. Report of progress 1874-1889, A-Z .. . 52 V. EEPOET OF PEOGEESS. H. M. CHANCE. On the McCandless Farm, near the Butler and Sunburyroad, in the northern part of the township, a well wasdrilled for oil about four or five years ago. No informationno oil was obtained. The well mouth is about ten feetcould be gathered concerning it, further than the fact thatabove water level, and is near the base of the FreeportSands tone. The limestone therefore should have been foundat from 100 to 150 feet and the Butler Third sand at1300 to 1350 feet. In the hill above the McCandless well, the rocks shownin F
. Report of progress 1874-1889, A-Z .. . 52 V. EEPOET OF PEOGEESS. H. M. CHANCE. On the McCandless Farm, near the Butler and Sunburyroad, in the northern part of the township, a well wasdrilled for oil about four or five years ago. No informationno oil was obtained. The well mouth is about ten feetcould be gathered concerning it, further than the fact thatabove water level, and is near the base of the FreeportSands tone. The limestone therefore should have been foundat from 100 to 150 feet and the Butler Third sand at1300 to 1350 feet. In the hill above the McCandless well, the rocks shownin Fig. 25, were measured : McCandless farm section. Coal blossom, .... thin. Concealed, . . ? 20 Hard massive Sandstone, 15 Shale, 30 Hard massive Sandstone, .... 30 Well mouth, — Sandstone to water level, 10 ~]~Waler level,/ The coal blossom observed near the hill-top may be theFreeport Upper bed, but in the absence of any auxiliaryproof, its identification is extremely Oakland.§40. OaJcland Tovmsliip. This township lies east of Centre and north of Summittownships. It is quite poorly supplied with coal, as theUpper Freeport sub-group, from which we should expecta good supply, has a very poor developement within itslimits. It is also unfortunate in being—so far as is known atpresent—barren of any oil producing territory. The FourthSand oil belt just reaches its northern line, but does notcross over into the township, and the Millerstown and Third Sand Belt just skirts its eastern boundary line. Many wells have been drilled in this, township south andsouthwest from Greece City in search of a prolongation OAKLAND TOWNSHIP. V. 53 southward of the Fourth Sand Cross Belt, but these haveall resulted unsuccessfully. In some places an excellentsand of good thickness is reported to have been found, butno oil in paying quantities has ever been been obtainedfrom it. The section shown in Figure 26 was compiled partly fromexposures on Kearns Branch sou
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