STATE GEOLOGIST. aie 
township. Another small pool is found just southeast of Lindsey, in sec- 
tions II, 12 and 13. | 
Rice Township.—The little pool to which reference is raade in the pre~ 
ceding paragraph extends eastward into sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and 18 of Rice 
township. ‘This is sometimes called the Kingsway pool from the station 
of that name. Drilling began here about 1896 and has been continued 
since. Asa rule the wells are small, and this has made development slow. 
The largest production reported was 70 barrels per day, and the normal 
about one-tenth of that. In July, 1902, the wells averaged about one and 
one-half barrels each per day. 
Jackson Township.—A narrow strip of producing territory is found 
along the western border of this township. It includes in whole or in part 
SseCHiOms §, O % SG, w7, WS, WO, ZO, BO, Bi emcl g4, IBesiales, waers us a 
small area in sections 2 and 3, as has already been mentioned in the dis- 
cussion of the preceding township. A number of gas wells are found in 
sections 31 and 32; these supply in part the villages of Burgoon and 
Kansas. 
Wells Drilled. —The following figures show how extensively wells 
were sunk in the county from 1891 to 1899: 
Year. / Producing. Dry. Total. 
HIS O Nie reread ern R Ler clal tata rd SIG Oba Ta a oeeek oe 198 35 233 
SD 2 Piece sraireo ens sd cat ials ne se eso mravevNen Seal wie suits 285 34 319 
IUSSS | iais trer ee Cate ONOIORE CRE Gy Re Dee 389 39 428 
ES 9 Are earns attee ye Mietee ers pete eavennienttecek crouet teh a 496 47 543 
ESO Giarecpte sensei scetsr ere ierele ie cose siete aie Rte 924 70 994 
ES 9 OREN PN ects 2 PET oe stavane le sis wero Maly G 810 41 851 
ES OTE Heese Shes PISS RETR CERIO te La O 239 19 258 
IESG See bars se eele cet reas 1, Wastes dteccicttal S.C Eee 260 9 269 
WS OO seen rena Nae eee fens SWE, tecetataecis vaveceeuetecans 431 21 452 
ARO Galli ie evecare ra are stecteieversle dere ct sive 4,032 315 4,347 
GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY. 
The surface formation in the western part of the county, including 
the principal oil producing territory, is the Niagara limestone. Farther 
east the Lower Helderberg limestone extends across the county as a broad 
belt from north to south. .This in turn is succeeded by a strip of Niagara, 
and this again by the Lower Helderberg; so that there are in all four 
separate belts of Niagara and Lower Helderberg limestones. 
The underground succession is shown by the following record of a 
well at Fremont :* : 
1Geol. Sur. of Ohio, Vol. VI, p. 112. 
