﻿PETROLEUM 
  AND 
  NATURAL 
  GAS 
  IN 
  WESTERN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  13 
  

  

  Well 
  no. 
  3 
  found 
  a 
  vein 
  of 
  gas 
  in 
  the 
  Clinton 
  which 
  furnished, 
  

   at 
  the 
  start, 
  from 
  20,000 
  to 
  25,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  a 
  day. 
  When 
  

   opened, 
  the 
  well 
  gives 
  a 
  very 
  free 
  flow 
  of 
  gas 
  which 
  decreases 
  

   after 
  a 
  few 
  days. 
  With 
  the 
  gas 
  confined, 
  the 
  pressure 
  gradually 
  

   rises 
  for 
  24 
  hours 
  to 
  a 
  maximum 
  of 
  500 
  pounds, 
  after 
  which 
  the 
  

   gas 
  can 
  be 
  again 
  turned 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  line. 
  In 
  this 
  respect 
  the 
  well 
  

   behaves 
  like 
  the 
  famous 
  Kelly 
  well 
  at 
  Zoar 
  near 
  Gowanda, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  wells 
  strike 
  the 
  Medina 
  sandstone 
  at 
  about 
  1400 
  feet. 
  

   The 
  upper 
  strata 
  are 
  very 
  hard 
  with 
  less 
  shale 
  than 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  

   the 
  western 
  New 
  York 
  field 
  and 
  with 
  no 
  indication 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  

   or 
  quartzose 
  sandstone 
  which 
  is 
  there 
  the 
  principal 
  gas 
  produc- 
  

   ing 
  rock. 
  The 
  specimens 
  of 
  sandstone 
  brought 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  sand- 
  

   pump 
  from 
  the 
  gas 
  rock 
  at 
  Seneca 
  Falls, 
  and 
  also 
  at 
  West 
  Bloom- 
  

   field 
  and 
  Caledonia, 
  were 
  invariably 
  red 
  and 
  generally 
  extremely 
  

   hard. 
  The 
  gas 
  horizon 
  in 
  these 
  wells 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  constant. 
  

   In 
  one 
  well 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  1360 
  and 
  in 
  another 
  at 
  1400 
  feet; 
  but 
  

   in 
  most 
  cases 
  it 
  lay 
  from 
  150 
  to 
  200 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  

   Medina. 
  Small 
  quantities 
  of 
  gas 
  also 
  occurred 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  for- 
  

   mation 
  at 
  lower 
  levels. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  group 
  the 
  earlier 
  wells 
  are 
  now 
  yielding 
  better 
  than 
  

   those 
  drilled 
  recently. 
  

  

  The 
  gas 
  from 
  these 
  wells 
  is 
  piped 
  to 
  Seneca 
  Falls 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   used 
  for 
  heating 
  purposes. 
  The 
  company 
  which 
  distributes 
  it 
  

   has 
  about 
  50 
  meters 
  set 
  and 
  supplies 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  50,000 
  cubic 
  

   feet 
  a 
  day. 
  

  

  Wells 
  in 
  Schuyler 
  county 
  

   Watkins 
  

   Information 
  regarding 
  the 
  deeper 
  borings 
  for 
  salt 
  at 
  Watkins 
  

   was 
  refused 
  by 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  the 
  wells. 
  

  

  Near 
  the 
  sanitarium 
  at 
  Watkins 
  a 
  well 
  was 
  sunk 
  about 
  20 
  

   years 
  ago 
  to 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  1530 
  feet. 
  a 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  record 
  or 
  even 
  

   tradition 
  that 
  gas 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  any 
  quantity. 
  When 
  the 
  well 
  

   was 
  completed 
  it 
  was 
  plugged 
  at 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  points 
  and 
  aban- 
  

   doned. 
  A 
  few 
  years 
  ago 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  well 
  was 
  cleaned 
  

  

  a 
  It 
  is 
  reported 
  that 
  the 
  drill 
  stopped 
  in 
  black 
  shale. 
  

  

  