DASA ANNUAL REPORT 
was producing about 500 barrels of oil per month. About one mile north- 
east of this field several gas wells have recently been drilled on the Bane, 
Adams and Stroup farms. In the summer of 1901 no use had been made 
of them, but it was the intention at that time to pipe their production to 
Wellsville. The rock pressure of these wells was reported at 350 pounds. 
The oil and gas in the Wellsville field are derived from the Berea grit, 
which is uniform in character and has a thickness of about 45 feet. This 
formation is quite dry, but there is considerable brine in the Salt sand. 
Deep wells have been drilled in other parts of the township as follows: 
A small well on the Johnson farm two miles north of Wellsville; a dry 
hole on the Kerr farm one-half mile west of the Johnson well; a dry hole 
on the A. R. Smith farm near the middle of the north side of the township ; 
a dry hole on the Wm. McBane farm in the northwest corner of the town- 
ship ; a small well on McQueens run near the lower end of Wellsville; a dry 
hole on the Boyd farm near the middle of the township; a dry hole on the 
Runyan farm near the southeast corner of the township; a dry-hole on the 
Hammond farm about one mile west of Wellsville; a dry hole on the 
James McBane farm in the southwest quarter of the township. 
Madison Township.—At and in the vicinity of Williamsport in this 
township and in corners of the adjacent townships of St. Clair and Elk 
Run a number of deep wells have been drilled within the last 40 years. For 
information concerning this territory the Survey is indebted to Mr. W. 
H. Crawford, who has been in the field during the long period mentioned. 
In 1860 or 1861 Mathers and Hanna, of New Lisbon, drilled a well on the 
W. H. Crawford farm, striking the Berea sand at 550 feet. This yielded a 
little gas but no oil. It is claimed that this well was begun with the old- 
fashioned spring-pole, that the middle portion was drilled with horse- 
power, and that it was finished with steam. At or about the same time 
that this well was being drilled another one was being sunk by water 
power on what is at present known as the Cliff farm. A little later a well, 
located by a “smeller,’’ was drilled on the same tract and gas pressure 
sufficient to blow the tools from the well was secured. ‘The people, how- 
ever, were afraid of the well, and hence it was abandoned. The next 
well was located by an oil “smeller,” the Rev. Patterson, of Darlington, 
Pennsylvania, on the Conkle farm in the northwest corner of St. Clair 
township. The Berea sand, having a thickness of 70 feet, produced a 
heavy oil suitable for lubricating purposes, and it is said that over 1,000 
barrels were hauled away. In 1865 a well was drilled on the James Craw- 
ford farm, in Elk Run township, and a strong flow of gas was found in 
the Berea. This, however, was regarded as worthless and the well was 
abandoned. ‘The same year a well was begun on the Russell farm, in 
Madison township, but at a depth of 420 feet was abandoned. The driller 
declared that there was no use going deeper when the sand was too fine 
to contain water. 
