. Transactions . ill ever prove a profitable enterprise in America. THE GEOLOGY OF NATUBAL GAS. BY CHARLES A. ASHBURNER, GEOLOGIST IN CHARGE PENNSYLVANIASURVEY, PHILADELPHIA, PA. The existence of natural gas-springs in Pennsylvania and theadjoining States west of the crest of the Allegheny Mountains wasknown to the earliest settlers. Possibly the first gas obtained froma well was at Fredonia, Chautauqua County, N. Y., where a wellwas sunk on the bank of Canadaway Creek, near the Main Streetbridge, in 1821, and sufficient gas obtained for 30 burners, the innhaving been illuminated by the gas wh
. Transactions . ill ever prove a profitable enterprise in America. THE GEOLOGY OF NATUBAL GAS. BY CHARLES A. ASHBURNER, GEOLOGIST IN CHARGE PENNSYLVANIASURVEY, PHILADELPHIA, PA. The existence of natural gas-springs in Pennsylvania and theadjoining States west of the crest of the Allegheny Mountains wasknown to the earliest settlers. Possibly the first gas obtained froma well was at Fredonia, Chautauqua County, N. Y., where a wellwas sunk on the bank of Canadaway Creek, near the Main Streetbridge, in 1821, and sufficient gas obtained for 30 burners, the innhaving been illuminated by the gas when General Lafayette passedthrough the village about 1824. In 1858 another well was drilled,which supplied 200 burners. A still larger one was drilled to adepth of 1200 feet in 1871. According to Mr. E. J. Crissey, Sec-retary of the Fredonia Natural Gas Light Company, the averagemonthly supply of these wells in 1880 was 110,000 cubic feet. Since 1859, when the drilling of oil-wells in Western Pennsyl- Pennsylvania &J[err York & Scale 25miles to 1 inch. AREAS Of PROOUCINZ TERRITORIES. Allegany District ■ .Bradford District . .Warren & forest Districts\f>nango District . .Butler District . 132635 465 4 84 1 Bearer &Oullying Districts 20 2 Dorelcped OU Pooh Total Sq. AT. Trans, of Am. Inst. IT MIn. Eng. ¥©11. XIIV. As:ni;i:i:.v^i:.
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