300 ANNUAL REPORT 
Mill, Youngstown. The Berea grit was passed through at 200 feet, and 
from that depth to the bottom of the well the work was in shales and even 
then the base of the formation was not reached.1. At Hazelton a few miles 
southeast of Youngstown, a well was drilled in 1886. In this gas was 
found in both the Berea sand and shales above, but the well was ruined 
by salt-water. The Berea grit attained a thickness of 160 feet in this weil, 
a figure much in excess of other measurements in that part of the state. 
In the same year a well was drilled on the Reywight farm, 3 miles south- 
west of Youngstown. The Berea sand was found at 435 and had a thick- 
ness of 50 feet. Work did not cease until a depth of 2,075 feet was reached, 
but this did not find the base of the shales. Neither oil nor gas in com- 
mercial quantities was found. 
In the summer of 1900 a well was drilled on the Creed farm a mile 
or less west of the corporate limits. The Berea was reported to have been 
found at a depth of 200 feet, and to have made a show of oil. Not until 300 
feet of the shales underlying the Berea were passed through did work cease. 
In the same year a well having a depth of 600 feet was drilled near the 
village of Canfield, but made a show only of oil. In 1893 a well having 
a reported depth of 1,800 feet was drilled at Lowellsville, near the Pennsyl- 
vania line, but it produced neither oil nor gas. About the year 1894 several 
Berea wells, having a depth approximating 400 feet, were drilled near 
West Austintown, and yielded a small quantity of heavy oil which was 
bailed from the well for a short time. 
TRUMBULL COUNTY. 
This county ranks as one of the pioneer producers of oil in this 
country. In the spring of 1860 a well having a depth of about 60 feet 
was drilled at West Mecca. Oil was secured at 45 feet, and the production 
being considerable and the market small, a large supply soon accumulated. 
In the same spring two wells were drilled one mile south of the hamlet 
named; one, located on land of James Cowdery, is said to have proauced 
40 barrels per day, and to have been long lived though the production was 
at a diminishing rate. The second well was drilled on an adjoining farm 
and this too was a good producer. In both the pay-rock was found at 
about 50 feet. Another well was drilled in the same year on the Cowdery 
farm referred to above, but this one is reported to have been smaller, pro- 
ducing from 10 to 12 barrels per day. Besides, this well was short lived, 
having been abandoned about 1862. The wells on the Cowdery and ad- 
jacent farms were located because of so-called surface indications, con- 
sisting of a thin scum of oil on pools of water and occasionally on brooks. 
The success of these wells attracted attention outside of the com- 
munity and soon oil men in large numbers were drilling in the field. The 
production increased rapidly, and soon became a drug on the market. One 
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