﻿PETROLEUM 
  AND 
  NATURAL 
  GAS 
  IN 
  WESTERN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  15 
  

  

  Another 
  well 
  was 
  sunk 
  on 
  the 
  Lee 
  farm 
  one 
  quarter 
  mile 
  north 
  

   of 
  Gates's 
  mills 
  about 
  1871; 
  and 
  in 
  1883 
  active 
  drilling 
  was 
  re- 
  

   sumed 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity 
  and 
  continued 
  with 
  slight 
  interruptions 
  

   up 
  to 
  1896. 
  At 
  present 
  there 
  are 
  40 
  wells 
  in 
  this 
  field, 
  the 
  

   greater 
  number 
  of 
  which 
  range 
  from 
  450 
  to 
  550 
  feet 
  in 
  depth 
  and 
  

   find 
  their 
  gas 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Marcellus 
  shale. 
  In 
  1894- 
  

   95 
  two 
  deep 
  wells 
  were 
  sunk 
  to 
  the 
  Medina 
  sandstone 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  Gates's 
  mills 
  with 
  the 
  hope 
  of 
  increasing 
  the 
  supply 
  

   of 
  gas 
  from 
  a 
  lower 
  horizon. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  proved 
  barren; 
  the 
  

   other 
  gave 
  a 
  flow 
  of 
  about 
  100,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  daily 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  

   2100 
  feet. 
  The 
  gage 
  broke 
  at 
  600 
  lb., 
  the 
  limit 
  of 
  registration, 
  

   so 
  that 
  the 
  full 
  rock 
  pressure 
  was 
  not 
  ascertained. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  shallow 
  wells, 
  one 
  gave 
  at 
  the 
  start 
  100,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

   of 
  gas 
  a 
  day 
  with 
  a 
  maximum 
  confined 
  rock 
  pressure 
  of 
  30 
  

   pounds 
  which 
  later 
  fell 
  to 
  18 
  pounds; 
  10 
  or 
  12 
  wells 
  gave 
  40,000 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  or 
  better, 
  and 
  the 
  others 
  20,000 
  or 
  less 
  with 
  a 
  pressure 
  

   ranging 
  from 
  30 
  to 
  18 
  pounds. 
  

  

  The 
  gas 
  is 
  now 
  piped 
  to 
  the 
  villages 
  of 
  North 
  and 
  West 
  Bloom- 
  

   field 
  and 
  to 
  Honeoye 
  Falls. 
  

  

  The 
  Ontario 
  improvement 
  and 
  gas 
  co., 
  limited, 
  owns 
  the 
  plant 
  

   and 
  supplies 
  200 
  stoves 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  but 
  not 
  all 
  at 
  one 
  time. 
  

   At 
  present 
  the 
  wells 
  furnish 
  barely 
  enough 
  gas 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  

   demands 
  of 
  consumers. 
  In 
  January 
  1898 
  a 
  new 
  well 
  was 
  drilled, 
  

   but 
  failed 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  supply 
  materially. 
  

  

  The 
  records 
  of 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  borings 
  in 
  this 
  field 
  have 
  been 
  

   placed 
  at 
  my 
  disposal 
  by 
  Mr 
  S. 
  Miner 
  Wellman 
  of 
  Friendship, 
  

   N. 
  Y. 
  and 
  by 
  Mr 
  Isaac 
  E. 
  Dean, 
  who 
  drilled 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  wells. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  show 
  the 
  characteristic 
  conditions 
  observed 
  

   here. 
  

  

  Record 
  of 
  deep 
  well 
  s. 
  e. 
  corner 
  of 
  lot 
  54, 
  two 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Allen 
  

  

  Hill, 
  in 
  West 
  Bloomfield 
  township 
  

   Pocket 
  of 
  gas 
  at 
  431 
  feet 
  Bottom 
  of 
  Niagara 
  (?) 
  at 
  1770 
  feet 
  

  

  Hard 
  rock 
  (Corniferous?) 
  

  

  450 
  

  

  First 
  show 
  red 
  rock 
  

  

  1815 
  

  

  Through 
  hard 
  rock 
  

  

  590 
  

  

  Top 
  of 
  Medina 
  sand- 
  

  

  

  Onondaga 
  (?) 
  

  

  960 
  

  

  stone 
  (?) 
  

  

  1860 
  

  

  Salt 
  mixture 
  

  

  1193 
  

  

  First 
  gas 
  

  

  1945 
  

  

  Clear 
  salt 
  (9 
  ft) 
  

  

  1218 
  

  

  Gas, 
  main 
  flow 
  

  

  1955 
  

  

  Cased 
  to 
  

  

  1307 
  

  

  Bottom 
  of 
  well 
  

  

  2042 
  

  

  Small 
  streak 
  of 
  salt 
  

  

  1510 
  

  

  

  

  