UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
AT LOS ANGELES
Limited
Private Edition
of Five Hundred Copies
Copyright 1919
by W. R. Jillson
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THE OIL AND GAS
RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
A Geological Review of the Past Development and the
Present Status of the Industry in Each of the
One Hundred and Twenty Counties
in the Commonwealth
BY
WILLARD ROUSE JILLSON
Kentucky State Geologist
Illustrated with Photographs
Maps and Diagrams
THE STATE JOURNAL COMPANY
Printer to the Commonwealth
Frankfort, Ky.
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INTRODUCTION
The Oil and Gas Resources of Kentucky will prove
a real contribution to the scientific literature relating to
ERRATA.
Page
The second "s" in the word, "State" in line "State Geologist,"
on title page, should be an "e."
2 Under plate: for "Jesse" read — Yesse.
54 Under plate: for Onandaga read — Onondaga.
55 Line 18: for "accurate y" read— accurately.
55 Line 30: for "Back" read — Black.
85 Line 3: for "Whitley" read— McCreary.
85 Line 25: for "Whitley" read — McCreary.
86 In table: for "Chester and Mauch Chunk" read — "Chester or
Mauch Chunk."
87 Line 16: for "Whitley" read — McCreary.
90 Line 11: for "Green" read — Greenup.
92 Subheading: for "Cretacious" read— Cretaceous.
93 In table: for "Chester and Mauch Chunk" read — Chester or
Mauch Chunk.
114 Under plate: for "Temple Hill Anticline, Barren Co., Ky.," etc.
read — Kentucky's Largest Flush Production Well No. 8, Jake
Molder Lease, Warren Co., Ky.
119 Under plate: for "Pipp" read — Dipp.
128 Under "Clay — No. 26": for "Physmiography" read — Physiography.
153 Line 10: for "Oil pool" read — Gas pool.
University of Kentucky,
August 14, 1919. Lexington, Ky.
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INTRODUCTION
The Oil and Gas Resources of Kentucky will prove
a real contribution to the scientific literature relating to
Kentucky. Professor W. R. Jillson was particularly
well equipped for preparing this work. He came to Ken-
tucky to do consulting geological work from Tulsa, Okla-
homa, the Mid-Continent Oil Field. He was for a year
an active element in the Department of Geology at the
University of Kentucky.
Professor Jillson has done a very great deal of con-
sulting work in oil and gas and has investigated every
field of importance in the State. As a consequence he
lias become familiar with the possibilities of oil and gas
wealth in Kentucky from a practical as well as a geolog-
ical standpoint.
He is a man of unlimited energy. In the production
of this book he has, in my opinion, not only given freely
of his own geologic knowledge concerning the oil and
gas resources of this State, but he has collaborated and
expanded other information of the most valuable char-
acter, rendering it useful at this important period of
Kentucky development.
F. PAUL ANDERSON,
Dean, College of Engineering,
University of Kentucky,
August 14, 1919. Lexington, Ky.
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PKEFACE
For over a century Kentucky has been a producer
of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Since 1890, this State
has been an important producer of these present day
living necessities. However it was not until about 1903r
when the Cannel City pool of Wolfe County was opened
up with gusher production from a few important wells,,
that the eyes of the oil producing world turned earnest-
ly towards this State.
Succeeding development produced nothing startling
in the way of large steady production until 1916, when
the extension of the Irvine pool was proven. In 1917,
the opening of the Ashley pool, and in 1918, the drilling
of the Big Sinking pool, with its tremendous produc-
tion placed Kentucky in the list as one more of the im-
portant states in the Appalachian Oil and Gas Field. Al-
though surpassed in total value of oil and gas production
by West Virginia and Pennsylvania, the new Kentucky
fields have nevertheless attracted nation wide attention ;
tens of thousands of wells have been drilled in the eastern
and southern sections of the State; and the position of
Kentucky as an important oil and gas producer has be-
come thoroughly established.
During the period of the development of the oil and
gas resources of the State of Kentucky, the various
Geological surveys of this State, have contributed many
important investigations and reports. Of these, two re-
ports are of outstanding importance both of which have
been exhausted in edition. These are Edward Orton,
Sr., "Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Asphalt Eock in
Southern Kentucky— 1891," and J. B. Hoeing, "Oil and
Gas Sands of Kentucky — 1905." Altogether about one
hundred and fifteen articles or separate papers have
been written at various times, either specially on or with
reference to the oil and gas in this State. The most
of these have bee1! prepared within the last score of
years. Taken collectively they have been of enormous
benefit to the oil and gas operators, working in this
State.
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The office of geological investigation in any state
is to secure the scientific and practical information re-
specting the state's resources. Such information must
be largely general, rather than specific in order to be
applicable. No state report can ever be expected to cover
the details of particular properties, and in fact, such
is not the intention in preparing any government report.
The material in a state report must only be considered
as a guide, to any particular locality. Accurate and de-
tailed information on any property must necessarily be
compiled by some geologist who has been on the prop-
erty in question. Such a man will be familiar, through
personal experience, with the conditions there present.
The value of any report, large or small, will always be
determined by the measure in which it serves, as a1
guide to the development over the broad section, which
its subject matter covers.
During the past three years oil production in Ken-
tucky has increased by leaps and bounds. From the total
State production of 752,635 barrels in 1916, Kentucky
has risen to what is now estimated, will be, seven million
five hundred thousand (7,5000,000) barrels of crude oil
in 1919. This rapid expansion has brought into this
State, thousands of operators and drillers. The material
wealth of the State has been increased very greatly, the
estimated total value of the oil and gas production for
the present year being in itself about twenty-two mil-
lion of dollars ($22,000,000). New capital in the form
of developmental money has also come into the State, and
it is noteworthy that those sections of Kentucky which are
now producing the most oil, have been raised in standard
from those of comparative poverty and poor living, to
ones of comparative luxury. Within the last few
months the discovery of new extensive deposits of oil
and gas has been made at points far from the limits of
producing territory, and it is entirely possible, if not
probable, that before another year rolls around still
other deposits of comparative value will be found, in
other sections of the State.
In the face of a very widespread demand in this
and other states for reliable and scientific information,
concerning! the oil and gas geology, and the oil and
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gas prospects in all parts of Kentucky, sufficient time
was not allowed for the preparation of a carefully com-
piled and detailed report. The very limited resources in
the way of appropriations given this Department, have
precluded many important field examinations. Much of
the material herewith produced has been taken from
the private consulting geological reports of the author.
Data has also been freely drawn from many valuable
published reports. It may be said that the present re-
port is offered to the public by the Department of Geo-
logy and Forestry, at a time when it is very greatly
needed. Because of the peculiar circumstances attend-
ing, it may be further stated, that this bulletin has been
prepared without any special appropriation or expense
to the State, as the principal work has been done by the
writer, during his term of office, in addition to his reg-
ular work.
In preparing this report, the author has endeavored
to harmonize popular and scientific news. The in-
formation which is demanded must necessarily be of a
scientific nature, yet not too scientific; it must be of an ac-
curate nature in some detail, and yet it must be under-
standable by those that have not been trained in the
science of geology. It has been somewhat difficult to
bring together these two view points, and it must re-
main for the reader to determine in what measure the
effort has been a success. Most every one is interested
in knowing some thing about the occurrence of oil and
gas in nature. It has been the author's special deter-
mination to make the text specific enough for all who read
this bulletin to grasp the outstanding facts concerning
this illusive and incompletely solved problem.
State Geologist of Kentucky.
August 1, 1919.
Frankfort, Kentucky.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Introduction vii
Preface viii
Table of Contents xii
Illustrations xiii
Chapter
I. The Re-born Oil Fields of Kentucky 1
Kentucky, An Oil State One Hundred Years Ago— De-
velopment Since 1900 — The Present Period.
II. Data of Kentucky Oil & Gas Production 18
Production of Petroleum 1883 to 1919 — Production of Eas-
tern Kentucky Petroleum Fields, 1913 to 1919 — Tank Car
Production Allen County Crude, 1915 to 1919 — Crude Oil
Production, Estill-Lee-Powell District — Pipe Line Runs of
Allen County Crude, 1918 to 1919 — Summary Figures of
Production — Value of Petroleum, 1904 to 1919 — Baume
Density of Kentucky Crude Petroleum — Distillation
Records Kentucky Crude Oil — Kentucky Natural Gas —
Central Kentucky Natural Gas Pipe Line — Value of Nat-
ural Gas Production, 1889 to 1919 — Gas Analysis — Geo-
graphic Location of Kentucky Natural Gas — Evaluation
of Gas Structures in Eastern Kentucky.
III. Origin of Petroleum and Natural Gas 44
General Discussion — The Inorganic Theory — The Organic
Theory — Movement of Oil Through Rocks and Conditions
of Accumulation.
IV. The Commercial Production of Oil and Gas 56
The Business of Oil and Gas Production — Management
of Properties — Amount of Production and Decline of
Wells— Marketing Kentucky Oil and Gas.
V. Stratigraphy and Evaluation of Kentucky Oil Gas Sands.. 65
The Ordivician System: The Calciferous Group, The
Trenton, The Cincinnatian. The Silurian System: The
Clinton Formation, The Niagaran. The Devonian System:
The Onondaga (Corniferous) Limestone, The Black
Shale. The Mississippian System: The Waverly Series,
The St. Genevieve, St. Louis Limestone, The Chester (or
Mauch Chunk) Group. The Pennsylvanian System: The
Pottsville Conglomerates, The Cretaceous and Quaternary
Systems, Geological Sequence of Oil and Gas Sands of
Kentucky.
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VI. The Geology of the Oil and Gas Pools of Kentucky 96
Major Structural Features — Detailed Discussion of Sepa-
rate Oil and Gas Pools.
VII. Geographic Distribution of Oil and Gas in Kentucky 115
General Divisions of the State — Discussion of Oil and
Gas in Kentucky by Counties.
VIII. Records of Drilled Wells 178
IX. Precise Level Net — Adjustment and Standard Elevations
in Kentucky 545
X. Elevations Above Sea of Points in Kentucky 559
XI. Revised Bibliography of Petroleum, Natural Gas, As-
phalt and Oil Shale in Kentucky 586
Appendix 596
Glossary of Oil and Gas Terms, etc 612
Index 625
ILLUSTRATIONS.
(Plates Not Otherwise Designated Are Photographs).
Plate Page
1. Frontispiece 2
2. Jesse Oliver Lease in Allen County 2
3. Shallow Drilling in Ross Creek, Estill County 3
4. Ohio County Oil Properties 4
5. Ross Creek Development 6
6. Hauling a Rig in the Big Sandy Valley 8
7. Field Activity on Ross Creek, Estill County 9
8. Covered Storage, Angle McReynolds' Lease 11
9. Where Tombstones and Oil Wells Compete 12
10. Three Oily Sisters 13
11. Signs of the Times in Warren County 14
12. Buck Creek Oil Pool, Lincoln County, Ky 15
13. Allen County Crude Oil Going Into Storage 16
14. Largest and Most Modern Kentucky Oil Refinery 17
15. South Fork Station 18
16. Cumberland Pipe Line Production Curves by Months for
Eastern and Southeastern Kentucky (diagram) 21
17. Crude Oil Production of the Estill-Powell District (diagram) 25
18. An Oil Pipe Line Competitor 27
19. Automatic Refinery Stokers 33-
20. Natural Gas Compression Station at Kermit, W. Va 39
21. Diagrams Illustrating Theoretical Porosity (diagram) 49
22. Diagramatic Section of a Terrace Structure (diagram) 50
23. Diagrams Illustrating Actual Porosity (diagram) . 51
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Plate Page
24. Diagramatic Section of Dome or Anticlinal Structure (dia-
gram) 52
25. Diagramatic Section of a Synclinal Structure (diagram) 53
26. Diagramatic Section in Eastern Kentucky (diagram) 54
27. Geological Structural Map — Productive Anticline and Non-
productive Syncline (diagram) 56
28. A Prospecting Drilling 57
29. Geologic Structural Map — A Closed Anticline or Dome (dia-
gram) 58
30. Geologic Structural Map — A Terrace (diagram) 60
31. Portable Oil Drilling Rig 61
32. Development on Ross Creek 63
33. Kentucky River Trenton Limestones 67
34. Old Lagrange Gas Well 70
35. Exposure of Allen-Barren "Oil Sands" 74
36. Where the "Corniferous" Pinches Down 76
37. The Devonian Limestone and Shale 78
38. An Anticline but not an Oil Structure 79
39. Cross Bedding and not Oil Structure 82
40. Cliff of the Pottsville Conglomerate 88
41. The Cliff Forming Pottsville 90
42. Tilted Basal Pottsville (Lee) Conglomerate at Crest of Pine
Mountain 91
43. Crest of Pine Mountain Anticline 96
44. Sketch Map Showing Areal Geology of Kentucky (map) 98
45. Sections Showing Structural Geology of Kentucky (diagram) 99
46. Vertical Sandstone and Shale, Pine Mountain Fault 100
47. Sketch Map Showing Structural Geology of Kentucky (map) 101
48. Relation of Oil and Gas Production to Geological Structure in
Eastern Kentucky (map) 103
49. Hartford Oil Pool Storage 104
50. Part of Hartford Oil Pool „ 105
51. Oil Storage on W. M. Foster Lease 106
52. A Barren County Well Flowing Naturally 107
53. The Most Celebrated Kentucky Oil Field (map) 110
54. Oil Fields of Lawrence County, Kentucky (map) 112
55. Temple Hill Anticline, Barren County, Kentucky 114
56. Sketch Map, Allen and Adjoining Counties (map) 117
57. South Dipping Beds 119
58. Tilted Waverly Shales, Pineville, Kentucky 120
59. Northwestern Kentucky Oil and Gas Fields (map) 123
60. Pipe Line Station, Estill County, Kentucky 132
61. Oil and Gas Pools of Eastern Kentucky (map) 134
62. The Beaver Creek Oil Field 134
63. The Jackson Purchase Region of Kentucky (map) 136
64. "Major Sand" of Grayson County 138
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Plate
65. A Blue Grass Drilling
66. Oil and Gas of Southeastern Kentucky (map) 146
67. Characteristic View in Big Sinking - 148
68. The Helping Hand of Nature - 150
69. Lincoln County Oil Pools (map) 152
70. The Diamond Springs Gas Field (map) 153
71. Northern Flank of Pine Mountain Anticline 164
72. An Even Sky-Line of Pottsviile Conglomerate 166
73. Shooting Bohon No. 1, Warren County, Kentucky 172
74. Wayne and Cumberland Oil Fields (map) 174
75. View at Torrent, Wolfe County, Kentucky 176
76. A Standard Rig Near Estill Furnace , 612
77. A Portable Drilling Rig on Big Sinking.. 613
78. Producing Well and Storage Tank on the Jack Wells Lease,
Irvine Pool Extension 615
79. The Famous Angie McReynolds Gusher 616
80. Oil Storage and Drilling 618
81. Drillers' Quarters 619
82. Completed Oil Well on Pump and Line 620
83. Offset Wells Drilled Too Close 621
84. Flowing Well on Martha Reynolds Lease 623
85. Kentucky's Largest Flush Production Well 624
86. Crest of Temple Hill Anticline 624
PANORAMAS
Plate
I. "Bobby's Ridge" — Lee County, Ky.
II. Field Activity on Ross Creek — Estill County, Ky.
III. Standard Oil Company's Refinery— Louisville, Ky.
IV. Cave Fork of Big Sinking Creek — Lee County, Ky.
ACCOMPANYING MAPS AND DIAGRAMS
Oil and Gas Development of Caney— White Oak Anticline— Morgan
and Magoffin Counties, Ky.
Geologic Structure of Newcombe Creek — Elliott County, Ky.
Geologic Map of Kentucky.
Oil and Gas Structure at Lewisburg and Epley— Todd and Logan
Counties, Ky.
Kentucky— Appalachian Oil and Gas Fields.
Pool and Pipe Line Map of Kentucky.
Correlation of Oil and Gas Sands of Kentucky.
Stratigraphic Correlation from Bull Fork, Menifee County, to Buffalo
Creek, Perry County, Kentucky.
Structural Geology of Irvine Field— Estill and Powell Counties, Ky.
Development of Big Sinking Field— Lee County, Ky.
CHAPTER I.
THE RE-BORN OIL FIELDS OF KENTUCKY
Much has been said, but considerably less has been
written of an authentic nature, concerning the now right-
ly famous oil fields of Kentucky. To-day the thought
which is on the minds of not less than ten million in-
vestors in the eastern United States, concerning the suc-
cess of this rapidly developing oil State, justifies some
truthful statement with respect to the really marvelous
growth which has taken place.
Toward the end of the year 1914, and during the
early part of 1915, the production of Kentucky crude
petroleum was fast ebbing. Complete and accurate
figures for these two years show a total production for
the whole State of Kentucky rapidly declining below
500,000 barrels per annum. It was sagely predicted at
this time by many, as it had often been predicted before,
that Kentucky as. an oil State would soon take her place
in oblivion, and for a time with large new production
from new fields in Kansas, Oklahoma and Wyoming
jumping ahead with lighting-like rapidity, so as to cause
even the most expert calculators to indulge in mental
calisthenics, this seemed to be about the truth.
However, a great surprise was in store for those
pessimists, and hundreds and hundreds of thousands of
small salaried persons owning a speculative disposition,
for whom oil stocks handled on low margins were to
provide continuous entertainment, never knew of the
interesting things which were immediately in store for
them. It all happened in the first part of 1916, when
Charles Dulin, an oil operator at Irvine, Estill County,
Ky., drilled in a well of promise in a hitherto untested
section on Cow Creek. For a time, the results obtained
in this well did not become public information, but sooner
or later the whole information of the big strike leaked
out, and a wild scramble ensued for acreage in the im-
mediate vicinity.
Oil & Gas— 1
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
JESSE OLIVER LEASE, ALLEN COUNTY.
This is a small lease of about twenty-one acres, but an excellent
producing property. Fifteen wells are pumping on this farm. Many
farmers in this section have sold their royalty and surface rights and
moved away leaving the operators undisturbed. Photo by W. R. Jill-
son, July 10, 1919.
This period witnessed then the rebirth of the Ken-
tucky oil fields, and ushered in a time of such renewed
activity and such large rapid production as this State,
or any of the immediately adjoining states, had never
before seen. Drillers, contractors, brokers, promoters,
salesmen, mechanics, supply men and what not kind of in-
dividuals followed one another rapidly by tens and by
hundreds into Kentucky from the older fields of Penn-
sylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas
and Oklahoma. In almost less time than it takes to tell
it, housing conditions at Irvine became entirely inade-
quate. The hospitality of farmers in the immediate
vicinity was severely overtaxed, and the hotels of more
distant cities like Winchester, Lexington and Mt. Sterling
were clogged with men who had made the "Klondike
Eush" to Kentucky.
In the face of the most difficult drilling conditions,
development .went forward, and before the end of 1916,
the production of Kentucky stood at one million barrels
with every weekly pipe line run showing remarkable and
THE RE-BORN OIL FIELDS OF KENTUCKY
SHALLOW DRILLING IN ROSS CREEK, ESTILL COUNTY.
View on the J. F. Harris farm shows the intensity of the drilling
effort in this particular pool. Photo by R. L, McClure, March, 1919.
unprecedented advances. By the end of 1917, the pro-
duction had risen to three million barrels and at the
end of 1918, the increase had not stopped at four mil-
lion. The year 1919, the greatest year in the oil history
of Kentucky, which has witnessed the development and
zenith flush production of such pools as the Ashley, the
Big Sinking, the Scottsville, and the Gainesville, it is
thought will show a total production of crude oil in Ken-
tucky of at least 7,500,000 barrels if the present produc-
tion continues. Already, with six months of this year
past, the figures still incomplete show a total of 3,142,488
barrels, which is greater than the total production of the
year 1917, and larger by many thousands of barrels than
all of the production from the State of Kentucky prior
to the year 1900.
KENTUCKY, AN OIL STATE ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
In order to get a true idea of the importance of re-
cent development in Kentucky in oil and gas, it is nec-
essary to look backward over a whole century to the
year 1819, when Martin Beatty of Abingdon, Virginia,
drilled in the first oil well in Kentucky on the South
Fork of the Cumberland River close to the Tennessee
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line in what is now McCreary County, but was then
Wayne County. Beatty had no idea that he was going to
get oil. In fact he did not want oil, and knew nothing
about oil. He was drilling a shallow well for salt, which
OHIO COUNTY OIL PROPERTIES.
View of the Howard No. 1 well which was drilled to a total depth
of 1,740 feet in 1913. Photo by W. R. Jillson.
at that day and time, with railroads unknown, and over-
land mountain transportation extremely difficult and
laborious, was a necessity of much greater importance.
