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barrels per day. It was shot with 60 quarts of nitro-glycerine, and was not 
abandoned until 1900. The best well in the field was drilled on the Brackin 
farm, and is reported to have flowed 1,000 barrels of oil the first 48 hours, 
-and to have averaged 300 barrels during the first 90 days. In July, 1901, 
the well was producing Io barrels per day. In 1895-6 several dry holes 
were drilled, the result of which was to check exploration. It was soon 
found that the productive territory was very small, and further that the 
wells were short lived. Of the 30 wells drilled 18 were productive, but 
3 only of these were producing in July, 1901. The heavy gas pressure 
gave the wells a geyser like character which did much to make the field 
notoriety. The collapse of the boom was almost as sudden as its rise. 
The operators in the field were: 
Thompson & Gasmire, 
The West Virginia Gas Co. & T. N. Barnsdale. 
The Ohio Oil Company, 
The Barton Oil Company, 
C. D. Hogg & Company. 
The oil was similar to that found at Barnesville and Temperance- 
ville, and commanded the Pennsylvania price. The oil was derived entire- 
ly from the Berea sand, which has a thickness ranging usually from 30 to 
40 feet. It varies considerably in texture, being sometimes fine and hard, 
and at other times coarse and soft. The good wells were found where the 
latter condition prevailed, the fine compact sand being as a rule dry. The 
interval between the Pittsburg coal and the Berea grit is reported to be 
Tesi cel 
OTHER DEEP WELLS IN BELMONT COUNTY. 
Wayne Township,—On the Bucher farm in section 32 a well was 
drilled to the Berea grit in 1900. After having been shot the well made a 
good showing of oil, but was never pumped and was abandoned. In rgo1 
a well was drilled to the Berea grit on the Barnes farm in section 28. The 
results were similar to those in the Bucher well. 
Goshen Township.—On the White farm in section 33 a Berea well was 
drilled a few years ago. It made some gas with considerable salt-water, 
and was abandoned. On the Allen Bailey farm in section 32 a Berea well 
was drilled several years ago. It is reported to have made sufficient gas 
to throw the salt-water over the derrick. The gas was never used and the 
well was abandoned. A deep well has been drilled on the Warrick farm in 
the same section. It made a show of oil and gas in the Big Injun and a 
small show of oil in the Berea. On the Silas Bailey farm in section 31 a 
Berea well was drilled in 1900. The sand was 30 feet thick, but produced 
nothing but salt-water. In the spring of the same year a well was drilled 
to the Keener sand on the McNichols farm in section 32. The well was 
dry. 
