stone]  OIL    AND    GAS    FIELDS    OF    GREENE    COUNTY,   PA.  411 
above  for  expansion.     Such  conditions  seem  to  exist  here,  for  most 
of  the  sands  contain  some  gas,  and  oil  is  not  found  where  expected. 
Wells  on  Amity  anticline. — The  group  of  wells  in  the  northwest 
corner  of  the  area  mapped  is  known  as  the  Former  oil  field.  The  first 
well  in  this  field  was  drilled  in  1897,  and  produced  1,800  barrels  per 
day  for  a  short  time.  Ten  wells  were  being  pumped  in  February, 
1903,  with  a  total  daily  production  of  about  50  barrels.  The  pay 
streak  is  the  Gantz  sand,  which  is  here  about  1,940  feet  below  the  Pitts- 
burg coal.  The  sand  is  from  2,680  to  3,000  feet  below  the  surface, 
depending  on  the  location  of  the  well. 
The  anticline  on  which  the  Former  field  is  located  is  a  low  undulation 
in  this  part  of  the  county.  The  Pittsburg  coal  is  about  450  feet 
above  tide,  and  rises  to  the  northeast.  Near  Hackneys,  in  Washing- 
ton County,  the  coal  is  50  feet  higher,  and  wells  drilled  near  the  crest 
of  the  fold  have  produced  gas.  Gas  has  been  found  in  the  Former 
field  on  top  of  the  oil  in  the  Gantz  sand.  This  shows  that  the  normal 
arrangement  of  the  hydrocarbons  exists  here,  and  the  presence  of  the 
oil  under  the  crest  of  the  fold  is  not  abnormal  when  it  is  considered 
that  the  anticline  is  low  at  this  point  and  rises  in  one  direction  at  least 
along  the  strike. 
PRODUCTION. 
In  January,  1904,  the  Whiteley  Creek  oil  field  was  producing  about 
80  barrels  daily.  Of  this  amount  60  barrels  came  from  the  wells  at 
Willow  Tree  and  20  barrels  from  the  Tanner  wells.  The  oil  is  trans- 
ported by  a  pipe  line  belonging  to  the  Standard  Oil  Company. 
The  oil  from  the  Mount  Morris  field  is  pumped  to  a  central  station 
on  Monongahela  River  2  miles  above  Morgantown,  W.  Va.,  and  from 
there  to  the  seaboard.  The  pipe  lines  arc  under  control  of  the  Stand- 
ard Oil  Company.  The  production  of  that  portion  of  the  field  which 
is  in  Greene  County  amounts  to  about  1,000  barrels  a  da}T. 
The  production  of  the  Former  field,  which  is  about  50  barrels  of  oil 
a  day,  is  carried  \)y  Southwest  Pennsylvania  Pipe  Lines  to  storage 
tanks  at  Meadow  Lands,  Washington  County,  Pa. 
The  gas  from  the  fields  in  this  area  is  carried  by  pipe  lines  to  Pitts- 
burg where  it  is  used  largely  by  manufactories  for  steaming  and 
heating  purposes  and  by  the  city  in  general  for  heating  and  lighting. 
Gas  is  used  at  Waynesburg  and  on  many  farms  which  are  near  pro- 
ducing wells  for  heating,  lighting,  and  cooking. 
The  Carnegie  Natural  Gas  Compare  has  a  pump  station  2  miles 
east  of  Waynesburg,  which  is  fed  by  wells  in  the  Waynesburg  field 
and  by  two  10-inch  lines,  one  from  Mount  Morris  and  the  other  comes 
into  Greene  County  at  Dent,  3  miles  west  of  Blacksville.  The  gas  is 
sent  toward  Pittsburg  from  this  station  through  a  12-inch  and  a  16-inch 
pipe  line. 