THE RE-BORN OIL FIELDS 'OF KENTUCKY 5
Written records of this early well are few and vague,
but it may be supposed that the inhabitants of this sec-
tion, as well as Beatty, the driller himself, were dis-
gusted when they secured oil, for their chances of re-
covering salt brine from such a well were spoiled. The
farmers in this section, however, soon found that this
new rock oil — hence the newly coined word, " petroleum"
— had some advantages, which they did not at first
suspect. It came to be regarded as a universal cure-all
for many kinds of ills to which the huamn flesh falls
heir, and was also discovered to be of some service in
ridding hogs and other farm animals of vermin.
Cumberland County, forty miles to the west, follow-
ed in 1828 with flowing oil production from what are
now known to be the Upper Ordovician rocks. Here was
developed at Burkesville — again as the result of salt
water well prospecting — what came to be known through-
out the world as the Great American well. The man who
drilled it, whose name has since been lost, said that he
would either get salt water or drill into hell. He did not
realize that he was going to be forced to literally eat his
words, but when flowing production was encountered at
a shallow depth and the oil and gas escaping caught fire,
lie, following the superstitious tendencies of his class,
thought that he had opened up the infernal regions be-
neath. Report, again coming from the lips of very old
inhabitants of this section, has it that he acknowledged
that he had failed in getting salt, but had done what he
had promised and opened the door to higher thermal
regions. He was so thoroughlv convinced of his failure
that he did not stop to sell his belongings, but immedi-
ately left the country, returning in disgust to his native
hills in Pennsylvania.
The oil from this phenomenal well flowed unrestrain-
ed down the little branch in which it was drilled into the
Cumberland River, to a point forty miles below Burkes-
ville, where a grass fire ignited it and resulted in the
very unusual phenomenon of a burning river, for the
flames cre<pt back little by little to the mouth of the well.
People of this day and time who have become so calloused
to the new and unusual things that happen, will have
difficulty in appreciating the conceptions of the simple
farmer folk of this region, who were thus introduced
6 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
in an accidental way to the highly inflammable char-
acteristics of the new rock oil — petroleum. A barrel of
this oil was shipped down the Cumberland and through
New Orleans to England with the avowed purpose of
having it analyzed by a British chemist. Unfortunately,
before it fell into the hands of the proper parties, suspic-
ion fastened itself upon the dark, oily, unfamiliar cargo,
and it was dumped overboard into the Atlantic. Never-
theless, the growing popularity of this petroleum, from
a medicinal standpoint, caused its fame to spread, and
before long it became commercialized, being put up in
small, dark, half -pint bottles, with the name "American
Oil" blown in them, and was sold everywhere for 50 cents
apiece. In this day and time, when high grade, Ken-
tucky, crude oil sells for $2.70 per barrel, it may be
pointed out that, through an irony of fate, this early pro-
ROSS CREEK DEVELOPMENT.
View of the activity of the Bourbon Oil and Development Company
on the J. F. Harris farm. Photo by R. L. McClure, March, 1919.
duction secured a price per barrel which was 125 times
greater than the present, being in fact about $340 -per
barrel.
THE RE-BORN OIL FIELDS OF KENTUCKY 7
Great advances, however, were being made in Penn-
sylvania during this period, and some of the advantages
of petroleum as a fuel, especially for kerosene, were be-
coming known. Following the discovery of oil near
Burkesville, salt well drilling again opened up oil bear-
ing, strata in the lower Coal Measures near Barbour-
ville in Knox County. This well, a shallow one, flowed for
a short time. With its discovery, the vertical, geological
delimitations of the future " producing sands" of the
State of Kentucky were established, and subsequent pros-
pecting has shown no commercial production, either
higher or lower, in the geological scale, though it is true
that much has been found in between the limits that was
not known at this early date.
The temporary halt in the development of the oil
and gas fields occasioned by the Civil War was sudden-
ly brought to a close by a wave of excitement in pros-
pecting, which spread over the entire State of Kentucky
•luring the latter part of the '60s. Wells were drilled
everywhere. Allen, Barren, Clinton and many other coun-
ties joined the list of commercial producers. During the
latter part of the nineteenth century, a great demand for
crude oil for the purpose of kerosene refining, as well
as for a growing list of by-products, restimulated field
activity and resulted in the bringing in of reports of
oil and gas production, and shows in practically every
county in the State outside of the central Bluegrass area.
Louis H. Gormley, an experienced oil operator, com-
ing from New Castle, Penn., in 1890, journeyed over 150
miles up the Big Sandy river into Johnson, Floyd, Ma-
goffin, Knott, Letcher and Pike counties. At that time,
there was no railroad in this part of Kentucky, and in
fact, one did not come into this section until nearly fif-
teen years later. Observing the general similarity of the
geology and topography of this part of Kentucky to that
of the oil bearing portion of his native state, Pennsyl-
vania, he came to the conclusion that circumstances
favored the finding of oil in Floyd County, and with an
adventurous partner, he drilled in, in 1892, at the
mouth of Salt Lick Creek on Eight Beaver Creek, at a
depth of about 1000 feet, the first flowing oil well of
eastern Kentucky. This well was destined to become the
nucleus of the now famous Beaver Creek oil pool, which
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HAULING A RIG IN THE BIG SANDY VALLEY.
Eastern Gulf Oil Company moving its heavy National rig over very
poor roads from Bull Creek to Left Middle Creek, Floyd County, Ky.
Photo by W. R. Jillson, March. 1918.
has been producing oil daily ever since. The news of
the strike spread rapidly and caused a great influx of new
capital and enthusiasm. Other wells were drilled in this
and adjoining sections, and Floyd, Knox and Wayne
counties came to the front with substantial, though
small, new oil production from the "deeper sands" of
the Pennslyvanian and Mississippian systems.
The second chapter of the development of Kentucky
oil fields came to a close with Meade, Martin and Breck-
inridge counties listed as gas producers. The picturesque
side of development came to be established, for in none
of these counties, at this time, were modern means of
transportation available. Supplies had to be secured by
long, tortuous, pole boat voyages from Ohio river trad-
ing points. As compared to the present, it was indeed a
day to try the patience and ingenuity of the most clever
and hardy men. Inconveniences and disadvantages were
paramount everywhere, and the low price of crude pro-
duction and the difficulty with which it was placed on
the market made small wells much less attractive than
now.
THE RE-BORN OIL FIELDS OF KENTUCKY 9
DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1900.
Oil prospecting in Kentucky up until the year 1900
may be said to have been largely preparatory for the
greater strikes which were to come. In the century year
of 1900, the Eagland oil pool in Bath, Rowan and Meni-
fee counties, producing a black, thick, low gravity oil,
was drilled in. The production of this field,- now nearly
exhausted, came from the Onondaga limestone, which
has come to be known by drillers and oil people gen-
erally as the "Corniferous" or "Irvine" sand. It is
found at the base of the Kentucky Devonian system. In
this field, the oil "pay" was found at various depths of
from 200 to 900 feet below the surface.
FIELD ACTIVITY ON ROSS CREEK, ESTILL COUNTY.
View on the Millie Freeman farm operated by the Lincoln Oil
Company. Photo by R. L. McClure, March, 1919.
In the following year, 1901, gas from the same hori-
zon was "drilled in "in the Menifee field at a depth of
about 600 feet. This field was early commercialized for
the central cities of Kentucky, and is now relatively un-
important, having been nearly exhausted. The Sunny-
10 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
brook pool of Wayne County was drilled in in the same
year, oil coming at a depth of 870 feet from the" Stray,"
"Mt. Pisgah," "Beaver," "Otter," "Cooper" and
"Slickford" sands of the Mississippian system. Later on,
deeper drilling revealed the lower Sunnybrook sand from
the Trenton rocks of the Ordoviciaii system as an oil pro-
ducer.
During this period, renewed activity and deeper drill-
ing in all of the older fields continued with varying suc-
cess. In 1903, the Campton oil pool of Wolfe County
created the first modern sensation, oil being struck again
in the Onondaga limestone at a depth of 1,000 to 1,250
feet. All told, about 300 wells were drilled into this small
field, each averaging in production about fifty barrels.
It was at this time that a small amount of oil production
was first secured by rank wild catters near Irvine in
Estill County. The extreme shallowness of the oil hori-
zon or "pay" here, however, caused this small pool to
be soon drilled up and exhausted. In the same year, the
Busseyville and Fallsburg pools of Lawrence County
were opened, oil being produced from what is known as
the Berea "grit," at a depth of from 1,400 to 1,600 feet.
The production from this pool was never large, but like
that of all the deeper drilling in Eastern Kentucky pre-
sented the very distinct advantage of dependability and
long life. Within the last three or four years, the pro-
duction of this section has been increased from about
1,800 barrels per month to the present production of
about 72,000 barrels per year.
The Cannel City pool, in Morgan County, was usher-
ed in by a 700-barrel gusher, which was drilled in in 1912.
Great activity followed the opening of this pool, and in
1913, a maximum production of twelve thousand barrels
of crude oil per month was established. The pool, how-
ever, was relatively short lived, and is to-day of largely
historical importance, though still producing.
THE PRESENT PERIOD.
Increasing from a total annual production of 62,259
barrels in 1900 to 1,217,337 in 1905, and 1,213,548 in
1906, Kentucky crude oil production dropped off greatly,
till in 1915, the best figures obtainable show only 407,081
THE RE-BORN OIL FIELDS OF KENTUCKY
11
barrels. It was at this time that the pessimist's cry was
heard the loudest. Kentucky was disclaimed as the
southwestern part of the Applachian oil field, and men
who considered themselves real oil producers stayed away
from the State. A stalemated, over produced condition
in the oil market, due to the opening of the Gushing and
other new pools of Oklahoma and Kansas, was, however,
the real cause of the inactivity at this time.
With renewed wartime demands for crude oil, how-
ever, and an increase in prices of all grades generally,
a restimulation of exploration was effected, with the re-
sult that in 1916, the Irvine pool in Estill County, Ky.,
was extended to the east and to the south. In Powell
County, the Ashley pool was opened in 1917. In Lee
County, the greatest producer in the Kentucky oil world
of recent times — the Big Sinking pool — was drilled in
in 1918, and in Allen County, southern-central Kentucky,
wild cat drilling opened up the Gainesville and Scotts-
ville pools in 1918 and 1919. In the early summer of 1919,
COVERED STORAGE, ANGIE McREYNOLDS' LEASE.
One of the great problems confronting the producer on exception-
ally highly productive lease like the McReynolds is the disposal of the
"flush production." On this lease when a gusher flowing a reported
1.000 barrels came in. all other wells on the lease had to be shut
down temporarily. Photo by W. R. Jillson, July 20, 1919.
12 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
WHERE TOMBSTONES AND OIL WELLS COMPETE.
View across the little country cemetery south of Scottsville, Allen
County, Ky., to the Angie McReynolds' lease which adjoins. Photo
by W. R. Jillson, July 20, 1919.
Ihe Angle McReynolds pool of Allen County, and the
Jake Moulder pool of Warren County, were drilled in.
These last named seven pools centralize the greatest
activity in Kentucky today, and in total, are producing
about 125,000 barrels per week as taken from July, 1919,
pipe line runs.
In all of these pools, the production comes from the
Onondaga limestone, commonly known to the drillers as
the " Cornif erous " or "Irvine" sand, with this exception
that in Allen County, at least some of the lower produc-
tion certainly comes from the Niagaran limestones and
shales just below the Onondaga. In the Ashley and Big
Sinking pools of Lee and Powell counties of eastern Ken-
tucky, the Onondaga or "pay" of oil sands range from
800 to 1,300 feet below the surface. In Allen County the
production comes from a depth of about 250 to 400 feet
below the surface. There are, at the present, about 1,000
wells being drilled in Kentucky, and of these about 250
are in Allen County alone. Lee County, containing the
Big Sinking pool, which is in point of years older in its
development, has about 450 rigs at work, and the re-
maining 300 are scattered throughout the State.
THE RE-BORN OIL FIELDS OF KENTUCKY
13
The production from the Big Sinking and its as-
sociated pools, coupled with that of the Gainesville and
other Allen County pools, will, for the years 1918 and
1919, exceed by many thousands of barrels the total pro-
duction for the entire State of Kentucky up to the pres-
ent time. What promises to be one of the most spectacu-
lar new pools in Kentucky is the recently discovered
Moulder pool in southeastern Warren County on the
THREE OILY SISTERS.
A battery of three 500-barrel tanks standing full on the Jake
Moulder lease, Warren County. This storage awaits completion of the
new four-inch pipe line to Smith's Grove. Photo by W. R. Jillson,
July 20, 1919.
Barren river. The oil here is found with large quantities
of salt water, and a strong gas head, and the largest and
most recent well, No. 8, drilled in on this lease had a
flush production, it is estimated, of between 2,000 and
3,000 barrels. This well was a real gusher, the largest
Kentucky has ever witnessed, and flowed, despite vigor-
ous efforts to close it in, for eighteen hours. A six-inch
stream spurted fountain-like over 100 feet above the
surface, and oil covered the surrounding territory and
flowed down an adjoining creek like water. Just what
this well will actually do cannot be said at present, as
pipe line connections have not as yet been made and
temporary tank storage has been exhausted.
14 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
With the drilling in of spectacular wells, running
everywhere from 100 to 1,000 barrels in the Ashley, Big
SIGN OF THE TIMES IN WARREN COUNTY.
A battery of eight 250-bbl. wooden tanks recently completed and
almost immediately filled on the Jake Moulder lease. Photo by W. R.
Jillson, July 20, 1919.
Sinking, Scottsville, Gainesville and Moulder pools, oil
excitement has reached its uppermost bounds. Today,
there are not less than 100,000 men interested directly in
the oil producing business in Kentucky. Leases, which
three or four years ago could be secured for $1.00 a
farm, or at a nominal rental of lOc or 25c an acre, now
sell from the farmer in the oil producing sections for
from $10 to $50 per acre. New leases undrilled, written
by the owner of the land, to-day are very rarely secured,
as practically all of the available territory, for from 50 to
100 miles of any producing field, has already been leased,
and much of it prospected. Leases adjoining production
sell for from $100 to $500 per acre, and adjoining es-
pecially attractive producing leases, acreage may not be
secured for less than $1,000 to $3,000 per acre. This is
what the professional oil man calls "proven stuff," and is
bought with the idea that it may be depended upon to
produce oil. Many leases, which are partly drilled up
and producing, are sold on what is called a production
THE RE-BORN OIL FIELDS OF KENTUCKY
15
basis. The lease is purchased, together with its produc-
tion, on a basis of the amount of oil which it will pro-
duce on a ten day test, and the prices which are in vogue
BUCK CREEK OIL POOL, LINCOLN COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
Views of producing wells, pumping stations and storage tanks of
the Belvedere Oil Company and the Daniel Boone Oil Company. Photo
by W. R. Jillson, March 20, 1919.
vary from $1,000 to $1,500 per barrel per day. It can be
seen by simple arithmetic that a 100 barrel well sold in
such a way is very valuable, and it docs not take more
than a child to appreciate that as the number of wells
or their size in barrels is increased, the interest and the
consideration, as well as the excitement, accelerate.
In the train of the oil development in Kentucky has
come a vast amount of oil promotion with the result
that there are today in Kentucky 612 oil corporations
with an estimated total capitalization of $80,143,000.00
This fabulous amount of money, conceivable only to the
idle rich and to those to whom the juggling of unearned
increments has become a pastime, is representative of
the importance of the oil industry in this State. It is also
indicative of the growth of the industry during the past
four years, for prior to 1916, the total amount of wealth
invested in exploring for oil in Kentucky was hardly
a fraction of what it is at present. Over capitalization,
16 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
watering of stocks, fabulous prices for only mediocre
properties have been some of the attending ills which
have accompanied the development of the oil industry in
Kentucky.
The rapid decline of some wells of shallow depths,
which were prolific flush producers, has contributed some
degree of uneasiness to the promoters of individual
quick wealth. The zenith of high production in the proven
fields of the Big Sinking and Gainesville pools has been
ALLEN COUNTY CRUDE OIL GOING IN TO STORAGE.
View at the ends of five gathering lines of the Angie McReynolds'
lease. Approximately 60 barrels per hour were being emptied into
the receiving tank at the time this photo was snapped. Photo by W. R.
Jillson, July 20, 1919.
reached. New -pools like the McKeynolds and the Moulder
still remain uncertainties as to the future. The wild rush
for Kentucky oil stock reached its apex in February of
this year, and since then oil stocks have been less sub-
ject to demand than they were in the six months preced-
ing. At the present, the color generally of the oil stock
trading business is decidedly off, and the wise ones are
withdrawing their investments from companies which
have an unstable character. Federal investigations of
the manipulations of trust moneys and stocks of oil com-
panies have had a rather depressing effect on the pur-
chasing public, and the straw before the wind indicates
the coming day of a more reasonable and standardized
order of affairs.
CHAPTER II.
DATA OF KENTUCKY OIL AND GAS
PRODUCTION
While the financial side of the oil industry has been
passing through an important period of rectification,
development in the fields has been going rapidly forward.
New wells are being brought in at the rate of from 75 to
100 per week, and new pipe lines and refineries are being
constructed. In Louisville, the Standard Oil Company
of Kentucky has about completed a new 2,000 barrel re-
finery on its River Side purchase, and this refinery is
one of the most up-to-date and complete in the United
States. There are besides, in this State, the Etna and
the Stoll Refining companies, which together will handle
about 1,000 barrels per day. In the eastern Kentucky
fields, there are two or three small refineries, and at
Bowling Green in Warren County, a refinery with 500
barrel capacity is now under contemplation. In eastern
Kentucky, the Cumberland Pipe Line Company handles
SOUTH FORK STATION.
An important pumping plant of the Cumberland Pipe Line Com-
pany, in Powell County, Kentucky.
18
KENTUCKY OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION 19
all of the crude petroleum from Wayne County, Beaver
Creek in Floyd County, Irvine, Station Camp, Boss
Creek and Miller's Creek in Estill County, Ashley in
Powell County, Big Sinking in Lee County, Campton in
Wolfe County, Cannel City in Morgan County and
Busseyville in Lawrence. This line passes to the north-
east through West Virginia, and connects with the
Eureka pipe line, with a terminus at Philadelphia, Penn.
In Allen County, the Indian Refining Company has a
pipe line in the Gainesville and Scottsville and southern
pools, and takes its oil by tank cars to its Lawrenceville,
111., refinery. A small part of Allen County production
is also handled by tank car by very small consumers.
The American pipe line, recently purchased from re-
ceivers' sale, takes some of the Gainesville oil to Bowling
Green. A new pipe line is contemplated from Bowling
Green to northwestern Allen County pools. The Smith's
Grove pipe line, tapping the Warren, Allen and Barren
County pools along the Barren River, with terminus at
Smith's Grove, is now completed. A summary of pro-
duction, as based on pipe line runs from the eastern Ken-
tucky and Allen County fields, is as follows:
PRODUCTION OF PETROLEUM IN BARRELS IN KENTUCKY
FROM 1883 TO 1919.
1883 4,755
1884 4,148
1885 5,164
1886 4,726
1887 4,791
1888 5,096
1889 5,096
1890 6,000
1891 9,000
1892 6,500
1893 3,000
1894 1,500
1895 1,500
1896 1,680
1897 322
1898 5,568
1899 18,280
1900 62,259
1901 137,259
1902 .. 185,331
20 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
1903 554,286
1904 998,284
1905 1,217,337
1906 - 1,213,548
1907 820,844
1908 727,767
1909 639,016
1910 468,774
1911 472,458
1912 484,368
1913 524,568
1914 502,441
1915 437,274
1916 1,144,750
1917 3,088,160
1918 4,035,950
1919, estimated 7,500,000
PRODUCTION OF EASTERN KENTUCKY PETROiLEUM FIELDS.
CUMBERLAND PIPE LINE COMPANY RUNS FROM WELLS.
For Year Average
Total Runs Daily
Year Barrels Barrels
1913 522,550 1,431.6
1914 479,609 1,313.9
1915 • 407,081 1,115.3
1916 1,144,750 3,136.3
1917 3,015,640 8,262.0
1918 4,035,950 11,057.7
1919 (First six months, Jan.-June) 2,922,670 15,884.0
22
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
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PRODUCTION OF CRUDE PETROLEUM IN EASTERN
FIELDS POR THE YEARS 1912-1919.
RUNS OP CUMBERLAND FIFE LINE CO.
KENTUCKY
Year
Month
Bbls.
Total
Per Yr.
