270 ANNUAL REPORT 
by the Buckeye Pipe Line Company, connecting this field with the B. & O. 
railroad just east of Athens. From that point the oil is hauled in tank cars 
to Parkersburg, the charge being 15 cents per barrel. In September, 1902, 
the 4 wells in this field were making all told about Io barrels per day. 
The bottom of the Berea sand is charged with brine, and so the drill 
is not driven through it. Usually the sand is penetrated to a depth of 
from 15 to 18 feet. Thus far the show of oil in the field has been simply 
enough to make certain further explorations, and in the autumn of 1899 
the Athens Oil and Gas Company was formed to devin this territory, of 
which it had 700 acres leased. 
Several wells have been drilled within the past few years on the Chil- 
dren’s Home farm, just outside of the Athens corporation, and on lots 
within the city limits. In January, 1897, a well was drilled on the Home 
farm, about 300 feet north of the Hocking river. The Berea was found at 
1,135 feet, and contained water charged with sait. When the 
Berea was penetrated a show of oil and gas was found, and this was mater- 
ially increased by shooting the well with 40 quarts of nitro-glycerine. The 
well was pumped about 30 days, after which it was tubed when it began: 
flowing. The yield of oil was about 2 barrels, and of gas about 75,000 
cubic feet per day. It is claimed that the yield of these products at the 
present time is similar to that at the beginning. Another well was drilled 
on the Home farm in June, 1897, and practically duplicates the one pre- 
viously reported. 
Two wells were drilled near Mills street in Athens in the summer of 
1898. Both produced oil and gas, but the latter was not sufficiently strong 
to force the oil to the surface and so the well had to be pumped. The two 
conjointly produced one barrel of oil per day. The gas is turned into the 
city mains. 
In the summer of 1898 a well was drilled on the Grovernor farm just 
north of the Home, but the Berea sand was wanting and the well conse- 
quently dry. 
Two wells have been drilled on the grounds of the Athens Brick Com- 
pany. The first, which was finished in April, 1898, struck the pay-rock at 
a depth of 1,144 feet. It produced no oil, but yielded sufficient gas to sup- 
ply a dozen residences. The second well, finished in August, 1898, dupli- 
cated the first one, except that it was even smaller. Because of the fear of 
salt-water the first well was never shot, but the second one was shot with 
35 quarts. 
Waterloo Township._With the exception of Athens and Trimble more 
deep wells have been drilled in Waterloo township than in any other one 
in Athens county. 
The stratigraphical relations are shown by the following record of a 
well located one mile northwest of Marshfield. Mr. W. R. O’Neill, well 
contractor, has kindly furnished the Survey with the data. 
