RETORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST 



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In addition it has about 50 connections on leases and boilers 

 used for pumping and drilling. 



The Cuba gas co. of Cuba, gets its gas from wells near Bolivar, 

 Clarksville and Writ. It supplies Cuba village, where it has G50 

 regular consumers. 



A. C. McDonald, of Bolivar, has also a private line from which 

 he supplies his machine shop, the boiler on his leases, about 100 

 stoves and 200 lights. 



Cattaraugus county 



The most important development in western New York has 

 occurred at Gowanda 1 . Previous to 1898 three wells had been 

 bored within the village limits. 2 



The first, situated on the Erie county side of Cattaraugus creek 

 and known as the " Frank " well was 860 feet deep, the second, 

 or " Vinton " well, was on the Cattaraugus side near the depot, 



x The producing area is nearly all included within a square mile of terri- 

 tory, outside of which, with a single exception, the wells have been barren. 

 -Gaenssler & Fisher now have (June 1900) 13 wells, six of which are good. 

 Mr Gaenssler informs me that one gave at the start a flow of 18.000,000 

 cubic feet a day, and the others run from half a million to 7,000,000 daily. 

 Well no. 6 had a light oil of about the density of naphtha, amounting to 

 about half a barrel a day. The Standard oil co. has drilled four wells 

 on the edges of the Gaenssler & Fisher leases, only one of which was pro- 

 ductive. This is located on Broadway, south of the Gaenssler & Fisher 

 wells and overlooking them. The capacity is reported to be one half 

 million feet a day. Michael Mclntyre has drilled three wells on the Erie 

 county side of the creek, none of which has produced a large supply of 

 gas, although what there is will be utilized. In the Bader well a small 

 amount of green oil was found, but not enough to pay for pumping. 

 Gaenssler & Fisher are exhibiting a very commendable produce in the con- 

 trol of the gas, having abandoned the use of it under the tannery boilers 

 and shutting it in with the exception of the immediate supply for the vil- 

 lage. Under these conditions the wells should supply all the gas the 

 village can use for many years. The community already shows the 

 stimulus of this find in the settlement here of industries using natural gas 

 engines for power and moderate heat, as in a canning factory. The 

 growth in population and general prosperity has been quite marked during 

 the year. 



The conditions under which gas is found at Gowanda indicate a reser- 

 voir extending from the V Bullhead," or Manlius waterline, up to the 



