﻿PETROLEUM 
  AND 
  NATURAL 
  GAS 
  IN 
  WESTERN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  17 
  

  

  This 
  well 
  gave 
  120,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  and 
  was 
  the 
  best 
  shallow 
  

   well 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  

  

  Pierpont 
  icell, 
  lot 
  35, 
  south 
  of 
  Allen 
  Hill 
  

   Drilled 
  April-June 
  18S9 
  

  

  Bed 
  rock 
  

  

  at 
  6 
  feet 
  

  

  Lighter 
  chocolate 
  shale 
  , 
  

  

  at 
  370 
  

  

  Iron 
  pyrites 
  

  

  107 
  

  

  Light 
  gas 
  

  

  380 
  

  

  Light 
  colored 
  shale 
  

  

  115 
  

  

  Good 
  show 
  of 
  gas 
  

  

  394 
  

  

  Chocolate 
  colored 
  shale 
  

  

  150 
  ■ 
  

  

  White 
  lime 
  shell 
  

  

  400 
  

  

  Big 
  vein 
  water 
  

  

  200 
  

  

  Dark 
  chocolate 
  shale 
  

  

  412 
  

  

  Cased 
  to 
  

  

  205 
  

  

  Water 
  

  

  574 
  

  

  First 
  gas 
  

  

  209 
  

  

  Shells 
  full 
  of 
  gas 
  628, 
  

  

  

  Lime 
  shells 
  

  

  224 
  

  

  633 
  and 
  

  

  660 
  

  

  Lime 
  shells 
  

  

  260 
  

  

  Black 
  (Marcellus) 
  shale 
  

  

  680 
  

  

  Chocolate 
  shale 
  

  

  318 
  

  

  Limestone 
  (Corniferous) 
  

  

  733 
  

  

  Gas 
  

  

  328 
  

  

  Finished 
  

  

  782 
  

  

  TJwmpson 
  ivell, 
  no. 
  2, 
  lot 
  54, 
  West 
  Bloomfield 
  

  

  Bed 
  rock 
  at 
  53 
  feet 
  Third 
  gas 
  at 
  315 
  feet 
  

  

  Cased 
  to 
  71 
  Finished, 
  top 
  of 
  Cornif- 
  

  

  First 
  gas 
  104 
  erous 
  414 
  

  

  Second 
  gas 
  140 
  

  

  Lee 
  well, 
  no. 
  1, 
  one 
  fourth 
  mile 
  north 
  of 
  Gates's 
  Mill 
  

  

  First 
  well 
  drilled 
  about 
  1871. 
  Kecord 
  from 
  Mr 
  I. 
  E. 
  Dean 
  

  

  Bed 
  rock 
  at 
  10 
  feet 
  Second 
  gas 
  330 
  to 
  365 
  feet 
  

  

  Cased 
  97 
  Finished 
  at 
  418 
  

  

  First 
  gas 
  at 
  230 
  

  

  This 
  well 
  was 
  a 
  good 
  producer 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  reach 
  the 
  Cornifer- 
  

   ous 
  limestone. 
  

  

  Lee 
  well, 
  no. 
  7 
  

  

  Drive 
  pipe 
  60 
  feet 
  Second 
  gas 
  188 
  

  

  Casing 
  140 
  Completed 
  at 
  Corniferous 
  460 
  

  

  First 
  gas 
  at 
  123 
  

   Well 
  barren. 
  

  

  RolUns 
  well, 
  no. 
  2, 
  lot 
  6, 
  West 
  Bloomfield 
  

   Located 
  on 
  a 
  hillside 
  

  

  Drift 
  194 
  feet 
  Total 
  depth 
  495 
  

  

  Small 
  show 
  of 
  gas 
  415 
  

  

  Well 
  barren. 
  

  

  