﻿PETROLEUM 
  AND 
  NATURAL 
  GAS 
  IN 
  WESTERN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  27 
  

  

  NORTHEEN 
  TIER 
  OF 
  COUNTIES 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  records 
  collected 
  from 
  various 
  sources 
  show 
  the 
  

   thickness 
  of 
  the 
  strata 
  in 
  the 
  counties 
  bordering 
  on 
  Lake 
  On- 
  

   tario 
  from 
  Cayuga 
  co. 
  westward. 
  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  

   Clyde 
  well, 
  the 
  borings 
  start 
  upon 
  the 
  Medina 
  outcrop 
  or 
  upon 
  

   the 
  northern 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  Niagara, 
  and 
  all 
  penetrate 
  the 
  Trenton 
  

   to 
  a 
  greater 
  or 
  less 
  extent. 
  As 
  will 
  be 
  seen, 
  gas 
  occurs 
  very 
  

   sparingly 
  throughout 
  this 
  strip. 
  

  

  Wells 
  in 
  Wayne 
  county 
  

   Clyde 
  

   Altitude 
  approximately 
  389' 
  A. 
  T. 
  a 
  

  

  Gray, 
  green 
  and 
  blue 
  Medina 
  red 
  shale 
  24 
  feet 
  

  

  marls 
  with 
  gypsum 
  

   Red 
  marls 
  

   Blue 
  and 
  green 
  marls 
  

  

  (Salina?) 
  

   Dark 
  blue 
  limestone, 
  

  

  upper 
  div. 
  of 
  Niagara 
  

   Shaly 
  limestone 
  of 
  the 
  Medina 
  915 
  

  

  Niagara 
  

   Approximate 
  top 
  of 
  of 
  Yanuxem 
  92 
  

  

  Clinton 
  group 
  675 
  Bottom 
  of 
  well 
  at 
  1792 
  

  

  Clinton 
  group 
  

  

  Gas 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  380 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  blue 
  Niagara 
  limestone 
  and 
  

   continued 
  to 
  about 
  500 
  feet. 
  At 
  685 
  feet 
  a 
  pocket 
  of 
  gas 
  was 
  

   developed 
  in 
  the 
  Clinton 
  which 
  was 
  soon 
  exhausted. 
  The 
  gas, 
  when 
  

   lighted, 
  supports 
  a 
  flame 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  feet 
  high. 
  6 
  

  

  Wolcott 
  

  

  Drilled 
  October 
  1887 
  

  

  Altitude 
  approximately 
  317 
  ft 
  A. 
  T. 
  

  

  1 
  Shaly 
  layers 
  of 
  Niagara 
  3 
  Bed 
  shale 
  alternating 
  

  

  limestone 
  above 
  and 
  with 
  red 
  siliceous 
  

  

  Clinton 
  below 
  214 
  feet 
  sandstone 
  forming 
  the 
  

  

  2 
  Oolitic 
  iron 
  ore 
  and 
  red 
  Medina 
  690 
  feet 
  

  

  shales 
  of 
  Clinton 
  4 
  Oswego 
  sandstone 
  of 
  

  

  group 
  16 
  Yanuxem 
  210 
  

  

  a 
  C. 
  E. 
  Ashburner. 
  Petroleum 
  and 
  natural 
  gas 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  1888, 
  p. 
  36. 
  

   b 
  C. 
  S. 
  Prosser, 
  American 
  geologist. 
  Oct, 
  1890, 
  p. 
  203. 
  

  

  152 
  feet 
  

  

  Greenish, 
  gray, 
  silice- 
  

  

  156 
  

  

  ous 
  sandstone, 
  the 
  

  

  

  " 
  Gray 
  band 
  " 
  

  

  32 
  

  

  Red 
  shale 
  alternating 
  

  

  

  with 
  red 
  sandstone 
  

  

  110 
  

  

  forming 
  the 
  red 
  

  

  

  Medina 
  

  

  225 
  

  

  Oswego 
  gray 
  sandstone 
  

  

  

  of 
  Yanuxem 
  

  

  675 
  

  

  Bottom 
  of 
  well 
  at 
  

  

  83 
  

  

  

  