Average
Per Daj
Remarks
1912
September
38,417
I
October
37,756
j
Novembe
39,271
•
December
40,343
1,298.2
1913
January
41,982
February
36,751
March
39,194
April
May
38,794
42,716
! June
39,068
1 July
48,119
1 August
September
49,766
52,328
Cannel City Pool,
I October
46,082
Morgan County.
I November
43,929
i I
December
43,821
522,550
1,431.6
1914
January
45,091
February
March
42,737
52.135
April
48, 555
May
43,017
June
42,464
July
40,698
August
24,985
'
September
19,249
October .
49,494
November
34,960
December
36,224
479,609
1,313.9
1915
January
34.89S
February
34,255
March
38,204
April
38,995
May
37,270
June
35,458
July
32,643
August
32,504
1 September
30,930
October
29,297
November
December
31,926
30,701
407,081
1,115.3
1916
January
February
30,799
38,345
1 March
49,242
1 Anril
63,104
Cow Creek Pool,
May
83,348
Estill County.
June
76,469
July
85,973
August
September
125,799
136,659
Fitchburg District,
Estill County.
October
155,147
1 November
152,652
1 December
147.213
,144,750
3,136.3
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24
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Year
Month
Bbls.
Total
Per Yr.
Per Daj
Averagt
Remarks
1917
January
150,330
February
March
136,138
171,325
April
May
162,816
236,566
June
July
August
254,108
308,941
311, 302
Ashley Pool,
Powell County.
September
323,897
October
346,381
November
33 ** 898
December
28M3S
1, 015, 640 8,262.0
1918
January
262,424
February
285,995
March
316,753
April
306,849
May
298,022
June
July
280,087
304,058
Big Sinking Pool,
Lee County.
August
360,586
September
October
395,018
408,537
November
December
394,111
423,510
4,035,950
11,057.7
1919
January
476,488
15.370.0
1 February
16,160.0
1919 PRODUCTION,
CUMBERLAND PIPE LINE RUNS
BY MONTHS
Average
Total Runs
Daily
Month
Barrels
Barrels
3919 — January
476,488
15,370.0
1919 — February
451 857
16,160.0
1919— March .. ..
485,588
15,680.0
1919 — April
500,007
16,667.0
1919 — May
481 439
15,530.0
1919— June ...
527,291
17,576.0
TANK CAR, ALLEN COUNTY CRUDE
Year Barrels
1915 191.26
1916 .. 27,616.23
1917 31,936.94
1918 20,990.86
1919 (2% months) 1,774.57
Total barrels .. 82,509.86
26 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
PIPE LINE RUNS, ALLEN COUNTY CRUDE
(Indian Refining Company)
Year Scottsville Rodemer Total
1918 26,223.25 9,886.63 38,119.88
1919 (2% months) , 38,455.56 17,906.71 56,362.27
Total barrels 94,482.15
INDIAN REFINING COMPANY
Total Pipe Line and Tank Car Shipment From Allen County,
January- June, 1919
Barrels
January 16,525.12
February 24,177.61
March 33,172.49
April 45,092.05
May 50,517.03
June ... . 50,333.71
Total 219,818.01
SUMMARY CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION IN KENTUCKY
January-June, 1919
Cumberland and Indian Pipe Lines Only
Barrels
Cumberland 2,922,670
Indian .. 219,818
Total _... 3,142,488
The total of 3,142,488 barrels of Kentucky crude oil
for the first half of the year 1919 falls a little short of
the actual amount which cannot exactly be obtained. A
number of small transportation corporations take oil
from both the eastern Kentucky and the Allen, Barren,
Warren County fields, and the figures of their volume
of business are not at the present forthcoming.
KENTUCKY OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION
AN OIL PIPE LINE COMPETITOR.
A large amount of oil is now annually transported from Beatty-
ville to Louisville Refineries via the Kentucky River. Photo by W. R.
Jillson, June 25, 1919
VALUE OF PETROLEUM PRODUCED IN KENTUCKY
1904 TO 1919*
1904 $984,938
1905 943,211
1906 1,031,629
1907 862,396
1908 706,811
1909 518,299
1910 324,684
1911 328,614
1912 428,842
1913 675,748
1914 498,556
1915 418,357
1916 2,189,812
1917 : 8,029,216
1918 10,493,470
1919 (estimated) 19,500,000
The market price of Kentucky crude oil is now $2.70,
this price covering all grades designated as, "Somerset."
The single exception to this general statement is that of
the small Kagland production which is designated by
the same name and sells for $1.25 per barrel. The pe-
*Mineral Resources of United States, U. S. G. S.
28 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
troleum of Kentucky is for the most part light green in
color, very fluid, high in gasoline content, with a gravity
which runs generally between 32 and 38 Baume scale.
The extremes, however, are much wider apart. The low-
est of record is 22 Baume, the sample oil specimen com-
ing from the Ragland pool in Bath County. The highest
of record is 51.6 Baume from Johnson County.
BAUME DENSITY OF KENTUCKY CRUDE PETROLEUM
1.
&
3.
.4.
6.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21^
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
Lab. No. Degrees
43475 Allen County
Baume.
30.
24.9
25.4
24.2
24.5
24.5
25.0
25.0
24.7
24.0
24.4
24.7
25.2
32.0
23.7
25.2
22.5
22.0
41.0
22.0
22.6
28.0
35.5
27.0
45.0
41.0
33.0
28.0
32.0
25.0
28.0
38.9
38.9
38.5
23.3
36292 Probably Bath County
36293 Probably Bath County
36294 Probably Bath County
36295 Probably Bath County
36269 — Probably Bath County
36270 — Probably Bath County
36271 — Probably Bath County .
36929 Probably Bath County
36330 Probably Bath County
36331 — Probably Bath County
36332 Probably Bath County
36333 Probably Bath County
36334 — Probably Bath County
36206 Probably Bath County
25857 — Probably Bath County
14987 — Morehead Oil & Gas Co
14565 — "Ragland," Bath County . ....
14522 — Yale Oil Company, Bath County
14314— E. B. Fletcher, Powell County
11964 — From Bath County
11190 — Shouse Well, Hendrick Farm, Bath County
10325— For J. B. Hoeing _.
10241 — John Williams, Lewis County
10156 — From Scottsville, Allen County
9888 — From Clinton County
9749 — Rose Run Iron Co., Bath County
9750 — From M. Carey Peter, Louisville
9751 — Lincoln County, near Stratford
9431 — From D. F. Frazee, Lexington
9283— Isola Oil & Gas Co., Beech Grove, Ky
9238 — Wood Richardson, Flemingsburg
51656 — Bowling Green, Warren County
51839 — Bowling Green, Warren County
G-3785— Powell County ....
KENTUCKY OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION 29
Lab. No. Degrees Baume.
36. Gf-3786— Powell 32.8
37. Geol. Report, 2732— Lower Laurel Creek 34.1
38. 51556 — From Bowling Green, Warren County 38.89
39. 51839 — Mississippi Oil, Gas & Inv. Co., Bowling Green,
Warren County „ 38.5
40. 56426— Dr. L. R. Henry, N. Middletown, Oil from (?)
County 29.8
41. 56636— Leland Hanks, Lexington, Oil from (?) County 38.7
42. 56641— J. H. Harris, Versailles Oil Co., Lincoln County!. 22.2
43. 56667— H. L. Overall, Scottsville, Allen County 39.7
44. 56668 — Addison Foster, Oil from Johnson 'County 51.6
45. G-3807 — John Jackson Farm, Bowling Green, Warren Co. 38.89
46. G-3834— J. B. Winlock, Barren County 44.6
47. G-3841 — Jordan Farm near Oil City, Barren County 39.5
48. G-3844— Pottsville Horizon, Magoffin County 22.0
49. G-3851 — Drakes Creek, Warren County 36.7
50. G-3852— Tom Smith, Barren County 35.1
Range 22° to 51.6° Baume in 50 samples.
ALFRED M. PETER, Chief Chemist.
August 11, 1919.
DISTILLATION RECORDS OF KENTUCKY CRUDE OIL
RECORD No. 1. SCOTTSVILLE, ALLEN COUNTY, KY., CRUDE
Initial Boiling Point 300 Gravity Baume 26.0
Temp. Condenser 80 Maximum Boiling Point 650
Per Cent Temp. Gravity Per Cent Temp.
Off. "F" Be. Off. "F"
10 350 42.8 212
20 425 38.4 3.0 300
30 522 35.5 10.0 350
40 580 33.0 13.0 365
50 620 31.6 15.0 375
60 640 30.6 19.0 400
70 650 30.5 22.0 460
80 26.0 500
90 68.0 650
98
Per Cent Total Recovery
Loss in Gravity
32% Bottoms. 15.8 Grav.
(Signed) W. EXTON.
August 30, 1918.
SO OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
RECORD NO. 2. BEATTYVILLE, LEE COUNTY, KY., EASTERN
GULF OIL CO. CRUDE
Initial
Boiling
Point 100
Gravity Baume 42.5
Temp. Condenser 64
Maximum Boiling
Point 560
Per Cent
Temp,
Gravity
Per Cent
Temp.
Off.
"F"
Be.
Off.
"F"
10
202
78.6
12.0
212
20
270
63.0
24.4
300
30
398
54.1
31.0
350
40
438
48.1
32.2
365
50
540
41.3
33.6
375
60
36.6
400
70
42.6
460
80
46.0
500
90
54.0
560
Per Cent Total Recovery
Loss in Gravity
Bottoms. No. Loss.
(Signed) L. H. LANG.
Oct. 23, 1918.
RECORD NO. 3. ESTILL COUNTY, KY., CRUDE
Initial Boiling Point 180 Gravity Baume 34.8
Temp. Condenser 34 Maximum Boiling Point 89% @ 750
Per Cent
Temp.
Gravity
Per Cent
Temp.
Off.
"F"
Be.
Off.
"F"
10
260
63.8
Flash @ Temp.
3.0
212
Chill O/?
20
328
55.0
300
30
400
48.5
23.2
350
40
476
41.5
Sulphur
25.6
365
50
550
37.2
Determinations
27.0
375
60
626
33.2
.520%
30.0
400
70
676
29.9
Hamilton Oil
38.0
460
80
730
28.3
44.4
500
90
750
26.6
50.0
550
98
May 22, 1919.
Per Cent Total Recovery
Loss in Gravity
11% Bottoms. No. Loss.
(Signed) R. F. B.
KENTUCKY OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION 31
RECORD NO. 4. LINCOLN COUNTY, KY., DANIEL BOONE OIL
CO.'S CRUDE
Initial Boiling
Point 194
Gravity Baume 32.4
Temp. Condenser 66
Maximum Boiling Point 600
Per Cent Temp
Gravity
Per Cent
Temp.
Off. "F"
Be.
Off.
•<F»
10 230
54.8
.2
212
20 388
49.8
5.2
300
30 454
44.4
14.2
350
40 518
39.9
16.7
365
50 584
36.3
18.4
375
60 600
2000 bbls. in storage 22.0
400
70
31.8
460
80
38.0
500
90
98
56.0
600
Per Cent Total Recovery
Loss in Gravity
44% Bottoms. No. Loss.
(Signed) L. H. LANG.
Oct. 11, 1918.
RECORD NO. 5. LINCOLN COUNTY, KY., DANIEL BOONE OIL CO.,
CRUDE
Initial Boiling Point 128
Temp. Condenser 70
Per Cent
Temp.
Gravity
Off.
"F»
Be.
10
226
69.5
20
282
59.0
30
350
52.8
40
432
45.7
50
514
39.8
60
596
35.8
70
640
33.3
80
650
33.0
90
98
Gravity Baume 37.0
Maximum Boiling Point 650
Per Cent
Temp.
Off.
"F"
8.2
212
22.6
300
30.0
350
32.4
365
33.8
375
36.4
400
43.6
460
49.0
500
61.0
600
Per Cent Total Recovery
Loss in Gravity
20% Bottoms. No. Loss.
(Signed) L. H. LANG.
Oct. 8, 1918.
32 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
ANALYSES OF KENTUCKY CRUDE OIL BY STATE CHEMIST
ANALYSIS No. 1.
Laboratory No. G-3851. — Petroleum labeled "Green
Oil Waverly Stray horizon, above Black Shale, on
Drake's Creek, Warren County, Ky. V. Humbrecht,
lessee. Depth 115 ft. Collected by W. E. Jillson, Aug.
2, 1919," Sample a rather thin, green oil, dark brown
by transmitted light.
Specific gravity by hydrometer at 60° F., 0.840=36.7° Baume.
Distilled below 150° F. (gasoline fraction) 20.0%
Distilled between 300 and 572° F. (burning oil fraction) 36.5%
Residue of thick, brown oil 42.8%
Loss on distillation ... 0.7%
Total 100.0%
Percentage by volume.
(Analysis by A. M. Peter.)
Aug. 11, 1919. ALFRED M. PETER, Chief Chemist.
ANALYSIS No. 2.
Laboratory No. G-3844.— Black oil, Pottsville hori-
zon, Magoffin County, Ky., Short Fork of Burning Fork
of Licking River. Collected by W. E. Jillson, January
2, 1918. Sample a thick, dark brown oil.
Specific gravity at 60° F., .921 or 22° B.
Per Cent
by Volume
Distillate below 150° C. (302° F.) gasoline fraction trace
Distillate from 150 to 300° C. (302-572° F.) burning oil frac-
tion 32
Thin tar, by difference 68.
100.
On continued heating, until coke began to form in the flask, 84.5
per cent, of distillate was obtained.
Analysis by A, M. Peter and S. D. Averitt.
June 3. 1919. ALFRED M. PETER, Chief Chemist.
Oil & Gas— 2
34 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
ANALYSIS No. 3.
Laboratory No. G-3857 — Petroleum labeled "Crude
oil produced by the Great Central Company. Prestons-
burg, from a well at the mouth of Middle Creek, Floyd
County, Ky. Collected by W. R. Jillson, October 29, 1918.
T^rom the Weir sand, 1425 ft."
Sample, a thick, green oil.
Specific gravity at 60° P., 0.877, equivalent to 29.6° Baume.
Distilled below 150° C. (302° F.) none
Distilled between 150° and 300° C. (302-572° F.) 32.8%
Thick, oily residue 66.7%
Total 99.5%
Began to distil at 160° C. (320° F.).
ALFRED M. PETER.
Chief Chemist
(Analysis by A. M. Peter.)
Sept. 4, 1919.
ANALYSIS No. 4.
Laboratory No. G-3856— Petroleum labelled "Green
oil from the Cumberland Pipe Line at Ivyton, Magoffin
County, Ky. Collected by W. R. Jillson, 1918. (Speci-
men was exposed to air.j"
Sample, a thin, green oil.
Specific gravity at 60°F., 0.835, equivalent to 37.7° Baume.
Distilled below 150° C (302° F.) 20.0% (Gasoline fraction)
Distilled between 150° and 300°C.
(302-572° F.) 31.0% (Burning oil fraction)
Thick, oily residue 49.0%
Total 100.0%
Began to distill at 65° C. (149° F.)
ALFRED M. PETER, Chief Chemist.
(Analysis by A.M.Peter.)
Sept. 4, 1919.
.ANALYSIS No. 5.
Laboratory No. G-3855— Petroleum, labeled "Green
oil from the Major wells, west of Leitchfield, Grayson
County, Kentucky., Carl Dresser, operator. Collected by
KENTUCKY OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION 35
W. R. Jillson, August 26, 1919. Oil horizon a Waverly
* stray sand. ' ' ' Sample from open tank and probably old
pumping in part.
Sample, a rather thin, slightly greenish oil, dark
brown by transmitted light.
Specific gravity at 60° iF., 0.8785, equivalent to 29.4° Baume.
Distilled below 150° C. (302° F.) 7.4% Gasoline fraction)
Distilled between 150° and 300° C.
(302-572° F.) 33.5% (Burning oil fraction)
Tarry residue 59.0%
Total 99.9%
Began to distill at 85° C. (185° F.).
ALFRED M. PETER, Chief Chemist.
(Analysis by A. M. Peter.)
Sept. 4, 1919.
ANALYSIS No. 6.
Laboratory No. G-3854 — Petroleum, labeled " Green
oil from S. R. Moffit well, west of Leitchfield, Grayson
County, Ky., Carl Dresser, lessee. Collected by W. R.
Jillson, August 26, 1919. Oil horizon a Waverly 'stray''
sand. ' ' ' Sample had been exposed to air a few days.
Sample a thick, slightly greenish oil, very dark
brown by transmitted light.
Specific gravity at 60° F., 0.870, equivalent to 30.9° Baume.
Distilled 'below 150° C. (302° F.) 3.8% (gasoline fraction)
Distilled between 150° and 300° C.
(302-572° F.) 34.5% (Burning oil fraction)
Heavy, tarry residue 61.5%
Total 99.8%
Began to distill at 116° C. (241° F.)
ALFRED M. PETER, Chief Chemist.
(Analysis by A. M. Peter.)
Sept. 4, 1919.
ANALYSIS No. 7.
Laboratory No. G-3861 — Petroleum labeled "Lessor
(Dr.) Hunter. Lessee, Duplex Oil Co., 3 miles west of
Bowling Green, Warren County, Ky. 960 feet, total
36 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
depth," Keceived from W. B. Jillson, State Geologist,
September 15, 1919.
ANALYSIS.
Specific gravity 0.834 at 60° F., equivalent to 37.9° B.
Distilled below 150° C. (302° F.) 20.2% (Gasoline fraction)
Distilled from 150° to 300° C. (302-572°
F.) 32.0% (Burning oil fraction)
Thick, brown tar 45.0%
Loss in analysis 2.8%
100.00%
The oil began to distill at 65° C. (149° F.)
ALFRED M. PETER, Chief Chemist
(Analysis by A. M. Peter.)
Sept. 19, 1919.
ANALYSIS No. 8.
Laboratory No. G-3865— Petroleum labeled "Fresh,
green oil, Joe B. Surnpter, No. 1, Mrs. Gray, lessee, y>>
mile W. of Bowling Green, Warren Co., Ky. Oil at 880-
900 ft., total depth 920 ft. Oil horizon, Niagara. Col-
lected by W. R. Jillson, Sept. 14, 1919." Received from
W. R. Jillson, State Geologist, September 15, 1919.
ANALYSIS.
Specific gravity at 60° F., 0.865, eqivalent -to 31.9° B.
Distilled below 150° C. (302° F.) 9.3% (Gasoline fraction)
Distilled from 150° to 300° C.
(302-572° F.) 37.5% (Burning oil fraction)
Tarry residue 52.5%
Loss in analysis 0.7%
100.0%
The oil began to distill about 80° C. (176° F.)
ALFRED M. PETER, Chief Chemist.
(Analysis by A. M. Peter.)
Sept. 19, 1919.
ANALYSIS No. 9.
Laboratory No. G-3864-^Petroleum, labeled " (d)
Green oil, Maj. R. W. Covington, No. 1, 355 ft. above
KENTUCKY OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION 37
shale, 1/2 mile southeast of Bowling Green, Warren Co.,
Ky. Sept. 15, 1919." Received from W. R. Jillson, State
Geologist, September 15, 1919.
ANALYSIS.
Specific gravity at 60° F., 0.854, equivalent to 33.9° B.
Distilled below 150° C. (302° F.) 13.0% (Gasoline fraction)
Distilled from 150° to 300° C.
(302-572° F.) 36.5% (Burning oil fraction)
Tarry residue 50.0%
Loss in analysis 0.5%
100.0%
The oil began to distill at 75° C. (167° F.)
ALFRED M. PETER, Chief Chemist.
(Analysis by A. M. Peter.)
Sept. 19, 1919.
ANALYSIS No. 10.
Laboratory No. G-3863— Petroleum labeled " Green
oil, open steel tank. Horace Bohon, No. 1. A. Goldstein,
lessee. 840 ft. deep, below shale. 1 mile E. of Bowling
Green, Warren County, Ky. Collected by W. R. Jillson,
Sept. 14, 1919." Received from W. R. Jillson, State Geo-
logist, September 15, 1919.
TO»I":-S :
ANALYSIS.
Specific gravity at 60° F., 0.856, equivalent to 33.6° B.
Distilled below 150° C. (302° F.) 13.0% (Gasoline fraction)
Distilled from 150° to 300° C.
(302-572° F.) 36.5% (Burning oil fraction)
Tarry residue and loss by difference 50.5%
100.0%
The oil began to distill at 70° C. (158° F.)
ALFRED M. PETER, Chief Chemist.
(Analysis by A. M. Peter.)
Sept. 19, 1919.
ANALYSIS No. 11.
