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Company, and families were supplied at the rate of 25 cents per thousand 
cubic feet. By August, 1901, the supply became so small that the demand 
could not be met. 
Paris Township.—Four wells have been drilled in this township, one 
on the land of N. Stonehill and another on land of G. J. Geszner. Each 
made a showing of oil. One of these was drilled in 1897 and the other 
in 1901. In the latter year a well was drilled on the farm of Andrew 
Sponseller located one mile north of Myers. The Berea was found at 745 
feet and had a thickness of 52 feet. It made a faint showing of gas. In 
the spring of 1900 a well was drilled on the Metz farm in section 2, but 
work stopped with a shallow sand, called Big Injun, by the driller. 
Osnaburg Township.—About the year 1899 a well was drilled on the 
Wolf farm near Robertsville. The Berea sand was found at 680 feet, and 
after having been shot with 70 quarts of nitro-glycerine, made a very light 
flow of gas. The well was abandoned. 
Washington Township.—In December, 1900, a well was drilled on the 
Hawkins farm in section 36. The Big Injun was reported at 420 feet, 
and contained much gas, but the well was ruined by salt-water. On the 
Miller farm, joining the Hawkins, a Berea well was drilled. The sand 
was reported at about 800 feet, but was dry. 
Nimishillen Township.—Nearly 10 years ago a well was drilled at 
Lewisville, and reached a depth reported at 825 feet. A small flow of gas 
was found but was soon drowned by salt-water. In the summer of 1901 
' two wells were drilled on land of Henry Bixler in the extreme northwest 
corner of the township. The Berea sand having a thickness of 30 feet, 
was found at 660 feet. Each well produced gas, one having a closed 
pressure of 210 pounds and the other of 175. 
Marlborough Township.—In the southwest corner of this township a 
few wells have been drilled. The territory is continuous to the Bixler 
property just mentioned. The Berea sand is about 30 feet thick, and the 
rock pressure 210 pounds. All the wells in this field were drilled by the 
Diamond Portland Cement Company which uses the fuel in its boilers 
and kilns. The company pays $200.00 per year to the land holder for each 
producing well. 
MAHONING COUNTY. 
Drilling in this county, while abundant to show the barrenness of the 
Berea grit and the underlying Ohio shales, has nevertheless been much 
less extensive than in the counties farther south. About 1866 or 1867 a 
well was drilled at Brier Hill, and reached a depth approximating 500 
feet. Gas and oil were found at a reported depth of 420 feet, but not in 
paying quantities. The prominence of the iron industry at the county seat 
and the value of gas as a fuel in this business secured a more thorough 
test, and in 1875 a well was drilled to a depth of 2,480 feet at the Valley 
