REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST 1902 r71 



Allegany county 



The Canaseraga Oil & Gas Co. drilled a well in the winter 

 of 1901-2 on the Miles-Harvey farm near Birdsall. The follow- 

 ing data are furnished by O. S. Pratt, one of the stockholders: 

 Depth of well 1140 feet 



Gas with an estimated pressure of 150 pounds at 550 feet 

 The producing rock, as shown by the sample of drilling sent 

 me, was a micaceous clay sandstone, 12 feet thick. No oil was 

 found in the well. 



Another well, drilled about three years earlier, was located 

 % of a mile away from the preceding. It had traces of both oil 

 and gas. Still another in this vicinity showed a trace of oil 

 but no gas. 



The Andover gas field has been increased by two small ex- 

 tensions. The first lies northwest of Andover village and in- 

 cludes the greater part of lots 41, 42, 55, 56, 57, 64 and 65, town- 

 ship of Andover. The other lies southeast of Independence vil- 

 lage and includes nearly all of the lots 103, 105 and 119, town- 

 ship of Independence. 



A well drilled for gas in May 1902 on lot 77, Andover, in the 

 old Andover field, showed a pressure of 150 pounds in one min- 

 ute and 400 pounds in four minutes, without shooting. 



In the gas companies distributing gas, one or two changes are 

 to be noted. The Allegany Gas Co. Limited, of Friendship is 

 now absorbed by the Producers' Gas Co. of Olean. The latter com- 

 pany has made no further extensions since 1899. The Fmnire 

 Gas & Fuel Co. Limited, of Wellsville has also acquired the 

 plant of the Cuba Gas Co. It has, however, made no other 

 additions to its producing territory. The Natural Gas Co. of 

 Andover has not extended its lines, though the additions to its 

 producing oil and gas wells, elsewhere noted, have naturally 

 added to the productiveness of the gas territory. 



Steuben county 



Except in the extension of the Allegany field into this county, 

 no drilling of any consequence for either oil or gas has been 

 done since 1899. The Corning Fuel & Heating Co. drilled a 

 second well to the depth of 2000 feet and, finding no gas, aban- 



