﻿PETROLEUM 
  AND 
  NATURAL 
  GAS 
  IN 
  WESTERN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  23 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  original 
  well 
  bored 
  for 
  salt 
  at 
  Le 
  Roy, 
  February 
  1879, 
  

   a 
  small 
  pocket 
  of 
  gas 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  450 
  feet. 
  None 
  of 
  the 
  wells 
  

   since 
  drilled 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity 
  have 
  found 
  any 
  gas 
  worthy 
  of 
  record. 
  

  

  Corfu 
  

  

  At 
  Corfu, 
  in 
  Genesee 
  co., 
  five 
  wells 
  have 
  been 
  drilled, 
  four 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  nearly 
  in 
  a 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  line 
  at 
  an 
  average 
  distance 
  

   of 
  1000 
  feet 
  apart. 
  In 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  the 
  original 
  confined 
  rock 
  

   pressure 
  was 
  400 
  pounds, 
  and 
  in 
  another, 
  well 
  no. 
  4, 
  the 
  gage 
  

   showed 
  500 
  pounds 
  pressure 
  after 
  one 
  night. 
  Well 
  no. 
  5, 
  com- 
  

   pleted 
  during 
  the 
  autumn 
  of 
  1897, 
  is 
  reported 
  by 
  Mr 
  J.W.Stearns, 
  

   the 
  contractor, 
  to 
  yield 
  250,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  a 
  day. 
  This 
  last 
  well 
  is 
  

   located 
  near 
  the 
  Lehigh 
  railroad 
  tracks 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  southerly 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  group, 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  well 
  yet 
  put 
  down. 
  

  

  The 
  gas 
  is 
  piped 
  through 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Corfu, 
  and 
  in 
  August 
  

   1897 
  supplied 
  108 
  connections. 
  Water 
  in 
  two 
  wells 
  has 
  caused 
  

   decreased 
  pressure, 
  but 
  there 
  appears 
  to 
  remain 
  a 
  supply 
  ample 
  

   for 
  the 
  needs 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  for 
  years 
  to 
  come. 
  

  

  The 
  geological 
  conditions 
  occurring 
  here 
  are 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  record 
  furnished 
  by 
  Mr 
  J. 
  W. 
  Stearns. 
  

  

  

  Well 
  no. 
  

  

  1, 
  Corfu 
  

  

  

  Marcellus 
  shale 
  

  

  30 
  feet 
  

  

  Niagara 
  shales 
  

  

  70 
  feet 
  

  

  Flint 
  (Corniferous) 
  

  

  180 
  

  

  Clinton 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  Limestone 
  and 
  shale 
  

  

  458 
  

  

  Medina 
  sandstone 
  

  

  110 
  

  

  Niagara 
  

  

  250 
  

  

  Red 
  shale 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  Wells 
  in 
  Wyoming 
  county. 
  

   Attica 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  deep 
  boring 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity 
  was 
  an 
  exploration 
  for 
  

   salt 
  in 
  the 
  later 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  1883. 
  & 
  Not 
  finding 
  salt 
  in 
  pay- 
  

   ing 
  quantities, 
  the 
  well 
  was 
  continued 
  down 
  to 
  1960 
  feet, 
  about 
  

   240 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  Medina 
  group, 
  without 
  getting 
  any 
  

   show 
  of 
  gas. 
  In 
  September 
  1897 
  a 
  well 
  was 
  sunk 
  for 
  Hon. 
  F. 
  C. 
  

   Stevens 
  about 
  400 
  feet 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  boring. 
  The 
  well 
  is 
  

  

  a 
  See 
  Report 
  N. 
  Y. 
  state 
  geologist. 
  1898. 
  

  

  & 
  See 
  author's 
  pat,er 
  in 
  report 
  N. 
  Y. 
  stale 
  geologist 
  1S85. 
  

  

  