STATE GEOLOGIST. 199 
tersville field is ascribed by Prof. White to the flatness of the anticline, 
the relief not being sufficient to permit the separation of the substances. 
The top of the anticline is near the villlage Cochransville, on the western 
edge of the field, and the sand there lies 60 feet higher than it does along 
the eastern edge of the field. The sand rises to the northwest, lying more 
than 100 feet higher at the “Iron Bridge’ than it does opposite Sisters- 
ville, a condition that readily explains the decrease in the salt-water in 
that part of the territory. Since the summit of the arch lies near the west- 
ern side of the pool, it follows that the producing territory lies chiefly 
on the eastern slope, a condition that prevails in nearly every pool in east- 
ern Ohio in which the nature of the anticline has been determined. 
Outside of the producing territory, many wells have been.drilled with 
the hope of extending the field. The results have been as follows: 
Bznton Township,-Three dry holes in the southeastern quarter of 
section 14 on the John C. Allen farm; one dry hole in the northeast quarter 
of the same section on the Arch. States land, and one well making a show 
of oil on the Rosanna Cline land, adjoining the States. One dry hole in 
the northeast quarter of section 26 on the S. H. Cline farm, and one dry 
hole near the south line of the same section on the H. A. Williamson land. 
One dry hole in the northeast quarter of section 32 on the Sarah J. Mc- 
Hugh farm, and one in the southeast quarter of the same section on the 
Marshall Cline place. One dry hole on the H. A. Williamson farm in 
the northeast quarter of section 25, also a dry hole on a sinall lot near the 
middle of this section. A dry hole on the Cyrus McHugh farm in the 
northwest quarter of section 19. One dry hole in the northwest corner 
of section 13 on the Cyrus McHugh land. A dry hole near the south line 
of section 7 on the Hugh Dines farm. A dry hole on the southwest corner 
of section 12 on the William Busche place. One dry hole near the south 
line of section 18 on the T. Stacy land. A dry hole in the southwest quar- 
iciworesection 2oron tue! | ©. volt, farm. A dry hole in the southwest 
quarter of section 36 on the Sarah A. Knowlton land. A dry hole on the 
J. W. Lisk farm in the northwest quarter of section 35. A dry hole on 
the James Swallow land in the southeast quarter of section 29. A gas well 
on the Joseph Algeo farm in the northwest quarter of section 23. Two gas 
wells on the J. W. Hensel land in the southern half of section 17. 
Jackson Township,—Nearly the whole of this township is occupied by 
producing territory, and the northern boundary is marked by a series of 
very small wells rather than by dry holes. On the Joseph Witten farm, 
near the middle of section 13, a dry hole has been drilled, also one on the 
William Bowen farm, on the river bank near the eastern margin of the 
township. One on the Thomas Hissom farm in the southeast quarter of 
section 26. One on the Hubbard land near the middle of section 20. One 
on the James Mishnack land in the southwest corner of section 14. One 
on the V. Voegler farm near the middle of section 33. The narrow strip 
