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tion 26; two in the northwest corner of section 27; one in the southwest 
and one in the northwest corner of section 29; one near the middle of 
section 33. 
Athens Township.—But three deep wells were reported in this town- 
ship in 1901; in 1895-6 a well making a show of oil was drilled on the Mc- 
Farland land in section 36; a dry hole was drilled later near the middle of 
section II on the Birney land, and one on the southwest corner of section 
18 on the Johnson farm. 
Moorefield Township.—Two deep wells, both of which were failures, 
are reported in this township, one on the Lantz farm in the southwest 
corner of section 24, and one on the Corban land in the northeast corner 
of section 34. 
Nottingham Township.—Two deep wells, both failures, are reported 
in this township; one in the northeast quarter of section 6 on the Milliken 
farm, and one in the southeast corner of section 15 on the Cope tract. 
Freeport Township.—Three tests have been made here, but all have 
been failures. One is in the southeast corner of section 10, another in 
section 18 near the village of Freeport, and the third in the southeast 
quarter of section 30. 
Washington Township.—But two deep wells are reported in this 
township; a dry hole on the House estate in the southwest corner of sec- 
tion 10, and one on the Willison farm in the northwest quarter of sec- 
tion 21. 
JEFFERSON COUNTY. 
The search for oil and gas in this county has been persistent and 
extensive. The discovery of important reservoirs of natural gas in the 
adjacent part of Pennsylvania naturally stimulated the enterprising citi- 
zens of the Ohio Valley to test the rocks in their vicinity. Every town- 
ship has had at least one deep well drilled in it, and in several they may 
be counted by the dozen. Several small reservoirs of oil and gas have 
been found, but the results have not been commensurate with the money 
expended. The surface formations lie almost if not entirely in the Cone- 
maugh formation or Lower Barren and the Monongahela formation or 
the Upper Productive Coal Measures. The topography like that of the 
counties to the south and west, already discussed, is very rough. The 
productive sand is in all cases the Berea, which everywhere underlies the 
county, and which has been proven to be the lowest formation from which 
either oil or gas in commercial quantities can be expected. The principal 
pools or reservoirs are as follows: 
1. The Gould Oil Field. 
The Island Creek Oil Field. 
The Toronto Gas Field. 
The Port Homer Oil Field. 
The Knoxville Oil and Gas Field. 
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