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Feet. 
1D) ah i opie arte in Sea MEAN Le enon IY OM EIN cers Shean heed A tte 244 
CGuyahogavand?Bereasshales saree merit etree einen “173 
LeXSvHeE, (ACME, CANO ONVNDES SEUNG WEIS ooocb5c0000cnsb0G0000 38 
BedtordvandsOhiosshalesseene eee eee 705 
Corniferous and Upper Silurian limestones .......... 895 
Niagara LShalesnh sicgsliee ies eee oes cotons sustenance s eae 90 
Clinton -sreached water caterers co Ah ee ae eae eee 2,125 
Hg M215 bl & SG) Cara mim en PORE nese ARM te iriaeriby ts Sra le years Ad io NaN 18 
Shalevand sands hve) Cea teal: Welt oe eens erent rare 20 
FREE TO CK: 5c 805 oe ree ye STL I G Dy a neocon oe ene age oe aroopsere eee a 50 
Hard San Qoicranieni e Seuseatorsre ee Mie ee ot deat eRe ee aL atone eS MEO 15 
Medina: shalesy att hos Sacre certs ae oe eons edad es 2,215 
Hudson Riversshalestateceier te ae ee eee 2,475 
Well finished probably in Utica shale’............... 3,200 
The shales called Niagara probably form part of the Clinton series. 
This will be made clear by examining the well records in the chapter de- 
voted to the Clinton rock natural gas fields. 
The lower formations were barren, but the Lower Helderberg lime- 
stones contained much salt-water. The only valuable product was gas in 
the Ohio shales.. The rock pressure of this was 185 pounds and the daily 
production 78,000 cubic feet. This fuel was used under the boilers of the 
waterworks. ‘Three or four years later a well was drilled on the farm of 
Samuel Ewalt, one mile west of the city. This is reported to have reached 
a depth exceeding 3,000 feet with results similar to those of the preceding 
one. In 1901 two wells were drilled near the city waterworks with the 
hope of securing fuel for its boilers. The depth reached was about goo 
feet, and a small supply of gas was found. é 
Within the past few years a number of wells have been drilled in the 
valley of the Kokosing in the eastern part of the county. The first of 
these, located on land of E. and A. Rightmire, drilled in 1899, found the 
Berea at 575 feet. This sand made a show of gas, and drilling continued 
about 400 feet deeper in the Bedford and Ohio shales, but these were dry. 
Six wells have been sunk on the Stricker farm in the same neighborhood. 
The Berea was drilled through and produced sufficient oil to warrant 
pumping. This was found unprofitable, however, and in less than a year 
the wells were abandoned. A well or two have also been drilled on the 
Smethe farm in the same locality, with results similar to those on the 
adjacent farms. About 1899 Peter Neff drilled several wells in the 
vicinity of his old lamp-black factory, but these were failures.+ 
In 1900-1 a number of wells were drilled in Union and Butler town- 
ships. Twelve were on the John Hammond farm, three only of which were 
producing in September, 1901. When first drilled these made from 100,- 
000 to 500,000 cubic feet of gas per day, but the decline has been rapid. 
On the Butler, Buffington and Welker farms which are in the same neigh- 
om 
1See page 291. 
