﻿PETROLEUM 
  AND 
  NATURAL 
  GAS 
  IN 
  WESTERN 
  

  

  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  Prof. 
  James 
  Hall 
  

  

  Sir 
  : 
  I 
  submit 
  herewith 
  my 
  report 
  giving 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  studies 
  

   made 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1897 
  on 
  the 
  distribution 
  and 
  geology 
  

   of 
  natural 
  gas 
  and 
  petroleum 
  in 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  Cayuga, 
  Wayne, 
  

   Seneca, 
  Ontario, 
  Monroe, 
  Livingston, 
  Orleans, 
  Genesee, 
  Wyoming, 
  

   Niagara, 
  Erie 
  and 
  Cattaraugus 
  in 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  Very 
  respectfully 
  

  

  Irving 
  P. 
  Bishop 
  

  

  SCOPE 
  OF 
  THE 
  WORK 
  

  

  The 
  original 
  purpose 
  of 
  this 
  investigation 
  was 
  to 
  ascertain 
  the 
  

   geology 
  and 
  distribution 
  of 
  natural 
  gas 
  along 
  the 
  outcrops 
  of 
  the 
  

   Corniferous 
  limestone 
  and 
  the 
  Hamilton 
  group, 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  

   co. 
  westward. 
  

  

  The 
  gradual 
  accumulation 
  of 
  data 
  from 
  localities 
  outside 
  the 
  

   proposed 
  field, 
  necessitated 
  an 
  enlargement 
  of 
  the 
  scope 
  of 
  in- 
  

   quiry 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  include 
  all 
  of 
  western 
  New 
  York 
  exclusive 
  of 
  the 
  

   southern 
  tier 
  of 
  counties. 
  Later 
  on 
  the 
  work 
  was 
  extended 
  so 
  as 
  

   to 
  cover 
  Cattaraugus 
  co. 
  and 
  to 
  embrace 
  the 
  geology 
  and 
  dis- 
  

   tribution 
  of 
  petroleum 
  within 
  its 
  limits. 
  

  

  Wells 
  in 
  Cayuga 
  county 
  

   Weedsport 
  

   Only 
  two 
  wells 
  are 
  reported 
  from 
  this 
  co. 
  The 
  first 
  of 
  

   these 
  was 
  bored 
  at 
  Weedsport 
  previous 
  to 
  1873. 
  The 
  total 
  depth 
  

   is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  from 
  600 
  to 
  800 
  feet. 
  a 
  No 
  gas 
  of 
  any 
  impor- 
  

   tance 
  was 
  found. 
  

  

  Auburn 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  1897 
  a 
  well 
  was 
  sunk 
  at 
  Auburn, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  

   starting 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Corniferous 
  limestone. 
  The 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  record 
  is 
  furnished 
  by 
  Mr 
  L. 
  B. 
  Cary, 
  driller, 
  and 
  by 
  Mr 
  

   J. 
  W. 
  Stearns, 
  contractor. 
  

  

  a 
  See 
  Report 
  of 
  sup't 
  N. 
  Y. 
  salt 
  reservation. 
  1873. 
  

  

  