180 ANNUAL REPORT 
well on this farm started at 125 barrels. The sand, which is from 15 to 
20 feet in thickness, is the First Cow Run, and lies about 650 feet below 
the surface. Near the river little salt-water is found, but farther back it 
causes considerable trouble. 
On the old Buel farm 12 wells have been drilled, 2 of which were 
failures. The 7 oil wells are in the First Cow Run sand, but the gas well 
extends to a depth of 1,100 feet. Only 4 of these wells were producing 
in August, 1900. 
The Sand Hill Pool,—This lies on the opposite side of the Little 
Muskingum river from the Mitchell and Hendershot pools. ‘The central 
part of the territory is in sections 3 and 9, but a narrow strip runs south 
to within a half mile of the Ohio river, and another east into sections 33, 
27 and 22 of Newport township. Thus, in a general way, the productive 
area is triangular in shape, and as will be shown later each side of the 
triangle lies in a different sand. 
The first well in this pool was drilled in August, 1895, on the farm of 
John Riley in section 3. It started at 80 barrels, and at once drilling 
began in earnest. By August, 1900, about 75 wells had been drilled 
within a radius of one mile from the Riley farm. The wells in the strip 
running south from the center of the field are nearly all in the Mitchell 
sand, but occasionally one is found deeper. Thus on the West farm, one- 
half mile east from the mouth of the Little Muskingum, a gas well was 
struck at a depth approximating 1,100 feet. Ten weeks after drilling it 
is reported to have had a closed pressure of 450 pounds, and a flow of 
1,000,000 cubic feet per day. The Mitchell sand is found on this farm at 
a depth ranging from 500 to 560 feet. The sand is fine, and is shot with 
from 40 to 80 quarts of nitroglycerine. The wells are small and have a 
settled production of about 2 barrels each per day. 
On the Anna Alcock farm (now the Perkins) a well was drilled 
several years ago to a depth of 1,105 feet. In the top of the sand, struck 
at 1,042 feet, much gas was found. At 1,070 a break of 5 feet was struck, 
below which 30 feet of sand were found. After shooting the lower stratum 
with 100 quarts of nitroglycerine, a strong flow of oil, amounting to 100 
barrels per day, was secured. This sand is regarded by the driller as the 
Second Cow Run, and its position appears to be about correct for that 
formation. On the Thorniley farm, lying just east of the Alcock, a 20 
inch seam of coal was found 65 feet below the surface, and 466 feet 
deeper the Mitchell sand was struck. | 
The wells in the narrow strip running east from the centre of the 
field are nearly all in the First Cow Run sand. On the John Riley tract 
this sand‘is struck at depths ranging from 575 to 625 feet, depending on 
the surface altitude. This shows a rise eastward since on the lower land 
of the Hendershot farm, lying one and one-half miles west the sand is 
struck at about 645 feet. The rise between these two farms must be at 
