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NEAT YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Seneca county 



At Seneca Falls no wells have been drilled since 1897. 



Steuben county 



The wells in the southwestern part of Steuben county, in the 

 vicinity of Greenwood, have been described (p. rll2) with those 

 of Allegany county, as they naturally fall within the Andover 

 field, by far the greater part of which lies in that county. 



In the northern part of Steuben county several test wells have 

 been sunk at different times without producing gas in commer- 

 cially profitable quantities. In the old Stony brook glen well 

 sunk near Dansville, in 1882, gas was reported at 295 and 508 

 feet respectively, yielding in 1885, 2500 cubic feet a day. 1 



Another well near Dansville, belonging to the Dansville oil, 

 gas and mining co., was 2240 feet deep. Xo gas was reported. 2 



A well was sunk previous to 1884 at Bloods on the Delaware, 

 Lackawanna & Western railroad. It was 1495 feet deep with 

 only a showing of gas. 1 



At Prattsburg two wells have been bored, one located 1} mile» 

 southwest of the village and the other 2J miles northwest. 

 Charles H. Early furnishes the following facts. 



Well on Merritt farm 1J miles from Prattsburg 



Feet 



Soil 40 feet thick 



Shale 4 feet thick 



Gray-blue sandstone (?) with 



occasional hard places to 60 



Red or brown stone at 60 



Gas sand, 8 feet thick fol- 

 lowed by salt water 2S0 



Feet 



followed by salt water 



Gray rock to second sand at 720 



Second sand 10 



Third sand, 25 feet thick at 1067 



Black shale to 1S0O 



The third sand was close, highly impregnated with petroleum. 

 J. G. Arnold, an officer of the company, reports enough gas in 

 the first sand to run the engine. A smaller flow was found in the 



1 See Bishop. Salt fields of western New York. Rep't state geol. 1885. 

 2 See Chart of salt well and shaft sections in New York state mus. bul. 

 11 . Ap. 1893. 



