REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST 1902 r69 



Black (Marcellus?) shales, 150 feet, at 



Limestone, Corniferous (Onondaga), at 



Sulfur gas at 



Salt water at 



Still in limestone at 



Bottom of well at 



1850 feet 

 2000 feet 

 2300 feet 

 2600 feet 

 2900 feet 

 2929 feet 



A well 1100 feet deep was sunk in 1901 on the farm of 

 Oeorge Hewes about midway between Mayville and Chautauqua. 

 Bed rock was reached at 85 feet. At 1050 feet gas with a con- 

 fined rock pressure of 85 pounds was found. It is now used to 

 heat two houses. 



Another well on the farm of J. F. Hunt, *4 mile west of 

 the Chautauqua grounds, is 1200 feet deep. The original gas 

 pressure was 80 pounds, which has now fallen, when the well 

 is used, to 00 pounds. The gas was found in a 50 foot stratum of 

 sand at a depth of 810 feet. In the same sand was found a 

 small quantity of amber oil, a barrel of which Mr Keith says 

 was bailed from the well. The gas Mr Hunt uses in his kitchen 

 stove. 



A well belonging to the Chautauqua Assembly is located in the 

 rear of the assembly grounds. Its total depth is 1500 feet. A small 

 supply of gas with an original confined pressure of 80 pounds 

 was obtained. It furnishes power to pump water from three 

 artesian wells near by which supply the assembly grounds 

 with water. 



Still another well, 935 feet deep, is on the farm of W. J. 

 Connell 1 mile south of the Chautauqua grounds on the Fannma 

 road. A small flow of gas was found with a pressure of 45 

 pounds. The gas is not utilized. 



The above wells were drilled in 1901-2. A group of six wells, 

 ranging from 500 to 800 feet in depth, was also drilled in 1901-2, 

 in the township of Carroll not far from Frewsburg. All have 

 a small showing both of gas and oil. One well has produced 

 to the extent of % barrel of oil a day. 



The following record of well located in Kiantone township, 3 

 miles south of Jamestown, was furnished by G. B. Keith. Well 

 drilled in August 1901. 



Drive pipe to rock 8G feet 



Casing 208 feet 



