STATE GEOLOGIST. 245 
The pool was opened in the fall of 1889, the first well having been 
drilled on the farm of James Blackburn. The Berea was found at a depth 
approximating 1,000 feet, and a 30-barrel well was secured. This is still 
producing, but not more than one barrel per day. Drilling has been in 
progress irregularly since that time, and by August, 1901, forty-five wells, 
of which seven only were dry, had been completed. The wells were small, 
the greater number starting at from 8 to to barrels. ‘The pressure of gas 
has been light, so that many wells have had to be pumped from the start. 
Considerable salt-water is found, but the field is quite spotted in this 
RESPEC. 
The following record of McKeown well No. 2, on the Morrow farm, 
shows the stratigraphical succession: 
Thiekness of Total 
formation. depth. 
Feet. Feet. 
WOMMUCHOT eee ra cree oe se a otereuene alaieie tetas 20 20 
SIAL ene ran nN ene ES Aim LOMA RTT a 20 40 
ILMESTONG Erne) THI, 65 86650800006006060000 20 60 
RESTS YC car RA a A A aM a NC eR 14 74 
SHEEN GCS) NPN 50 St atin le a ev Rte Sot RR Ne OM ERR 101 175 
NS UTD C Re Ae Oe pte rave ee NTS Dercinn Au atten oN aan a aria med re 25 200 
Slatemraeer a eiccanra ante cmraterinnets srt eet tests ie 150 350 
SELINA awersa neers arate crets crtodiet na eet a whale aerate Ye a ale 40 390 
OUEST OES beh anon ea aU ohana TMU TSI ON RE 180 570 
UTIL eae seot eek tay opeucton titel temo nee cree wens My itrik. Sear eiale’ ¢ 70 640 
SIDS oodccoosooodonoovenobcDodnMooouDDogo BR) 735 
ESFAURICG NTU A SUL Yen oh APATITE Ca 5 1B 867 
UCB mepenecn dalam pnuele sie einer rear cre poratioteceiar eae ak ehais 295 1,162 
SOV SRU IySUSI ECW Rens Baal Ran Mc Bt OE a Ore ant PO 10 1,172 
BACKSTAGE RG ee hee noo ob ahueiow ie ake . 40 eele2ile2, 
TEX RAISON LODE Bln BRO CEC] RS TIERCE POO 29 1,241 
The sand struck at 570 feet is the Salt sand, and that passed through 
at 867 marks the base of the Big Injun. While the wells in the pool have 
all been small they are nevertheless valuable, since they are long-lived. 
As late as August I, 1901, two wells only had been abandoned. 
THE TORONTO GAS FIELD. 
This lies near the village of Toronto, in the northeast corner of Isiand 
Creek township, and is restricted almost wholly to section 36. 
The wells, 12 in number, are reported to have been drilled in the 
years 1891-2) Of these 3 were failures, and of the others 6 were still pro- 
ducing in 1901. The closed pressure was originally 325 pounds per square 
inch. A feature of the field is the absence of salt-water, the wells not 
requiring packing. Originally the wells were owned by the Toronto Oil 
and Gas Company, but they have passed into the control of the Tri-State 
Oil and Gas Company. The gas is piped to Toronto, where a rate of 22% 
cents net per thousand cubic feet is charged. 
