PETROLEUM POSSIBILITIES OE FLORIDA 
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Log of the city well at Tallahassee, Florida. Drilled by Arthur Durst, August 
15 to December 18, 1891. Log and notes as made out by Major Robert Gamble. 
Surface soil ........ 
Limestone ... 
Hard, brown stone ........ 
Soft, white limestone ... 
Hard, yellow stone ... 
Hard, white stone A._..„. 
Hard, red quartz ...... 
Hard, brown stone ______ 
Soft, yellow mud ... 
Hard, brown stone ........ 
Hard, gray stone ........ 
Rose-colored marble ......... 
Hard, brown stone ....... 
Fine Sand ||l... 
Hard, brown stone ..... 
Soft stone, alternating in brown and white strata 
Soft, white stone .J. 
Thickness. 
Depth. 
41 
0 
- 41 
250 
41 
-291 
23 
291 
-314 
34 
314 
-348 
7 
348 
-355 
3 
355 
-358 
2 in. 
13 
358 
-371 
2 
371 
-373 
4 
373 
-377 
2 
377 
-379 
2 
379 
-381 
4 
381 
-385 
385 
-385^4 
8 
385^-393^4 
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A well is being drilled about three miles east of Woodville, in the 
southeast portion of the county, as a test for oil. This well is being bored 
by the Central Florida Oil and Gas Company, with offices in Tallahassee, 
and was begun in March, 1921. 
LEVY COUNTY 
Levy County is on the Gulf coast, in the northern part of peninsular 
Florida. 
Eocene limestones form the substratum in this county and come to 
the surface at many places. Overlying the Eocene in places is a thin 
covering of the Alum Bluff (Miocene), consisting of sands and clays. 
The Alachua clays, sands and phosphate beds (Pliocene) are present in 
local areas in the northeastern parts of the county. 
At Cedar Keys, on the Gulf coast, some wells have been drilled to 
about 800 feet in depth, but of these wells no logs are available. 
liberty county 
Liberty County is located in west Florida, on the east side of the 
Apalachicola River. On this river may be seen in order, from north to 
south, exposures of the Chattahoochee formation (Oligocene) ; the 
Alum Bluff formation (Lower Miocene), and the Choctawhatchee for¬ 
mation (Upper Miocene). On the Ocklocknee River, which forms the 
