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these, 3 were dry, and of the producers one has been abandoned. They 
are in the Big Injun sand, and all are small. The Mountain limestone is 
reported having a thickness of from 80 to 120 feet. 
Other failures in the township are as follows: One on the Collins 
farm, in section 24, and one on an adjoining farm, in section 18; one on 
the Williamson farm, on the south side of section 19; one on the Kraft 
farin, in section 8; one on the Grimes farm, along the west line of section 
14; one on the Pofter farm, in the northeast quarter of section 32; one on 
the Early farm, onthe east line of section 15. A gas well is reported on 
the Algoe farm, in the southeast quarter of section 28. 
OIL WELLS IN LIBERTY TOWNSHIP. 
The Germantown Pool.—Several years ago a gas well was drilled on 
the Miller farm, near the village of Germantown. Encouraged by the 
result, another well was drilled on the farm in 1901, and a small oil well 
was secured. Other wells were drilled, and by 1902 quite a pool had been 
opened. The best producer started at 80 barrels and at the end of the 
first month was producing 40. The top of the sand lies 790 feet below 
the Pittsburg coal, and hence appears to be the equivalent of the Second 
Cow Run. 
Considerable drilling has been done in the vicinity of Fifteen P. O. 
and a small pool secured. 
The oil is derived chiefly from the Maxton sand, which lies imme- 
diately above the “Big lime.” The latter has a thickness in this territory 
ranging from o to 20 feet, and has not been found by the writer farther 
west. Eastward, however, it is reported in every well that is sufficiently 
deep. Occasionally a small production is secured in a shallow sand, re- 
ported to be the First Cow Run. The best producers drilled in 1895, 
started at from 25 to 4o barrels, but are now very small. 
Near the village of Dalzell, in section 22, two dry holes have been 
drilled. One is reported to have reached a depth of more than 1,100 feet, 
and the other 1,840 feet. Quite recently a small well was secured in the 
Big Injun in the northern part of section 1, near the Wingett P. O. gas 
wells. 
WELLS IN SALEM TOWNSHIP. 
This lies south of Aurelius township, and the wells in the northern 
part form a portion of the Macksburg field. The territory is traversed 
from north to south by Duck creek. There are no important pools in the 
township, but considerable drilling has been done. 
Along Pawpaw creek, near Bonn P. O., more than 30 wells have been 
sunk, some of them many years ago. The recent work was begun about 
1896. Only 5 of the wells were producing in August, 1900, and these 
made conjointly from 5 to 7 barrels per day. The sand is shallow, lying 
approximately 450 feet below the Meigs Creek coal. 
