136 ALASKAN MINERAL RESOURCES IN 1904. [bull. 259. 
Other seepages, not seen by the writer, are reported from various 
places along the crest of this same fold, near the head of Dry Bay, 
and elsewhere between that point and Kanata. There are said to be 
even more important seepages on the west shore of the south arm of 
Becharof Lake. 
DEVELOPMENTS. 
Three wells were begun in the summer of 1903. They are located 
about 5 miles from the landing on the west shore of Cold Bay, at an 
elevation of about 750 feet above tide, and are distant about 9 miles 
in an air line from Becharof Lake. 
One of the wells begun during the summer of 1903 was abandoned 
in the autumn at a depth of several hundred feet, and the derrick was 
moved to a new site a few hundred feet distant. Very little drilling 
had been done at this point up to the time the writer left Alaska. 
The second well was drilled to a depth of about 1,400 feet. The 
drill is said to have penetrated several strata filled with thick residual 
oil having about the consistency of warm pitch. This well was finally 
abandoned during the summer of 1904, because of the strong, contin- 
ual flow of fresh water. It is now certain that this well is situated 
near a fault, which fact would seem to explain the presence of large 
amounts of fresh water at all depths, and also the absence of the more 
volatile and fluid constituents in the oil. The machinery from this 
well has now been moved to a new location about 2-f miles southeast- 
ward on Trail Creek. At last reports it had reached a depth of 
1,500 feet. 
Record of well at Cold Bay. 
Thickness in feet. 
Sandstone 76 
Hard sand, with crevices 39 
Sand, with hard streaks 85 
Oil sand, not hard 40 
Sandstone, with hard streaks 60 
Oil sand, soft 8 
Sandstone, with hard streaks 82 
Oil sand 25 
Soft, argillaceous sandstone 15 
Soft, blue sandstone with oil 5 
Total 435 
