144 OIL AND GAS; OHIO, WEST VIRGINIA, PENNSYLVANIA. 
The Rider bed usually occurs about 15 feet above the main Pitts¬ 
burg coal. This would make the base of the Pittsburg coal at a depth 
of 120 feet. The distance between the Hundred-foot sand and the 
Pittsburg coal at this point is therefore 1,962 feet less 120 feet, or 
1,842 feet. 
Well No. 500 .—This well is No. 1, on the farm of John Moore. 
Its mouth is at an elevation of 1,188 feet above sea level. The Pitts¬ 
burg coal outcrops in the vicinity, and its leveled elevation agrees 
closely with its position as noted in the well record. 
Log of -John Moore well , No. 1 (No. 500). 
Top. 
Bottom. 
Coal, Pittsburg. 
Feet. 
145 
355 
1,080 
1,230 
1,620 
1,965 
2,050 
Feet. 
Sand, Hurry-up. 
Sand, Salt. 
Sand, Big Injun. 
Sand, Bitter Book. 
1,467 
Red rock. 
Sand, Hundred-foot. 
Total depth. 
2. 200 
The distance between the Hundred-foot sand and the Pittsburg 
coal at this point is therefore 2,050 feet less 150 feet, or 1,900 feet. 
Well No. 115 .—This well is No. 2, on the farm of Taylor Brothers. 
The elevation of its mouth is 1,201 feet above sea level. The Pitts¬ 
burg coal outcrops on both sides of the well, and its leveled elevation 
agrees with the position shown in the well record. 
Log of Taylor Brothers well No. 2 (No. 115). 
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Top. 
Bottom. 
Coal, Pittsburg. 
Feet. 
138 
1,050 
1,180 
1,200 
1,375 
1,580 
1,640 
2,044 
2,158 
Feet. 
148 
1,100 
1,160 
Sand, Salt. 
Limestone. 
Sand, Big Injun. 
Sand, Squaw... 
1,560 
Sand, Bitter Rock. 
Sand, Hundred-foot. 
2,064 
2,180 
2,180 
Sand, Thirty-foot. 
Total depth. 
The distance between the Hundred-foot sand and the Pittsburg 
coal at this point is therefore 2, 044 feet less 148 feet, or 1,896 feet. 
Well No. 106 .—This is well No. 1 on the farm of John Dunbar, 
and the elevation if its mouth is 1,099 feet. The Pittsburg coal out¬ 
crops close to the well at an elevation of 4 feet above the mouth. 
