166 ANNUAL REPORT 
594 feet, and gas and oil immediately came to the surface and drove the 
drillers out of the derrick. In that early period few wells about the Run 
had been cased with artesian casing and this was one of the few. The 
well continued to flow for about one year, during which time it had put out 
about $63,000 worth of oil which had to be hauled to market, the school 
board securing one-third of this as royalty. At the end of one year the well 
was pumped and has continued to produce ever since, now nearly thirty 
years. The production ran down for many, but for several years has pro- 
duced the same for each year. Until recently the well has been pumped 
by steam, but during the past year has been fitted up with a gas engine 
which is being run by the gas from the well and plenty to spare. The old 
casing is still doing duty in the well, and the well promises to yield for 
many years to come. Modern oil men claim, some of them, that there is 
no such thing as a crevice well, but there can be no doubt about this one 
being just what the drillers pronounced it in the start, a genuine crevice 
of about one foot opening. The well was never shot and has never re- 
quired cleaning out. 
“There are other wells on the Run that are older than this that are 
producing to-day.’ . | 
According to Judge Chamberlain the well produced three barrels per 
day in 1900. It seems neither to increase nor decrease. The royalty from 
the well goes to the general educational fund of the township, and for years 
more than met expenses, the surplus being loaned. The royalty is a 
graded one depending on the production of the well; at first it was one- 
third, then one-fourth, and at present one-eighth. 
The following companies were operating on Cow Run in 1900: 
Exchange Oil Company 
Bergen Oil Company 
..  . William Reeder 
“© Ward & Campbell 
Gilbert & Davis. 
The Exchange Oil Company owns 501 acres and has long been active 
in the field. It had 28 producing wells which were about equally divided 
between the First and Second Cow Run sands. The wells were very 
small, making about 350 barrels per month. They were pumped every 
other day, and then only 3 hours. - 
The Bergen Oil Company had 10 wells, 4 of which were in the First 
and 6 in the Second sand. These made about 150 barrels per month. It 
is seen from this that the wells are all small. They were pumped for a 
short time each morning and evening. | 
The other companies named were very small producers. William 
Reeder had 5 wells, Gilbert and Davis 5 or 6, and Ward and Campbell 
4, the latter’s making perhaps 75 barrels per month. 
