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Trenton limestone and the experience has been very trouble- 

 some and costly because of " blowers " of gas that were once 

 and again encountered in the descent of the drill. 



Well no. 3, known as the Dow well, is located one half mile 

 west of no. 2. At the time of my examination it had not been 

 drilled to the Trenton. It found a strong gas vein in the Medina 

 sandstone at 025 feet, which was not tubed and which was al- 

 lowed to burn from the casing for a number of weeks. It fur- 

 nished several tens of thousands of feet a day. 



The records of two of the wells will here be given in some- 

 what more detail. The facts were furnished by John T. Kilham, 

 an experienced operator from Pennsylvania, who entered this 

 field in 1894 and has kept close and intelligent watch of every 

 feature in the development thus far. The survey is under great 

 obligation to Mr Kilham. 





Monroe 

 (no. 1) 



Wells 

 (no. 2) 



Drive pipe 



38 ft 



43 ft 





348 



250 



AYhite Medina 



542 





Red Medina 



620 



585 



Oswego sandstone 



1200 



1223 





2240 





Packed 



1350 



618 



Rock pressure 



1375 lb. 



825 lb. 



Gas for boiler 



1714 ft 



639 ft 



The management of the company has been conservative and 

 wise from the first. It has sold gas by meter only and has 

 refused to put on consumers beyond its ability to furnish an 

 adequate supply. In consequence its service has been thoroughly 

 satisfactory to its patrons, and the business promises fair finan- 

 cial returns to the stockholders. 



From November 1896 to August 1897 the company supplied 

 about 14,000,000 cubic feet of gas, all of it being furnished by 

 wells no. 1 and 2 and mainly by the former. 



The next step in the development of the field was taken by 

 the firm of Pierce, Butler & Pierce, an enterprising and success- 

 ful business house of Syracuse. This company is interested in 

 a steam heating plant in the city and also obtained from the 



