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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  located 
  near 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  a 
  deep 
  preglacial 
  valley 
  now 
  filled 
  with 
  

  

  drift, 
  the 
  mouth 
  being 
  approximately 
  990 
  feet 
  above 
  tide. 
  The 
  

  

  following 
  record 
  was 
  furnished 
  me 
  by 
  the 
  contractor, 
  J. 
  W. 
  

  

  Stearns. 
  

  

  Stevens 
  well, 
  no. 
  1 
  

  

  Completed 
  Sep. 
  14, 
  1897 
  

  

  Drift 
  204 
  feet 
  Niagara 
  limestone 
  at 
  1475 
  feet 
  

  

  Shale 
  (Genesee 
  (?) 
  and 
  Black 
  slate 
  1570 
  

  

  Hamilton) 
  to 
  550 
  Clinton 
  1605 
  

  

  Corniferous 
  limestone 
  Medina 
  sandstone 
  1704 
  

  

  160 
  ft 
  to 
  710 
  Red 
  shale 
  to 
  bottom 
  

  

  Limestone 
  and 
  shale 
  of 
  well 
  4 
  

  

  mixed 
  to 
  1050 
  ■ 
  

  

  Black 
  and 
  red 
  shale 
  1250 
  Total 
  depth 
  1708 
  

  

  First 
  gas 
  at 
  1658 
  feet 
  Third 
  gas 
  at 
  1690 
  feet 
  

  

  Second 
  gas 
  1672 
  

  

  Mr 
  Stearns 
  reports 
  the 
  original 
  confined 
  rock 
  pressure 
  as 
  650 
  

   pounds 
  with 
  an 
  estimated 
  (but 
  not 
  measured) 
  capacity 
  of 
  400,000 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  a 
  day. 
  The 
  gas 
  from 
  this 
  well 
  is 
  now 
  piped 
  through 
  

   the 
  mains 
  formerly 
  used 
  for 
  illuminating 
  gas 
  and 
  supplies 
  about 
  

   100 
  connections. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  my 
  visit, 
  Jan. 
  8, 
  1898 
  the 
  gage 
  

   registered 
  220 
  pounds 
  at 
  4 
  p. 
  m., 
  an 
  hour 
  which 
  would 
  represent 
  

   a 
  fair 
  average 
  of 
  use 
  between 
  sunrise 
  and 
  sunset. 
  The 
  superin- 
  

   tendent 
  in 
  charge 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  pressure 
  rose 
  during 
  the 
  night 
  

   to 
  480 
  pounds. 
  

  

  Three 
  other 
  wells 
  have 
  since 
  been 
  sunk, 
  two 
  of 
  which 
  belong 
  

   to 
  Mr 
  Stevens 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  to 
  Mr 
  Benedict. 
  Stevens 
  well 
  no. 
  

   3 
  on 
  the 
  Flach 
  farm 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  has, 
  according 
  to 
  Mr 
  

   Stevens 
  a 
  confined 
  rock 
  pressure 
  of 
  620 
  pounds. 
  The 
  well 
  has 
  

   not 
  been 
  metered, 
  but 
  is 
  roughly 
  estimated 
  at 
  200,000 
  to 
  250,000 
  

   feet 
  a 
  day. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  reported 
  that 
  Stevens 
  well 
  no. 
  1 
  passed 
  through 
  about 
  

   seven 
  feet 
  of 
  rock 
  salt. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  numerous 
  borings 
  for 
  salt 
  throughout 
  Livingston 
  and 
  

   Wyoming 
  counties, 
  gas 
  in 
  any 
  quantity 
  has 
  been 
  generally 
  ab- 
  

   sent. 
  Enough 
  gas 
  for 
  two 
  stoves 
  is 
  reported 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   Kerr 
  wells 
  at 
  Rock 
  Glen, 
  Wyoming 
  co., 
  apparently 
  from 
  the 
  Ham- 
  

  

  