STATE GEOLOGIST. | T7 
of the city. The wells are said to have all been producers, the initial pro- 
duction ranging from 30 to 120 barrels per day. 
In 1895 the Beatty Glass Company drilled a well for gas on the Maul 
farm along the corporation limits. The well was shot, and then, instead of 
yielding natural gas, flowed too barrels of oil per day. The well is re- 
ported to have been sold for $8,000. 
The next and last boom started in 1900. In that year a well was 
drilled on the Van Natta farm, by the side of a gas well drilled eight 
years before. The new well made the largest demonstration of any drilled 
in the vicinity of Tiffin. It flowed two or three times per day, and each 
flow is reported to have produced from 300 to 400 barrels. Once more 
Tiffin had the attention of the driller; work soon began in earnest, and 
before the boom was over about 50 wells had been drilled in the vicinity 
of the Van Natta. A goodly number of these were dry, but about 20 of 
the producers were still yielding oil in July, 1902. An effort was made to 
extend the territory to the southeast, and while oil was found in nearly 
every well, the quantity was not such as to warrant operation. 
Since 1900 the territory has been quiet, only an occasional well having 
been drilled. 
Jackson Township.—This contains a larger area of oil territory than 
any other township in the county, comprising sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 
parts of I, 2, 6, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 and 18. The territory is an. extension 
of that in Sandusky county on the north and Hancock county on the west, 
and its development followed naturally that of the adjacent counties. 
Liberty Township.—This contains no oil territory, but in the north- 
western corner, near Kansas, there is a small reservoir of gas. The first 
well was drilled about 1895 and the flow has been continuous since that 
time. However, the village is connected with several wells just over the 
line in Sandusky county, and these have done half or more towards keep- 
ing up the supply. About 60 fires are supplied, the rate being $3.00 each 
in winter and $1.50 in summer. The gas is found at about 35 feet in the 
rock, and at a depth of about 50 feet work ceases. 
Wells Drilled.—The wells drilled in this county from 1896 to 1899 
have been as follows: 
Year. Prceducing. Dry. Total. 
Ie AD)E E SWeote chr ACR grt are San Cee SaaS SO enor ee 228 10 238 
doh (ies oid sich eR CRA RO 47 6 53 
USS 6 6 60 megty aeceahelsvexe Gustoausieters te. ciecs: 5 66 ib 67 
ASO OReeeriinets  aptace ita vcthoe Mohr a a cranes eyes 53 Z bd 
OLAS etd. Sea Gi ces Beli Sipe ll o% 394 19 413 
This shows that 95 per cent. of the wells drilled were producers. 