Laboratory No. G-3862— Petroleum labeled " Green
oil from J. A. Hamilton & Co., Wayne O'Neil, lessee, V2
mile N. E. of Bowling Green, Warren County, Ky. Oil
S78G51
38 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
horizon, Onondaga and Niagara limestones. Depth 850
ft Collected hy W. E. Jillson, September 14, 1919." Ee-
ceived from W. E. Jillson, State Geologist, September
15, 1919.
ANALYSIS.
Specific gravity at 60° F., 0.856, equivalent to 33.6° B.
Distilled below 150° C. (302° F.) 14.5% (Gasoline fraction)
Distilled from 150° to 300° C.
(302-572° F.) - 34.5% (Burning oil fraction)
Tarry residue -- 50.5%
Loss in analysis ~- 5%
100.0%
The oil began to distill at 65° C. (149° F.)
ALFRED M. PETER, Chief Chemist.
(Analysis by A. M. Peter.)
Sept. 19, 1919.
KENTUCKY NATURAL GAS
The natural gas production of Kentucky is but
partially commercialized for lack of extension pipe lines
from the various developed gas fields to the trunk pipe
lines. Crossing the State from east to west are two main
trunk pipe lines. One of these, the Kentucky Pipe Line — a
twelve-inch line — extends from Inez, in Martin County,
to the city of Louisville, which it serves through the
Louisville Gas and Electric Company. This line is sup-
posed to carry twelve million cubic feet of natural gas
daily, but probably, as a matter of fact, carries some-
what less. The line was laid and connected in 1907 and
the first £as carried by it came from both the Martin
County field and West Virginia sources. However, dur-
ing the last twelve years the Martin County field has
shown considerable and rapid decline in both rock pres-
sure and volume and for this reason an increasingly
larger supply has come to be taken from the West Vir-
ginia compressor station at Kermit on the Tug Fork of
the Big Sandy Elver.
KENTUCKY OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION
39
NATURAL GAS COMPRESSION STATION AT KERMIT, W. VA.
This important transportation station is located at Kermit just
across the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River, from Martin County. It
is owned and operated by the United Fuel Gas Company. Photo by A.
M. Miller.
THE CENTRAL KENTUCKY NATURAL GAS PIPE LINE
The second of these large trunk gas lines, that of
the Central Kentucky Natural Gas Pipe Line Company,
extends from Inez, in Martin County, to Lexington and
then with extension to Frankfort. This gas has within
the last eight months connected as a source of additional
supply from Eastern Kentucky, the newly developed
gas fields of Paint Creek in Johnson and Magoffin coun-
ties, and Laurel Creek of Johnson and Lawrence coun-
ties. The Paint Creek extension is four-inch. The Laurel
Creek extension is six-inch tubing. Compressors are al-
ready working on the Laurel Creek line and will soon be
in operation on the Paint Creek line. It is estimated that
the Central Kentucky Natural Gas Company is now tak-
ing about between two and three million cubic feet volume
of gas from these two new fields combined. This amount
does not in any, except a small \vay, indicate what the
capacity of these two gas structures will be when they
are fully developed and connected to the compressor
stations. Further to the west this main trunk gas line
connects with the Menifee gas field where a large com-
40 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
pressor station is located. This pipe line serves besides
the larger cities of Frankfort and Lexington, the smaller
cities of Mt. Sterling, Paintsville, Versailles, Midway,
Winchester and Paris.
The Central Kentucky Natural Gas Pipe Line Com-
pany's line from Inez to Lexington is 10 inches. From
Lexington the line is 8-inch to the Versailles "cut in"
and from there on 6 inches to Frankfort. This line from
Lexington to Frankfort and Versailles is owned and op-
erated by the Frankfort Natural Gas Company. Between
six and nine million cubic feet volume of gas is trans-
ported daily by the Central Kentucky Natural Gas main
trunk pipe line. Aside from the two or three million
cubic feet of gas now being taken by this company from
the new Paint Creek and Laurel Creek fields in Johnson,
Magoffin and Lawrence counties, the greater part of the
gas comes from West Virginia, through the Kermit com-
pressor station. The Menifee field, once the principal
source of supply of this pipe line, now varies from a very
small contributor to simply a ready reserve supply. The
Menifee to Lexington line was first installed in 1905 and
was continued further eastward to Inez in 1912. The
Paris extension was made in 1913 and the Frankfort ex-
tension was connected up in the fall of 1915.
VALUE OF PRODUCTION OF NATURAL GAS IN KENTUCKY
FROM 1889 TO 1919.*
1889 $2,580
1890 30,000
1891 38,993
1892 43,175
1893 68,500
1894 89,200
1895 98,700
1896 99,000
1897 90,000
1898 103,133
1899 125,745
1900 286,243
1901 270,871
1»02 365,611
1903 'v 390,601
1904 322,404
*Mineral Resources of United States. U. S. G. S.
KENTUCKY OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION 41
1905 $237,590
1906 287,501 ,-ii
1907 380,176
1908 424,271
1909 ..... 485,192
1910 456,293
1911 407,689
1912 522,455
1913 509,846
1914 490,875
1915 614,998
1916 752,635
1917 (estimated) 902,635
1918 (estimated) , 1,052,000
1919 (estimated) 1,275,000
GAS ANALYSIS
No. 1. — Sample taken from Jason Boggs, No. 1,
Cain's Creek, Lawrence County, Ky., June 1, 1917. Well
drilled by Clinton Oil and Gas Co. Analysis submitted by
H. E. Holt, Huntington, W. Va.
Specific gravity (H=l) _ 10.16
Carbon dioxide 14%
Oxygen 36%
Light naphtha per 1,000 cu. ft 1.10 gal.
Probable recovery of light naphtha per 1,000 cu. ft. of gas by
compression none
(Signed) H. H. CRAVEN, Chief Chemist,
Pittsburg Testing Laboratory, Pittsburg, Pa.
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF KENTUCKY NATURAL GAS
The greatest natural gas province of Kentucky will
always be the eastern portion of the State. Some gas pro-
duction has been secured at a number of widely distri-
buted points and some of the southern-central counties
have materially increased their gas development during
the past year. Yet none of this newer gas area promises
anything like the established territories of Eastern Ken-
tucky. The facts in the case are these: Besides Menifee
and Martin there are at least a full dozen or fifteen coun-
ties in the Eastern Coal Field which with careful scien-
tific and systematic development may be looked upon
as a great gas reserve. It is an assured fact that sufficient
42 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
natural gas for conserved domestic consumption in Ken-
tucky may be secured from this now partly developed
group of gas fields for a great many years.
Since it is admitted by both the practical and the
theoretical oil and gas producer that the drill is the ulti-
mate agent in determining the occurrence of oil or gas
in commercial quantity in the deep rocks, it will not be
difficult for the layman to accept the facts presented by
completed prospecting drillings in various parts of East-
ern Kentucky. Without going into a length of tedious de-
tail, which could scarcely add anything to the accuracy
of this statement, it is a demonstrable fact that enough
large gas wells have been drilled in Morgan, Lawrence,
Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Floyd, Pike, Breathitt, Knott,
Perry, Owsley, Wolfe and Knox counties to demonstrate
beyond doubt the justifiableness of the claims of these
above named counties to widespread recognition as a
great untapped commercial natural gas reserve. In these
counties absolute figures based upon accurate measure-
ments will show at the present time not less and probably
more than 40,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas in open
flow at the tubing head. Eight gas structures alone in
Eastern Kentucky taken together show a measured open
flow volume of 28,230,000 cubic feet of natural gas. Out
of this large amount about four million feet has just
recently been taken over by the Central Kentucky
Natural Gas Co. Considered as a whole, however, of this
forty million^ cubic feet "index" gas probably not one-
tenth is serving any commercial purpose. The most of
it remains "shut in" and unused, for the operators who
drilled it in were searching for crude oil or petroleum
and had no use for the gas. To what commercial maxi-
mum volume this "index" 40,000,000 cubic feet may be
increased is at present impossible to say, but the figures
will be many times greater than the "index" volume.
The larger part of this gas is located at some distance
from any public service trunk pipe line, and therefore
is at the present time of slight commercial importance
except as an "index" to 'producing possibilities.
KENTUCKY OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION
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CHAPTER III.
THE ORIGIN OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL
GAS.
Historical references to petroleum and natural gas
may b6 found among the earliest written records of man.
There .is probably no doubt but that the earliest nations
knew and used these two now famous natural hydrocar-
bons, tho 'little is to be found in written records concern-
ing them. Despite this early knowledge, little progress
has been made by man, even to the present day, when
these two substances have come to take such an import-
ant economic value, in determining their ultimate source
and origin. Altho we know a great deal about their
chemical constituency, their interrelations and commer-
cial grades, we are not much wiser concerning the source
of petroleum and natural gas than were our very earli-
est ancestors. Many suggestions and hypotheses have
been advanced by various- scientists, around whom have
been developed schools of ardent advocates, but up to
the present time no one conception of source has been
universally accepted, nor have any of them passed be-
yond the stage of theory. As a matter of fact, most of
these views of origin or source are based upon chemical
relations developed in laboratories in a small sort of
way during a comparatively short time, arid are therefore
not directly comparable to the means or the scale or the
time employed for the production of these hydrocarbons
in the natural way. It is. therefore, perhaps wise to sim-
ply present the principal lines of thought surrounding
this subject and allow the reader to form, if he wishes,
his own conclusion.
The theories of source or origin of petroleum and
natural gas may be generally separated into two divis-
ions:
(1) Those views which attribute an inorganic ori-
gin.
(2) Those attributing organic origin.
44
PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS 45
THE INORGANIC THEORY.
It may be well to state at the outset that the promul-
gators of this, the inorganic theory of origin of petro-
leum and nautral gas, were for the most part men who
were chemists and who actually knew very little of the
geologic conditions which surround the occurrence of
oil and gas in the natural condition in the earth's crust
As far as the writer is informed, the men who are advo-
cating this, the inorganic theory, depend entirely upon
chemical proofs and chemical hypotheses. Very few, if
any, oil and gas geologists have ever endorsed this mode
of origin, and it would seem that this fact alone must
serve to condemn the theory to some extent. Had there
been any indications of its application in a practical
way, it seems reasonable to suppose that such application
would have been noted and developed at least theoreti-
cally long ago.
The two promulgators of the Inorganic Theory may
be said to be the distinguished French chemist, Berthe-
lot, and the brilliant Russian chemist, Mendeljieff.
Berthelot did his work and advanced his ideas in 1866.
He assumed that the alkali metals, potassium and so-
dium, existing uncombined and at high temperatures in
the interior of the earth, produced a series of hydrocar-
bons whenever underground waters, carrying carbon in
solution, found access to them. His idea was that the
production of petroleum and natural gas would contin-
uously take place at from moderate to great depths
within the earth's crust, in the entire absence of organic
substances. Mendeljieff, assuming a somewhat parallel
tho an entirely different conception, assumed the inte-
rior of the earth to be composed of great masses of
metallic carbides and iron at a high temperature. His
theory conceived the production of metal oxides and hy-
drocarbons upon the contact of water with these afore-
named substances. His theory, like Berthelot 's, was one
which allowed the assumption of a more or less contin-
uous small production of petroleum and natural gas as
long as the supply of metallic carbides was available.
Both of these theories presupposed the continual
generation of the hydrocarbons constituting the petro-
leum and natural gas as long as the source substances
46 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
remained, a fact which has never been substantiated by
the history of producing fields. Advocates of the inor-
ganic theory today claim that the generation of these
hydrocarbons requires a much greater length of time
than that which has been allotted by the practical ob-
server of oil and gas fields. They point, with a measure
of pride, to the somewhat puzzling conditions of occur-
rence of petroleum and natural gas in Mexico and por-
tions of the Gulf Coastal Plain of the United States.
While it is true that in these localities associated with
the oil and gas are igneous formations, hot water, sulphur
and salt, and it is also a fact that we do not today1
thoroly understand the full geologic conditions of the
actual details of their occurrence in these fields, it may
be pointed out that the reference to these fields as a proof
of the inorganic theory is entirely unacceptable for
world-wide conditions do not 'parallel this cited mode" of
occurrence.
THE ORGANIC THEORY.
Many theories have been advanced by both chemists
and geologists, accounting for the origin and source of
petroleum and natural gas on an organic basis. Per-
haps one of the first men to make this suggestion was
von Buch, who in 1803 offered the suggestion that the
bituminous content of the Liassic shales of Wurttemburg
came from an animal and vegetable source. On the ba-
sis of general conditions, it is assumed that since most
of the petroleum of the world is derived from marine
sediments, the organisms producing hydrocarbons were
also of marine origin. A number of chemical tests have
been made by chemists of ability, which go to show the
possibility of this mode of origin.
In 1865 Warren and Storer in distilling a fish oil
showed that it could be broken up into hydrocarbon con-
stituents parallel to petroleum and natural gas. Up to
the present, the chemical side of the organic theory has
come thru with its case clear. Geologists for the most
part have favored this theory, generally because they
have found the oil associated in sediments which con-
tain large numbers of marine fossils. Unfortunately,
however, no large degree of real or positive proof has
PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS 47
ever been obtained by the geologists to show conclusively
that this was the method of occurrence.
In the Appalacian oil field of the Eastern United
States, of which Kentucky forms the southwest portion,
the oil and gas sands are shown, imbedded within large
masses of shale. This is especially true in the Devonian
system, but is also the case in the Mississippian and the
Pennsylvanian. The question arises, if the oil found its
source in the shales, how did it get into the sands or the
limestone imbedded within the shale? This will be set-
tled in another place. The fact remains that the geolo-
gists and chemists have proven that the shales do at the
present time contain large amounts of undistilled (thru
natural processes) hydrocarbons, and whatever may
have become of the myriad of fossiliferous tests or casts
of the producing organisms really makes very little dif-
ference.
However, if concrete evidence is desired, at least
one admirable instance of the occurrence of oil in ex-
tremely fossiliferous bodies may be cited. In Southern
California the oil occurs in a series of diatomaceous
shales of from 1,000 to 2,500 feet in thickness. These
diatomaceous shales do not now contain oil, but the in-
tervening sandstones do, acting as reservoirs for the
accumulated petroleums. In this field, at least, the asso-
ciation of the oil with these diatomaceous formations
has been so clearly interpreted and explained that it is
now serving as a reliable guide in the location of new
oil and gas fields. While this particular occurrence may
be looked upon as a practical proof of the organic animal
theory of origin, at least for this particular field, it may
not be too broad a suggestion to refer the same possibility
to the great oil shales of Colorado and Utah and some of
the other western states. It may, however, be noted that
proof as definite as that found in Lower California is
still lacking for these other localities.
A recent renewal of interest in the optical properties
of petroleum has definitely shown that the rotation of the
polarized ray which is produced by petroleum is parallel
to, if not exactly the same as that of cholesterol from
animal fats and phytosterol from vegetable fats. It is
i»ow generally agreed that the optical activity of petrol-
eum is due to these two substances, cholesterol and phyto-
48 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
sterol. This final and rather conclusive evidence leads,
the modern observer to assume that the great majority
of mineral oils and gases are derived during long periods
of time, and at rather low temperatures from the decom-
position of the fatty substances of plants and animals.
Under such an hypothesis, the nitrogenous properties of
both the plants and the animals would automatically be
removed by the action of bacteria soon after the death
of the organism. While it may be supposed that the
terrestrial fauna and flora may have contributed some-
what to the origin of petroleum and natural gas, it must,
on that basis of the actual sources of these hydrocarbons,
be assumed that the greatest agency of formation had
been marine life, animal and vegetable.
To sum up then: (a) The evidence now afforded
seems to favor the animal origin of petroleum and natural
gas. (b) It is undoubtedly true that the marine plants
have contributed a large portion of the fatty or oily ma-
terial, (c) Geologic and optical proofs and evidences are,
for the most part, decidedly opposed to the inorganic
origin of petroleum, but this conclusion does not presup-
pose the idea that there may not be some relation be-
tween the igneous bodies of some of the oil fields and the
large accumulatons of petroleum and natural gas asso-
ciated with them.
MOVEMENT OF OIL THRU THE EOCKS, AND
CONDITIONS OF ACCUMULATION.
From the standpoint of a practical producer, it is
somewhat immaterial as to just what has been the actual
source of formation of the oil and gas hydrocarbons. All
competent writers on the subject are agreed that what-
ever the source may have been, the oils are not now al-
ways found in the same place in the rocks in which they
were originally assembled. This statement presupposes
migration of both petroleum and natural gas, a very
demonstrable fact. Since oil and gas have moved from
their original positions, it is of importance to the prac-
tical man to. understand the conditions necessary for such
movement, and to be able to interpret those specific con-
ditions in the geologic formations which have brought
about the migration and the accumulation into oil and gas
PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS 49
pools. As a general thing, we should understand that
migration has of course preceded accumulation.
There are three forces which are generally considered
effective under most conditions in producing the migra-
tion of oil and gas in underground sedimentary strata.
These are: (a) gravity, (b) capillary attraction, (c) dif-
ference in specific gravity of gas, oil and water. Taking
DIAGRAMS ILLUSTRATING THEORETICAL POROSITY
A — Maximum pore space, large spheres; B — Maximum pore space,
small spheres; C — Minimum pore space, large spheres; D — Minimum
pore space, small spheres.
these up separately, oil and gas, in the rocks of the earth's
crust are, as we might suppose, affected by the force of
gravity like all other substances. But as the force of grav-
ity on oil and gas in a greatly disseminated condition may!
be understood to be very weak, it must be assumed that
movement could only be brought about by this force act-
ing separately and through a long period of time. The
lithologic conditions of the containing strata, would also
necessarily be somewhat special in character, that is, dry
and porous. Under such conditions, the migration of oil,
obeying the law of gravity, would be toward the center of
the earth, and the migration of gas, because of its ex-
treme lightness, if for no other reason, would be chiefly in
the opposite direction.
Because of the fact that dry, open strata in
which petroleums were originally contained are prob-
ably not widely extensive throughout the earth, it
may be assumed with a considerable degree of certainty,
that gravitation operating separately has not been very
50
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
important as a factor in the movement of petroleum and
natural gas. The second of the forces tending to produce
migration, capillary attraction, is considered to have
been and to be much greater than the power of gravity.
Many small experiments could be cited to substantiate
DIAGRAMATIC SECTION OF A TERRACE STRUCTURE
Insufficient water and low porosity are assumed.
this statement. However, capillary attraction, like grav-
ity, will operate only, to any marked extent, in rocks of
a special lithologic character, that is, such rocks as have
» low degree of porosity expressed thru a large number
of minute pores and interspaces; and such rocks as are'
essentially dry. Since, however, capillary attraction is
somewhat nullified by the presence of water, we again find
that the amount of petroleums and natural gases which
has been moved by this force, acting separately, is prob-
ably relatively rather small.
PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
61
The last named of the principal forces influencing
the migration of petroleum and natural gas, the differ-
ence of specific gravity of gas, oil and water, is perhaps
the greatest, most widespread and most universally im-
portant factor operating in this connection. This is read-
DIAGRAMS ILLUSTRATING ACTUAL POROSITY.
E — Maximum pore space, large sand grains; F — Maximum pore
space, small sand grains; G — 'Lack of pore s,pace in sandstone with
tightly cemented sand grains; H — Reproduction of actual conditions
of small interlocking cavities in the Onondaga (Corniferous) lime-
stone as found in the Estill-Lee-Powell-Wolfe, and the Allen-Barren-
Warren Fields. This last kind of porosity may be due to either solu-
tion or dolomitization or both.
ily understood to be the case, because it is now known
thru a great volume of experimental drilling informa-
tion that the dry rock of high or low porosity is the very
special rather than the general case. Since most strata
containing petroleum and natural gas are water-filled, in
part at least, we now come to a consideration of those
.principles of movement which must base themselves
upon the relative specific gravities of the three sub-
stances considered, gas, oil and water.
In the most simple condition, that of an undeformed
(essentially flat) horizon, the water would be found oc-
cupying the lower part of the1 strata. Resting directly
upon the water saturated portion would be found a layer
of oil, and upon this, filling completely the remaining
s"pace, the stratum would be the natural gas. Under
such conditions, the movement of the oil and gas would
be relativelv small since it would be within the thickness
52
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
of the strata itself and were the movement not to pro-
ceed any further than this, it is very probable there would
be very few accumulations of oil and gas in strictly com-
mercial quantities. It therefore becomes necessary to
consider the interpretation of widespread specialized
conditions of structure, different from the normal and
original, and such structures will of course be the folds
in the rock series. Along the belts of such folds, then,
tne movement will at once be seen to have been greatly
increased, that is, the tendency will have been for the
entire water content to arrange itself in the lowest posi-
tion of the structure of any of the porous formations,
which would, of course, be the lowest part of the fold.
