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use occur. Great account is made of this fact in establishing 

 domestic supplies. Good wells are generally possible at this 

 horizon. As the drill descends into the shale, salt water is in- 

 variably struck. The strongest flow is generally met at about 

 70 feet below the surface. After being baled out at the time of 

 drilling, a little will seep into the well, but less rather than more 

 than one barrel a year. 



Mr W. A. Crane, a driller of considerable experience in the oil 

 fields of Pennsylvania, and who has done a large amount of work 

 here for many years, recognizes some low anticlinals in the 

 strata, trending to the southwest or south, but he is not able to 

 detect any influence exerted by them on the gas production. 



The rock pressure generally ranges from 60 pounds downward. 

 A pressure of 25 pounds is counted eminently satisfactory 

 throughout the township. Petroleum is sometimes found in 

 small amounts. It occurs in a stray sand that is sometimes found 

 in the shales. The oil is dark and heavy, serving for a natural lu- 

 bricant when it is produced. The amount is in all cases small. 

 A few barrels will exhaust the largest pocket. 



The majority of the wells of the township are naturally in and 

 directly around the village, but successful tests have been made 

 north, east and west of this center. A rough list of wells drilled 

 up to the present is here inserted. 



Brocton bank 



Haynes 



Burton 



Kinney 



Butler. 3 



Martin 



Capwell 



May, Harvey 



Corell 



Peck, 2 



Crandall 



Pettit 



Crane 



Powell, 2 



Devenpeck 



Byckman, 3 



Dunham 



Smith, Frank 



Edmunds, 2 



Sullivan 



Fay, E. H., 3 



Unthank 



Fuller, G. W., 2 



Wenborne 



Harris 



Windsor 



Hart 



Wittmeier 



S. B. Unthank found a peculiar condition in his well west of 



the center of the township. The gas appeared like vapor and 



