STATE GEOLOGIST. 19 
Barrels. 
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(OXGTHO) DET Aah ag eB OR Se Ce CIE Cy CEOITICTRCLOR CIO AC ee EOC 7,000 
INOWCTTD ET: Garin aie ysis ote eesti roterses ccelcleve: cis sue cvoldverecaueusvatecs 8,300 
TEYEY GENTE OVEN Ere ee Ole ett atc a eos SR RP Gta Are a DSP 9,500 
SEIU Iya OTE) ets ert wees dora cuyelou ues sire asests G8 6 8,500 
VES] OTE ce Geto Ios ure toe CERO) CCE ORC REC er 11,700 
INIATC eee oct tec eroreteves vcr ene Ren etec on emrotece igre staeléis ooo eseng 10,400 
Doubtless, however, many of these wells were outside of Ottawa 
township. By April 1, 1887, there were 283 wells completed in the Lima 
field. 
So impressed was Dr. Orton with the possibilities of the territory 
that he wrote in 1888: “The field has risen in importance until, at the 
present time, it is unquestionably not only the most important oil field that 
Ohio has ever had, but by all odds the most important field, so far as the 
possibilities of production are concerned, yet found on the American con- 
tinent:* 
In 1902 the eastern part of Ottawa township was still producing oil, 
and not improbably good wells might be secured in the heart of Lima. 
Richland Township.—_The producing territory in Hancock county 
enters this township through sections 13 and 24, and continues south- 
west into 23 and 25, the maximum width being about one and one-half 
miles. In the western half of section 23 a small pool was opened in the 
summer of 1902, comprising at that time about 80 acres. In the southwest 
corner of this township a larger pool is found. This includes the terri- 
tory around Beaver Dam, and hence is sometimes called the Beaver 
Dam pool. It includes parts of sections 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34. 
A small outlier is found north of this pool. It seems very probable from 
work done in 1902 that all these pools will soon be connected. 
Work in this township began late in 1885 or early in 1886, the test 
having been made at Beaver Dam. The Trenton was found at 1,309 feet 
and contained both oil and salt-water; but the former was small in quan- 
tity and the well was plugged and abandoned without having been shot. 
It remained in that condition until 1899, when new casing was inserted and 
the well put to pumping. At first it yielded 25 barrels per day, but this 
decreased rapidly and was very small in 1902. Encouraged by this ex- 
periment, other wells were drilled the same year. The first one was located 
within the corporation, and had a reported initial production of 100 barrels 
per day. Since that time work has been active, and, of course, the pro- 
ducing area extended. In 1902 fine wells were being secured in section 
34, two and one-half miles east of Beaver Dam. 
Jackson Township.—The Beaver Dam pool extends south into this 
township, entering the extreme northwest corner and including the whole 
or parts of sections 5, 6, 7, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 30. The length exceeds 
1Geol. Sur. of Ohio, Vol. VI, p. 168. 