In moving down to this location, the waters must neces-
sarily compete with the oil and gas indigenous at each
-ic + ion Legend
Oil Body
Gas Body j
aph ic Legend
F^^l Jhalo
/«,„«- x Shale:
t-fi-1 Jhaly Limes+o
DIAGRAMATIC SECTION OF DOME OR ANTICLINAL STRUCTURE
Adequate water and high porosity are assumed.
PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
63
and every point of contact, and should therefore be con-
sidered generally successful in displacing them and
moving them to higher locations on the folded
structure. The position of the water and the oil
and gas would then be entirely dependent upon
the particular quantities of oil and gas and water
contained in the folded strata. With the water
conditions prolific, the oil might be expected to be found
relatively high on the structure, if not at the very high-
est place, with the gas above it confined into a very
small space and under very great pressure. Were there to
be but a small amount of water in the strata, we might
expect to find the oil belt lying much further down on
the fold, again at the top of the water, and the interven-
DIAGRAMATIC SECTION OF A SYNCLINAL STRUCTURE
The upper sands are assumed to be essentially without water, the
lower ones partly saturated. Equivalent degrees of porosity obtain.
54 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
ing space, relatively great perhaps, would tend to be-
come entirely filled with gas under a rather high regular
pressure. In case of a practical absence of water in the
oil production horizon, the oil belt would be — theoretically
at least — at the lowest point of the structure or in the
syncline proper. Gas under relatively little pressure
would be found at all higher points. To such a sequence
of conditions there may be added the special conditions
of channel deposits such as are widespread in Kentucky.
These deposits filling the winding courses of old semi-
marine or other currents are generally of an elongated
and rather narrow configuration. In this State one of the
best examples of this sort of deposit is found at the line
of unconformity of the Mauch Chunk and the overlying
DIAGRAMATIC SECTION IN EASTERN KENTUCKY
The structure is anticlinal and symmetrical, but the location of the
oil, gas, and water is different in the Mauch Chunk and Onandaga.
PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS 55
Pottsville. At this stratigraphic level the irregularity
is very great especially in the Eastern and Western
Kentucky Coal Fields.
Sand deposits are generally the ones found filling
old channels in shales and limes, and when these de-
posits are slightly tilted, as they almost invariably are,
it will be seen that the extension of the "pay" sand
thereby developed will be one that must necessarily be
irregular beyond description. This character of oil and
gas sand is the one most difficult for geologists and oil
operators to interpret. It produces what is commonly
designated as a "Stray" and when 'production is defi-
nitely sought in such a horizon an extreme amount of
hazard is introduced into prospecting. Many times
definite channel deposits are referred to as lenses be-
cause of the lack of knowledge of their true character.
There is no way that a channel deposit "pay" sand can
be worked out accuratey by using surface geology.
In Kentucky the principal oil producing horizon to
date has been the Onondaga or Corniferous Limestone,
which in many places is quite porous, thereby differing
from most limestones under cover. Since the "pay"
horizon is a limestone, special conditions are introduced
respecting accumulation that do not obtain in the typical
silicious "pay" sand. The oil and gas that occur in the
Onondaga Limestone may not be regarded as entirely
indigenous to this formation. It is practically a certain-
ty that a great deal of it comes from other and lower
horizons. These are in Silurian and possibly the upper-
most Ordovician. The Back shale of the Devonian
which overlies the Onondaga Limestone must be ex-
cluded as the indigenous source of the principal part of
the oil found in the Onondaga Limestone for many rea-
sons, good reasons which have already been advanced.*
Minor faulting, fissuring, and jointing are a number of
the factors in the Devonian and underlying limestones
that undoubtedly have contributed, without surface indi-
cation, to the location of the many of the most important
oil pools in the Onondaga Limestone of Kentucky.
Jillson, W. R., The new Oil and Gas Pools of Allen County. Dept. Geol.
and Forestry, Series V, Vol. I, No. 2, July, 1919.
CHAPTER IV.
THE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION
.OF OIL AND GAS.
Contrary to a somewhat widespread opinion, the
business of oil and gas production in its modern devel-
opment is a highly complicated industry. There are
many features, small apparently in themselves, which
make for success or failure in every oil venture. Realiz-
ing the importance of detail, all of the large producing
companies in the United States are thoroughly organized
for the specific purpose of carrying out this kind of
iield and office work. In the smaller producing oil com-
panies where leased property has to be examined or de-
a n a Ti on
O 6" O Location
Q Dry Q J)r,//,n^
Geologic Structural Map — Productive Anticline and Non-Productive
Syncline.
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COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OIL AND GAS
57
veloped, it frequently becomes the duty of one "all
around field man" to check up and take care of the
many details of the operation.
It is now generally recognized throughout the United
States, that the safest way to open up a new oil pool is to
secure a favorable structure map by a reputable geolo-
gist on undeveloped territory. However, in Kentucky,
this is not always possible, due to the fact that large
portions of the state cannot be mapped accurately in
advance of the drill. In this state, therefore, the pro-
cedure is generally to first acquire leases and then to
work out the geologic structure if possible. In any event
no property should ever be started on its developmental
A PROSPECTING DRILLING.
Isolated rig and tank in the Ross Creek, Estill County, field
"feeling out" new production areas. Photo by R. L. McClure, March,
1919.
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OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
career until an oil and gas geologist of reputation
lias made a report on it.
When the most favorable locations on any property
or group of properties have been determined, contracts
are let and drilling rigs are brought in for the purpose
of prospecting. Initial wells may be producers or may
be dry. When production is secured arrangement must
be made at once to store or to dispose of the oil, since
the proven production of any property, though it in-
creases the value of the same, does not become of useful
economic value, until it is placed upon the market. In
Kentucky, gas wells when located close to a trunk pipe
line, are considered an asset, but when not located near a
trunk line, are considered a liability. Any oil well pro-
ducing five or more barrels a day from a "pay" sand not
over 500 feet deep, wherever located, is considered a dis-.^
Geologic Structural Map — A Closed Anticline or Dome.
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OIL AND GAS 59
tinct asset. Generally speaking deeper "pay" sands re-
quire corresponding increased production to be commer-
cially important.
In the event of striking oil or gas on any property,
the first thing generally done by the operator is to
buy all the available leases close to his production. If he
has a geological map of the structure on which he has
drilled, he will attempt to follow the oil horizon on that
structure. In most cases following the oil strike, there is
a wild scramble for all the available adjacent property.
It is in rushes of this kind that many inexperienced
would be oil operators purchase property which can
never be made to produce. Such properties are quickly
valuated at many times their real worth and become an
important factor of exchange among lease manipulators.
Eventually these undesirable properties, though rela-
tively close to the new production, lead their owners into
failure. While it is true that many important producing
pools in Kentucky as well as in other parts of this country
have been located solely by the aid of geologists, it is
no discredit to the men of that profession to say that-
some of the most important pools in this country have
been located entirely by "wild cat" and unscientific
drilling. It should however be noted as a fact of some im-
portance, that at the present time, there are no large pro-
ducing oil companies in the United States, engaged in
the development of unproven territory, that are not op-
crating upon geological advice. The single reason for
this remarkable state of affairs is, that while the oil and
gas geologist can not positively say that oil and gas
underlies any individual property, he can nevetheless
(1) keep his clients from drilling a large number of
worthless dry holes, (2) save them large expense on the
drilling, which they do undertake, and (3) increase their
chances of ultimate success.
In Kentucky there are no uniform rules in the mat-
ter of lease writing. Many forms of leases have been
used, and the practice common in one locality, generally
does not hold for another. The leases are, however, gen-
erally for a term of from five to ten years, with rentals,
per acre, per year, of from ten cents to one dollar. In
any undeveloped territory the first rentals, are paid in
60
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
F «*b/T^/"y<''/'V/'/<?>Toi/V
"+*t-r*ceajf rue-fur* 7>. s*.
forr fours rfffr&s&rt-f PV/ST^J of ffpw/
+/mv+ +S&-/T £?6or£ /rr+at7j-&4 /era/.
Geologic Structural Map — A Terrace
advance. The leasing contract is always a private trans-
action. In developed territory a bonus is generally paid
the land owner, plus the rentals. This bonus may be
from one to fifty dollars per acre, depending entirely
upon the known or the estimated value of the neighbor-
ing production. A common and good form of oil and
gas lease is given in the Appendix of this volume. With
it are attached forms, (1) for the deeding of Oil and
Gas, (2) agreement for the sale of all mineral rights,
and (3) the general form of a separate oil and gas as-
signment of lease.
MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTIES.
^The management of oil properties in Kentucky
varies -according to the special conditions, found in the
particular field of operation. The problems involved
are: (1) The method of most practical and efficient re-
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OIL AND GAS
covery of the oil and gas. (2) The certain decline from
the initial (flush) production. (3) The method of market-
ing the oil and gas produced.
In Kentucky most of the oil is secured by the pump-
ing of the well. To the pump jacks steel lines are con-
nected with a central pumping house, which provides
the power necessary. A few wells in this State during
their early life history fall into the class which is known
as "flowing wells." These wells bring their oil to the
surface without any mechanical assistance. Most flowing
wells later in their life history go on the pump due to
the decline in the gas and water pressures, which are
natural forces that force the oil to the surface. In plac-
ing the well on the pump in some cases in Eastern Ken-
tucky, where the standard wooden built derricks were
used for drilling purposes, the derrick is allowed to
PORTABLE OIL DRILLING RIG.
This is a Sparta No. 30, a very improved and up-to-date tractor
drilling machine. Other portable rigs, are the Parkersburg, Star, Arm-
strong, Keystone, Clipper and National machines.
62 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
stand over the well, and the. well is pumped on the beam
of the drilling rig. On the western rim of the Eastern
Kentucky Oil Field, and in the south-central portion of
Kentucky where portable rigs such as the National, Park-
orsburg, Keystone, Sparta, Clipper, Armstrong and Star
are used, the drilling outfit is moved away at once and the
separate pump jack is installed.
AMOUNT OF PEODUCTION AND DECLINE OF
WELLS
One of the most important problems attending the
operation of any oil property is that concerned with the
estimation of its commercial life. It is impossible to de-
termine with any degree of accuracy the life of any in-
dividual oil well. It is not impossible, however, to figure
the history of a certain group of wells providing figures
of known production to determine the life of the same
group of wells are available. At the same time it is pos-
sible to estimate the amount of production which will
eventualy be taken from this group of wells, but it is
not possible in any case with any amount of detailed fig-
ures to determine exactly the amount of oil which may be
under any property.
In determining the life of a property the known
production data is plotted in the form of a curve. Such
curves always show minor irregularities due to the special
field conditions or interrupted production. A small curve
redrawn over such an irregular line is the one which is
finally adopted. The top production of any field is never
reached as long as the new and old production combined
show an ascending curve. When the new production de-
veloped in a field does not balance the decline in the old
production, the total production of that field begins to
show a loss. Sometimes the condition is only temporary.
When it is continued indefinitely, however, then that
field from the time of its highest production may be said
to be on the decline. The decline in any field is due to
three causes. (1) Actual reduced amount of oil available.
(2) Reduction of gas pressure. (3) Flooding of the out-
lying portions of the pool by salt and fresh water.
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OIL AND GAS 63
MARKETING KENTUCKY OIL AND GAS
As soon as oil has been brought to the surface, it is
necessary to store it in tanks if pipe line accommoda-
tions are not available. If pipe line connections are im-
mediately available with refineries, tank car or river
barge, transportation companies, these must be estab-
DEVELOPMENT ON ROSS CREEK.
View on the J. F. Harris farm, three and one-half miles from
Evelyn. Producing property of Mason & Dixon Oil Company. Photo
by R. L. McClure, March, 1919.
64 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
lished. Storage tanks are generally of the two hundred
and fifty barrel wooden or the five hundred barrel
steel type. There are in Kentucky no real large
tanks, except at the refineries at Louisville. The largest
steel tank used in the Mid-Continent Field has a capacity
of fifty-five thousand barrels. There are, however, many
twenty thousand barrel tanks, and ten thousand barrel
tanks are common. Kecently new designs of concrete
tanks have been placed on the market by a large con-
tracting concern. These are being used with success in
a number of places in the Mid-Continent and Texas fields,
due to high price of the steel tanks, which frequently cost
from ten to forty thousand dollars apiece.
In Kentucky the oil and gas pipe lines -nay be
divided into two classes. The principal oil transportation
pipe line, is that operated by Cumberland Pipe Line
Company, which serves the Wayne County and Beaver
Creek Field in the southern and eastern parts of the
State, the Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe, and Morgan Fields
in the central-eastern section. The oil in Allen and War-
ren counties is served by the Indian Pipe Line, the Ameri-
can Pipe Line and the Smith's Grove Pipe Line. The
;°as production of Kentucky is served by two companies,
that of the Louisville Gas & Electric Company and the
Central Kentucky Natural Gas Company. Both of these
lines extend from Inez in Martin County to Central Ken-
tucky, the Louisville Gas and Electric Company line
r-rossins: this section of the state and terminating at
Louisville, Kentucky. Recently preparations have been
started to connect the Beaver Creek Gas Field in Floyd
Countv with the Louisville Gas & Electric Company
pipe line north of Paintsville. This line will be extended
by the Penedgrade Oil and Gas Company. Within gen-
eral limitations it mav be said that the gns pipe line
connections in Kentucky are thoroughly inadequate,
there being a very large amount of unmeasured index
gas scattered throughout the Eastern Kentucky Coal
Fields. It is a definite, though a distinct, futurity which
promises the nrobable commercialization of all the gas
which Kentucky can produce. A very small portion of
the natural gas now available is at present being used for
caseing head gas, gasoline and carbon black production.
CHAPTER V.
STRATIGRAPHY AND EVALUATION OF KEN-
TUCKY OIL AND GAS SANDS
THE ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM
THE CALCIFEEOUS GROUP
In Kentucky the lowest sediments stratigraphically
about which anything is definitely known, are those which
have been referred in a group to the "Calciferous."*
Their basal position in the column establishes them as
the oldest rocks in the State, and for this reason they
command more than passing attention. Unexposed in
outcro'p at any point within the boundary of Kentucky,
all information concerning them is based upon the ex-
aminations of a number of drillings made at various
points in or close to the central Blue Grass Section.
Further studies, which are now being made by the author,
of the log samples of the deep well drilling south of
Nicholasville in Jessamine County nearly on the apex of
the Lexington dome of the Cincinnati arch, point to the
conclusion that here may exist under the broad title of
"Calciferous" the greater part, or perhaps the complete
correlatives, of the Fort Cassion and Beekmantown
epochs of the Canadian. Following the completion of this
deep drilling at Nicholasville, such determinations as
are made will be presented in a separate paper. The
position and development of the "Calciferous" sedi-
ments as now known are as follows :
System
Series
Sand
Lithology in Order
Thickness
in Feet
Lower Ordovician
Canadian
"Calciferous"
Hard sandstone
Sandy limestone
700-1000?
*A11 names of rock formations accepted and commonly used as drill-
ing terms will be quoted in this chapter to aid the reader in learning1
the Kentucky oil sands.
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66 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
The uppermost ' * Calcif erous ' ' strata directly under-
lie the well known "Trenton" group. They are generally
found to be white, fine grained, somewhat porous, sili-
cious, magnesian limestones. Certain phases of the lime-
stone in this column are strongly oolitic. Frequently the
main calcareous body is capped by very hard, compact
sandstone. The lithology as determined by comparison
of a number of well logs is strikingly similar. The sandy
condition of the true "Calcif erous" has caused it to be
a remarkable source of salt water, and the mineral wrater
from a number of the deeper Kentucky wells has been
referred to a source in this formation.
The evidence presented by the unsuccessful drilling
of the "Calcif erous" at Frankfort, Louisville, and Nich-
olas ville is decidedly opposed to a consideration of this
formation or group of formations in Central Kentucky
as a probable producer of commercially important oil.
In a well that was drilled into the " Calcif erous " some
years ago near Elizabethtown in Hardin County some
gas was secured. Again in the eastern part of the State,
on White Oak Creek in Estill County, two old drillings
struck showings, one oil and one gas. The very small quan-
tity in all three of these wells, combined with the great
depth— 2,300 feet in the Estill wells— has caused further
prospecting of this sand to be attempted only very oc-
casionally. Older sands than the " Calcif erous " have
produced in the Appalachian Field. That the "Calcif er-
ous" formation or formations contain a small amount
of isolated oil or gas has been proven, but that it will
ever be commercially important as a producer of oil or
gas in Central Kentucky must be very sincerely doubted.
THE TKENTON
In the drilling vernacular, the term, "Trenton
Sand," famous for its production of oil and gas in Ohio,
is expanded in Kentucky somewhat beyond its real
stratigraphic limits. Properly, the "Trenton" is a series
of gray, granular, and sometimes crystalline limestones
of about 270 feet in thickness, lying at the top of the
middle division of the Ordovician. They have their
typical exposure about the city of Lexington and have
for this reason been called the Lexington Limestones.
STRATIGRAPHY AND EVALUATION
67
The areal distribution of these rocks is small in the
Blue Grass. Following the dip on the Cincinnati anticline
they go under cover, and from an elevation of about 1,000
feet above sea level at Lexington, they drop to about
2,500 feet below the surface at Owensboro, 3,500 feet
near Ironton, Ohio, and more than 4,500 feet below the
surface at Wheelright in Floyd County, Kentucky.
System
Series
Sand
Lithology in Order
Thickness
in Feet
Middle
Ordovician
Champlainian
(Mohawkian)
"Upper Trenton"
"Lexington"
Gray Granular
to Crystalline
Limestone.
270
600 +
250
"Lower Trenton"
"High Bridge"
Thick bedded
and compact
Limestone.
^Knox Dolomite"
Light and
Dark Dolomitic
Limestones.
Below the "Trenton" proper or "Lexington"
Limestone, there are a long series of thick bedded, com-
pact limestones, which are called the "High Bridge."
These rocks are the lowest ones stratigraphically that
are exposed in this State of Kentucky. They may be
KENTUCKY RIVER TRENTON LIMESTONES.
View about one mile above Cummins Ferry, looking down stream.
Photo by W. R. Jillson, April 12, 1919.
C8 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
seen to good advantage in the Brooklyn (High) Bridge
section of the Kentucky river gorge in Woodford and
Mercer counties. They continue vertically at this point
below drainage about 200 feet to the * ' Calcif erous ' ' which
they rest upon unconformably. This unconformity is prin-
cipally brought about by the introduction between the top
of the " Calcif erous" and the base of the "High Bridge"
series of a considerable thickness of a distinct forma-
tion known as the Knox Dolomite. This new dolomitic
formation has thicknesses, as shown by a number of
wells, varying from 50 to 200 feet, and is composed of
light and dark gray limestones and dolomites. It extends
northwardly from its main body in Tennessee across the
Kentucky line and probably underlies in whole or in
part the counties of Simpson, Allen, "Warren, Barren,
Metcalfe, Adair, Russell, Pulaski, Wayne, Cumberland,
McCreary, Clinton and Monroe. In passing to the north-
ward this separate dolomitic series thins very rapidly
and is regarded now as entirely absent in the central
portion of Kentucky.
Taking it as a whole, the " Trenton" must be re-
garded as one of the commercially important oil and gas
producing horizons in Kentucky. It is in fact one of the
very earliest horizons to have shown production in this
State. Since 1829, the time the "Burkesville Well" in
Cumberland County was drilled, many thousands of
barrels of oil have been produced from the various
"Trenton" sands. However, though much may be said
in favor of the "Trenton" in Kentucky, it must always
be remembered that its total production to date, even
through nearly a century of exploitation, does not begin
to compare in volume with that of some of the higher and
comparatively recently discovered "pay sands." More-
over, the "Trenton" has always been prospected with a
great deal of hazard, and generally it may be said that
outside of a few favored and somewhat restricted local-
ities in southern Kentucky it has been found barren of
either oil or gas in commercial quantities.
Wayne and McCreary counties contain practically
the entire productive area of the "Trenton." The so-
called "Deep Sand" of Wayne County is probably within
the Knox Dolomite, the lowermost of the "Trenton"
STRATIGRAPHY AND EVALUATION
69
Group. Various pay sands of lesser depths than the
"Deep Sands" found in Barren, Wayne, Clinton, Mc-
Creary and Cumberland counties, belong in what is
known as the "High Bridge" or "Lower Trenton."
Coming up to shallower sands in these same counties, the
principal pay has been found in what is styled the "Lower
Sunnybrook." This sand has come to be regarded as
the only definite oil pay in this limestone horizon, the
other pays coming at very irregular depths of from 250
to 850 feet below the surface in these southern counties.
Because of the great irregularity of these lower sands,
little dependence can be placed in them, and it is certain
that they cannot be regarded as important producers of
crude oil in Kentucky.
