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pounds per square inch, and an output of 1,000,000 cubic feet 

 of gas a day. The only extension of this field has been a small 

 addition in the extreme northwestern part of Yates county. Mr 

 D. M. Page of Hornellsville has two productive wells at Kush- 

 ville, the gas from which is piped to that village and supplies 140 

 stoves or their equivalent. Mr Page has also two unproductive 

 wells at Eushville and a third at Gorham. 



In Livingston county very little new territory has been ex- 

 ploited. In 1900 the Westcott Natural Gas Co. bored a well at 

 Avon. Gas to the amount of 200,000 cubic feet a day was 

 found in the White Medina (quartzose sandstone) at 1400 feet. 

 To the Caledonia group of wells only one has been added since 



1899. This was located about 3 miles south of Leroy. It was 

 1500 feet deep and passed through the Medina sandstone. In 

 the salt group were found salt water and about 20 feet of rock 

 salt. Mr J. C. Tennant, of Caledonia, was, in October 1902, 

 sinking another well for the purpose of increasing his supply. 

 He reports that the gas pressure in the Caledonia wells has not 

 appreciably changed since 1899. The shallow Marcellus shale 

 gas pool south of Caledonia has not been enlarged since the 

 same year. In October 1902 a well was completed on the Whit- 

 more farm at the Highbanks, 2y 2 miles from Mount Morris. 

 The boring penetrated the Medina sandstone but contained 

 neither oil nor gas. 



At Corfu in Genesee county no new wells have been drilled since 



1900. Mr H. W. Francis, superintendent of the local gas com- 

 pany, reports that there is no falling off in production, but that 

 the six original wells show a slight increase of gas pressure 

 over that of a year ago. 



In Wyoming county few changes are noted. The Attica 

 Natural Gas Co. has not added to its number of wells. The 

 Attica Water, Gas and Electric Co. has drilled two new holes, 

 one in 1901 and the second in 1902. Both were small producers. 

 The gas pressure in this field is decreasing, and, unless new 

 productive wells are found, the supply will soon fall below the 

 demand. 



