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Cattaraugus — Continued. Feet. 
Hard red sandy shale 350- 356 
Hard reddish-brown shaly sandstone 356- 373 
Very hard gray sandstone 373- 396 
Very hard red sandy shale or fine argillaceous sandstone 396- 412 
Hard rock (no sample) 412- 438 
Hard red and gray shaly sandstone ; little salt water at 476 feet 438- 476 
Hard reddish-gray limy sandstone 476- 500 
Hard reddish limy sandstone to 524 feet, gray to 548 and reddish-brown 
to 560 feet ; little salt water at 506 feet ; flood of it at 560 feet .500- 560 
Hard fine red and reddish-brown sandstone 560- 569 
Medium hard reddish-gray limy sandstone 569- 580 
Hard red and gray limy, sandy shale to 602 feet, gray below; hole caved 
at 601 feet 580- 620 
Chemung : 
Hard dark-gray shale and gray limestone 620- 640 
Hard gray shaly limestone 640- 660 
Hard dark-gray limy shale; from 670 to 680 feet very hard drilling; 
some salt-sulphur water 660- 680 
Gray sandy and limy shale to 774 feet, dark gray below 680- 794 
Hard gray shaly limestone 794- 812 
Hard dark-gray sandy shale and light-gray shaly limestone 812- 824 
Hard gray sandy and limy shale 824- 862 
Hard gray limy grit; little gas at 862 feet 862- 868 
Soft gray sandy and limy shale 868- 870 
Hard dark-gray sandy shale and light-gray sandy limestone 870- 875 
Hard gray sandy shale 875- 887 
Hard gray sandy limestone 887- 898 
Hard gray sandy shale, with limy layers 898- 986 
Hard dark-gray sandy shale, gray and limy below 1,004 feet 986-1, 028 
Hard gray grit, limy below 1,034 feet 1, 028-1, 040 
Hard gray sandy shale, with limy layers. 1, 040-1, 070 
Hard gray limy grit and sandy magnesian limestone; some gas at 1,086 
feet . 1, 070-1, 140 
Hard light gray limestone and gray limy grit, softer below 1,142 feet; 
good gas at 1,142 feet 1, 140-1, 148 
Dark-gray limy shale from 1,148 to 1,153 feet; very hard limy sand- 
stone below; struck salt water; well plugged up to 1,153 feet; gas 
from between 1,142 and 1,153 feet gave 130,000 cubic feet in twenty- 
four hours; rock pressure of gas in 1,142-foot sand was 910 pounds 
per square inch ; when this gas was exhausted drill ing was resumed ... 1 , 148-1 , 155| 
Fine gray argillaceous sandstone or sandy shale. 1, 155-1, 210 
Light-gray limy sandstone and dark-gray sandy shale 1, 210-1, 240 
Soft, fine gray limy, argillaceous sandstone 1, 240-1, 265 
Soft gray shale 1, 265-1, 276 
Soft gray sandy and limy shale and limy sandstone 1, 276-1, 335 
Hard gray slate (sandy shale with limy streaks) 1, 335-1, 380 
Gray shelly slate (gray sandy shale) 1, 380-1, 455 
Soft gray slate with hard shells (gray limy and sandy shale) 1, 455-1, 500 
Hard slate and sand (sample like preceding) 1, 500-1, 522 
Soft gray slate (slightly limy and sandy shale) with hard layers at 1,664 
to 1,706 feet 1, 522-1, 745 
Gray sand and slate (dark-gray limy and sandy shale) 1, 745-1, 756 
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