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quarter of section 35; and one dry hole in the southeast quarter of sec- 
tion 209. 
Scattering Wells in Other Townships,—In Seneca township two deep 
wells have been drilled, a dry hole near the middle of section 5, and a 
gas well in the southwest corner of section 24. In Sunbury township 
more than a dozen deep wells have been drilled in the western half of the 
township. They are located in sections 5, 10, 15, 16, 18, 21, 23 and 24. 
All are dry holes except three in section 24, which make some gas. In Ohio 
township several deep wells have been drilled, a dry hole and a well making 
a show of oil on the Muhlman farm near the north line of section 14, a 
dry hole on the Kesserman farm in the northeast quarter of section 32, a 
well making a showing of oil on the Winkler farm in the southeast quarter 
of section 7, a dry hole on the Fisher farm near the south line of section 
30, and a dry hole in the valley of the Ohio on the Bridgman farm in section 
23. In Lee township a dry hole has been drilled in the northeast corner of 
section 23, and a well producing gas on the Goddard land in the southeast 
corner of section IT. 
BELMONT COUNTY. 
A large amount of drilling for oil and gas has been done in this 
county, but the results have not been commensurate with the labor and 
money expended. No large area in the county remains untested, and 
hence it is unreasonable to expect that extensive tracts of producing ter- 
ritory will be discovered, though small but valuable pools or reservoirs 
may yet be found. The surface rocks belong largely to the Monongahela 
formation or Upper Productive Coal Measures. Of the pools already 
found the following deserve special mention: 
1. Barnesville ; 
i) 
. Temperanceville ; 
3. Colerain. 
THE BARNESVILLE OIL AND GAS FIELD. 
This lies immediately west of the city limits, and extends northeast 
and southwest. It has a length of two miles and a maximum width of one 
mile. 
The first deep well in the vicinity of Barnesville is reported to have 
been drilled early in 1887, the expense having been met by the city which, 
under authority from the Legislature, had bonded itself for $5,000. The 
search appears to have been begun for gas rather than for oil, which was 
desired for the glass factory and for domestic purposes. The well, as 
reported by Dr. Orton, had a depth of 2,700 feet, the Berea having been 
struck at about 1,600. The Berea made a little oil and considerable salt- 
water, and so must be assigned to the long list of failures. This, how- 
ever, did not discourage the citizens, and on March 25, 1887, the Warren 
