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day, but the next well began producing 27 barrels, and is the largest pro- 
ducer in the field. Nearly all of the 17 oil wells were drilled in 1806. 
They lie west of the village, while the gas wells lie to the east. The gas 
wells, four in number, were drilled within the past two years. Their closed 
pressure is reported at 325 pounds per square inch. They are owned by 
the Tri-State Gas and Oil Company, but have not been used as yet. Mr. 
J. J. Crawford, who is well informed concerning the field, reports that the 
oil wells lie on the western slope of an anticline and the gas wells on the 
summit. Both products are derived from the Berea grit, which has a 
thickness of about 50 feet, and is quite constant in character. The sand 
is fairly dry, and but little water is found in the Salt sand. 
A large number of wells has been drilled in other parts of the town- 
ship: A dry hole on the river bank in the northeast corner of the township ; 
three small gas wells in or near the village of Empire; a dry hole on the 
Sapp farm in the southwest corner of section 33; a small gas well on the 
river bank near Calumet P. O.; a dry hole in the village. of Toronto; a 
small gas well on the Gaston farm in the southeast corner of section 31; 
a dry hole on the Wasson farm in the southwest corner of section I; a 
dry hole on the Snyder farm in the southeast corner of section 2; a dry 
hoie on the Fitzpatrick farm in the northeast corner of section 3; two dry 
holes on the Taggart farm in the northeast corner of section 4; two dry 
holes on the western half of section 10, one on the McGhie, and the other 
on the Runyon farm; two oil wells and three dry holes in the northeast 
corner of section 16; a dry hole on the Cooper farm in the northeast cor- 
ner of section 15; 2 dry holes on the southern half of section 14, one on 
the Mills and the other on the Andrews farm; one oil well and 3 dry holes 
in the northwest quarter of section 13; a dry hole on the Swickard farm 
in the southwest corner of section 20; 4 small oil wells and 2 dry holes in 
the eastern half of section 26. It may be taken with almost certainty that 
these wells reached the Berea grit. 
OTHER DEEP WELLS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. 
Brush Creek Township.—A well was drilled on the Hickman farm 
in the northeast quarter of section 2 in the fall of 1900, but was dry. In 
the summer of 1900 a deep well was drilled on the McBane farm in the 
southeast quarter of section 15. It made a show of gas, but no oil. Sev- 
eral years ago a Berea well, which was dry, was drilled on the Dorrance 
farm in the southeast quarter of section 32. More recently a small oil 
well was drilled on the Moore farm in the southwest quarter of section 31. 
Ross Township.—A number of deep wells have been drilled in this 
township, some of them, according to report, many years ago. It is not im- 
probable that the earliest of these went no deeper than the Salt sand. On 
the E. George farm in the southwest corner of section 23 three wells have 
been sunk; of these two were dry, but the third yielded some oil, though 
