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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Two 
  wells 
  were 
  also 
  put 
  down 
  in 
  the 
  Canadian 
  field 
  near 
  Crys- 
  

   tal 
  Beach 
  about 
  a 
  year 
  ago, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  give 
  a 
  profitable 
  yield. 
  

   No 
  geologic 
  facts 
  of 
  importance 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  to 
  light 
  by 
  

   any 
  of 
  these 
  borings. 
  

  

  At 
  North 
  Collins, 
  about 
  17 
  miles 
  southwest 
  of 
  Buffalo 
  in 
  an 
  

   air-line, 
  a 
  well 
  was 
  put 
  down 
  during 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  1897 
  to 
  a 
  

   depth 
  of 
  1800 
  feet. 
  The 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  well 
  is 
  about 
  100 
  feet 
  be- 
  

   low 
  the 
  lowest 
  Portage 
  sandstones 
  and 
  approximately 
  830 
  feet 
  

   above 
  tide. 
  I 
  was 
  told 
  that 
  samples 
  from 
  every 
  screw 
  of 
  drill- 
  

   ings 
  had 
  been 
  preserved, 
  but 
  access 
  to 
  them 
  was 
  not 
  allowed 
  me. 
  

   Mr 
  H. 
  D. 
  Auerbach, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  company 
  engaged 
  in 
  putting 
  down 
  

   the 
  well, 
  gave 
  me 
  the 
  following 
  data. 
  

  

  Shale 
  to 
  Corniferous 
  Shales 
  to 
  bottom 
  of 
  

  

  limestone 
  1028 
  feet 
  well 
  at 
  1800 
  feet 
  

  

  Limestone 
  to 
  1240 
  Salt 
  water 
  at 
  1800 
  

  

  I 
  visited 
  the 
  well 
  Nov. 
  27, 
  1897 
  and 
  obtained 
  a 
  sample 
  of 
  the 
  

   drillings 
  at 
  1800 
  feet. 
  They 
  were 
  very 
  hard 
  limestone, 
  effer- 
  

   vescing 
  slightly 
  in 
  cold 
  and 
  dissolving 
  rapidly 
  and 
  almost 
  com- 
  

   pletely 
  in 
  hot 
  hydrochloric 
  acid. 
  From 
  its 
  position 
  and 
  charac- 
  

   teristics 
  I 
  was 
  satisfied 
  that 
  the 
  rock 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  well 
  

   was 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  Niagara 
  limestone. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  my 
  visit 
  the 
  well 
  was 
  furnishing 
  enough 
  gas 
  for 
  

   the 
  boiler. 
  In 
  the 
  following 
  week 
  the 
  well 
  was 
  shot 
  with 
  80 
  

   quarts 
  of 
  nitroglycerin 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Corniferous, 
  or 
  more 
  

   probably 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  bullhead 
  " 
  waterlime 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  Salina, 
  

   securing 
  an 
  increased 
  flow 
  of 
  gas, 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  could 
  

   not 
  ascertain. 
  The 
  well 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  metered 
  Feb. 
  22, 
  1898, 
  and 
  

   the 
  estimates 
  obtained 
  from 
  different 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  company 
  

   owning 
  the 
  well 
  varied 
  from 
  10,000 
  to 
  2,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  a 
  day. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  above 
  stratigraphic 
  data 
  are 
  correct, 
  they 
  show 
  that 
  

   the 
  limestones 
  of 
  the 
  Corniferous 
  and 
  Upper 
  Salina 
  are 
  here 
  

   60 
  feet 
  and 
  the 
  Salina 
  shales 
  at 
  least 
  150 
  feet 
  thicker 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  

   northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  county. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  well 
  at 
  New 
  Oregon, 
  eight 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  North 
  Collins, 
  

   no 
  record 
  has 
  been 
  obtained. 
  A 
  well 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  process 
  of 
  drilling 
  

   on 
  the 
  House 
  farm 
  between 
  Springville 
  and 
  Zoar. 
  

  

  