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At Versailles, in Cattaraugus county, about 6 miles below 

 Gowanda, three or four wells have been sunk without finding 

 much gas. The following records are furnished by the contrac- 

 tor, J. W. Sterns. 



Versailles well no. 1 



Feet Feet 



To rock 15 Bottom of Corniferous, at 



Casing 1S5 about 1275 



Top of Corniferous at 1075 Total depth 1383 



A small flow of gas was found at 190 feet in shale. 



Versailles well no. 2 



Feet 



To rock 42 

 Casing 199 



Feet 



Top of Corniferous at 1241 



Total depth 154a 



A small amount of gas was found at 940 feet in shale. 



Two wells have been drilled in Perrysburg. One was barren^ 

 the other showed a little gas. One or two barren wells have 

 been drilled between Zoar and Springville. I have not con- 

 tinued the field work in Cattaraugus county outside of the 

 Cattaraugus creek valley. The following information has been 

 obtained from various sources. 



Wells have been sunk at South Dayton and at Thornton, but 

 have not been investigated. A deep well was bored during the 

 summer of 1899 near Hinsdale. This was practically barren, 

 though bored to the depth of 1200 feet or more. A small oil pool 

 was developed during 1899 south of Olean on the opposite 

 side of the river. In the Cattaraugus oil field drilling ha& 

 been very active, toeing stimulated by the high price of oil. 

 Drilling to the south and west has extended the known 

 limits of the Chipmunk field so as to t connect it, in all probability, 

 with the outlying pools on Luna creek, north of limestone. The 

 field has also been extended slightly to the southeast. 



In the Ked House gas field the pressure has fallen so that in 

 August 1899 it was barely 20 pounds to the square inch. 



During 1899 several wells were drilled in the immediate vi- 

 cinity of Olean but without finding pay oil or gas. Rudolph Dot- 



