﻿PETROLEUM 
  AND 
  NATURAL 
  GAS 
  IN 
  WESTERN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  59 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  sand 
  had 
  some 
  oil 
  and 
  gas, 
  and 
  a 
  trace 
  of 
  oil 
  also 
  oc- 
  

   curred 
  in 
  the 
  chocolate-colored 
  second 
  sand. 
  From 
  1007 
  to 
  1014 
  

   and 
  at 
  1032 
  were 
  streaks 
  of 
  gas, 
  the 
  latter 
  burning 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  the 
  

   walking 
  beam. 
  

  

  Well 
  no. 
  1, 
  Downing 
  farm, 
  lot 
  1, 
  range 
  1, 
  Olean 
  township 
  

   Authority, 
  Franchot 
  Bros., 
  Olean. 
  

  

  Casing 
  

  

  470 
  feet 
  Bottom 
  of 
  oil 
  sand 
  

  

  at 
  1700 
  feet 
  

  

  Gas 
  sand 
  

  

  at 
  1620 
  Bottom 
  of 
  well 
  

  

  1749 
  

  

  Oil 
  

  

  1675 
  

   Olean 
  township, 
  Downmg 
  no. 
  3 
  

  

  

  Gas 
  sand 
  

  

  at 
  1420 
  feet 
  Bottom 
  of 
  oil 
  sand 
  

  

  at 
  1506 
  feet 
  

  

  Oil 
  

  

  1473 
  Depth 
  

   Downmg 
  no. 
  17 
  

  

  1530 
  

  

  Casing 
  

  

  300 
  feet 
  Bottom 
  oil 
  sand 
  

  

  at 
  1281 
  feet 
  

  

  Gas 
  sand 
  

  

  at 
  1213 
  Depth 
  of 
  well 
  

  

  1326 
  

  

  Oil 
  sand 
  

  

  1251 
  

   Downing, 
  no. 
  2 
  

  

  

  Casing 
  

  

  510 
  feet 
  Bottom 
  of 
  oil 
  sand 
  

  

  at 
  1668 
  feet 
  

  

  Gas 
  sand 
  

  

  at 
  1593 
  Bottom 
  of 
  well 
  

  

  1691 
  

  

  Oil 
  sand 
  

  

  1643 
  Torpedoed 
  1628 
  

  

  to 
  1626 
  

  

  McMullen 
  and 
  Hallock 
  gas 
  well 
  a 
  

   May 
  23, 
  1877 
  

  

  Located 
  on 
  the 
  Loup 
  farm, 
  section 
  1, 
  extreme 
  s.w. 
  cor. 
  Olean 
  

   township 
  

  

  Well 
  mouth 
  A. 
  T. 
  

  

  Conductor 
  

  

  Cased 
  to 
  196 
  

  

  Gray 
  shales 
  and 
  slate 
  

  

  with 
  thin 
  sandstones 
  to 
  625 
  

   First 
  sandstone 
  625 
  to 
  675 
  

  

  1785 
  feet 
  Gray 
  slate 
  with 
  

  

  16 
  shells 
  675 
  to 
  890 
  feet 
  

  

  Second 
  sandstone 
  890 
  to 
  960 
  

   (?) 
  with 
  sandstones 
  960 
  to 
  1155 
  

   Sandstone 
  with 
  gas 
  1155 
  to 
  1180 
  

   Slate 
  1180 
  to 
  1187 
  

  

  (?) 
  1187 
  to 
  1120 
  

  

  Third 
  sand 
  with 
  slight 
  show 
  of 
  oil 
  1220 
  to 
  1240. 
  

  

  a 
  C. 
  E. 
  Ashburner, 
  Petroleum 
  and 
  natural 
  gas 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  1888, 
  p. 
  

  

  