274 ANNUAL REPORT 
Shepp Oil Co. 
Athens Brick Co. 
Ohio Oil Co. 
Bradley and Co. 
Paova Oil and Gas Co. 
Athens Gas and Oil Co. 
Hocking Oil Co. 
Remembering that one or more Berea wells have been drilled in each 
township with the results as recorded, it seems safe to say that no large 
pools of Berea oil lie within the limits of the county. 
HOCKING COUNTY. 
A large number of wells have been drilled in this county. In 1865 
and 1867 three tests were made to the Berea grit at Logan. The top of the 
wells was at the horizon of the Logan Conglomerate, and the Berea was 
reached at about 600 feet. All yielded a small quantity of heavy oil, and 
from one the production was continued for several years. In 1887 another 
test was made at the county seat, and the result was similar to that obtained 
from the earlier wells.t 
About the time that the early wells were drilled at Logan three tests 
were made of the Berea grit near Bloomingville, Benton township. The 
sand was struck at a depth of about 500 feet, with results similar to those 
in Logan. In 1882 another well was drilled in the same vicinity, the Berea 
again producing a small quantity of both oil and gas. No use was made of 
either, however. In 1896 a company of McArthur citizens drilled a well 
in this township. It was located on the Miller farm in section 33, and 
struck the Berea grit at 526 feet. The sand was penetrated to a depth of 
14 feet without reaching the base. After having been shot the well yielded 
a small quantity of heavy oil of about 26 degrees B. gravity. In 1902 a 
well was drilled on the Honold farm in section 36. The Berea is reported 
to have been found at 728 feet, and to have yielded a small quantity of 
lubricating oil of excellent quality. Both wells contained considerable 
salt-water in the Berea. Doubtless other wells will be drilled to the same 
horizon in this township. | 
Besides the Berea wells one has been sunk to the Clinton. This was 
in the southern part of the county, just north of the small pool in Jackson 
township, Vinton county. The well, however, was dry. Two other at- 
tempts have been made to reach the Clinton in this part of Hocking county, 
but both were unsuccessful. 
The northern part of the county under consideration has been as pro- 
ductive as other parts have been barren. Reference is made to Good Hope, 
1Geol. Sur. of Ohio, Vol. VI., pp. 391-93. 
