188 ANNUAL REPORT 
the township from the northeast to the southwest corners. The valley is 
very deep and hence strata are exposed that otherwise would not be seen. 
On Wingett’s run in the northwest corner of the township Andrews has 
reported both the Meigs Creek and Pomeroy- coal seams, the interval be- 
tween the two being 94 feet. Both have been mined in that locality, but 
they are small and consequently unimportant. At Flint’s Mills, in the 
southeast corner of section 21, the Pomeroy coal was formerly mined for 
local consumption. The seam is on a level with the river valley, and is 
covered with several strata of limestone. ‘There are three pools of oil 
and one reservoir of gas in this township. All lie in the same vicinity, 
and might be considered as one. These are: 
1. Hohman (oil). 
2. Wilson Run (oil). 
3. Flint’s Mills (oil). 
4. Wingett P. O. (gas). 
Hohman Pool,—As developed in 1900, this consisted of an area of 
approximately one square mile, including parts of sections 7, 8, 13, 14. 
The first well is reported to have been drilled in 1896 on the Delong farm, 
in section 7. It yielded a heavy flow of gas, and is now in control of the 
Carter Oil Company, which uses it as fuel in drilling and pumping. Work 
has been actively in progress from that time until the close of 1900. The 
number of producing wells in August of that year was 20. The oil is 
derived chiefly from the “Squaw” sand, the Berea being a small pro- 
ducer. The following generalized section of the sands is interesting: 
Feet. 
MaxtoOT MS ANG: 0 SRG cceseakc eee ee roe Be 10-15 
SBIR TIN Co aiensscndes weeds BREE OO OP Ce eee 40-90 
( Keener sand 10-15 
Big Injun sand Big Injun proper. .100-120 118-170 
( SoMa waesancdiaeere 8-35 
| The “Squaw” sand is separated from the heavy ledge of sand above 
by from 2-15 feet of slate. The wells usually begin at from 25 to 50 bar- 
rels daily, and maintain the initial ratio fairly steady. Thus a well drilled 
on the Cross farm in April, 1900, starting at 30 barrels, was producing 20 
barrels daily the following August. The wells are shot with from 40 to 
120 quarts of nitro-glycerine, the size of the shot depending on the hardness 
and thickness of the sand. The oil from the “Squaw” sand has a gravity 
of 441% deg. B. The Berea is finer and harder than the “Squaw.” Its 
thickness ranges from 7 to 12 feet, but in one well the sand was absent, 
its place being occupied by shales. 
The Wilson Run Pool.—This lies north of the Hohman and includes 
parts of sections 3, 4, 9 and to. Northward it extends into Monroe 
