﻿PETROLEUM 
  AND 
  NATURAL 
  GAS 
  IN 
  WESTERN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  21 
  

  

  Caledon 
  ia 
  

  

  At 
  Caledonia 
  six 
  wells 
  have 
  been 
  drilled 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  C. 
  Tennent 
  

   and 
  another 
  is 
  now 
  (Jan. 
  1, 
  1898) 
  under 
  way. 
  No 
  record 
  of 
  

   these 
  was 
  kept 
  until 
  the 
  Medina 
  sandstone 
  was 
  reached. 
  Mr 
  

   Tennent. 
  has 
  furnished 
  me 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  facts 
  regarding 
  the 
  

   best 
  well. 
  

  

  Elevation 
  of 
  well 
  mouth 
  

  

  

  

  Top 
  of 
  Medina 
  sandstone 
  

  

  A. 
  T. 
  

  

  560 
  

  

  feet 
  

  

  

  at 
  997 
  feet 
  

  

  Drive 
  pipe 
  to 
  (Cornifer- 
  

  

  

  

  First 
  show 
  of 
  gas 
  

  

  1010 
  

  

  ous 
  limestone) 
  

  

  78 
  

  

  

  Second 
  show 
  of 
  gas 
  

  

  1069 
  

  

  Casing 
  to 
  shut 
  off 
  salt 
  

  

  

  

  Pay 
  gas 
  

  

  1085 
  

  

  water 
  

  

  472 
  

  

  

  Through 
  gas 
  sand 
  

  

  1098 
  

  

  Red 
  shale 
  

  

  at 
  987 
  

  

  

  Depth 
  of 
  well 
  

  

  1119 
  

  

  Stopped 
  in 
  red 
  shale. 
  

  

  Well 
  finished 
  Nov. 
  12, 
  1895. 
  

  

  The 
  confined 
  gas 
  pressure 
  was 
  400 
  pounds 
  with 
  a 
  flow 
  of 
  ap- 
  

   proximately 
  150,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  a 
  day. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  wells 
  showed 
  no 
  marked 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  nature 
  or 
  

   thickness 
  of 
  strata 
  except 
  that 
  in 
  three 
  the 
  sandstone 
  was 
  but 
  75 
  

   feet 
  thick, 
  the 
  lower 
  sand 
  being 
  replaced 
  by 
  red 
  shale. 
  As 
  the 
  

   lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  sandstone 
  is 
  the 
  gas 
  horizon, 
  these 
  wells 
  were 
  

   nearly 
  barren. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  producing 
  wells 
  yielded 
  at 
  the 
  start 
  approximately 
  

   3000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  a 
  day 
  with 
  an 
  initial 
  pressure 
  of 
  about 
  175 
  

   pounds. 
  

  

  The 
  gas 
  from 
  these 
  wells 
  supplies 
  65 
  connections 
  in 
  the 
  village 
  

   of 
  Caledonia. 
  Among 
  them 
  are 
  the 
  village 
  water-works 
  and 
  

   several 
  large 
  establishments 
  using 
  power. 
  

  

  Batavia 
  

   Record 
  from 
  Prof. 
  Charles 
  S. 
  Prosser 
  

  

  Altitude 
  889' 
  A. 
  T. 
  

  

  Depth 
  Thickness 
  

  

  40' 
  Drift 
  

   40' 
  

  

  100'' 
  

  

  60' 
  Marcellus 
  

  

  