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gas sands. In the remaining cases, oil and gas sands 

 irregularly alternate or they occur in two groups of which, 

 in some wells, the oil sands form the higher group while in 

 others the gas sands form the higher groups. 



In two wells, strong flows of salt water were recorded. In 

 one case the salt water was struck near the bottom of the 

 well, being first met in a 12-foot (3-6 m.) sandstone bed 

 lying 68 feet (20-7 m.) below an oil sand that, with other 

 immediately overlying sands, yielded oil at the rate of 5 

 barrels per day. In the second instance, after having 

 passed through two sands, both giving indications of oil, 

 and one giving a small show of gas, a salt water sand was 

 struck at a depth of about 810 feet (247 m.). This well was 

 continued to a depth of 1,250 feet (380 m.), and in the 

 additional distance of 440 feet (134 m.) passed through 

 four beds of sandstone with an aggregate thickness of 

 245 feet (74-5 m.), but which were barren of oil or gas 

 except in the case of the lowest bed which was said to give 

 a "show of gas". 



From seven of the wells the total calculated yield of gas, 

 as derived from measurements made with a Pitot tube, was 

 nearly 4,000,000 cubic feet per day, the closed pressure of 

 the individual wells varying from 20 to 200 pounds per 

 square inch. From twelve other wells, varying results 

 were obtained. One well had a closed pressure of 525 

 pounds, rising in three days time to 610 pounds, and an 

 estimated flow of 3,695,000 cubic feet per day; a second 

 had a closed pressure of 475 pounds and an estimated flow 

 of 8,893,000 cubic feet per day; and a third had a closed 

 pressure of 560 pounds with an estimated capacity of 

 6,417,000 cubic feet per day. In these three cases, the 

 volume was estimated from observing the rate of rise of 

 pressure at one minute intervals. As regards oil, in the 

 case of one well, 60 barrels accumulated in 20 hours; from 

 another after an interval of 7 days, 87 barrels were pumped ; 

 while a third gave an estimated yield of 40 barrels in 25 hours. 

 The above figures have been taken from records of the 

 Maritime Oilfields Company who are developing the field. 



