OIL AND GAS; OHIO, WEST VIRGINIA, PENNSYLVANIA. 
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by the contours, the facts above given comprise all that is knov.n 
regarding the character of the Fourth and Fifth sands and the 
amount of salt water contained in them along the trough to the south¬ 
west of well No. 887. From this evidence it appears that the Fourth 
and Fifth sands are here above the main line of saturation, and that 
the chain of small pools in the shallow basins along the bottom of this 
trough are all that now remains of the salt water, which apparently 
once stood at a much higher level and which was later partially 
drained away, probably by a change in the rate and direction of the 
folding. From the above discussion the great value of an accurate 
detailed record of well No. 955 is apparent. If this well found the 
Fourth and Fifth sands to be of good quality and not saturated with 
water, the best chance for oil is about halfway between it and well 
No. 111G and southward along the strike of the rocks to a point 
beyond Templeton Run. If the Fourth and Fifth sands were found 
to be saturated with salt water in well No. 955 and the sands are of 
good quality, all the region southeast of this well to the top of the 
dome and as far east as well No. 1091 is favorable territory. The 
dome southeast of Pleasant Grove may possibly be above the water 
line in the Gordon sand; in any case, it is worth testing for oil and 
gas through all the sands. 
On the north side of the Finney syncline, west of Buffalo Creek, 
there is probably productive territory in the Fourth and Fifth sands 
somewhere on the slope between wells Nos. 907 and 1117, if the water 
level in these sands is at or near the 480-foot contour line. In this 
syncline, south of well No. 1116, the well records do not show salt 
water in the Fourth and Fifth sands. Well No. 1109 found some oil 
in the Fifth sand. These sands seem to be of poor quality, and if salt 
water does not appear to be plentiful in (hem prospectors will do well 
to keep toward the bottom of the trough until more is known regarding 
the height of the water line. The Gordon sand appears to carry 
water in this vicinity, in some places completely filling up the well. 
On Rocky Run the record of well No. 956 gives water in the Gordon 
and some oil in the Gordon Stray sand. The gas wells on Crafts 
Run show water in the Gordon at about the 450-foot level, but no 
information is to be had regarding dry hole No. 1096. This Avell 
seems to be located too high on the structure to be productive in the 
Fourth or Fifth sands and too low to catch any oil or gas that may 
have collected above the salt water in the Gordon sand on the dome 
to the north. 
In regard to the area southeast of the Washington anticline, but 
little can be added to what is shown by the structure. None of the 
records of wells in this area are complete enough to be of value in 
making deductions. Along the southern border from well No. 948 
to No. 942 the area seems fairly well tested, though the well having 