THE CINCIXNATIAN
Directly above the "Trenton" Group and just be-
low the base of the Upper Silurian where it is present,
and the "Black Shale" where the Silurian is absent, lie
a rather thick series of limestones, bastard limes, blue
shales, and some thin calcareous sandstones. These were
called by the older geologists the Hudson Group. South
of the Kentucky line in Tennessee they are known as
the Nashville Group. These rocks, which form the outer
Blue Grass section of this State, find their strongest and
most typical development here. In this portion of Ken-
tucky they reach an aggregate thickness of about 700 feet
and have been stratigraphically divided into three stages
which are in ascending order, the Eden, the Maysville
and the Richmond.
System
Series
Sand
Lithology
in Order
Thickness
in Feet
Upper
Ordovician
Cincinnatian
"Caney"
"Upper Sunnybrook"
Barren County "Deep"
Cumberland "Shallow"
Limestone
Blue Shales
Sandstone
450-700+ or-
South of the central Blue Grass area, the Cincin-
natian again outcrops along the Cumberland River in
widening exposure from the southwestern part of Pu-
70 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
laski County to the State line in the southeastern part
of Monroe. In this region, however, due to its prox-
imity to the saddle between the Lexington and Nash-
ville domes, only a portion of the full thickness of this
group may be seen. In this section of the State the en-
tire group thickness would be about 450 feet due to the
absence of the upper members. Because of the difficulty
with which the base of the Cincinnatian and the top of
the Trenton is determined under cover, little is known
concerning the thickness of this Upper Ordovician group
at any considerable distance away from the outcrop. It
is thought, however, that with a thickness of 450 feet
in Cumberland and Clinton counties, that it will thicken
to 550 feet under Wayne, and attain 600 or 650 feet in
Whitley County. In Russell and Pulaski, 500 to 550 feet
is the average. West and southwest of Cumberland county
very little success has attended efforts to delimit the Cin-
cinnatian, but estimates of from 600 to 700 feet have been
made. Due to the rapid dip to the northwest, this group
of rocks attain great depths in western Warren and
OLD LAGRANGE GAS WELL.
This well which is located on a farm one mile southeast of La-
grange, Oldham County, and on the headwaters of Floyd's Creek,
was drilled in by Lagrange capital about twenty years ago. Never a
large producer, local reports state that it early became exhausted.
It is located on a small anticlinal fold. Of three other old gassers one
is still producing. Photo by W. R. Jillson, April 13, 1919.
STRATIGRAPHY AND EVALUATION 71
Logan counties, and are therefore unimportant from a
prospecting standpoint.
As an oil and gas producing horizon, the Cincin-
natian has just claims to recognition. It contains the
"Caney" Sand of Wolfe and Morgan counties. The
"Upper Sunnybrook" of Wayne also belongs in this
series. Various shallow Blue Grass wells have found
small production in this group. Examples of these are
the Oldham County gas wells near Lagrange, and the
Bourbon County oil wells near Middleton. In Barren
County and in Clinton County production was secured
by some old wells in a sand 300 to 400 feet below the
"Black Shale." At such a depth this sand may well be
included within the Cincinnatian. The principal area of
productivity of this group of rocks has been outlined in
the southern central part of the State, and it is not
thought likely that any pools of importance will ever be
located at any great distance from this section.
THE SILURIAN SYSTEM
THE CLINTON FOEMATION
The lowermost formation in the Silurian system as
now understood in Kentucky is the "Clinton" sandy
magnesian limestone. Though well and widely known
among oil men by this name, it has been rechristened
during the past decade, and is now properly called the
Brassfield after a typical exposure in Madison County.
It is a rather thin bed, varying between 10 and 20 feet,
the thicker portions being on the eastern side of the Cin-
cinnati arch. In the certain occurrence of the "Clinton"
or Brassfield on both sides of the Cincinnati arch, this
formation bears an unique distinction in the Silurian
Group, for it is the only one of which this is true. Red-
dish in color, the Clinton generally exhibits the well
known "flax seed" iron ore, lithological characteristic,
which in many drillings has assisted considerably in its
identification. Geographically, the Clinton is an eastern
and western Kentucky limestone. It does not occur in
the central Blue Grass, having never been deposited in
this section which was probably a land area during the
Clinton time.
72
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Throughout Kentucky where it has been identified
definitely, the "Clinton" is found to be petroliferous,
but it cannot be said that a single instance of important
commercial quantities of oil or gas can be referred to
it in this State. In Western Kentucky it is recognized
in wells as a light blue limestone. In the eastern province
it is a darker sandy limestone where it does not show the
more typical reddish color and the "flax seed" char-
acteristic. Following the uniformity of dip on either side
of the arch, the "Clinton" or Brassfield drops off rather
quickly both to east and the west, and it is only reached at
those points which are somewhat removed from the rim
by rather deep drilling. The position of the "Clinton"
is shown in a table in a discussion of the Niagaran, since
it is now considered the lowermost member of this group.
THE NIAGARAS
Although the term "Niagaran" has been recently
expanded by stratigraphers to include the underlying
"Clinton" or Brassfield, in the minds of most oil pro-
ducers it goes down only to this last named limestone
formation. Good reason for this separation by oil drill-
ers is found in the apparent isolation from a producing
standpoint of the two divisions. Recognizing the import-
ance here of such considerations, the "Niagaran" and
"Clinton" are presented separately, though their sec-
tion is given in combination.
System
Series
Sand
Lithology in Order
Thickness
in Feet
Silurian
Xiagaran
"Niagaran"
Alternating limestone,
shales, and
sandy limestones.
50-250 E. of Arch
50—200 W. of Arch
"Clinton"
Light to dark, blue to
blue to redlish, sandy
limestone.
5-20
The "Niagaran" proper in Kentucky consists of a
series of alternating thick shales and then sandy lime-
stones lying above the "Clinton" if this is excluded, or
the uppermost Cincmnatian — Ordovician — if the "Clin-
ton" is taken into the group. Directly above the "Nia-
agarn" is found the "Onondaga" ("Corniferous")
STRATIGRAPHY AND EVALUATION 73
limestone of the Devonian. Always an irregular group
of sediments in total thickness, it may be said that drill-
ing has determined its greatest thickness in Estill, Powell,
Menifee, Mason, Lewis, Eowan, Fleming, Bath and Madi-
son, and parts of adjoining counties. Farther east, west,
and south the section thins perceptibly. Its greatest thick-
ness is probably not much over 250 feet, and this will be
found in only a few wells or localities. In the vicinity of
Louisville, the uppermost "Niagaran" is what is known
as the Louisville Limestone. It has here a thickness of
about 100 feet and is underlain by the Waldron Shale of
about 15 to 20 feet in thickness. Below these lie in order
the Laurel limestone and the Osgood shale with a total
thickness varying from 75 to 150 feet. Proceeding south
from Louisville, and under cover, some of these members
of the "Niagaran" drop out and others thin considerably,
giving a much reduced section in the southern part of the
State.
It is only recently — within the last three years —
that the importance of the " Niagaran" group of shales
and limestones has come to be appreciated from an oil
and gas standpoint. Development, and with it a study
of the logs produced, has now placed the "Niagaran"
system second perhaps only to the "Onondaga" ("Corni-
fcrous") limestone as a prolific producer of high com-
mercial oil. The recent development of the Estill,
Powell and Lee County Fields — though the production
here was secured mainly from the "Onondaga" — offered
the suggestion that the " Niagaran" group directly un-
derlying was very possibly making some considerable
contribution to the accumulation. But it was found with
the extension of the work in Allen and Barren, and a
part of Warren counties, that the role of the "Nia-
garan" became important. Here, occurring as a sandy
limestone with a high degree of porosity, it holds a posi-
tion of equal rank with the "Onondaga" ("Cornifer-
ous") and by some producers is considered superior. Its
total thickness in Allen County has not been definitely de-
termined, but this as well as the aerial distribution of its
productivity will be established during the present field
season.
74 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
THE DEVONIAN SYSTEM
THE ONONDAGA (CORNIFEEOUS) LIMESTONE
As the principal oil producing horizon in Kentucky,
the ' ' Onondaga " or ' l Cornif erous ' ' Limestone commands
first attention among all of the productive formations in
the State. Coupled with the overlying Hamilton, found
only on the western flank of the Cincinnati arch, it has
been definitely classed as of Middle Devonian time. East
of the Cincinnati Anticline the "Onondaga" occurs alone,
and here it attains a thickness varying from 25 to 45 feet.
EXPOSURE OF ALLEN-BARREN "OIL SANDS."
The upper ledge is the Onondaga "Corniferous." The lower ledge,
the upper portion of which protrudes above the water, is the Niagaran.
The view is at the mouth of Glover's Creek on the Barren River, Barren
County, Ky. Photo by W. R. Jillson, July 16, 1919.
It rests disconformably upon the Middle Silurian or
" Niagaran." The casual similarity of drilling samples
of these two limestone formations, though separated by
a distinct shale, has led to a great deal of confusion,
especially on the part of drillers unaccustomed to the
sequence, as to the exact limitations of either limestone
formation under cover.
STRATIGRAPHY AND EVALUATION
75
System
Series
Sand
Lithology in Order
Thickness
in Feet
Middle
Devonian
Hamilton
"Corniferous" or
"Irvine"
or "Ragland," etc.
Cement limestone
W. Ky. only
0-24
0-45
Onondaga
Cherty mag nesian
limestone with
porus strata.
The "Onondaga" or " Cornif erous " bed— the "Ir-
vine" and "Bagland" sands as it is more popularly
known among the drillers — is a thick bedded, massive,
magncsian limestone. At the outcrop it is generally char-
acterized by an abundance of cherty inclusions. These
produce, as a result of unequal weathering, an irregular
surface giving the "Onondaga" limestone the hornstone
name. A widely distributed characteristic of this forma-
tion, especially under cover and at short distances from
the outcrop, is its tendency to develop a considerable de-
gree of minute porosity due to solution and dolomitiza-
tion. Examples of this may be seen in widely separated
portions of the State. The writer has remarked the oc-
currence in Lewis, Estill and Allen counties and it is to
be seen at many intervening points. This porous tend-
ency is the chief factor of importance from an oil pros-
pecting standpoint, as only in those localties where the
limestone is porous to a considerable degree at least, is
there any possibility of recovering oil in commercial
quantities.
A comparison of well records and typical exposures
demonstrates that directly underlying the "Black Shale"
occur three to five feet of dark brown, hard, bituminous
and sometimes sandy limestone ledges, alternating with
thin, dun colored, calcareous shales. This phase is the
so-called "cap rock" so well known to the driller. A
hornstone of a gray color and of somewhat massive char-
acter follows, which is in turn underlain by a number of
strata of gray colored flintless magnesian limestones.
The base of the "Onondaga" is a white or light lime-
stone. One of the remarkable facts in connection with
the occurrence of the petroliferous strata or pockets in
the "Onondaga" is that it may occur well towards the
top of the formation in the hard, flinty phase, or again
fairly well towards the base in the pure limestone. Fre-
quently the oil "pay" is found at both horizons.
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
WHERE THE "CORNIFEROUS" PINCHES DOWN.
The Devonian-Silurian contact is where the handkerchief is held
by the two lower men. The Black Shale — Onondaga (Corniferous)
contact is at the left hand of the upper man. At this point, % mile
below Glover's Creek on Barren River, Barren County, Ky., the Onon-
daga is only 7 feet thick. Photo by W. R. Jillson, July 16, 1919.
The result of increased drillings has been to ex-
tend the known sub-surface occurrence of the "Onon-
daga" limestone. In a broad way it may be said to under-
lie the whole eastern coal field with the exception perhaps
of the very southeastern counties where deep drilling
STRATIGRAPHY AND EVALUATION 77
has not been carried out, and where information is lack-
ing. Passing west and southwest in an arc, it is found
under Allen, Simpson and Warren counties, and then ex-
tends north in a broadening V to the Ohio River, where
at Louisville it forms with the overlying Hamilton the
falls of that river. Incidentally it may be recalled in pass-
ing, that it is to the river bed outcrop at this point of the
"Onondaga" limestone and the falls which it forms that
Louisville owes its birth and present industrial position.
Though so widely distributed and so productive in
certain localized sections, it cannot be said that the * ' On-
ondaga" is by any means a state wide producer. In
eastern Kentucky in Lawrence, Magoffin, Johnson and
Floyd, it has been identified at increasing depths both
south and east. In every case it has been found to be
quite tight and thoroughly unsatisfactory with only faint
shows of oil or gas. Possibly the small number of wells
as compared to the widespread acreage referred to makes
any conclusions with respect to the Corniferous in this
section somewhat premature. However, evidence seems
to point to the fact that in this or any other part of Ken-
tucky where the over burden is thick and heavy, or where
the structural location of the "Onondaga" is essentially
geosynclinal, this well known horizon does not have much
to offer to the oil and gas prospectors. As the greatest
oil producing horizon in the state, however, it will con-
tinue to be of great interest, and will be ''wild catted" in
many forlorn and out of the way places by hopeful pros-
pectors. The net result of this faithful exploration will
result without doubt in the discovery of a number of new
oil and gas pools of varying importance. To date the fol-
lowing, the chief pools in Kentucky, derive their produc-
tion from the "Onondaga" or "Corniferous" limestone
either in part or in whole. (1) Ragland, oil; (2) Menifee,
gas; (3) Irvine, oil and gas; (4) Campton, oil; (5) Cannel
City, oil and gas; (6) Big Sinking, oil; (7) Ashley, oil;
(8) Boss Creek, oil; (9) Station Camp, oil; (10) Miller's
Creek, oil; (11) Buck Creek, oil; (12) northwestern
Allen County Pools, oil and gas; (13) some Barren
County Pools, oil and gas; (14) some Warren County
Pools, oil and gas: (15) various other small and as yet
unimportant oil and gas pools.
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OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
THE BLACK SHALE
Besting unconformably on the ' ' Onondaga " or " Cor-
nif erous ' ' limestone, for which it serves as the principal
protection, the "Black Shale" of Upper Devonian time
is the most pronounced, widely distributed, and best
known drilling horizon in Kentucky. It has as equiva-
lents in part or in whole the ''Ohio Black Shale," the
"Chattanooga" Shale of Tennessee, and the "Genesee"
Shale of New York. In some places in Kentucky, prin-
cipally from the vicinity of Morehead southward in a belt
underlying the western edge of the eastern coal field, the
superimposed Bedford and "Berea" formations of the
lower Mississippian pinch out and drop the black or
THE DEVONIAN LIMESTONE AND SHALE.
This view shows the Onondaga (Corniferous) Limestone and the
Black Shale, above it. In cut on Winchester-Irvine branch of L. &
N. R. R. Photo by W. R. Jillson.
brown Sunbury Shale of the same system down on to the
Devonian "Black Shale." As one progresses to the south,
the Sunbury thickens, and lying immediately above the
"Black Shale" with no definite line of demacation, it
frequently happens that drillers include the Sunbury
with the "Black Shale" in their logs. While the error is
widespread, it is unintentional and for the most part
from a drilling or production standpoint at least, makes
STRATIGRAPHY AND EVALUATION
71)
no difference. In this discussion all references to the
"Black Shale" are intended to be to that portion only
which is Upper Devonian. Due to the above causes, how-
ever, it is quite impossible to eliminate a small element
of error. In stratigraphic section the Black Shale ap-
pears as follows :
System
Series
Sand
Lithology
in Order
Thickness in Feet
Upper Devonian
Black Shale
"Strays"
Black, fissile
Bituminous
Fine shale
75— Southeast
240— Northeast
—Southwest
The prospecting drill has pierced the " Black Shale"
in nearly every part of the state except the central Blue
Grass and the Jackson Purchase. In the Blue Grass
section it can never be found since the leveling agencies
of erosion have removed it. In the Purchase it is much
too deep to have been of interest. In all other places it
has been found to have a very uniform, lithe-logic charac-
ter, rather soft under the bit and always easily recogniza-
AN ANTICLINE BUT NOT AN OIL STRUCTURE.
The view shows a small anticlinal buckling and slight faulting
with perpendicular drag zone in the Black shale on Sulphur Creek,
Nelson County, Ky. This structure and many others of its kind pos-
sess illustrative values only. It could not possibly have any effect on
oil and gas accumulation. Photo by W. R. Jillson, July 14, 1919.
SO OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
ble. It never fails to show a very oily and gassy character.
A considerable number of so called oil seepages have been
reported along its outcrop, but none of them are large or
of commercial importance. Though always suggestive
of oil and gas the * ' Black Shale ' ' in Kentucky has but a
very few instances of actual occurrence of these hydro-
carbons in commercial quantities. Of these exceptions
to a widely established rule, there are three that deserve
attention. The first and oldest of these is the Meade
County gas which comes from a "Stray" sand in the
"Black Shale." The second of these is that of a single
gas well, in a thin "Stray" sand at a depth of about
2000 feet in the Beaver Creek section of Floyd County.
The third instance is that of one or two relatively shallow
wells which have penetrated the "Stray" sands in Bar-
ren and Allen Counties rather recently.
In all of these instances the production from these
"Black Shale" "Strays" has been gassy and not oily.
This fact is remarkable. It is especially remarkable
when it is taken into consideration that the chief oil hori-
zon of the state, the "Onondaga" limestone, underlies
directly the "Black Shale," and that this same shale is
frequently found to be overlain by various oil horizons
of high quality, if generally of small quantity. It is a
matter of record that many geologists of ability in Ken-
tucky have subscribed their approval to the "Black
Shale," as the indigenous source of Kentucky's principal
oil production. The reasons for such subscription and
accord are difficult to perceive. It may be said plainly
that not only the above remarkable fact serves in the mind
of the writer to condemn such unfounded conclusions,
but that there are besides this many additional reasons
why the ' ' Black Shale ' ' — the most oily, gassy, and barren
horizon in Kentucky — is without commercial oil pools of
importance.* In some parts of Ohio and Tennessee as
well as in Kentucky small amounts of low rock pressure
gas — indicating plainly the cut off and confined lens char-
acter of the "Stray" sand — have been found and used
commercially. However, as an important producer of gas
the "Black Shale" is quite as much a failure as it is in
*Jillson, W. R., The New Oil and Gas Pools of Allen County, Dept.
of Geol. and Forestry of Kentucky, Mineral and Forest Resources, Series
V, Volume I, No. II, pp. 120-143, 1919.
STRATIGRAPHY AND EVALUATION 81
the production of oil in commercial quantities. What-
ever rare and individual exceptions may be taken to this
stand, it cannot be denied that the principal amount of
the oil and gas hydrocarbons indigenous to the "Black
Shale ' ' are still within it, and by virtue of their chemical
condition at present and widespread dissemination, are
protected from recovery by the exploring drill. What
percentage of the known petroliferous content of this
formation may be recovered through destructive distilla-
tion methods remains for the future to disclose. A num-
ber of tests run separately on this shale from samples
taken at points all around the " horseshoe" of the out-
crop in Kentucky show that the "Black Shale" may be
expected to produce under ordinarily severe methods
from 10 to 25 gallons of tarry or oily sub-
stance to the ton. It has been claimed that with
better and improved methods as much as 30 gallons can
easily be secured. While the practicality of placing such
large investments in a venture of this kind, as would be
required, is seriously doubted, under present market
standards, it may be pointed out that should these same
conditions change this great petroliferous shale body
may offer practically unlimited supplies for a future and
higher priced market.
THE MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM
THE WAVERLY SERIES
Outcropping close to the western border of the
Eastern Coal Field from Lewis and Greenup counties
southwesterly to the Tennessee line counties of Allen,
Monroe and Cinton, and thence north through Taylor to
Bullitt at the Ohio Eiver, are found that group of shales,
limestones, and sandstones which have been given the
group name of Waverly. As a rule these lower Missis-
sippian sediments are clastic — sandy and shaly — in the
northeast. They become more calcareous and less clastic
toward the south, and on the swing around again to the
north toward Louisville they become somewhat calcar-
eous. In general the thickness of this group is greater in
the north and northeast on either side of the Cincinnati
arch, and less in the southern part of the State. Greenup
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
CROSS BEDDING AND NOT OIL STRUCTURE
This is a weathering characteristic developed in the Fort Payne
chert of Barren County. The dips at the right are rendered value-
less as structural indications by the occurrence of the horizontal beds
at the left. Photo by W. R. Jillson, July 17, 1919.
County shows about 500 feet, which decreases to about
400 feet in Bath and Fleming. In the southern part of the
State it is not more than 300 or 350 feet. The Waverly is
divided into four formations stratigraphically, which are
in ascending order the Kinderhook, the Cuyahoga, the
Logan, and the Warsaw. The oil sand relationships are
as follows:
1
Series
Sand
I.ithology
in Order
Thickness
Feet
in
Keener
Big- Injun
Squaw
Clastics — s a n d-
500 in
N. E.
c
Wier
stones and shales
1
^
Berea
in Eastern Ken-
ll
?
