Report of the State Geologist. 



Angola Well. (About (170 feet A. T.) This well is located upon the 

 farm of Mr. Alviu Eddy, three-quarters of a mile south of Angola <>n the 

 load to Brant Centre. No record of the well is preserved, but Mr. Eddy 



gives me the following facts from memory : 



Struck rock, .' at 12 feet. 



Limestone (Corniferous?), " . . " 800 " 



Through limestone (?), a hard rock here, . . " 1,300 " 



Well drilled to 1,500 " 



Some gas was found near the bottom of the well. At present the hole 

 is full of water and gives very little gas. 



Mr. J. R. Newton of Angola has a well 450 feet deep on his premises. 

 It is said to furnish sufficient gas to heat his house. 



Well at Fenton, mar Brant. (Drilled in 1890 and 1891.) The original 

 record of this well is lost. The following facts are furnished by Mr. Clarence 

 M. Fenton, who had charge of the work of drilling the well. 



Soil and quicksand, 80 feet. 



Hard blue rock, to 1,200 " 



Vein of water, at 1,300 " 



Red sand with good flow of gas, . . . . " 1,900 " 



Drilled to 1,952 " 



The well was torpedoed with 100 quarts of nitro-glycerine and tilled with 

 packer and two-inch piping. When confined the gas pressure runs up to 

 1,000 pounds to the square inch. When blown off, the w ell furnishes only 

 gas enough to till a three-quarter inch pipe, or about 10,000 feet per day. 

 This is used to run the cappers of the Erie County Preserving Co.'s cannery 

 at Fenton, and supplies also two or three stoves. At present the well is 

 three-fourths full of water heavily charged with salt. 



While drilling was in progress a greasy rock w as found at 1,200 feet, 

 from which there was a flow of gas sufficient to make a flame two feet above 

 the top of the well. At the same lime the cable was smeared w ith a dirty 

 mixture of tar and vaseline, smelling of petroleum. 



Wells at Zoar. 



Kelley Well, three-quarters of a mile west of Town line. (Completed 

 January L0, L888 ; record from Mr. Michael Mclntyre, driller.) 



Drive pipe, 60 feet. 



Casing 240 " 



Top of Corniferous limestone, 1,500 " 



