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drilled, two of which were dry and one produced some gas. The oil well 
was producing about 1 barrel per day when the place was visited. 
The narrow strip running northwest from the farms now discussed 
presents nothing that requires special mention. The wells are all re- 
ported in the First Cow Run sand, and the depths support that statement. 
As a rule the wells are small; the best producer was drilled on the Charles 
Purdue farm near Tunnel station in September, 1894, and began flowing 
500 barrels per day, but in August, 1900, produced only 4 barrels in 24 
hours. ‘The initial production of most wells is insignificant compared 
with this one. As has already been stated this strip is very narrow, and 
when it reaches Turkey Hen creek is not more than 200 feet in cross 
section. 
The little pool on the Potmyer and adjacent farms was opened in 
1892. ‘The first well made a show of oil and gas, but was never pumped 
and has long been abandoned. The First Cow Run sand was reported 
at 645 feet, and made a show of oil; another sand, probably the Dunkard, 
was found between 700 and 800 feet, and a third called the Macksburg-800 
at 1,145 feet. ‘The contract, however, required that the driller should 
reach the Berea, and work did not cease until a depth reported at 2,200 
feet had been attained. The same year a well having a similar depth was 
drilled on the Bohl farm, 2 miles north, but without success. About the 
same time a well was drilled on the H. C. and C. S. Benedict farm along 
Turkey Hen creek. It is reported to have gone to the Berea, and to have 
made a show of gas. In 1893 a well was drilled along the same creek on 
the Porter farm. A small production was secured in the First Cow Run 
sand at a depth of about 650 feet. From here drilling progressed south- 
east toward Tunnel station. No further work was done on the Potmyer 
farm until 1898, when a well starting at 25 barrels was secured in the 
First Cow Run sand. A small number of producers have been found on 
this and adjacent farms, but the wells are all small, the combined produc- 
tion being less than 20 barrels per day in the summer of 1900. 
Geology of the Field.—The surface formations lie quite largely in 
the Dunkard series or Upper Barren Coal Measures, the Washington coal 
according to Prof. I. C. White being found about 50 feet above the valley 
at Moore’s junction.t Outside of the principal valley the topography is 
very rugged, and naturally the depths of the wells vary greatly. The 
surface formations consist chiefly of sandstones and shales, and hence do 
not contain strata of the most value in stratigraphical determinations. 
As has already been said a low arch crosses the river near the junction. 
Its direction northwest has not been traced, but oil and gas are not found 
along this line for more than one mile. The narrow strip which runs 
northwest past Turkey Hen creek also has an arch at its southern terminus, 
1Geol. Sur. of West Va., Vol. I, p. 288. 
