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would be constantly increased and that at no very distant day 

 the gas supply will be exhausted. When this time comes, the 

 $60,000 invested in the field will be an almost total loss. As 

 long as the supply is maintained at present prices, the Tollner 

 estate may be considered as donating the interest of $60,000 

 annually toward paying the fuel bills of two or three hundred 

 of the most prosperous citizens of Pulaski. It is deemed proper 

 to call attention to these points, for the example and experience 

 of Mr Tollner are often so quoted as to make his case seem wise 

 and sagacious from a business point of view. 



Other deep wells have been drilled in various parts of the 

 county, under the impulse that has already been described. No 

 results of economic interest have been reached by any of these 

 explorations but geology finds something of value and interest 

 in their record. 



d The Stillwater well. A well was drilled in 1897 in the south- 

 eastern part of Orwell township. It was located on the west 

 bank of the Stillwater creek, by which name the Salmon river 

 is known above the falls. The well site is higher than Pulaski 

 by a little more than 500 feet. The record of the well is as 

 follows: 



Drive pipe 37 ft 



Sand and shale, (cased at this depth) 255 



Oswego sandstone 90 



Pulaski shale 530 



TJtica shale 113 



Trenton limestone, struck at 925 



White Trenton 300 



Dark Trenton 370 



Sand and shales 40 



Sand, green and white 25 



Black limestone 6 



Red and white sandstone, calcareous 18 



G ranite, struck at 1 697 



The granite was drilled into for five feet. This record shows 

 but 772 feet between the top of the Trenton and the granite. 

 In other sections 100 feet more has been found for the same 

 interval. 



