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  PETROLEUM 
  AND 
  NATURAL 
  GAS 
  IN 
  WESTERN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  29 
  

  

  Wells 
  in 
  Niagara 
  county 
  

  

  Gas 
  port 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  record 
  is 
  furnished 
  me 
  by 
  Prof. 
  C. 
  S. 
  Prosser 
  

   who 
  obtained 
  the 
  data 
  from 
  Mr 
  C. 
  V. 
  Mesler 
  of 
  Gasport. 
  

  

  f 
  Loam 
  8 
  feet 
  to 
  8 
  feet 
  

  

  Shale 
  6 
  feet 
  to 
  14 
  

  

  d 
  I 
  Clinton 
  sandstone 
  (?) 
  8 
  feet 
  to 
  22 
  

  

  fe 
  I 
  Medina 
  sandstone 
  50 
  feet 
  to 
  72 
  

  

  Marl 
  8 
  feet 
  to 
  . 
  80 
  

  

  Gray 
  belt 
  24 
  feet 
  to 
  104 
  

  

  Medina 
  marl 
  or 
  shale 
  of 
  the 
  Medina 
  epoch 
  716 
  feet 
  to 
  820a 
  

  

  , 
  Argillaceous 
  sandstone 
  60 
  feet 
  to 
  880 
  

  

  f 
  Blue 
  alternating 
  with 
  red 
  shale 
  280 
  feet 
  to 
  1160 
  feet 
  

  

  | 
  & 
  ! 
  Gas 
  at 
  1080 
  

  

  p 
  •£ 
  | 
  Blue 
  shaly 
  limestone 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  riv. 
  epoch 
  340 
  feet 
  to 
  1500 
  

   ffl 
  ^ 
  Dark, 
  slaty 
  bituminous 
  shale 
  of 
  the 
  Utica 
  epoch 
  300 
  feet 
  to 
  1800 
  

  

  g 
  f 
  .Trenton 
  limestone 
  170 
  feet 
  to 
  1970 
  feet 
  

   g 
  <j 
  Chazy 
  limestone 
  of 
  Trenton 
  epoch 
  30 
  feet 
  to 
  bottom 
  of 
  well 
  

  

  6 
  [ 
  at 
  2000 
  

  

  Holly 
  

  

  Bored 
  1897-98 
  

  

  Eecord 
  by 
  J. 
  W. 
  Stearns, 
  contractor 
  

  

  Red 
  Medina 
  sandstone 
  Black 
  shale 
  850 
  to 
  1420 
  feet 
  

  

  and 
  shales 
  mixed 
  to 
  600 
  feet 
  Trenton 
  limestone 
  1420 
  to 
  2025 
  

   Oswego 
  sandstone 
  600 
  to 
  850 
  

  

  when 
  drilling 
  was 
  stopped. 
  

  

  Small 
  flow 
  of 
  gas 
  at 
  1770 
  feet 
  Best 
  gas 
  at 
  1965 
  feet 
  

  

  More 
  gas 
  1827 
  Big 
  pocket 
  of 
  gas 
  1975 
  

  

  Mr 
  Stearns 
  reports 
  a 
  confined 
  rock 
  pressure 
  of 
  about 
  200 
  

  

  pounds, 
  and 
  estimates 
  the 
  production 
  at 
  about 
  100,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

  

  a 
  day. 
  

  

  Lockport 
  

  

  About 
  two 
  years 
  ago 
  a 
  well 
  was 
  sunk 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  J. 
  Wright 
  

   McCollum 
  in 
  what 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  " 
  lower 
  town." 
  The 
  mouth 
  of 
  

   the 
  well 
  is 
  at 
  about 
  the 
  horizon 
  of 
  the 
  Clinton 
  limestone. 
  

  

  At 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  about 
  1150 
  feet 
  a 
  small 
  vein 
  of 
  gas 
  was 
  found 
  

   which 
  gave 
  a 
  confined 
  rock 
  pressure 
  of 
  87 
  pounds 
  after 
  24 
  hours. 
  

   The 
  well 
  was 
  drilled 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  Trenton 
  limestone 
  with- 
  

  

  a 
  The 
  upper 
  187 
  ft 
  marked 
  " 
  salt." 
  

  

  