DETAILED RECORDS. 283 
Record of well No. '22 on B.T . Barry farm, 5 miles east ofCorsicana. 
Feet. 
Dark-gray, almost black sandy clay and brown limy clay 0-20 
Brown sandy and limy shale 20- 60 
Gray and dark-gray shale 60- 80 
Soft gray shale 80-100 
Soft brownish limy shale 100-120 
Dark-gray shale with soft limy streaks 120-140 
Dark-gray, more or less limy shale 140-240 
Soft dark-brownish, slightly limy and sandy shale 240-280 
Dark-gray limy shale 280-340 
Dark-brownish, slightly limy shale with streaks of hard red shaly sandstone below 
360 feet 340-380 
Dark-gray limy shale 380-440 
Brownish shale with limy streaks, the latter often dark gray 440-480 
Dark-gray shale with limy streaks 480-500 
Dark-greenish, slightly limy shale, fossiliferous at 520 to 540 feet 500-560 
Dark-gray shale ■ 560-580 
Dark-gray, slightly brownish shale, a little limy 580-640 
Dark shale with greenish or brownish tints, sample more limy than most of those 
preceding „ 640-660 
Dark shale, harder and less limy 660-680 
Dark-greenish shale, more limy than preceding 680-700 
Dark-greenish sandy shale 700-720 
Dark greenish-brown limy sandstone 720-780 
Driller reported thin layers of rock from 90 to 350 feet at close intervals. Rig used, 
rotary. Depth of well, 810 feet. Diameter, 6| inches from to 65 feet; 4 inches from 65 
to 720 feet. Strainer from 710 to 810 feet. Initial yield of oil, 10 barrels in twenty-four 
hours. Quality, 30° to 31° B. 
1706. Well near Corsieana, Navarro County. 
[Well begun January 1, 1905; completed February 20, 1905. Authority, It. C. Sanders, contractor. 
Samples preserved.] 
The formations penetrated by this well are of Upper Cretaceous age, the Navarro and 
Taylor marls, with perhaps an overlying thin layer of Tertiary sands. 
Record of well No. 1 on Hodge farm, 12 miles northeast ofCorsicana. 
Feet. 
Soft, fine white and brownish sand - 10 
I 
: Dark clay and fine dark-gray sand 10 - 30 
! Blue clay with fragments of shells ,. 30 - 50 
! Soft dark clay 50 - 70 
} Hard dark sand 70 - 100 
Soft dark-bluish shale and clay 100 - 754 
1 Sand; gas _ 754 - 891 £ 
: Soft dark-bluish shale and clay . 891J- 964 
! Sand; gas 964 - 985 
| Soft dark-bluish shale 985 -1, 000 
Sand; gas 1, 000 -1, 129 
Rig used, rotary. Diameter of well, 6| inches from to 100 feet; 4 inches from to 
1,129 feet. Dry hole. 
