Bishop — Geology of Erie County. 



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Corniferous t) which proved so difficult to drill fchat the well was abandoned 

 at 1,000 feet. This well still gives a blaze two or three feet high w hen 

 ignited. Xear the old well is a spring which gives oft' gas all the time. 

 Six other gas springs are also reported from the town of Boston. 



The ohl Boston Well. This is located on the Henry Jones farm <>n 

 the east side of the creek three <>r four miles south of Boston Corner-.. 

 Mr. II. X. Drake of Findlav, Ohio, has kindly furnished me the following 

 information regarding it: 



"In 1878 or 1879, Mr. Chubbuck and myself took the contract to sink 

 the w ell to the depth of 2.000 feet. For the first 1,000 feet the rock was 

 Mack shale containing some gas. At 1,225 feet we struck a very hard ro.ck 

 w hich we called flint and limestone [Corniferous ?]. At about 1,800 feet 

 we got rock-salt about sixty or eighty feet thick, some of which w as deaf as 

 crystal and some dark in color. The rest of the rock w as a sort of rotten 

 sand. At 2,008 feet we struck a vein of mineral water that colored the tools 

 and cable black as ink and had a very disagreeable odor. The depth of the 

 hole was 2,140 feet. There was no sign of oil from top to bottom." 



The record of this well is very interesting for the reason that the 

 presence of rock-salt seems to have been discovered here at about the time 

 it was found in Wyoming county, a fact not heretofore published. The 

 horizon of the Corniferous limestone is distinctly defined, and quite 

 probably the water charged with sulphuretted hydrogen was the vein often 

 found in the Niagara elsew here in Erie county. 



Well at Eden VaU&y. (From Mr. Daniel Schweickhart.) This well is 

 located about a mile east of the village and about thirtv feet higher than the 

 railroad station. The well was sunk by Mi'. Schweickhart previous to 

 1884, to obtain water for his brewery. The record given from memory at 

 the time was as follows: * 



Shale, 125 feet. 



Blue hard rock, 200 " 



Black slate, 300 " 



Flint, lime and sand, 400 " 



Brine in soft rock, 50 " 



1,075 " 



This well has since been deepened and furnishes enough gas for his 

 house and brewery. 



* See'Rcporr Suite Geologist for 1H85 



