242 University Geological Survey of Kansas. 
Consequently, the assumption made by Orton that one an- 
alysis will represent the composition of gas from any consid- 
erable area is somewhat unsafe, particularly if the gas is situ- 
ated as he says these New York gases were. 
WEST VIRGINIA. 
The earliest analysis of a West Virginia gas was included in 
those made by M. Fouqué (see p. 239) on a gas from Roger’s 
Gulch in Wirt county. The principal analytical work on West 
Virginia gas was done during June, 1904, by C. B. Howard, 
and published in a special report on oil and gas by I. C. White, 
state geologist.“ These analyses are given as representing 
the average composition of West Virginia gases. 
TABLE No. 7. WEST VIRGINIA NATURAL GASES. 
Sample No.— 
1 2 53 4. 5 6 
Garbonidioxid enero eee 0.006 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 
Carbonimonoxid =ee Eee EEEEEEnne 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 
ORV. CN Ae ers Steve Peer aage 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 
1S Ais byoyey-) o Pea iCerT ni Gott Bb Ebr trace 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 
Heavy hydrocarbons................. 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 
Wthaner tye asec eee eer 14.60 14.09 15.09 14.88 14.35 7.65 
IMéethanesion thee eee eee 80.94 81.60 79.95 80.85 80.70 86.48 
INT ELO@EN Rs cmancece encores 3.46 3.7L 3.96 3.47 3.95 4.87 
Ammonia eer eee eae none none none none none none 
(Chrdoorn lor wUitel 55 o6000000000000000000 none none none none none none 
ny. drocentsuliGd=eeeeeeeeeeeeeererit none none none none none none 
Moisture (grains per 100 cu. ft.)..... IU PAR IBA RES | ek he a lle Ao a ool FO OORT Ce mOmone 
Total sulfur (grains per 100 cu. ft.).. OT82 | Se Seal ae ees | nee ites. noe| ac ce itent. 
TotalsparafiinSs. ee eee 95.54 95.69 95.04 95.73 95.05 94.18 
BaD Us penculrttian (Gales) cere UO U WIE |] UO |] U.1vS3.6 |} alleles ffl, Gs.8} 
Nortre.—Professor Jones reports B. T. U. slightly over 1100 by Junker calorimeter. Natural 
gas is taken as a standard (1000), assuming 94 per cent. 
“Sample No. 1—Morgantown supply (Big Injun sand), Monongalia 
and Greene (Pa.) companies. 
“Sample No. 2—Fairmont supply (Bayard sand), Marion county. 
“Sample No. 3—Big Injun sand gas from Lucas Bros.’ well No. 1, one 
mile and a fourth northwest of Shinnston. Top of sand 1421 feet below 
Pittsburg coal. 
“Sample No. 4—Gordon sand gas (Shinnston supply) from J. B. Cun- 
ningham well No. 1, three and one-half miles northwest of Shinnston, 
Harrison county. Top of sand 2199 feet below Pittsburg coal. 
“Sample No. 5—Fifth sand gas from Harbert well No. 1, near West 
Fork river, and three-fourths mile due east of Lumberport, Harrison 
county. Top of sand 2380 feet below the Pittsburg coal. 
“Sample No. 6—“Fifty-foot” sand gas from Lucas Bros.’ well No. 4, 
one mile west of Shinnston, near mouth of Robinson Run, Harrison county. 
Top of sand 1855 feet below the Pittsburg coal. 
“The last four samples of gas were kindly furnished the Survey for 
analysis, as well as the records of the wells themselves, by the owner, 
The Fairmont & Grafton Gas Company.” 
126. W. Va. Geol. Surv., vol. 1 (a), 1904, pp. 553-556. _ 
