STATE GEOLOGIST. AO 
Lying east of the village and between the two pools previously noted 
are several gas wells having a closed pressure of from 200 to 225 pounds 
per square inch. By far the greater part of the production is piped to 
Alliance, where it is used in the works of the Morgan Engineering Com- 
pany. The gas is derived from the Berea sand. Besides these wells a num- 
ber of dry holes have been drilled, one reaching a depth of 1,400 feet, or 
about 700 feet below the Berea. Neither oil nor gas was found below 
the sand just named. 
West Township.—A dry hole was drilled on the Simms farm at East 
Rochester in the winter of 1900-1901. The Berea grit is reported to have 
been struck at 725 feet, and to be 42 feet thick. 
Hanover Township.—In the spring of 1900 a Berea well was drilled 
two milés east of Hanoverton, but nothing more than a large quantity of 
salt-water was found. About the same time a Berea well was drilled two 
miles southeast of Hanoverton, and made a showing of a heavy oil. This 
was bailed for a short time, but was never pumped. 
Washington Township.—A deep well is reported to have been drilled — 
near Salineville in the fall of 1900. The Berea was found at about 800 
feet, but hope was not abandoned until a depth approximating 3,200 feet 
was reached. 
PERRY COUNTY. 
A large amount of drilling has been done in this county, the objective 
stratum being in nearly every case the Berea grit. Quite recently a deep 
well has been drilled to the Clinton sand near Junction City, and the small 
quantity of oil found was sufficient to encourage another test, which is 
now in progress. A record of the completed well has been given 
in the chapter treating of the Central Ohio Natural Gas Fields. Thus far 
only one field of importance has been discovered in the county, and that is 
reviewed below. 
THE CORNING OIL AND GAS FIELD. 
Location and Area.—This field lies in the three counties, Athens, 
Perry and Morgan. Leaving out of consideration at present a few small 
outlying pools, and starting at the south, the productive territory may be 
said to begin in section 22, Trimble township, Athens county. From this 
point it runs almost due north to the Perry county line. The widest part . 
of this portion of the field does not exceed one-half mile, while the nar- 
rowest portion permits of a single row only of wells. 
It enters Monroe township, Perry county, in section 33, and runs 
almost due north towards Corning, but bends to the northeast about one 
mile south of that place. Here the productive territory attains a max- 
imum width of 3 miles, the greatest in the field. The northeast course is 
continued to the Morgan county line, where it turns due north, skirting 
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