REFORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST rl09 



The well was later deepened to 2000 feet without finding more 

 oil or gas. Well no. 2 was drilled in 1882 about 80 rods from no. 

 1. It was 2000 feet deep and barren. 



Belfast 



J. D. SWIFT, BELFAST 



A well on White creek 4 miles south of Belfast is 1900 feet 

 deep. Gas enough to burn 8 feet high was found at 1100 feet. 

 This was afterward drowned out by salt water. Oil to the extent 

 of a pailful to the boiler was obtained in the third sand. Three 

 wells have also been sunk across the river on Wigwam creek, 

 northwest of the village. Another, sunk in 1898 on the Post 

 farm, is reported to be 900 feet or more deep. Small amounts of 

 gas were found in these, but there is no definite information as 

 to quantity or the horizon at which it was found. Three wells 

 have also been bored at Cuba. 



Five wells have been drilled in the township of Rushford, three 

 of which were put down about 1864-65, and the other two about 

 1883-84. W. W. Bush, of Rushford, furnishes the following 

 record of the upper part of one of these which was drilled to the 

 depth of about 2000 feet. 







Feet 







Feet 



Drift 



4 



4 



Shale 





263 



911 



Shale (?) 



86 



90 



Second sand 





130 



1041 



Buff sand 



3S 



12S 



Shell and slate 



(?) 



124 



1165 



Shell and slate 



42 



1TO 



Sand and shale 





20 



11S5 



Mountain sand (V) 



17 



1ST 



Shell. *late, and 



rotten 







Shell and slate 



415 



603 



stone 





268 



1453 



First sand with 



gas 













enough for boiler 



46 



649 











Xew Hudson, Belfast and Oramel 

 In the vicinity of Oramel, Xew Hudson and Belfast are several 

 borings of which no reliable records remain. The following are 

 from memory and at best are only approximate. 



Mr Helms, of Wellsville, reports having found Corniferous lime- 

 stone in one of these wells at 2920 feet. The well was completed, 

 at 3030 feet, in the limestone. A pocket of gas, soon exhausted, 

 was found at 900 feet. 



