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Report of the State Geologist. 



Shale to flint, ' 435 feet. 



Through flint, at 600 " 



Niagara limestone, " 935 " 



Sulphur gas, " 1,100 " 



Sulphur water, " 1,165 " 



Shale (sixty feet), " 1,245 " 



Clinton, " 1,325 f 



Top of Medina (0, " 1,433 " 



Gas sand, " 1,436 " 



Gas sand, " 1,438 " 



Bottom of gas sand (white), " 1,460 " 



Red rock (800 feet), to 2,260 " 



Black shale, 900 feet, to Trenton, 3,100 " 



Well in Eighteen-Mile creek, near Idlewood. (Record by Michael 

 Mclntyre, driller.) Well started on the Hamilton shales, near the Encrinal 



limestone. 



Fresh water, ' at 70 feet. 



Cased out, 100 " 



Corniferous limestone, " 270 " 



Bottom of Corniferous, " 520 " 



Shale and limestone, to 945 " 



Salt water and some gas, at 1,000 " 



Cased off, . " 1,025 " 



Shale and limestone, to 1,150 " 



Small showing of gas (in Clinton), " 1,205 " 



Red Medina, 1,205 " 1,320 " 



White Medina, 1,320 " 1,345 " 



The showing of gas was so small that the well was not torpedoed. 

 Mr. Mclntyre is of the opinion that a shot of nitro-glycerine would have 

 made this well a fair producer. At present it furnishes about enough gas 

 for a grate. 



Well on William J. Heiser farm, Woodlawn Beach, Hamburg town- 

 ship. (From Mr. Philip Lerue, contractor and driller, Titusville, Pa.) 



Soil, 7 feet. 



Marcellus shale, 125 " 



Lime and flint, very hard, 140 " 



