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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



The Standard oil co. drilled a well at Cameron Mills about 

 1880 which at first gave a fair volume of gas but soon gave only 

 enough for one house. 



At Wileysville, in the southwestern part of the county, is a 

 well of which Mr Lynch furnishes the following record. 



Feet 



Fe«t 



First sand with a little gas at GOO 



Second sand, brown, 35 feet 



thick at 1000 



Third sand, 



thick 

 Total depth 



brown, 100 feet 



at 1300 

 2010 



Near Spring Mills, a short- distance westward in Allegany 

 county, a well was drilled to a depth of 1635 feet, about the year 

 1893, and furnished gas enough for one stove. 



J. W. Darrin of Addison, furnishes the following. 



Two wells have been bored at Eexville, one 1635 feet and the 

 other 1181 feet deep. A little gas and about half a barrel of oil 

 a day were found in both. In well no. 2 the gas and oil horizon 

 was reached at 1110 feet. 



At Troupsburg, on lot 82, 2 miles from the state line, is a welt 

 of which the following is a record. 



Troupsburg well 



Drift 



Gray sand, 20 feet 

 Shale and salt water 



Feet 

 70 



at 240 

 at 260 



Gray sand giving good gas 



for two days 

 Gray sand 



Drill stopped 4 feet in sand 



Feet 



506 

 628 

 632 



The gas pressure rose to 200 pounds in 44 minutes, the maxi- 

 mum pressure reaching 250 pounds. 



A boring known as the Dodge well was made in 1891 near the 

 south line of Hornby township at an elevation of 1191 A. T. A 

 brown sand 20 feet thick was found at 152S feet. Gas from this 

 sand burned 20 feet above the top of the well. 



A well was being drilled Aug. 1, 1899, on lot 9, Campbell town- 

 ship. At that time it had passed through: 



Drift 



Chocolate sand 



Feet 

 5 



at 115 



Gray sand 



Fe»t 



230 



The drill had sunk to 2800 feet without finding gas. 



