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pal interest in this company belongs to the Rose brothers. A 

 well was located on the Waffle farm, about two miles directly 

 west of the village. It found the Trenton limestone at 2248 feet 

 and was drilled to a depth of 2860 feet. It was packed at 480 

 feet and showed a rock pressure of 450 pounds. Its volume was 

 small, not exceeding 200,000 feet a day. This well was " shot " 

 with 110 quarts of nitro glycerin, but without bringing any im- 

 provement. No use had been made of its gas up to the autumn 

 of 1897. 



During the summer of 1897 the Onondaga gas co. put down 

 four wells, two located on the Talmage farm, about two miles 

 south of the village, and two on the Spaulding farm, about four 

 miles south of the village. The reduced record of Talmage no. 1 

 is given herewith. Gas was first found in the White Medina at 

 776 feet. The Oswego sandstone was struck at 1200 feet. The 

 well was finished at 2020 feet. A fair volume of gas was found 

 in the Trenton limestone, the rock pressure of which was 545 

 pounds when first struck, and 560 pounds in August 1897, when 

 measured for the survey. The open pressure in the three inch 

 tubing indicated a total output of 1,000,000 feet a day. The 

 well was packed at 625 feet. 



Early in August 1897, the Spaulding well no. 2 was drilled 

 to the Trenton limestone, which it reached at 2404 feet. At 100 

 feet in this stratum gas enough to fire the boiler was obtained. 

 Of the fortunes of Talmage no. 2 and Spaulding no. 1, record has 

 not been obtained, but if they had achieved any marked success 

 the facts would not have escaped observation. 



The Binning well, so called, located on the Hickok farm, was 

 the first venture of a new company in the field, viz, the Phoenix 

 natural gas co., composed in part of experienced operators who 

 had already taken part in the development of Baldwinsville gas. 

 This well is located one fourth of a mile east of no. 1. It was 

 completed in July 1897. 



The Binning well was the seventh successful well of the Bald- 

 winsville field, and being much larger than any of its predeces- 

 sors, it attracted great attention and made a marked impression 

 on the public mind. It was widely noticed in the newspapers of 

 the day, mostly by reporters who had never seen a gas well 

 except in this particular region, and who, finding this well much 



