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Feet. Feet. 
Salt sand, white, soft and hard........ 166 971 
Silatewewihtitewy Softee wees eae: staves acces 3 974 
ILipen(s}, Ayo, s0a(exebNb baste ss yncio od oid olGaous 24 998 
STatemewhites VSOneey Sede ee eae ee 20 1,018 
IB) LEO OU DD SMOG acs b8 GOO. OO eC 232 1,250 
Slater blacks OL ter naccencrerensiate cavers: seenoceys 3 1,253 
Sane Save at mrp ran vlan a cians. Susie 43 1,296 
Slate-ablwerisSOLuwieuie scotia Oe ees 6 1,302 
IMEC DLOWMA MARGE ia wen hare sree clone a ele 8 1,310 
Slate and shells, blue, soft and hard.... 80 1,390 
Slatenablwess sSobUt rcs ie ctceselsecuotensns seics 75 1,465 
IE Tb eae Nace hiC INE WO ka gescne Geto elon nace ie ara 15 1,480 
Slater Dla CkaesOntrcs ne, creme cre cr etonee 44 1,524 
Wine pebDlaAcker Warder isrs step ces ce centavos 9 1,533 
Slateseblacksasottan te. cenrsh resis iscuya tere 1b2, 1,545 
IIE We Tay roland) cous stoke shoreies Yors shavers 25 1,570 
Slatesnblackemsofhtuecwssater er ners epreee ttyD 1,622 
BCRCORSONGIONUCE ernst et es 9 ARGS 
The following is a skeleton record of a well drilled on the Legler farm 
near Temperanceville in the early summer of 1g01. Data furnished by the 
Sun Oil Company : 
Depth. Thickness. 
Feet. Feet. 
OD eOlas aliteesan dena tees seaneatn access peters 840 40 
LoOpROlLwMeenerwSan dice Uileracies chase 1,000 30 
“NGO Gr IBS IGM hn, SEV BIS, coo goo aoou sc 1,060 25 
NODRObeB Cream oritet alas oes cies ois ome rsa. 1,600 12 
SWaleS: eaiiis. pea mic teces rcs ay PLE bah e ae eels come ahe e 588 
rota leedepthe oteswelle serteccecras tess oor ets 2,200 
It was hoped that by drilling below the Berea grit one of the deeper 
sands found in a neighboring state might be struck, but the effort, like all 
others in Ohio having that object in view, was a failure. 
The Pittsburg coal in this vicinity has a thickness of 4 feet. Drillers 
report a six-foot seam about 400 feet lower. This is probably the Upper 
Freeport coal. No well record was available, however, showing the rela- 
tive positions of the two seams, and the figure just given may not be even 
approximately correct. 
THE COLERAIN OIL FIELD. 
This lies in and adjacent to the village of Colerain in the township of 
the same name, situated in the northeast corner of Belmont county. The 
productive territory is less than one mile in length, and about one-fourth of 
that in width. It includes a small part of sections 7, 8, 13 and 14. 
The first well was drilled in 1894 on land of John Starbuck in section. 
7. ‘The Berea sand is reported to have been struck at 1,872 feet. The well 
began producing 30 barrels of oil per day, and was not abandoned until 
1899. It produced much gas and flowed for some time. The second well 
was drilled on the Sharkey farm, and had an initial production of 125 
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