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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  A 
  month 
  after 
  drilling 
  C. 
  A. 
  Ashburner 
  estimated 
  the 
  flow 
  of 
  

   gas 
  from 
  this 
  well 
  at 
  24,480,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  a 
  day. 
  The 
  life 
  of 
  

   the 
  well 
  was 
  brief. 
  In 
  1888 
  the 
  well 
  produced 
  from 
  two 
  to 
  three 
  

   barrels 
  of 
  oil 
  a 
  day. 
  

  

  The 
  Bradford 
  oil 
  and 
  gas 
  sand 
  was 
  struck 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  1230 
  

   feet, 
  or 
  1785 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  Olean 
  Conglomerate. 
  6 
  

  

  PORTVILLE 
  

  

  South 
  and 
  east 
  of 
  Hinsdale 
  village 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  in 
  

   Portville 
  township, 
  about 
  20 
  borings 
  are 
  reported, 
  in 
  no 
  one 
  of 
  

   which 
  gas 
  or 
  oil 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  paying 
  quantities. 
  The 
  following 
  

   reliable 
  record 
  furnished 
  by 
  Franchot 
  Bros., 
  Olean, 
  shows 
  the 
  geo- 
  

   logical 
  conditions 
  existing 
  in 
  one 
  well. 
  

  

  Mitchell 
  well, 
  no. 
  1, 
  lot 
  36, 
  range 
  2, 
  Portville 
  township 
  

  

  Drift 
  60 
  feet 
  Sand, 
  20 
  ft. 
  thick, 
  

  

  Fresh 
  water 
  to 
  272 
  with 
  gas 
  at 
  985 
  feet 
  

  

  Salt 
  water 
  277 
  Top 
  third 
  sand 
  1060 
  

  

  Stray 
  (?) 
  white 
  pebble 
  Bottom 
  third 
  sand, 
  gas 
  

  

  sand 
  10 
  ft 
  thick 
  and 
  show 
  of 
  oil 
  1085 
  

  

  with 
  heavy 
  oil 
  at 
  384 
  Fourth 
  sand 
  1214 
  to 
  1272 
  

  

  Regular 
  first 
  sand, 
  20 
  Shale 
  and 
  sand 
  to 
  1513 
  

  

  ft 
  with 
  gas 
  743 
  Limestone 
  shale 
  and 
  

  

  Regular 
  second 
  sand, 
  sand 
  1513 
  to 
  1537 
  

  

  20 
  ft 
  with 
  gas 
  930 
  Mixture 
  of 
  limestone, 
  

  

  shale 
  and 
  sand 
  1752% 
  

  

  A 
  heavy 
  pocket 
  of 
  gas 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  sand 
  at 
  400 
  to 
  420 
  feet. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  well 
  on 
  lot 
  18, 
  s.w. 
  corner 
  of 
  Portville 
  township, 
  accord- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  Mr 
  E. 
  J. 
  Fish, 
  a 
  shell 
  containing 
  some 
  gas 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  

   about 
  600 
  feet. 
  

  

  At 
  972 
  feet 
  a 
  gray 
  sand 
  38 
  feet 
  thick 
  was 
  pierced 
  which 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  about 
  half 
  a 
  barrel 
  of 
  oil 
  a 
  day, 
  and 
  gas 
  enough 
  for 
  a 
  

   dozen 
  families, 
  if 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  utilized. 
  A 
  third 
  sand 
  two 
  feet 
  

   thick 
  with 
  no 
  oil 
  or 
  gas 
  occurred 
  at 
  1125 
  feet. 
  

  

  Two 
  wells 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  sunk 
  by 
  Mr 
  Comstock 
  of 
  Portville, 
  

   one 
  just 
  north 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  just 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  boundary 
  line 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  lots 
  14 
  and 
  15. 
  The 
  well 
  on 
  lot 
  14 
  had 
  a 
  small 
  flow 
  of 
  gas 
  

  

  b 
  Pa. 
  second 
  geol. 
  surv. 
  14, 
  p. 
  99. 
  

  

  