88 ANNUAL REPORT 
Wells Drilled—The well record of Auglaize county for nine years 
was as follows: 
Year. Producers. Dry. Total. 
18 OU co, Jssonaceeltauece TORRE ROSES Re 362 14 376 
Eos Poa Geese IM omnes il aes yi ers Wiis 157 19 176 
USO Sie ere che ee onal teres Uierebstetinen Sueteate 184 30 214 
EB O Beh rs cc aeichctohe Bede ate tsaeioe Pevsleferergne 298 50 348 
I Eo 8 Sec ep ee MPM Aces Spey cee atm Ties Peach ochid ic 414 68 482 
PSO Gs cchis etantwecedtaucrtosere esis oxaiolan hevenets 246 62 308 
ASS (pain erat heat nr a ee Mpa Ramen crs aaah 6 ly 244 59 303 
1 eo Ko ener eRe Me RE Chea rel a he AEs orca ae Ae 195 44 239 
SOO Nee RON Bree ESOT ee rie Reece ee ates SA ae 204 12 276 
MOtals oxic aes Pee ecer eee 2,304 418 2,722 
It is seen from this that 84 per cent. were producers and 16 per cent. 
dry. 
GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY. 
The Niagara limestone forms the surface rock of the southern, north- - 
eastern and northwestern corners; the Lower Helderberg limestone of the 
north central part of the county. The topography is flat or gently rolling, 
except where the moraine is found. This extends from near the Grand 
reservoir northeast past Wapakoneta, and is the most striking topographic 
feature of the county. 
No complete log of a well has been secured; the following is from 
near St. Marys :+ 
Feet 
DIL BRR ERE ER OTE a ne Eat eT a Fane 110 
NTaAeara MES CON C as is ese naraneesw sEe eane ereoe 175 
Niagara, Clinton, Cincinnati (Hudson River) and 
Utica, SHal es cases acct atceo sete ac scey boca horohcaetere rere 877 
Trenton: TMeStome satecnienteccus crete s srcse ie siete retorenerelereie ees 1,162 
At St. Marys the Trenton lies 313 feet below tide; at Minster about 
260 feet, showing a fairly rapid ascent to the south. At Wapakoneta, in 
the central part of the county, the same rock is found at 348 feet below 
tide, and at Cridersville, in the northeastern corner, at about 360 feet. 
Oil is found near the top of the rock only, all efforts thus far to locate 
a deeper pay having failed. The gas is small in quantity and is found 
with the oil. Salt-water causes little trouble. It lies deeper usually than 
the oil, so that the operator does not have to pump the brine, as he does 
when oil and water occupy the same rock. 
A conspicuous feature of the county is a number of deep channels 
cut several hundred feet into the underlying rock. These undoubtedly 
1Geol. Sur. of Ohio, Vol. VI, p. 255. 
