REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST r!2S 



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Drift 

 Casing 



Shale gas nearly enough for 



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77 Top of Corniferous 

 176 Second gas 



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 at 1465 



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at 190 



The flow of gas is estimated at 40.000 to 50,000 cubic feet per 

 day and is not utilized. The gas horizon is at the base of the 

 Corniferous. 



At North Collins two attempts have been made to supply the 

 village with gas. The first company in the field drilled three 

 wells. Xo. 1 at the start gave a large flow of gas, which soon 

 dropped to less than one fourth the original amount. Well no. 2 

 had a smaller amount, and no. 3 was nearly barren. Informa- 

 tion regarding the output of gas was refused by one officer of 

 the company, but another told me that the wells supplied the 

 equivalent of 60 families. Inquiry among consumers showed 

 that the supply was barely equal to requirements in very cold 

 weather. 



In these wells the Corniferous is reported to occur at 1050 feet 

 and to be from 150 to 200 feet thick. The gas horizon is said to 

 be at the base of the Corniferous. 



The Blaisdell oil and gas co. of Xorth Collins put down a test 

 well in 1S99 about 80 rods east of the railroad crossing. It was 

 1250 feet deep and barren. 



At Depew four new wells have been added to the two original 

 borings with the purpose of increasing the supply but with in- 

 different success. The borings range from 1685 to 1700 feet and 

 find a small supply of gas, not in the white Medina, as is usual 

 in this vicinity, but in the Medina shale at about 1685 feet. The 

 gas is piped to Depew and supplies, according to the superin- 

 tendent, D. M. Dittman, 55 taps and 25 street lamps. The supply 

 of gas is barely sufficient for the present consumers. 



Genesee county 



In Genesee county very little has been done within the past 

 two years. The Corfu gas co. drilled an additional well in the- 



