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At the time of my visit July 1, 1S99, the assistant superintend- 

 ent of the cement company estimated the fuel value of the gas 

 used at the works as equivalent to four or five tons of coal a 

 day. 



The following record of the Snow well near Memphis was 

 furnished by the driller, H. M. Crawford. 



Feet 



Shale 300 

 Niagara (?) limestone 100 to 400 

 Shale to Medina sand- 

 stone 500 to 900 



Medina 



Black (Utica?) shale to 



Trenton 

 Best gas horizon 



Feet 

 1300 to 2200 



400 to 2G00 

 at 2700 



Enough gas to run the boiler was found in the Medina. Total 

 confined gas pressure, 1200 lb. 



The Jordan, Elbridge and Skaneateles heat and light co., of Jor- 

 dan, has bored three wells between Memphis and Jordan. Well 

 no. 1 was 3100 feet deep. Medina was found at a depth of 900 feet 

 with confined gas pressure of 825 pounds. Well no. 2, near Mem- 

 phis, gave a flow of 100,000 feet of gas a day in the Medina and pay 

 gas 90 feet below top of Trenton. The following record of well 

 no. 3 was furnished by the superintendent, G. E. Southard. 



Feet 



Drift 60 

 Red and blue shale and lime- 

 stone shells to top of the 

 Medina at 8S5 



Bottom of Medina at 2235 



Hard limestone shells and 

 sand 100 to 2335 



Feet 



Black (Utica?) shale to top of 

 Trenton at 2585 



Heavy flow of gas soon ex- 

 hausted at 2675 



Pay gas at 2905 



Bottom of well 3068 



At present (Nov. 1, 1899) the company is supplying 150 taps, 

 the greater part of the gas coming from well no. 2. Mr Southard 

 reports that the gas pressure holds up well, but that he can tell 

 better about the supply after some months' test The gas is now 

 piped to Jordan and Elbridge. 