Stray "]
tucky.
400-600 in
E.
i
>
-
Mt. Pisgah
Ot^eT1^ ^Wayne
Cooper
Calcareous shales
and limestones in
Western Kentucky.
300-350 in
200 in
S.
S. E.
Slickford J
Amber oil sand of Barren,
400 in
W.
W'arren and Simpson.
STRATIGRAPHY AND EVALUATION 83
The areal distribution or outcrop of the Waverly
in Kentucky is considerable but this expanse is about
doubled by its extent under cover. It underlies the
Eastern and Western Coal Fields, and probably also the
Jackson Purchase but at much greater depths. The
Waverly contains a long list of petroliferous sands.
Many of these sands are of widespread extent, such as the
"Big Injun" group. Some are localized producers only,
as the "Wier" and the "Berea," the Wayne County
group, or the Barren, Warren and Simpson counties
Amber Oil Horizon. East and west of its outcrop the
Waverly, following the normal dip, plunges rapidly under
cover, where well records generally easily establish its
position and its petroliferous sands.
In the eastern coal field the counties of Lewis, Green-
up, Carter, Boyd, Elliott, Lawrence, Johnson, Martin and
Floyd are underlain either in part or in whole by the
Berea and Wier sands, which are the lowest widespread
producers in the Waverly group. Furthermore, these
sands are to be regarded as productive on structure
within this area as shown by many tests. In Wayne and
adjoining counties, the " Stray," "Mt. Pisgah,"
"Beaver," "Otter," "Cooper" and "Slickford" sands
are productive. The entire southeastern portion of the
Eastern Coal Field, from Mt. Vernon in Eockcastle
eastward to Inez and the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy
Eiver in Martin County, is underlain by the "Big Injun"
group. This group consists of the "Keener," "Big
Injun" and "Squaw" sands, each named in descending
order. In this group well records show that one or two
of these sands are generally missing. The "Big Injun"
group may be regarded as a gas producer of importance
in Eastern Kentucky, but it is not an oil horizon in the
commercial sense of the word though very small high
gravity oil production is being secured from it from a
well on Toms Creek in Johnson County.
THE ST. GENEVIEVE-ST. LOUIS LIMESTONE
The most persistent and easily recognized shallow
to mediumly deep limestone horizon in Kentucky is that
which is known throughout the literature as the St.
Genevieve-St. Louis group. It is the outstanding cal-
84
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OP KENTUCKY
careous feature of the Mississippian System. Taken to-
gether with their occasional thin sand inclusion, these two
formations are known as the "Big Lime" by most
drillers. They are also less frequently known and corre-
lated with the Newman limestone and the Mountain lime-
stone of adjoining states. The sequence of this limestone
group is as follows :
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Thickness in Feet
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Although generally found in place, the "Big Lime"
group, as may be seen from the above figures covering
its range of thickness, is variable. It, however, furnishes
a very important guide for wild cat drilling where it is
imder cover, and it is also of considerable use through
the definiteness of its lower surface in those sections of
the State where it is exposed and forms the surficial
rocks. The "Big Lime" group was formerly one which
was in much dispute, many drillers mistaking Lower
Ordovician rocks for it, and consequently attributing to
it much lower horizons than it really occupies. However,
this error is now one of comparative rarity due to the
better understanding of the various sections throughout
the State of Kentucky that are now being drilled. Some
thicknesses of the "Big Lime," as discovered by the
drill, may be of use in further prospecting. In Eastern
Kentucky under the coal field, the "Big Lime" group is
found thinest in Greenup, Boyd and Carter counties,
and thickest to the southeast along the Pine Mountain
fault. Near Ashland it is about 60 feet, and in Greenup
40, in Eowan and Menifee between 20 and 60, in Bath
and Montgomery between 65 and 100, in Estill and
Powell about 150 to 160 feet, in Magoffin and Johnson
from 100 to 140, in Floyd from 120 to 200, in Wolfe and
Morgan 75 to 110, in Lawrence 150, in Martin and Pike
STRATIGRAPHY AND EVALUATION 85
180 to 240. On the Pine Mountain fault it is about 400
feet thick and at Cumberland Gap about the same.
Whitley County shows in a deep well at Pine Knot 395
feet, and the outcrop in Clinton County has been meas-
ured at 303 feet. Going westward in Meade County, it is
475 feet thick, and in Hart 500. Breckinridge shows over
700 feet, and with a regular thickening to the west, 800
and 1,000 feet is what may be expected. From Whitley
County westward the underlying Warsaw limestone,
about 100 feet thick, is liable to be included in the drill
records.
The following depths below the surface may be of
some service. In Carter County, Big Lime was struck
at about 80 feet, but is exposed in the lowest drainage.
The rapid dip to the east puts it 500 feet below the sur-
face in Boyd and 975 feet near Huntington in West Vir-
ginia. In the southern part of Lawrence County it is
not over 160 feet below the surface, but in the central
portion, due to a deep syncline, it is over 1,000 feet. In
Wolfe County it is about 420 feet below the surface, and
m Morgan County between 360 and 460. Progressing to
the south in Magoffin, it is between 700 and 850 feet ; in
Floyd County, between 1,000 and 1,150. In Martin it is
between 1,200 and 1,300 feet, and in Pike County about
1,500 feet. The Pine Knot well in Whitley County shows
it at 900 feet below the surface. These depths, as given,
are not intended as an absolute rule, but simply as an in-
dex to the general location at which the ''Big Lime"
group may be encountered.
Speaking within reasonable limits, the St. Louis or
"Big Lime" group may be considered petroliferous.
Along its outcrop, especially in northeastern Ken-
tucky, petroleum may be seen in the cavities of freshly
broken fragments. However, the quantity of petroleum
in this formation is small at the outcrop and seems to be
less under cover, as there is not a record well in Eastern
Kentucky which produces commercial quantities of oil
from this horizon. However, the ' * Big Lime ' ' is import-
ant from a gas standpoint, and it is certain that the gas
from this horizon in Floyd and Knott counties, where it
occurs in abundance, as shown by drilled wells, will be
commercialized. In Martin County, a small amount of gas
from the "Big Lime" has been used and gas has been
found in the "Big Lime" in Pike. The gas hor-
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
izon is the thin tan sand lens which occurs about
midway through the limestone group. This lens is
not uniformly or widely distributed, nor in all
cases present in the "Big Lime," but it is known
to exist in Martin, southern Johnson, southern
Magoffin, Floyd, Pike, Knott, and parts of Breathitt.
How much farther it may extend to the southeast re-
mains for a prospecting drill to tell. At present, the
largest gas well in Knott County, on the Bolen farm
on Kock Fork of Eight Beaver Creek, comes from this
horizon. The life of gas obtained from the "Big Lime"
sand inclusion is also a matter of speculation. Certain-
ly it is not a thick sand, but on the other hand the lime-
stones surrounding it are very thick both above and
below, and also compact.
THE CHESTEE OR MATJCH CHUNK GROUP.
This horizon, from an oil and gas standpoint, is one
of the most important in Eastern Kentucky. In Western
Kentucky the lithology changes entirely and it also under-
goes a great thickening. In Eastern Kentucky, the
farthermost part, the rocks of the Upper Mississippian
are red shales, white sands, and thin bastard limestones,
underlain by thin dark shales. This is the Mauch Chunk
group, well known in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Towards the southwestern portion of the eastern coal
field, the shales and the sands disappear, or rather are
graded over into an increasing amount of calcareous sedi-
ments, and as one -passes over the Cincinnati arch to the
western coal field, the sands and shales become inter-
bedded with persistent limestone of the characteristic
Chester.
System
Series
Sand
Lithology in Order
Thickness
in Feet
Red shale
Sandy shale
White sand
Shale
White sand
•E. Ky.
30 to 275
Mississippian
Chester
"Maxon"
Calcareous
^nd Mauch
Shales
Chunk
Bastard lime
Sandstones, lime-
stones and thin
W. Ky.
300 to 800
shales
STRATIGRAPHY AND EVALUATION 87
In many ways the thickness of the Mauch Chunk or
Chester is similar to that of the underlying "Big Lime"
group. In northeastern Kentucky, the Mauch Chunk —
Chester — is thin, occurring at the outcrop as red and
green shales with thin limestones and sands. The thick-
ness continues as one progresses to the south and south-
west, and the greatest thickness is attained in Western
Kentucky. The Mauch Chunk is an extremely variable
formation in point of thickness, and may, due to the
great unconformity which exists between it and the over-
lying "Pottsville Conglomerates" of the Pennsylvanian,
be entirely cut out. In Floyd and Pike, where it finds its
best expression in Eastern Kentucky, it has a thickness
varying from 130 to 268 feet. In Martin County it varies
from 140 to 274. In Knox County it is about 268 feet, and
the Pine Knot well in Whitley 93. In Western Kentucky,
in Hancock County, it is 597 feet, and in the western
part of the State probably reaches 800 feet.
In Eastern Kentucky the Mauch Chunk is now dis-
tinctly recognized, as in the adjoining state of Virginia,
as a producer of both oil and gas, and most of the pro-
duction of the old Beaver Creek field in Floyd County
may be attributed to this horizon. It has been erroneous-
ly thought that the white sand, which was encountered
in this section at about 1,000 feet, belonged in the ' * Potts-
ville Conglomerate" towards the base of this formation,
but it is now definitely known that the Mauch Chunk
covers the greater part of southern Johnson, Martin,
Floyd and Pike counties continuously, and that the oil
and gas obtained in this section from a white sand in-
tercalated between red to green shales is the "Maxon"
sand of the Mauch Chunk, as known and understood in
West Virginia. The possibilities of the "Maxon" in
Eastern Kentucky have not as yet been thoroughly tested,
and it is very probable that with further drilling this
sand will be found to produce in other localities besides
the Beaver Creek section in Floyd County. From a
standpoint of commercialization, the oil and gas obtained
from the "Maxon" are second to none in the State.
Never a large producer it has, on the other hand, always
exhibited the sterling qualities of high grade, green oil,
high rock pressure gas, and long lived wells where either
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OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
oil or gas was encountered. The "Maxon" may occur as
a single or as a double sand, with an intercalated shale or
lime. It varies in thickness from 50 to 100 feet. In West-
ern Kentucky, the Chester limestones have never been
shown to be productive, and for this reason will re-
ceive no further discussion.
THE PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM
THE POTTSVILLE CONGLOMEEATES
One of the very earliest horizons to produce both oil
and gas in the State of Kentucky was the "Pottsvile
Conglomerate," a shallow well drilled originally for salt
having encountered both of these hydrocarbons in Knox
County long before the Civil War. To the present time,
the "Pottsville Conglomerate" has remained an im-
portant shallow producer of oil and gas, though it may
be said that none of the wells drilled in the Pottsville
have ever produced in their sum total as much oil as has
CLIFF OF THE POTTSVILLE CONGLOMERATE.
This formation caps the hills in the Oil Fields, east and south of
Irvine and gives the rugged character to the topography. Photo by
A. M. Miller, 1917.
STRATIGRAPHY AND EVALUATION
been secured from lower stratigraphic horizons. The
"Pottsville Conglomerate" is found at the base of the
Coal Measures, and is therefore limited to the Eastern
and Western Coal Fields. The name "Conglomerate"
is perhaps misleading, as the group of sandstones, shales,
coals and true conglomerates, which have come to be
included under this heading, are not and could not all
be conglomeratic. The basal portion of the formation is
usually truly conglomeratic, containing white quartz
water worn pebbles, varying from the size of a pea,
in Western Kentucky, to that of a dove's or a hen's
egg in southeastern Kentucky. The Pottsville sequence,
as found in Eastern Kentucky, is as follows:
System
Series
Sand
Lithology
in Order
Thickness
in Feet
Fcnnsyl-
vanian
Pottsville
Conglomerate
Beaver-H o r t o n
Pike in Floyd and
Knott.
Wages, Jones, Ep-
person in Knox.
Alternating sands
and shales.
Coals with strong
conglomerate base.
60—1000
Changing thickness and the variable lithology are
the two most important characteristics of the Pottsville.
In general, the Pottsville thicknesses vary greatly and
regularly from northeastern Kentucky to southeastern
Kentucky. This is due to two features — one, that the con-
glomeratic portion of the Pottsville in northeastern Ken-
tucky is the surficial rock and its thickness in many locali-
ties is no greater than that which has been left by erosion.
This in some cases is as low as 30 to 60 feet. Where it is
under cover and protected, its true thickness for that lo-
cality is of course obtainable, and it does not entirely go
under cover until it passes an east-west line, which ap-
proximates the northern boundaries of Wolfe, Magoffin,
Johnson and Martin counties. In northeastern Kentucky,
this basal group of Pennsylvania!! sediments known as the
Lee formations consists chiefly of a heavy conglomeratic
sandstone underlain by a bed of dark shale, the latter
often exhibiting coal. In southeastern Kentucky, where
the maximum thickness of the conglomerate is about
1,000 feet, the Lee contains several seams of coal,
with at least three strong, massive sandstones separated
by beds of shale and sandy shale. Along the western
90 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
THE CLIFF FORMING POTTSVILLE.
This is a characteristic view of topography along the western
border of the Eastern Coal Field, in the oil district. Photo by W. R.
Jillson, 1918.
border of the Eastern Coal Field, the "Pottsville Con-
glomerate," in its basal formation, forms the striking,
rugged feature of the topography, and is seen as mas-
sive conglomeratic and sandstone cliffs overlying the
Chester and Mauch Chunk groups. In southeastern Ken-
tucky, it is the Pottsville conglomerate which caps the
Pine Mountain throughout its extent, and has not only
resulted in giving it its present contour, but has really,
through its erosion resisting qualities, preserved the
mountain at its present height. In northeastern Ken-
tucky the Pottsville Conglomerate, in Green and Carter
counties, varies from 30 to 100 feet, in northern Morgan
about 150, in Jackson and Menifee 300, in Wolfe 400, in
Estill 271, in Morgan 450, in Boyd 500, in Lawrence 250
to 750, in Johnson 600 to 800, in Martin 600 to 1,000, in
Floyd 800 to 1,000, in Pike 800 to 1,000.
The "Pottsville Conglomerate" shows three dis-
tinct sands, "Beaver," "Horton" and "Pike," all of
which are petroliferous. These sands have their best de-
velopment and highest petroliferous character in the
central portion of the eastern coal field, that is, extend-
ing from southern Martin County through Floyd into
STRATIGRAPHY AND EVALUATION 91
TILTED BASAL POTTSVILLE (LEE) CONGLOMERATE AT CREST
OF PINE MOUNTAIN.
The view is to the southwest from an altitude of 1,800 feet across
the Cumberland River Gap just above Pineville, Kentucky. The eroded
Pine Mountain fault scarp begins at the mountain crest and continues
to the right out of the picture— that is to the northwest. The heavy
timber in the lower right hand portion of the picture obscures the ex-
posed Mississippian Limestones and shales. Photo by W. R. Jillson,
May 16, 1919.
Knott and Breathitt, and farther southwestward into
Leslie, Clay and Knox. The thickness of these sands
is variable, ranging from 50 to 230 feet each. The
"Beaver," the uppermost of the three, is generally thick-
est and frequently shows through many drillings in the
Beaver Creek section, from which the type occurrence
comes with the name, the maximum thickness. In the
Beaver Creek section these three sands produce both
oil and gas, and both are of very high quality, the oil
going into the Cumberland Pipe Line as the regulation
Somerset grade. It is a green to brown green fluid crude,
high in gasoline. The first well in the "Pottsville" in
the Big Sandy Valley was drilled in by Louis H. Gormley
in 1892, at the mouth of Salt Lick Creek on Bight Beaver
in Floyd County. This was a small flowing well and
served as the nucleus for the group of what is now known
as the Beaver Creek wells, many of which are still pro-
ducing, including the original well known as the Howard
92 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Purchase, No. 1. The oil coming from "Pottsville"
sandstone is not uniform, there being a slight difference
in the oil from each of the sands even where the cover
is good and thick as in Floyd County. To the north and
northwest, where the cover is thinnest as in Magoffin and
Breathitt counties, these sands have produced at much
shallower depths — the pay horizon in Magoffin on Burn-
ing Fork being about 300 feet — but the oils obtained from
these shallow horizons has always been black, stiffly flow-
ing, with a very low Baume gravity, and almost entirely
without gasoline content.
While the "Pottsville" may still be regarded as an
important horizon for further 'prospecting, it is certain
that if a high gasoline oil is being sought from it, the
prospector must avoid the northeastern and western-
most borders of the eastern coal field. He must, in other
words, go down into the Eastern Kentucky geosyncline,
which passes through Breathitt from Clay and Knox,
into Magoffin and Floyd and Pike, towards the northeast.
It is very possible that other fields, as good as the Floyd
County field, may be developed in this locality, and even
farther to the south, where the thickening of the strata,
counteracting the raise in the dip, serves to keep the
basal sands well protected under cover.
THE CRETACIOUS AND QUATERNARY SYSTEMS
In the Jackson Purchase region, the extreme south-
western part of the State of Kentucky, all of the above
described rocks dip down under a thick cover of Cretace-
ous and Quaternary sediments both of which are monu-
ments to the two last embayments of the Gulf of Mexico
over this portion of the State. Because of this covering
of thick and more recent rock strata very little indeed is
known of the oil and gas sands of this area. As indi-
cated by the fact that little is known of the subsurface
geology of the purchase it may be stated briefly that this
part of Kentucky has received up to the present prac-
tically no oil and gas development at all. However, there
are indications that this large area will receive some
drilling attention this season and probably next, and it
is possible that the Cretaceous and lower sediments under
this region may be found to have productive oil sands
here as they have elsewhere in the United States.
STRATIGRAPHY AND EVALUATION
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CHAPTER VI.
THE GEOLOGY OF THE OIL AND GAS POOLS OF
KENTUCKY
MAJOR STRUCTURAL FEATURES
The geology of oil and gas in the State of Kentucky-
is simple and at the same time complex. It is simple in
its broad stratigraphic conceptions. It is complex in
its details of major and minor structure, porosity, and
water pressures — hydraulic and hydrostatic. Strati-
graphically, oil and gas production is secured in Ken-
tucky in ascending order from the middle Ordovician
Limestones, up through the Silurian Limestones and in-
tercalated shales, the Devonian Limestone (Corniferous),
the Devonian Black Shale, the Mississippian Sandstones
and Limestones, and the Lower Pennsylvanian (Potts-
ville) Sandstone and Conglomerates. No oil production
is secured in Kentucky lower than the Ordovician which
as it comes from the wells in Cumberland County near
Falls on Russell Fork, Dickenson County, Virginia. Crest of the
Pine Mountain Anticline. The view is just across the Pike County,
Kentucky line. Photo by W. R. Jillson, April 5, 1919
OIL AND GAS POOLS OF KENTUCKY 97
Burkesville is probably the lowest oil horizon strati-
graphically in the whole world, nor above the Pottsville.
The latter rocks, with the exception of a few isolated
ridge outlayers of the Alleghany formation in the east-
ernmost part of Kentucky, and the mantel of Creta-
ceous and Cenozoic sediments in the Jackson Purchase
region in extreme Western Kentucky, are the highest
stratigraphically in the State.
The combination of major and minor structure, poro-
sity, and water conditions as found by the prospecting
bit are innumerable and each one, it may be said, is al-
most always special to the locality in which it is develop-
ed. In this respect it may be added, as a correlated state-
ment, that the same conditions of structure, porosity and
subsurface water, are rarely found equal in any two loca-
tions. The conception of oil and gas accumulation in
Kentucky, is in a broad way, special to the State, since
the major portion of the oil as now known in Kentucky,
is secured from limestone horizons. The occurrence of
oil in a limestone precludes the greater part of the gen-
eral conceptions attending oil and gas accumulations
where it is found, as in most instances, in typical sand-
stones. In Kentucky, then, there exists the unusual
terminology among drillers of "oil sand" or " pay sand"
used in reference generally to either the Onondagan or
Niagaran Limestones in their porous strata, although
they are not sandstone strata at all.
