Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-21
DEPTH Of NATURAL GAS WELLS.
Theories as to Surface Indications, aud
An Interesting COLLATION. of Facts.

An Interesting COLLATION. of Facts.
Esc}Eggs.
The depth of the natural gas wells, and
more particularly those in the great natu.
raj gas centre OF Western Pennsylvania, Is
an interesting study, and Notwithstanding
the claims OF the experts who profess 10 De
able 10 locate well, the distance to the
dcst. second and third sands, and what
pressure will be obtained, proves beyond
question that it IS simply guess work, aud
ABOUT as uncertain as striking oil or the
capital prize in forgery.
The experiments 80 far, hA7e proven
that the third sand IS the only one that
can be relied on for regular supply OF
gas. In Findlay, Ohio, wells have been
sunk 10 the limestone known 10 geoIogis,s
as the "Fiudlay horizon. and highly
/ oGorous gas struck AZ depth Of 800 ter.
/ Th;s gas ia a much better illumjnart than
. the pas Of the thigd sand, but is not so rich
/ in Marsh gas, which, is the great heating quail.
lVy and most TO be desired. The first and
second sand gases are, like the tlndlay
gss. better illuminants than heaters, but
are not 90 odorous. The third sand gas
is practically iuodorous. This is the gas
developed in Pitts5urg and ytcinity. In
and around FindlaY il was generally sup
posed the drill would have TO be put down
$500 feet. out on Saturday the gas sand
was struck On the Briggs farm at l.i6j
feet. The estimated flow Is 100000 feet
per day. At what depth the "Findlay
horizon will 5e struck in this State has
no, ye, been ascertained, although at
Homewood well is down 5000. tset-72O
feet over mile.
In the great Murraysville district, where
,hree quarters Of the present Pittsburg cup
ply comes from, the third sand is struck
=, a depth of from 800 to 1900 feet, and
in the Csunonsburg Geld, 10 miles from
Nurrsvs7iIle but only 20 miles from this
city. the sasd is struck at from goo to
900 feet. Ire Michigan well that has
been burning since 1879 is situated near
Washington and is $50 feet deep. The
dow of gas from it is as strong otAy as
on the day it was struck elk years ago
he Cauousburg Iron Company well suGk
in 1853 is l,SUO feet deep. Guilty Bros.
vel on the Wilson farm, Little CHARTERS
creek. is $50 feet deep, while the Wilson
Roarer." but a few yards away. IL 100 I. Ct
desper. The Jones i Mclaughlin wells
Tear Twent7 eighth stree, South Side ore
I 500 feet deep.
/ At Tarentum, - miles from the city
the Hite well, on the CrYst farm, IS 2,4Ou
feet deep. This is the deepest well IN t0is
LID es most Of the wells are about l,eOU
fsst down. In 1868 q heavy iiow Of gas
was struck a, l,2GO feet in Nensngo conn
: &c and Immediately little town sprung ny
and received the appropriate name OF Gas
/ CITY. In 1869 gas was ruck on t,e
. Naiis,on farm, tive miles from Itusyil!e
ard il still flowing IN paying quantities
4 2.inch line was laid from this well &c
',y,r,J factories and the gas burned to'
beatiug Purposes. In the neIgn5orho hood Q.
/ E-,rLTn cas- is struck at 200 feet, while
:, Mexican county, near Bradford, the Ma
.r,ral Transit Company drilled NUMBER
nj wel'a 2 400 feet before they made pay
inc strike 1t Northeast, Pa gas wa
.,ruck AZ 100 ieet IL 1870 aud since ma
line has been used in the paper ms'L arc
several rrss dences. On the Volt farm
.Cerrreyil!c. Butler county, in 1850 vel
Ms drilled 700 feet for salt water, but ga'
gas struck aud used under the salt pans
Il, $50 q well was sunk 100 feet ava!
from this well and the drill was put L
/ 3n0 iset before the sand was struck.
In he Baden field, 20 miles northwest
q This CITY along the Ohio river gas va:
s,rrck on the Bryan farm at 90 ieeEanr
., Rochester. miles below, the sand wa
s,rpck AT 500 feet. Twenty miles below
R chester. or ct Smiths Ferry, where oil ls
o-o8Uced 10 paying quantities, numoe'
ptboIss have been put down 2,4OO teet an:
-, cos sand struck. In the Sheffield held
10 miles from Baden, on the opposite siu'
If the Ohio. .2Sj t,et must O7 dri leo q, 0e
lore the sand is struck. The ONO ALL T.;
Cos Ccmp,nr. in Hancock county y"
IN ~ nosi.e East Liverpool Ohio, stracl
he frsr ssri AZ Z GeeS, the second AZ -,
.'.,o,d ibs third At $50 fee. Al "e!is
- Ace niles b .lgg in Ohio. The secoH'
and has been struck at avV sCa' d" ~ ?e
- 30 drill has been put DOM 70 the lG'!'
.ssr4 in that vicinity. which Is suppose"
- , e96 feet below At East hVerPoo
No t5ird saa4 sells have been put Gown cow
4, Va.s;IIon, Ohio, 10 niles from rus
,,,, the second sand has been struck
ifIo- ist with slight dow OF gas, and a
,Lorgb he drill gas put down to 2''G
tsst 6o third sand was foc nd. At Mead
y;I,e pa q we'll has been drilled +,vV
gse, aud no gas. L is proposed 10 put
down 900 feet mora.
In Cleveland the rolling mill eompsu
pu, . drill down 3 400 feet. At q ie,
hundred feet they go: very little gas, ou
not enough TO be Of any use. Al otou
Brook. Western New York, gas has pee
struck in paying quantities az SUI t Hta
Gin C-ayisr street New Orleans, IN 1905
gas vas struck q 70 feet By. some me
DIGGING q we'll : 9.iil L now at wor
and will DC forced down until gas IS stFuc
or unril it is determined that there is Il
..as there. At Tolons, III, the first san
s,rucs ct from 90 to lO2 feet at a!mo'
aDy place within t;r miles Of that tow
At Cyst the pressure was strons and pIaI
we're mate fer piping the gas to adJoip,ln
towns, bat the flow gradually decreased s.
unless a paying second or thTd sand
struck in that locality, the fed will I
worthless. In toe old fed Of hentrCS
the gas is s'ruck st about J.. 400 tea'' d
tits he gas that accompanies the o,i, an
has rot vet been put to any practical u3
vail "a rou bairy drilled for gas Lee