92 ANNUAL REPORT 
I of Center township. This is reported on seemingly good authority to 
have had an initial production of 1,200 barrels of oil per day, maintaining 
that rate for several weeks. It gradually decreased to 500 barrels, but 
continued producing at about that rate for some time. At present 
(August, 1902) it is very light. The well was drilled in 1895. Several 
wells in Union township started at from 600 to 800 barrels per day, and a 
large number at 100 or more. The gravity of the oil there is 38 degrees B. 
Other pools in the county made a poorer showing than that in the north- 
east corner. It has been found that the flowing wells were shorter lived 
than those which contained large quantities of salt-water. Taking the ter- 
ritory as a whole it is safe to say that it is long past its prime. Wells are 
being abandoned in comparatively large numbers, and the production 
of the county bids fair to decrease rapidly. 
LUCAS COUNTY. 
Early tests in this county were made for natural gas, and the results 
have already been given in the discussion of that fuel. Oil was found at 
a considerably later date. The territory is small, so that if it had never 
been discovered the production of the Trenton limestone field would 
not have been materially changed. Three townships contain oil; two of 
these lie east of Toledo and one west. A showing of oil can be secured at 
many places outside of the producing territory. 
Monclova Township._The territory here forms a strip extending from 
the Maumee river nearly due north, including parts of sections 32, 33, 28, 
29, 20,17 and 8. In width the strip nowhere exceeds one-half mile. It is 
an extension of the territory in the western part of Wood county. 
Oregon Township.—This contains by far the larger part of the pro- 
ducing terrritory in Lucas county, including the whole or parts of sections 
Dox, GRY, Pils NO, Aas AS), Aik) Bey, BOn Blin On I, Cul B, Sy Gy Oy Wo Gy Wily UA, 
Tey, 1S, TiAl, 
That the county contains oil in paying quantity seems to have been 
demonstrated for the first time about 1891, when a well was drilled on the 
Blodgett farm in section 2. The well was of the flowing type, but the oil 
was mixed with water, making the former of bad quality. Other wells 
were drilled about that time, but without marked success. The real pro- 
duction began with the completion of the Bartley well on section 2 in 
1896. This well, according to Shafer Brothers, the drillers, had an initial 
production of 500 barrels of oil per day. The rock was shot later, but 
without beneficial results. Naturally a production of this type started 
considerable excitement, and greatly stimulated drilling. One year later 
a well was drilled that completely eclipsed the Bartley. This was the 
“Klondyke,” situated in a marshy valley along the border of Irondale. 
The location was made by a forked stick, and when the Trenton had been 
penertated 48 feet there was no show of oil or gas. The rock was then 
