290 RECORD OF DEEP-WELL DRILLING FOR 1905. 
Allegheny: Feet. 
Dark-gray to black sandy shale; coal at 485 feet, thin seam (Upper 
Freeport) 479 - 
Gray and dark-gray sandy shale 485 - 
Hard gray sandstone 505 - 
Gray sandy shale and black shale 630 - 
Gray and black shale 650 - 
Gray sandy shale; show of coal ( ?) (Kit tanning) 670 - 
Hard gray limy sandstone 680 - 
Black slate (brownish limestone) 725 - 
Black slate and shells (dark limy shale) 745 - 
Black slate and shells (dark and light gray sandy shale) 785 - 825 
Hard gray limy sandstone with dark sandy shale below 845 feet 825 - 870 
Hard gray limy sandy shale 870 - 890 
Black shale with showing of coal 890 - 930 
Pottsvillc: 
Light-buff to reddish or brownish sandstone, Salt sand 930 -1, 050 
Gray gritty shale 1, 050 -1, 053 
Gray clayey sandstone 1, 053 -1, 073 
Light-buff sandstone and dark-gray sandy shale 1, 073 -1, 093 
Gray sandy shale 1, 093 -1, 100 
Light-buff sandstone 1, 100 -1, 120 
Brownish-gray sandstone and dark-gray sandy shale 1, 120 -1, 125 
Hard light-buff to brown sandstone 1, 125 -1, 185 
Hard buff sandstone 1, 185 -1 , 215 
Coal, and dark sandstone 1, 215 -1, 216 
Black gritty shale 1, 216 -1, 235 
Hard white to brownish and gray shale 1, 235 -1, 285 
Gray shale 1, 285 -1, 286 
Hard white to brownish sandstone; bottom of Salt sand at 1,344^ feet . 1,286 -1,344 
Greenbrier limestone : 
Brownish limestone and dark-gray sandy shale; top of Big Lime at 
1,365 feet 1, 344J-1, 36£ 
Gray and brownish limestone; gas at 1,396 to 1,416 feet, about 
261,000 cubic feet in twenty-four hours 1, 365 -I, 436 
Brown limy sandstone 1, 436 — 1, 45( ■ 
Brown limestone; slight show of oil; bottom of Big Lime 1, 456 -1, 50S 
Brownish limestone and gray sandy shale 1, 509 -1, 51! 
Pocono : 
Gray and brownish sandy shale 1, 519 -1, 53. 
Gray sandstone and sandy shale, Keener sand 1, 535 -1, 56 
Gray sandstone and dark-gray sandy shale 1, 565 -1, 59 
White to gray, slightly limy sandstone and black shale, top of Big 
Injun; about 15 gallons of salt water per hour 1, 590 -1, 61 
Hard, coarse white to gray sandstone to 1,630 feet; fine brownish limy 
sandstone to 1,650 feet; gray sandstone and dark-gray sandy shale; 
bottom of Big Injun, 1,650 to 1,655 feet * 1, 610 -1, 6£ 
Black sandy shale 1, 655 -1, 6(i 
White sandstone 1, 660 -1, 6'J 
Slate and shells (gray limy shale) 1, 670 -1, 7( 
Slate and shells (gray sandy and slightly limy shale) 1, 700 -1, 1 
Slate and shells (dark shale, limy below 1,770 feet) 1, 730 -1, 81 
Dark and light brownish limy shale 1, 800 -1, 8.' 
Dark and light brownish sandy shale 1, 830 -1, 8' 
