THE 
AMERICAN GEOLOGIST, 
Vol. XXV. MARCH, 1900. No. 3 
GAS-WELL SECTIONS IN THE UPPER MOHAWK 
VALLEY AND CENTRAL NEW YORK.* 
By Charles S. Peosser. 
CONTENTS. 
Introduction. 
Section of the Ilion well. 
Description of samples. 
Diagrammatic section and discussion of record. 
Utica well. 
Section of the Rome well. 
Description of samples. 
Diagrammatic section and discussion of record. 
Section of the Vernon well. 
Description of samples. 
Diagrammatic section. 
Baldwinsville wells. 
Section of the Talmage well. 
Description of samples. 
Diagrammatic section and discussion of record. 
Section of the Bigelow well and discussion of record. 
Section of the Auburn well. 
Description of samples. 
Diagrammatic section and discussion of record. 
INTRODUCTION. 
The discovery of natural gas in March, 1896, at Baldvvins- 
ville, New York, twelve miles north of Syracuse, led to the 
drilling of a number of test wells in central New York. The 
writer obtained samples of the drillings from several of these 
wells, which have been studied and their geological sections 
tabulated. 
The publication of these sections will give us a better idea 
*Presented at the December, 1899, meeting of the Geological Society 
of America. 
