STATE GEOLOGIST. DA 
Outside of the Cameron field a number of wells have been drillled in 
this township; a dry hole on the Bracy farm in the southeast quarter of 
of section 31; a dry hole on the Vanert farm in the southeast quarter 
of section 26; a dry hole on the Pfalzgraff farm in the southwest quarter 
of section 19; a dry hole on the John Winkler farm in the northeast 
quarter of section 17. 
Salem Township—A number of deep wells have been drilled in this 
township, but thus far neither oil nor gas has been found in marketable 
quantities. The locations of the wells are as follows: One on the Henthorn 
farm in the southeast quarter of section 7; two in the eastern half of sec- 
tion 12, one on the Boughner and the other on the Maurray farm; one on 
the Ward land in the southwest quarter of section 8; one on the Arn land 
in the northwest quarter of section 35; one on the Yost farm in the north- 
west quarter of section 30. It is probable that all these wells reached the 
Big Injun sand. 
Summit Township,—Drilling in this township has been largely con- 
fined to two localities, (1) on the Ludwig and Matz farms in sections 19 
and 25, and (2) on the Wise and adjacent farms about one mile east of 
Lewisville. 
A well on the Matz farm in section 25 was completed December 26, 
1900, and started at 8 barrels; in July following the production was 5 
barrels per day. Early in the spring of 1901 a well was drilled on the 
Ludwig farm, which adjoins the Matz on the east. The production was 
at first about 75 barrels per day, and was 25 barrels in July of the 
same year. The oil is reported to have been derived from a sand in the 
“Big lime.” Besides the 2 producing wells in this locality on July 1, 1901, 
4 wells had been located, and three dry holes drilled, one on the Friday 
farm in the northeast quarter of section 30, and two in the southwest-quar- 
ter of section 19 on the Konig and Black farms. 
The territory east of Lewisville was opened in 1899, the first well 
having been drilled on the Wise farm. This began producing to barrels 
per day, but soon dropped to 2 or 3 barrels and was abandoned in the 
summer of 1900. The same year a well was drilled on the Diehl farm, 
adjoining the Wise, but was dry. The first good well in the field was 
drilled in the spring of 1901 on the Wise farm, and is reported to have 
begun producing from 75 to 100 barrels per day from a sand in the “Big 
lime.” About the same time another well was drilled on the same farm by 
Galey Brothers & Mooney, which started at 100 barrels per day. On July 
3, I901, a well was completed on the Sperry farm which started at 300 bar- 
rels per day, and produced over 9,000 barrels of oil the first month, and 
60,000 the first year. This well has been a remarkable producer. It was 
reported to be yielding 60 barrels per day in August, 1902. Several wells 
were later drilled on the same farm, and all were small producers, starting 
at from 25 to 75 barrels per day. Just before the large well above referred 
