178 ANNUAL REPORT 
Thickness of Total 
formation. depth. 
Feet. Feet. 
Darks Slate sc -cpsiaakemen tne aheeeene ae ee 27 De2o 
Light \slate 2.43 kat een eee 48 2,285 
Darkislates ss cea err ene ee ee 40 2,325 
ieht Slate vac eee Raa ce eee eee 80 2,405 
plate sand: Sandi aceycer ete ce ene rene ial 2,416 
LALOR: Fire ka hoe etree pans vase abe sole een eater 69 2,485 
Slate: [an diisands een 2s Fe NE cima na eeete 10 2,495 
Noy S21 Ke aie eR enna ceN he RR era humanity eet Ne aL) 2,510 
OL STA Ce ee rian 2 AO cents cei ante Una re 55 2,565 
LALO a hke a leks a Sean eT Ce eee 55 2,620 
Slatesands shells2 4 \ntste ss tyhasee ner reer ees 10 2,630 
ALO res aeaue cha sbat sc Range oracle ei iseamea mith peerage 15 2,645 
Black: .slatecc ps cas auntie ier pe eas 95 2,740 
In 1900 several wells were drilled for oil within or near the corpora- 
tion limits. On the George Cisler tract of 20 acres, 8 wells were sunk, 
3 of which were failures. The depths ranged from 430 to 495 feet. On 
the Jacob Gedell farm there were 3 producers and 2 dry holes, and a 6th 
well was being drilled when the territory was visited (July, 1900). Well 
No. I was completed in March, 1goo, and started at 117 barrels. Its de- 
crease was very rapid and on July 30th following, produced only 2 barrels 
per day. The sand in this well was 30 feet thick and the top lay 390 feet 
below the surface. Well No. 4, drilled early in June, 1900, flowed through 
the casing, producing go barrels daily, but like all the wells in this sand 
its decrease was very rapid, and by the close of the next month was yield- 
ing from 3 to 4 barrels only per day. These initial productions are very 
exceptional, the average being a small fraction of them. Wells have been 
drilled on adjacent tracts.owned by Mash, Lawrence, Rathbone and Ellen- 
wood, but the results have been discouraging. The position of this sand is 
reported immediately above the “Big Red,” the latter lying about 90 feet 
above the First Cow Run sand. It is the equivalent of the sand found 
on the Mitchell farm about 2 miles east, and hence is generally known as 
the Mitchell sand. Oijl taken from the Gedell tank showed a gravity of 
43 degrees B. On the Headley farm lying one-half mile northeast of 
the tract just discussed, two small producers have been found at depths 
of 239 and 242 feet. This sand lies nearly 200 feet above the Mitchell, 
and is known as the Goose Run. A number of shallow wells have been 
drilled along Duck creek where it flows through the township, but no 
producers of importance have been found. 
These wells were very short lived. Many were abandoned in the fall 
of 1900 and when the territory was re-visited two years later not a well 
was to be found. 
The Goose Run Pool.—This was developed in 1899-1900, and lay in 
sections II, 12, 17 and 18, immediately north of the Infirmary farm. 
Nearly 50 wells, of which one-half were dry, were drilled in this field. 
