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ereasing machinery. Recently a well was drilled near this one, but the 
Berea made nothing better than a show of oil. 
Center Township.—In 1899 a well was drilled on the Lotz farm. The 
Big Injun sand contained much salt-water, and the Berea made a smell of 
oil. In the same year a well was drilled on the Buck farm, but the Berea 
did not make even a show of oil. 
Union Township.—About the year 1895 a well was drilled on the C. 
I*. Brooks farm in section 6, the depth having been reported at 1,500 feet. 
No oil was found in the Berea, but a small quantity was secured in a shal- - 
low sand. On the J. H. Brooks farm in section 12 a well was drilled to 
the shallow sand just referred to, but nothing better than a small quantity 
of black oil was found. On the T. F. Brooks farm in section 5, a hole 
was drilled to the shallow sand, and a small quantity of dark oil secured. 
This was pumped a short time. In the spring of 1899 a well was drilled 
on the Gantz farm in section 6. The Berea sand was 56 feet thick, and 
after having been shot with 50 quarts of nitro-glycerine produced two bar- 
rels of oil per day. The well was soon abandoned. About the same time 
a Berea well was drilled on the John Fawcet farm. It made a show of 
oil, but was abandoned without having been shot. A well is reported to 
have been drilled to a depth of 2,000 feet on the John Sell farm in section 
Q in search of the Gordon sand, but without success. A large quantity 
of salt-water was secured. In 1900 a Berea well aws drilled on the Kahl 
farm in section 3. The well was shot and made some oil, but was not 
pumped. Notwithstanding this long list of failures a well was being drilled 
on the J. G. Brooks farm in I9go1. 
Lee Township.—In 1899 a Berea well was drilled on the farm of T. 
R. Taylor in section 22. Considerable gas and a show of oil were secured 
in the Big Injun and a show of oil in the Berea also. The well was never 
shot. Other dry wells in the township are as follows: One on the J. and 
G. Nohle farm in section 3; one making a little oil on the McEntire farm 
in section 2; one on the McConnell farm in section 34; one on the B. Noble 
farm in section 26; one on the Allen land in section 28. 
Loudon Township.—On the John Scarlett farm in section 20 a Berea 
well was drilled in 1900. The sand was of good quality and produced some 
oil. In the same year a well was drilled on the R. Gibson farm in section 
32. The sand made the usual show of oil and gas, but the well was 
abandoned without having been shot. In 1901 a well was drilled on the T. 
A. Stenger farm in section 31, and produced considerable gas, but this 
well also was abandoned without having been shot. On the Long farm 
in section 19 four wells have been drilled, one only of which was dry. 
The Berea was found at from 1,100 to 1,200 feet, and was from 30 to 40 
feet in thickness. The producing wells made from three to four barrels 
per day. There is no pipe line in the field, and in 1901 the wells were 
