The 
  production 
  usually 
  drops 
  

   to 
  15 
  or 
  20 
  barrels 
  in 
  from 
  three 
  to 
  six 
  months. 
  

  

  Olean 
  

  

  Borings 
  for 
  oil 
  in 
  this 
  township 
  have 
  discovered 
  but 
  one 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  pool, 
  that 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Meek's 
  creek 
  or 
  " 
  Haymaker 
  ' 
  9 
  

   field, 
  located 
  on 
  lots 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  of 
  section 
  1, 
  and 
  lots 
  1 
  and 
  2 
  of 
  

   section 
  5, 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part. 
  This 
  group 
  embraces 
  about 
  200 
  

   wells 
  from 
  1150 
  to 
  1170 
  feet 
  deep, 
  getting 
  oil 
  from 
  the 
  Bradford 
  

   sand. 
  

  

  The 
  best 
  wells 
  in 
  this 
  pool 
  gave, 
  on 
  the 
  start, 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  75 
  

   barrels 
  a 
  day, 
  but 
  at 
  present 
  the 
  production 
  has 
  fallen 
  to 
  one 
  

   barrel 
  a 
  day, 
  or 
  less. 
  The 
  greater 
  number 
  which 
  are 
  still 
  pumped 
  

   fall 
  below 
  a 
  daily 
  yield 
  of 
  one 
  half 
  barrel. 
  

  

  Just 
  southwest 
  of 
  Olean 
  city 
  on 
  lots 
  8 
  and 
  10, 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  pool 
  

   where 
  three 
  wells 
  yield 
  about 
  a 
  barrel 
  each 
  of 
  oil 
  a 
  day. 
  Bor- 
  

   ings 
  in 
  the 
  northeast 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  township 
  have 
  found 
  the 
  edge 
  

   of 
  the 
  Allegany 
  field, 
  but 
  no 
  producing 
  sands 
  of 
  consequence. 
  A 
  

   number 
  have 
  given 
  a 
  show 
  of 
  oil 
  in 
  the 
  Allegany 
  sand, 
  but 
  not 
  

   sufficient 
  to 
  pay 
  for 
  working. 
  

  

  About 
  30 
  barren 
  wells 
  are 
  reported 
  in 
  the 
  townships 
  east 
  of 
  

   Olean 
  city. 
  Four 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  located 
  on 
  lots 
  1, 
  2, 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  of 
  

   section 
  4. 
  

  

  A 
  little 
  gas 
  was 
  met 
  in 
  two 
  of 
  these, 
  but 
  not 
  enough 
  to 
  be 
  

   utilized. 
  The 
  well 
  records 
  which 
  follow 
  were 
  accurately 
  kept 
  

   and 
  are 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  reliable. 
  

  

  Record 
  of 
  well 
  no. 
  1, 
  section 
  6, 
  Olean 
  township 
  . 
  Belonging 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  Devonian 
  oil 
  co. 
  

  

  Authority, 
  W. 
  M. 
  Kincaid 
  

  

  Casing 
  244 
  feet 
  Top 
  third 
  sand 
  (shells) 
  at 
  1390 
  feet 
  

  

  Top 
  Chipmunk 
  sand 
  at 
  850 
  Bottom 
  of 
  third 
  sand 
  

  

  Bottom 
  Chipmunk 
  sand 
  880 
  (shells) 
  1451 
  

  

  Top 
  second 
  sand 
  990 
  Bottom 
  of 
  well 
  1714 
  

  

  Bottom 
  second 
  sand 
  1051 
  

  

  