Ohio, Brooke and Hancock counties . pply of fuel to the farmers of thearea and to the town of Chester. This field was opened about1904. The depth to the Berea sand at Chester is 528 feet. Mr. Ed. Stewart, who has drilled many of the wells in thisnorthern area has furnished the following records. H. B. Moore Well No. 2, Mercer Run. Located up Mercer run three-quarters mile. Gas well with 245 pounds rock pressure. Thickness. Depth. Feet. Feet. Clay 5 Sandstone 30 35 Slate 65 100 Sandstone 50 150 Slate and lime 160 310 Salt sand 40 354 Slate 130 484 Big Injun sand 40 524 Slate and blue rock 250 7
Ohio, Brooke and Hancock counties . pply of fuel to the farmers of thearea and to the town of Chester. This field was opened about1904. The depth to the Berea sand at Chester is 528 feet. Mr. Ed. Stewart, who has drilled many of the wells in thisnorthern area has furnished the following records. H. B. Moore Well No. 2, Mercer Run. Located up Mercer run three-quarters mile. Gas well with 245 pounds rock pressure. Thickness. Depth. Feet. Feet. Clay 5 Sandstone 30 35 Slate 65 100 Sandstone 50 150 Slate and lime 160 310 Salt sand 40 354 Slate 130 484 Big Injun sand 40 524 Slate and blue rock 250 774 Black slate 43 817 Berea sand 13 830 The Bennett well is located near the Moore well and had anoriginal rock pressure of 325 pounds. Its pressure at the presenttime is 201 pounds. Bennett Well, Mercer Ran. Thickness. Depth. Feet. Feet. Clay and loose rock 10 Slate , 90 100 Sandstone 135 235 Slate and lime 180 415 Salt sand 40 455 Slate 130 585 Big Injun sand 40 625 Slate and blue rock 260 885 Black slate 41 926 Berea sand 16 942. WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 273 The Stewart Brothers of Chester drilled a well three-fourthsmile east of mouth of Mercer run and a half mile north of Northfork of Tomlinson run, on the Ed. Murray farm. This wellwas completed September 12, 1906, and Mr. Ed. Stewart kindlykept a record of the well for this report. The well gave a gaspressure of 26 pounds through the two-inch tubing. Ed. Murray Well ATo. 1, North Fork Tomlinson Run. Thickness. Total Depth. Feet. Feet. Clay 10 Slate 25 35 Sandstone 25 60 Slate 12 72 Coal, Mahoning 3 75 Slate 60 135 Sandstone , 45 180 Coal, Lower Freeport 4 184 Fireclay. 6 190 Slate, limestone, shells 40 230 Slate 95 325 Salt sand 105 430 Black slate 105 535 Big Injun sand 40 575 Slate and lime 2G0 835 Black slate 43 878 Berea sand 19 897 The derrick floor at this well is 1,040 feet above mean tideand is 60 feet by barometer above an old abandoned coal minecorrelated with the Mahoning coal. The coal at 75 feet would
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