298 ANNUAL REPORT 
The Berea produced considerable gas, but it was soon overwhelmed 
by a flood of salt-water that flowed from the same stratum. Not long 
afterwards another well was drilled at the rolling mill in the northwest 
quarter of the town, but such a heavy flow of salt-water was found in the 
Berea that the well was abandoned. Other deep wells were drilled in or 
near the city years ago, but no specific data concerning them) were secured. 
One thing, however, is certain, none were important producers of either 
oil or gas. In 1898 a Berea well making a show of oil was drilled on the 
land of H. H. Everhart about two miles west of Massillon. In 1900 a 
well was drilled on the land of George Snyder two and one-half miles east 
of Massillon. When the Berea sand was penetrated much salt-water was 
liberated, but there was no oil and but little gas. The well was not shot. 
A number of deep wells have been drilled in Alliance and vicinity.* 
One is reported to have been drilled in the north part of town about 15 
years ago and to have reached a depth of 2,800 feet, but it was dry. In 
1900 a well, located on the Grove farm 5 miles east of Alliance, reached a 
depth of 1,500 feet, and so went far below the Berea, but it too was a failure. 
In the spring of 1900 a well was drilled on the Marchamb lot in Alliance, 
and reached the Berea at 640 feet. The rock was charged with gas, the 
closed pressure being 200 pounds per square inch, and the daily production 
1,500,000 cubic feet. A well located 1,000 feet farther south was soon 
begun, and the rock pressure was similar to the preceding one, but the pro- 
duction was 2,500,000 cubic feet per day. The third well was located on 
the Bates lot lying 3,000 feet southeast of the last well. This produced 
3,500,000 cubic feet per day. The largest well in the field was drilled late 
in the winter of I900 on the Emery Miller lot, by the Morgan Engineering 
Company. It had a closed pressure of 200 pounds per square inch, and is 
reported to have produced at the rate of 5,000,000 cubic feet per day. In 
all about 20 wells have been drilled in this vicinity. These are very short 
lived, ordinarily not exceeding 3 months, and the best not lasting longer 
than 6 months. The great well of the Morgan Engineering Company 
lasted 3 months only. The wells are located along a northeast and south- 
west line. The producing sand in all cases is the Berea. In well No. 4 
of the Transue and Williams Company, the formation was as foliows: 
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The gas is found either in the bed of shale or in the top of the under- 
lying sand. On drilling deeper a reservoir of salt-water is liberated. The 
field has been used very largely by the local manufactories, and in De- 
cember, 1900, a line was laid through the town by the Eureka Oil and Gas 
1Data by Mr. O. F. Transue. 
