82 RECORD OF DEEP WELL DRILLING FOR 1904. [bull. 264. 
62. Well No. 1, on G. S. Whitehair farm, in ,s/<:. \ of SE. \ sec. 24 (4 miles SE. of 
Albany), Delaware County, Tnd. 
[Begun October 11, 1904, completed October 31, 1904. Authority, William Jameson, driller.] 
Feet, 
Soft black soil 0- 10 
Hard dark limestone 10- 45 
Soft red shale 45- 60 
Gray limestone of varying hardness 60- 200 
Soft shale (calcareous j 200- 220 
I lard blue limestone 220 260 
Soft lighl shale 260- 280 
Hard dark limestone and shale. 280- 301 
Hard blue limestone 800- .'540 
Soft light shale 340- 5(1 
Sofl brown shale 500- 00C 
Soft lighl shale 600- 70C 
Sofl dark shale 700- 8(1 
Sofl brown shale 800- 95( 
Trenton limestone 050-1 , 26( 
Some gas at top of Trenton. Well finished at 1,262 feet with little show for oil 
Shot with 200 quarts of glycerine. Diameter of well, 8 inches from 65 to 340 feet 
o", inches from 340 to 1,262 feet. Casing inserted at 340 feet. Principal water-beariiji 
strata between .'!() and 320 feet. 
64. Well No. 5, on tlw Hoppis heirs' firm, In sec. .."/, T. 12 E. {one-half mile- east j 
■ Redkey), Jay County, In<l. 
[Begun October 10, L904, completed November 5, L904. Authority, Bert Gilbert, drilled] 
Feet 
Soft brown clay 0- 4 
Soft blue clay 0- 1C 
Hard yellow limestone 100- 15 
Hard gray limestone 120- 1£ 
Soft gray shale, l ' brake " 180- 2* 
Hard gray limestone 240- 2(' J 
Soft gray shale, " brake" 260- 3( 
I lard gray limestone 300 1 
Soft gray shale (brownish, 800-840) 320- 91 
Trenton limestone; gas, pay 960-980; oil sand, 1,360 1,385 960-1, 31 f 
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5 barrels. 
69. Well at Cherokee Slate Hospital, in sec. 28, T. 92, R. 40 (U miles NW. of Cherokm 
Cherokee ('<>n itt ;/, Iowa. 
[Completed February 24, 1902. Authority, Cherokee State Hospital.] 
Feet 
Loam 0- 
Yellow clay 4- 
Blue clay ( 10-2 
Quicksand; water 240-5 
Gravel; water 255-5 
Quicksand; water 260-5 
Blue clay 270-4 
8ft 
