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A full record of this well was not obtained, the drill having penetrated 

 only about fifty feet into the Niagara at the time of my visit. Some gas was 

 found on the top of the Niagara, enough for one or two stoves, and brine 

 in a few feet of shale a short distance above. 



.Father Baker's Well, West Seneca. This is located in the village of 

 West Seneca, 175 yards east of the present terminus of the electric railway. 

 Mr. Woodring, who drilled the well, informs me that it was completed in 

 February, 1891. It was cased to 900 feet and was 1,133 feet deep when 

 finished. A thirty-quart shot of nitro-glycerine was exploded in the gas 

 sand, and the pressure immediately ran up to 400 pounds in thirteen minutes, 

 with a maximum rock pressure of 600 pounds. The Rev. Mr. Baker informs 

 me that the pressure is now 375 pounds, while he is using it. The gas sup- 

 plies the church and school buildings, saving $3,000 a year in fuel, and also 

 furnishes fifty families with heat and light. 



The Reed Well, located one hundred yards further east, is also a good 

 well, the owner claiming 600 pounds rock pressure. 



Well on Eli B. North/ 'tip's Farm, Spring Brook. (Completed December 



17, 1893.)* 



Drive pipe, 30 feet. 



Casing, 174 " 



Flint, at 390 " 



Through hard rock, " 530 " 



Salt water, " 1,050 " 



Top of Niagara, . " 1,055 " 



Slate, « 1,205 " 



Sulphur gas, " 1,243 " 



More gas, " 1,265 " 



Clinton, " 1,280 " 



Top of Medina, " 1,308 " 



Top of gas sand, . " 1,388 " 



Through gas sand, " 1,402 " 



Bottom of well, " 1,410 " 



Well on Elbert More farm, Spr ing Brook. (E. H. Argue, driller.) 



Soil, to 17 feet. 



Fresh water, 47 " 



Casing 110 " 



* Records marked with an asterisk were furnished by the South Buffalo Natural Gas Co 



