REP0R1* OF THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST rll9 



t» rwcit li lias put down two wells between Second and Third 

 streets near the river within the city limits, and a third across 

 the river on the Finn farm. Xo accurate record of these have 

 been kept. Mr Dotterweich informs me that the Finn well 

 record was: 



A small show 7 of oil was also noticed between 500 and 600 feet 

 in a sand supposed to be Chipmunk. 



The wells between Second and Third streets furnished a small 

 quantity of oil estimated at less than a barrel each a day. 



In another well owned by Dotterw y eich & Seaman, on the Sea- 

 man farm at South Olean, a white pebble sand 80 feet thick was 

 found at 805 feet from which gas having a pressure of 50 pounds 

 was obtained. The Bradford sand was found in this well at 

 1417 feet. 



W. R. Page, president of the Olean street car co., has a well 

 on the Finn farm which produces about 2 barrels of oil a week. 

 A second well on lot 4, Fortville township, about 1 mile south- 

 'east of Olean, contained a show of oil and a trifle of gas. Well 

 no. 3 on lot 1, section 6, same towmship, had a show of oil and gas 

 from the second sand. 



A. and J. C. McMurray w^ere in February 1900 sinking a well 

 near the brickyard in the southern part of the city, near the 

 river. At the time of my visit, Feb. 17, the drill had passed 

 through 



Feet Feet 

 Drift 288 Sand, with some 18 fee«t thick 



Water cased off at 315 oil 657 



Salt water and a little gas 415 Salt water 734 



The well is located \ mile north of the Finn well on the opposite 

 side of the river. 



The city of Olean is supplied with natural gas by the Keystone 

 natural gas co., which pipes gas here from Pennsylvania. 



Feet- 



Feet 

 at 945 

 to 953 

 953 to 964 

 at about 1050 



Stray sand with show of oil at 385 

 Second stray sand with show 



Bottom sand 

 Shale (?) 

 Sand 



Bradford sand (?) 



of oil at6S5 

 Sand with about 1 barrel of 



oil a day at 925 



