REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST 1902 I'G7 



The Boro well, V/ 2 miles northeast of Collins, now furnishes 

 gas to that village and to houses along the route of the line. 

 The Boro Gas Co. is now (October 1902) setting up a rig to 

 drill well no. 2 near the first one. The same company is also 

 connecting to their" line, a well drilled in 1900 on the F. Willeite 

 farm near Collins to meet present demands. 



The two wells at the State Homeopathic hospital near Collins 

 are now supplying to that institution about 35,000 cubic feet of 

 gas a day. The pressure has fallen from 120 pounds at the start 

 to 65. 



The gas supply at Springville has been increased by a well at 

 " Coon hollow " 2 or 3 miles from Springville toward Zoar. Mr 

 J. W. Stearns reports the well as capable of producing from two 

 million to three million feet a day. 



In the vicinity of Gowanda, partly in Erie and partly in Cat- 

 taraugus county, a little additional drilling has been done. A 

 well was put down by the Gowanda Gas Co. on the Frank Taylor 

 farm toward Perrysburg in May 1901. Another was sunk be- 

 tween Gowanda and Dayton about June 1902, and a third on the 

 Fred Unger farm east of Gowanda in October 1902. The first 

 two were light producers. The third is not yet completed. The 

 Willette well near Collins, previously referred to, was drilled 

 in December 1900. 



Chautauqua county 



The geology and history of the Lake shore gas belt have been 

 treated very fully by Professor Orton in his admirable mono- 

 graph on petroleum and natural gas. 1 The development since 

 1899 has been in the utilization of gas from already known 

 fields, and therefore the data acquired have not contributed 

 much to our previous knowledge. The wells all through this belt 

 are shallow, small producers, and generally designed, like water 

 wells, for the use of one or two families. The gas pressure runs 

 from 1 to 2 pounds up to 50 or 60 pounds. A pressure of 25 

 pounds is considered good. 



Around Fredonia a few wells have been drilled since 1899, 

 none proving very productive. If enough gas is obtained for 



1 Orton, Edward, LL.D. Petroleum and Natural Gas in New York. N. Y. 

 State Mus. Bui. 30. 1899. 



