STATE GEOLOGIST. 269 
Licking Township.—In 1901 a well was drilled on land of John Nether 
in lot 12. The Berea is said to have been drilled through, but nothing of 
value was secured. 
Salem Township.—In 1899 a well was drilled on land of E. B. Shivers 
two miles east of Adamsville. The Berea grit, 20 feet thick, was found at 
1,176 feet. It made a showing of oil and gas and much salt-water. In the 
same year a well was drilled on the farm of C. A. Geyer near Adamsville. 
The Berea was found at 1,200, and was 28 feet thick. Total depth, 1,255 
feet. The results were similar to those of the preceding well. Both wells 
were shot with 60 quarts of nitro-glycerine. 
ATHENS COUNTY. 
This discussion will include all townships of this county except Trim- 
ble, which forms part of the Corning field, and Ames and Berne, which 
have been discussed in connection with Morgan county. 
Athens Township.—The earliest wells of which report was received 
were drilled along Sugar creek in the northern part of the township, many 
years ago, perhaps about 1865. No positive information was received as 
to the depths of these. One is reported to have produced a small quantity 
of oil. 
Of the recent wells drilled in this township the first was on the farm of 
J. T. Hope, about one and one-half miles west of Athens, in the fall of 1895. 
The depth of this well was 1,050 feet and the thickness of the Berea 40 feet. 
The well produced considerable gas, but no oil. The middle of the Berea 
was charged with salt-water. No use was made of the gas, and so the cas- 
ing was withdrawn and the well abandoned. : 
In December of the same year a well was drilled in the Stroud’s Run 
field on the C. A. Snow farm, about 3 miles northeast from the court house. 
This point is on a line extending from the oil wells in Trimble township 
to several small gas wells southeast of Athens, and for this reason it was 
thought that the location might be in productive territory. The depth of 
this well was 1,250 feet. It showed some oil and gas, and the production 
was increased by shooting with 40 quarts of nitroglycerine. Another 
well in this field was drilled in April, 1896, 2 miles north of the last one on 
the F..L. Junod farm, and was dry. On May 30, 1896, a well was com- 
pleted on land belonging to George Slaughter, about 1,000 feet west of 
north of the one on the Hope farm. It produced a small amount of gas, 
but no oil. In the fall of 1896 a second well was drilled on the C. A. Snow 
farm, about 500 feet east of south of the first well drilled. Some oil was 
found, but this was driven out by a flood of salt-water, and the well was 
abandoned without having been shot. Two wells were drilled in this field 
in 1900, one of which was producing 12 barrels per day on July Ist, but the 
other one had not been tubed at that time. It is safe to say that the produc- 
tion of this field, which occupies a fraction only of one mile, does not ex- 
ceed 25 barrels per day. Quite recently a two-inch pipe line has been laid 
