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ever been reached. A test of the field was necessary to satisfy 

 the minds of the people, but farther tests are not required. 



b Wwtcrtoirn. A company was formed in Watertown to test 

 the territory with reference to gas and several wells were drilled 

 in this interest on the south side of the town, but unfortunately 

 authoritative and exact records of the work are not now obtain- 

 able. One of the wells drilled near Remington's paper mill is 

 said to be 400 feet deep. A more circumstantial, but perhaps 

 not more reliable, account gives- 573 feet for its total depth. 

 This report is to the effect that granite was reached at 140 feet 

 and that the drill was kept at work in it till 433 feet were added 

 to the depth of the well. It is certain that granite was found in 

 some of the wells. 



The valley of the Black river runs through Watertown and 

 gives one of the finest natural sections of the Trenton limestone 

 to be found in the state. It is scarcely inferior to the famous 

 and typical section found at. Trenton Falls. The several divi- 

 sions of the Trenton are all recognizable in the gorge and some 

 of the finest fossils of the state are credited to this locality. As 

 to the interval between the Trenton and the granite, no data 

 have been obtained. It is probable, however, that the Potsdam 

 sandstone holds its place in this series. 



Neither gas, oil nor water was found in the series penetrated 

 by the drill, but in portions of the county the water obtained 

 from shallow wells in the limestone is notably saline, and the 

 saline water is in many cases also sulfurous. 



At Rodman a well was drilled at about the same time as the 

 Watertown wells, in which the granite is said to have been 

 reached at 900 feet. 



There is a possibility of small accumulations of gas in the 

 southeastern section of the county, where the Lorraine shale 

 covers the entire Trenton series. Conditions similar to those 

 that are found in Sandy Creek, for example, occur here. 



Section 3 



Onondaga county 



a Baldicinsuilfr. By far the largest production of gas from the 

 Trenton limestone thus far found in the state has been developed 

 in Onondaga county. The village of Baldwinsville, which is the 



