STATE GEOLOGIST. 231 
The producing sand here as elsewhere in the county is the Berea. 
The formation is similar to that in the Bricker pool, so what has been 
said concerning the sand of that place applies equally well here. The fol- 
lowing skeleton record of Norman well No. 1 shows the relative positions 
of the principal formations: 
Feet 
PGES DUR Se COMA reece ie svc smetus ree ce aie ts nice elaine fescue 12 
CODER Rt arctetartete ots Ronis stere eval oie! Glovsle leliselas, Oe dualala gue leue 592 
(COR PN Gigs Boles 8 nay Geel oe Gi ia ore Gis Okt nO Ot eect re Care nny Penne 672 
COM alleere ee aye aot ene wa E aioe oleae ee tse ede icliep sae ai ere his ot 825 
Bice nasanrd Sal lerrinnncete sie. metas Kuk oleae ale ahead aye eye 970 
BO GEO Mle Oles aI Cleater met ecee et usr etiam eter nas roe tierg ails: oielen ane! = 1,050 
ALGO) Ole ISIS, (CMe Git WAS CUMNEIP)) oo coco boaobddabKe 1,487 
IPR TER IBYEIRSES 6a oo 600 6 FPN RS AGAR oS Dee ane Sang eS «Soy 1,501 
SOPCOMEO leaewiellll pe peratie emia Any Sha latesoeraidexels hls 203 sucliss Mayaksite~s Sy) By 
The seam of coal lying about 580 feet below the Pittsburg is re- 
ported by the drillers everywhere in the Snyder and Bricker pools. The 
thickness assigned to it varies from 6 to 11 feet, but these figures must be 
taken with much allowance. Black shales, impure coals, and good coal are 
likely to be confused by the driller, and hence his figures are usually too 
high. It seems very probable, however, that a good seam of marketable 
coal lies at this horizon. This may contribute more to the future wealth 
and comfort of the county than the Pittsburg seam does at the present 
time. 
The largest well secured thus far (July, 1901,) had an initial produc- 
tion of 30 barrels per day. The oil is similar to that of the Bricker pool, 
and hence commands the Pennsylvania. price. The productive terriory 
forms a part of that reported favorable by Dr. Orton. 
Outside of the pools alredy considered, a number of wells have been 
drilled to the Berea in Green township. On the Croskey farm near Union- 
vale in section 17 a well made a small showing of oil; on the Black farm 
near the center of section 18 a dry hole was drilled; on the Houser farm 
in the southeast quarter of section 14 a dry hole was drilled. This is about 
one mile east of the Snyder pool; on the Copeland farm near the middle of 
section 15 a dry hole was drilled; on the Howell farm in the southwest 
quarter of section 16 a dry hole was drilled; in the northeast quarter of 
section 21 three dry holes have been drilled on the Copeland farm, and a 
small oil well in the northwest quarter of the same section on the Hanna 
farm; also a dry hole in the southwest quarter of the same section on the 
Copeland tract ; in the southern half of section 22 two dry holes have been 
drilled, one on the Croskey and the other on the Clifford land; a small 
showing of oil in a well on the McGavvan tract in the north half of section 
20; a small well on the Hanna land in the northeast quarter of section 27. 
This list of failures does not include those which may be regarded as mark- 
