﻿PETROLEUM 
  AND 
  NATURAL 
  GAS 
  IN 
  WESTERN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  25 
  

  

  ilton 
  shales. 
  In 
  the 
  well 
  at 
  Dansville, 
  Livingston 
  co. 
  small 
  

   streaks 
  of 
  gas 
  were 
  found 
  at 
  295 
  and 
  508 
  feet 
  respectively. 
  In 
  

   both 
  instances 
  the 
  gas 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  too 
  high 
  an 
  elevation 
  to 
  

   have 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  Marcellus 
  shales, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  therefore 
  quite 
  

   certain 
  that 
  this 
  horizon 
  is 
  not 
  productive 
  of 
  gas 
  in 
  the 
  counties 
  

   under 
  consideration. 
  As 
  the 
  borings 
  for 
  salt 
  seldom 
  penetrate 
  

   to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  Niagara 
  limestone, 
  they 
  are 
  too 
  shallow 
  to 
  reach 
  

   the 
  lower 
  horizon 
  from 
  which 
  gas 
  is 
  generally 
  derived. 
  

  

  Arcade 
  

   At 
  Arcade, 
  in 
  the 
  southwestern 
  part 
  of 
  Wyoming 
  co. 
  near 
  the 
  

   Cattaraugus 
  co. 
  line, 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  wells 
  have 
  been 
  drilled 
  of 
  which 
  , 
  

   no 
  complete 
  record 
  has 
  been 
  kept. 
  In 
  the 
  well 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  

   M. 
  J. 
  Stearns 
  farm 
  and 
  drilled 
  by 
  John 
  Smith 
  of 
  Ormsby 
  Junc- 
  

   tion, 
  Pa. 
  the 
  following 
  conditions 
  were 
  found. 
  

  

  Drift 
  110 
  feet 
  Gas 
  sand, 
  14 
  feet 
  at 
  730 
  feet 
  

  

  Shut 
  off 
  fresh 
  water 
  . 
  at 
  290 
  Gas 
  sand, 
  24 
  feet 
  2200 
  

  

  Shale 
  to 
  750 
  Salt 
  water 
  2405 
  

  

  which 
  filled 
  the 
  well 
  and 
  flowed, 
  

  

  The 
  gas 
  sand 
  at 
  730 
  feet 
  furnished 
  a 
  pocket 
  of 
  gas 
  sufficient 
  to 
  

   run 
  the 
  boilers 
  two 
  days. 
  The 
  well 
  was 
  finally 
  plugged 
  at 
  about 
  

   2250 
  feet 
  and 
  shot 
  at 
  2200 
  feet 
  with 
  70 
  quarts 
  of 
  nitroglycerin, 
  

   giving 
  a 
  fair 
  flow 
  of 
  gas. 
  Two 
  years 
  and 
  four 
  months 
  later 
  it 
  

   gave 
  a 
  measured 
  flow 
  of 
  1100 
  feet 
  of 
  gas 
  a 
  day. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  record 
  was 
  furnished 
  from 
  memory 
  by 
  a 
  gentleman 
  

   interested 
  in 
  putting 
  down 
  the 
  well, 
  and 
  is 
  probably 
  only 
  ap- 
  

   proximately 
  correct. 
  

  

  Wells 
  in 
  Erie 
  county- 
  

   Very 
  little 
  drilling 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  in 
  this 
  county 
  within 
  the 
  

   two 
  years 
  which 
  have 
  elapsed 
  since 
  my 
  last 
  report. 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  

   part 
  of 
  1897 
  and 
  in 
  January 
  following, 
  the 
  Buffalo 
  cement 
  co. 
  

   put 
  down 
  two 
  new 
  wells 
  near 
  their 
  works 
  on 
  Main 
  st. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  

   gave 
  an 
  output 
  of 
  25,000 
  cubic 
  feet, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  

   3000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  a 
  day. 
  The 
  Buffalo 
  natural 
  gas 
  fuel 
  co. 
  is 
  now 
  

   (February 
  1897) 
  sinking 
  a 
  well 
  at 
  Ebenezer 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  Buffalo 
  

   field. 
  

  

  a 
  C. 
  S. 
  Prosser, 
  Thickness 
  of 
  Devonian 
  and 
  Silurian 
  rocks 
  of 
  western 
  N. 
  Y. 
  p. 
  74. 
  

  

  