The geologic structure of Kentucky is readily
understandable. The central Blue Grass portion is a
large flat dome, often spoken of as the Lexington Dome,
on a much larger structure known as the Cincinnati Arch
or Anticline. This large structure extends from
northwestern Ohio and Indiana southwestward into Ken-
tucky where it reaches a high point in the vicinity of
Nicholasville, thence descending along its major axis to
a saddle which is found in Adair, Kussell and Casey
counties, Kentucky. The major axis of the Cincinnati
Anticline then rises and continues on to the southwest
culminating in another dome or high section in the vicini-
ty and to the south of Nashville, Tennessee. Falling off
to the southeast and to the northwest the rocks of the
eastern and western sections of the State go into syn-
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elinal basins which are centered in the Eastern and
Western Coal Fields. In southeastern Kentucky the
Pine Mountain Fault, the result of the breaking along
VERTICAL SANDSTONE AND SHALE, PINE MOUNTAIN FAULT.
On east side of Louisville & Nashville Railroad cut southeast of
the mouth of Straight Creek, Bell County, Ky. Photo by W. R. Jillson,
May 16, 1919.
the crest of a northeast, southwest fold, gives the strata
of the southeasternmost portion of the State a north-
west dip. The doming associated with the faulting of
Western Kentucky, northeast of the Cumberland and
Tennessee rivers, has resulted in giving the rocks of this
section a dip to the northeast. A broad conception then
of the structural geology of Kentucky would be a series
of folds beginning at the Virginia line in Eastern Ken-
tucky, dropping into the Eastern Kentucky geosyncline,
102 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
rising over the crest of the Great Cincinnati Arch, drop-
ping again into the syncline of the Western Coal Fields,
and rising again to the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers
and then falling off to the west and southwest to unknown
depths under the Jackson Purchase Eegion. This con-
ception of the structure of Kentucky is fundamentally
important to an understanding of the oil and gas fields
of this State as it has been the important factor in in-
fluencing the movement of petroleum from its original
position, and the concentration of petroleum in com-
mercially important pools.
Somewhat less important from a structural stand-
point but very important from a standpoint of the loca-
tion of the main producing pools of Kentucky is the lo-
cation of an east-west line of minor structure in Ken-
tucky. This structure has been called in Eastern Ken-
tucky the Irvine-Paint Creek- Warfield Fault and Fold. In
Central Kentucky from Irvine west to New Haven it has
been designated as the Kentucky River fault and fold.
From New Haven westward through Leitchfield to Shaw-
neetown in westernmost Union County it has been called
the Rough Creek Fault and Fold. Although all of this
minor structure has not been worked out and definitely
connected up, there is little doubt but that the same
crustal forces were responsible for the development of
these three segments along a unit line of deformation.
This east-west extension of small structure is directly
responsible for the location of the Warfield-Inez gas field,
the Paint Creek gas field, the Cannel City, Campton, Big
Sinking, Irvine, Station Camp, Eoss Creek, Ashley, and
associated polls in Eastern Kentucky as well as the Hart-
ford and Leitchfield pools in Western Kentucky.
DETAILED DISCUSSION OF SEPAKATE OIL AND GAS POOLS
In the State of Kentucky there are at the present
time forty-six separate and commercially important oil
and gas pools. These are located principally in the East-
ern Coal Field on either side of the Irvine-Paint Creek-
Warfield Fault and Fold; in southern Kentucky, in
Knox, Wayne, Barren, Allen and Warren counties; and
in Western Kentucky, along the Rough Creek Fault and
Fold in Grayson and Ohio counties. Two small pools
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alone adjoin the Ohio river in Western Kentucky in
Meade and Breckinridge counties. Using the local field
name, a brief statement of the geology of each separate
pool is given below, the pools being arranged in crescen-
tric order from northwest to south to northeast.
(1) Clover Port Gas Field. — This is an old gas
pool located in the northwestern portion of Breckinridge
County adjoining the Ohio river. The pool is of diminish-
ing commercial importance. Production was secured at
shallow depths from the Warsaw Formation in the Miss-
issippian System. The structure of this gas field is a
small dome.
(2) Rock Haven Gas Field.— The gas from this
field which is commonly known as the Meade County field
from its location in eastern Meade County adjoining the
Ohio river, comes from a thin sand inclusion in the De-
vonian Black Shale. The gas production of this field,
never large, is of decreasing importance.
(3) Hartford Oil Pool. — The oil in this pool is se-
cured from above the Devonian Black Shale. The pool is
HARTFORD OIL POOL STORAGE.
Besides the Tank House this view shows Swell well No. 1. From
four small wells in this pool 167 tank cars have been shipped to date.
Photo by W. R. Jillson, 1918.
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105
PART OF THE HARTFORD OIL POOL.
Reading from left to right the wells are: Swell No. 1, drilled to
1,780 feet in 1914; Howard No. 2, drilled to 1,760 feet in 1913;^ and:
Vance No. 1, drilled to 1,780 feet in 1914. Photo by W. R. Jillson.
small and of recent development in the central portion j
of the Ohio County. Its structure is associated with that '
of the Eough Creek Fault and Fold.
(4) Caneyville Oil Pool. — This pool is located in
southwestern Grayson County. Oil is secured from the
base of the Mississippian series, chiefly from the Waver-
ly. The structure is developed by the Rough Creek
Fault and Fold.
(5) Leitch field Oil and Gas Field.— The history of
this oil and gas field is recent. Gas production is secured
from the Major sand of the Waverly limestones of the
Mississippian. The structure is a strong half dome de-
veloped by the Rough Creek Fault.
(6) Bear Creek Gas Field. — Located in northern
Edmonson County, this gas pool is of recent development
on a small dome.
(7) Diamond Springs Gas Field. — Gas was secured
at Diamond Springs from stray sands on a mono-
clinal dip or terrace in the Cypress and Waverly Forma-
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tions. The field is located in the northwestern part of
Logan County.
(8) Jewell Oil Pool. — This pool is located in the
northernmost part of Allen County and in what is known
as the "Jewell Bend" of Barren Eiver. Oil production
is secured from the Onondaga or Corniferous Lime-
stone on a small anticline.
(9) Gainesville Oil Pool. — This is the northern-
most pool of outstanding importance in northern Allen
County and is located just west of Gainesville on several
associated small structures. The oil is anticlinal. Pro-
duction is obtained from the Onondagan and Niagaran
Limestones.
OIL STORAGE ON W. M. FOSTER LEASE.
This is a fine producing property, in the south eastern part of
Gainesville Pool, Allen County. Photo by W. R. Jillaon, July 10, 1919.
(10) Butlersville Pool. — This small pool is located
about seven miles west of Scottsville in Allen County.
Production is anticlinal. The oil horizon is the Onondaga
Limestone. The drilling is shallow.
(11) Halfway Oil Pool. — About a mile and a half
northeast of Halfway, and about seven miles northwest of
the Scottsville, in Allen County, there is a rapidly de-
veloping oil pool which has been designated by the name
of the adjoining post office of Halfway. The wells in
OIL AND GAS POOLS OF KENTUCKY
107
this pool are not large but are steady and consistent pro-
ducers. The oil is anticlinal and is secured from the
Onondaga and Niagara Limestones. The wells are
shallow.
(12) Eodemer and Petroleum Oil Pools. — These
pools are located respectively three and five miles south-
west of Scottsville, Allen County. They include many
pools of small size which must remain unnamed. One of
these properties deserves mention since it has had gusher
production. This is the Angie McReynolds lease. The
oil here is controlled by porosity rather than simple
structure and is both anticlinal and synclinal. Gas
pressure is an important factor. Production comes from
the Niagaran Limestone. Shallow drilling obtains.
(13) Adolphus Oil Pool. — The Adolphus and as-
sociated pools are located about seven and one-half miles
A BARREN COUNTY WELL FLOWING NATURALLY
The J. R. Winlock No. 3 (flowing) well drilled in by the J. M.
Karl Oil Company. March 14, 1919. Located on the northward exten-
sion of the Steffy Pool on the Lower Road to Bowling Green, three
and one-half miles southeast of Glasgow, Barren County, Ky. Photo
by W. R. Jillson, March 31, 1919.
Note: — This well flowed light green oil 44.6 Baume during a
half hour gauge by the writer, one barrel every five minutes. The well
made considerable gas, but no water.
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southwest of Scottsville, Allen County, close to the Ten-
nessee line. The oil is both anclinal and synclinal due
to lack of water in some places. Production comes from
the Niagarian Limestone. Shallow drilling obtains.
(14) Scottsville Oil Pool. — The Scottsville oil pool
is really a group of small oil pools developed on a num-
ber of small structures. Production is for the most part
anticlinal and is secured from the Onondaga and Nia-
garan limestones. The wells are shallow and some of
them have shown large flush production with gas.
(15) Steffi/ Oil Pool. — This old oil pool which is
now undergoing redrilling and extension to the north-
east and southwest is located about five miles southwest
of Glasgow on the lower Bowling Green road. The oil is
anticlinal with strong gas head in some wells. Produc-
tion comes from the Ononodaga Limestone and flows
natural in a few of the wells. The drilling is shallow.
(16) Oil City Oil Pool.— This pool is a number of
years old but it is at present the center of further pros-
pecting. It is located about five miles northwest of Glas-
'.gow in Barren County. The drilling is shallow, and in a
•few of the wells small Amber oil production is now be-
ing pumped from restricted stray sands. These are just
<above the Devonian Black Shale in the lower part of the
Mississippian limestones, the Fort Payne and Warsaw.
(17) Hiseville Gas Field. — The Barren County gas
field now commonly known as the Hiseville Gas field is
located about nine miles northeast of Glasgow. A num-
ber of very good gas wells are located in this field and it
promises to be important as it is further proven. It is
doubtful if the Onondaga is (present here. The production
is probably secured from the Niagaran limestones and
perhaps lower horizons. The gas production is dependent
upon structure.
! (18) Oskamp Oil Pool. — The Oskamp pool located
about five miles south of Glasgow in Barren County pro-
duces some gas and considerable oil, all from small wells.
The production comes from the Onondaga, which is thin,
and the Niagaran below. The drilling is shallow.
(19) Wayne County Associated OH Pools. — These
associated pools were discovered and the territory was
proven a number of years ago. The field has repeatedly
OIL AND GAS POOLS OF KENTUCKY 109
been redrilled. The oil pools are distributed widely over
Wayne County and extend eastward into McCreary
County. The production is both deep and shallow. It is
usually anticlinal. The Mississippian sediments belong-
ing to the Waverly group give the following productive
sands: Stray, Mt. Pisgah, Beaver, Otter, Cooper, Slick-
ford. The Upper and Lower Ordovician Limestones give
the Upper and the Lower Sunnybrook and the Deep
"Sand" of Wayne County.
(20) Buck Creek Oil Pool.— The Buck Creek Oil
pool is located about three miles southeast of Highland
and about four miles due east of Kings Mountain in Lin-
coln County. The production is anticlinal and is secured
from the Onondaga Limestone at a very shallow depth.
Pipe line connections are made to the Q. & C. R. B. at
Kings Mountain.
(21) Little RicUand Creek Oil and Gas Field.—
This old oil and gas field now being redrilled and extend-
ed is located about four miles north of Barbourville,
Knox County. The field is located in the Eastern Ken-
tucky geosyncline and oil is secured from the Wages,
Jones, Epperson and Knox sands of the Pottsville series.
Drilling is usually mediumly deep but generally under a
thousand feet. Very little deep drilling has been done
in this locality and little is known about the lower
" sands."
(22) Burning Springs Gas Field. — This field is of
recent development and is located in northwestern Clay
County. Production is secured from the Big Injun and
associated sands of the Mississippian system. The struc-
ture is a doming anticline.
(23) The Island Creek Oil and Gas Field.— Of re-
cent date development this field promises to be an im-
portant one when .its full extent is known. It is located in
southwestern Owsley County, on anticlinal structure.
Production is secured from the Mississippian and Devon-
ian sediments.
(24) Frozen Creek Oil and Gas Field.— The Frozen
Creek Anticline sometimes called the Wilhurst Anticline
is responsible for this field. The structure is located in
the northwestern Breathitt County. Production is pro-
cured from the Onondaga Limestone.
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OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
(25) Ross Creek Oil Pool— This small but highly
productive oil pool is located on a small anticline in
southeastern Estill County. Very porus conditions in tho
Onondaga Limestone are chiefly responsible for the oil
accumulation. The field has been over drilled by greedy
operators. Shallow drilling depths exist in this pool.
(26) Station Camp Oil Pool— The Station Camp
Oil pool is located on Station Camp Creek, about five
miles south of Irvine in Estill County. The production
is secured from the Onondaga Limestone, which is both
anticlinal and shallow in this locality.
(27) Irvine Oil Pool. — This famous oil pool is the
parent, from a discovery standpoint, of the present large
number of oil pools in this section of Kentucky. Drilling
THE MOST CELEBRATED KENTUCKY OIL FIELD.
This sketch map of the Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe, Morgan, Meni-
fee, Bath and Rowan county district shows in outline the most im-
portant producing oil and gas fields in the State of Kentucky.
OIL AND GAS POOLS OF KENTUCKY 111
was first done in this section in 1903 in very shallow wells
near Irvine and Ravenna. Later extension of the Irvine
pool to the east developed the possibilities of deeper pros-
pecting in this region. Production is anticlinal and is se-
cured from the Onondaga and Niagaran limestones which
are irregularly porus.
(28) Big Sinking Oil Pool— The Big Sinking Oil
pool is justifiably the most important oil pool in the
whole State of Kentucky. Very porus conditions in the
Onondagan and Niagaran Limestones which are the pro-
ductive "sands" coupled with a number of small asso-
ciated anticlines and water pressures from southeast
have combined to make this the most productive oil pool
in the State. The drilling is under one thousand feet for
the first "pay" but deeper wells have been drilled. The
pool is located in central Lee County.
(29) The Ashley Oil Pool — This pool was develop-
ed in 1918, as the result of wildcat extension east of the
Irvine pool. Production is secured from a very porous
"pay" in the Onondaga Limestone on structure. The
most of the wells in this 'part have been large producers.
(30) Campion Oil Pool — This pool is located in
the west central part of Wolfe County, near Campton.
Oil production is secured from the Onondaga limestone
at medium depths. The structure of this field is anti-
clinal.
(31) Still Water Oil Pool— The Still Water Oil
pool is located in the north central part of Wolfe County,
south of the Irvine Paint Creek Fault. The production
is secured from the Onondaga, and structure is anticlinal.
(32, Cannel City Pool. — This oil and gas pool is
located in southern Morgan County, south of the Irvine-
Paint Creek Fault. Structure is anticlinal and the drill-
ing is of medium depth. This pool was brought in with
gusher production several years ago, from a few wells.
The producing sand is the Onondaga limestone.
(33) Menifee Gas Field.— This Gas field is located
in the southwestern Menifee and northeastern Powell
counties. The structure and gas production is secured
from the Onondaga limestone. The structure is mono-
clinal.
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(34) Olympia Oil Pool. — This small pool is located
in the southeastern part of Bath County. Drilling is
shallow. The structure is small. Production is from the
Onondaga limestones.
(35) Ragland Oil Pool— The Ragland pool is lo-
cated in Bath, Rowan and Menifee counties, on the Lick-
ing river. It is one of the oldest pools in the eastern part
of Kentucky. Production is monoclinal, and is secured
from the Onondaga limestone, at a shallow depth. The oil
is dark and low gravity.
(36) Fallsburg Oil Pool— The Fallsburg Oil pool
is located in northern Lawrence County. The structure
is close to a deep syncline. Production is secured from
the Berea sand at a medium depth.
OIL FIELDS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, KY.
These are the most important in north-eastern Kentucky. Pro-
duction is secured in the Berea Grit.
(37) Busseyville Oil Pool. — This pool is located in
central Lawrence County, west of Louisa. The field is
located on a monocline just south of a deep syncline, and
is controlled by minor structures. Production is secured
at medium depth from the Berea.
(38) George's Creek Oil Pool.— Geprge's Creek
Oil pool is located in southern Lawrence County. It is
a small pool, lying on monoclinal dip to the north. Pro-
duction is secured from the Berea and Wier sands.
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(39) Laurel Creek Oil and Gas Field.— The field is
located in the northwestern part of Johnson County and
southwestern part of Lawrence County, on the pro-
nounced Laurel Creek dome. Gas production is secured
on the high points. Oil is secured on the northern flank
from the Wier and Berea sands. Drilling is to a moderate
depth.
(40) Paint Creek Oil and Gas Field.— This im-
portant field is of recent development and is located on
Paint Creek dome, sometimes called the Mine Fork dome
on the Morgan and Johnson County line. It is located
on the high doming structure just south of the Irvine-
Paint Creek Fault. Up until recently this structure
looked like a gas field but with the bringing in of an oil
well during this summer down on the south flank, its im-
portance as an oil territory is being established. The
production is found in the Wier sand of the Mississippian,
at about thirteen to fifteen hundred feet.
(41) Ivy ton Oil Field. — This small pool is located
in central southern Magoffin County on the Ivyton dome.
The production is from shallow Pottsville sands and the
deeper Wier sand. The Pottsville oil is dark, low gravity,
and flows stiffly. The Wier sand oil is green, of high
gravity, and flows freely.
(42) Beaver Creek Oil Pool. — This is the oldest
pool in Eastern Kentucky, flowing production having
been drilled in at the mouth of Salt Creek, on right
Beaver Creek in 1892. The production is synclinal and
is secured from four definite sands, which are Beaver,
Horton, Pike and Maxon. The first three are in the
Pottsville Conglomerate. The Maxon is in the Mauch
Chunk. Drilling is to a maximum depth of one thousand
feet.
(43) Beaver Creek Gas Field.— This field is located
in Floyd and Knott counties on Beaver Creek and its
branches. Production is anticlinal and is secured from
the Beaver, Horton and Pike of the Pottsville; from the
Maxon, Big Lime, Big Injun, of the Mississippian sys-
tem ; and from the Devonian Black Shale. Gas is secured
at various depths as indicated by this long range of
sands. The deepest production is found on the left
Beaver Creek at two thousand feet.
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(44) Inez Gas Field. — This field is sometimes
called the Martin county field. Large gas production
which has been drilled in since 1892 is secured in the
anticlinal position, from the Big Lime and Big Injun of
the Mississippian system. Drilling is to a depth of from
one thousand to fifteen hundred feet.
(45) Moulder Oil Pool.— This is the latest of im-
portant oil pools in southern Kentucky. It is located in
the extreme southeastern portion of Warren county, ad-
joining Barren county and also Barren river. Phenome-
nally large production for the state of Kentucky was se-
cured from one or two wells. This is a new pool in which
salt water conditions, as well as the gas are of import-
ance. Production is secured on the eastern dip of the
Onondaga Limestone, which is very porous in places in
this pool.
(46) The Green Hill Oil PooZ.— Production in the
Green Hill Pool of Warren County comes from about
thirty wells drilled slightly to the northeast of Green
Hill postoffrce. The structure has not been determined.
Oil is secured from four ' ' porous-pays ' ' in the Onondaga
and Niagara. Drilling is to a depth of about 410 to 450
feet.
TEMPLE HILL ANTICLINE, BARREN CO., KY.
The view shows the creetal fold of the structure and was taken
at the Big Bend of Skeggs Creek on the Smith farm. The strata be-
long in the Fort Payne group of the Mississippian system. Photo by
Chas. Butts, June, 1919.
CHAPTER VII.
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS
IN KENTUCKY.
Many newcomers as well as natives of the State of
Kentucky are unfamiliar with the location of the oil and
gas fields of this State, even within general limits. The
geography of oil and gas production, and the geography
of the probably productive oil and gas strata, is a sub-
ject that is but very slightly clarified in the minds of
most people. With the exception of those who have made
a special study of the matter, which group, though small
and select, includes the highest tyipe of oil operator, most
casually interested persons do not understand that there
is a vast difference from the standpoint of oil and gas
recovery, between the various counties in Kentucky.
Unfortunately it is not given to all to see the sound geo-
logic reasons for this differing importance as between
various parts of the State.
It is a matter of simple substantiation, however, that
these divisions do exist and for this reason it becomes
one of importance to draw the line between them. In a.
broad way the State of Kentucky is divided into seven
distinct regions on a basis of geology, These are: (I)1
The Eastern Coal Field, (2) The Knobs Crescent
(enclosing the central Blue Grass), (3) The Central Blue
Grass, (4) The Central-Southern Limestone Region,
(includes the "Pennyrile"), (5) The Western Coai
Field, (6) The Western Faulted, Lead, Zinc and Fluors-
par Section, and (7) The Jackson Purchase. Happily
the geographic distribution of oil and gas productive-
strata is closely tied into this division of Kentucky hit-
seven parts. For this reason the use of these divisions
facilitates the discription of the productive and mipn
ductive areas in the State. Within general limits, four
of these regions may be said to be productive or have
productive possibilities. These are: (1) The Eastern
Coal Field, (2) The Knobs Crescent, (4) The Central-
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116 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Southern Limestone Region, and (5) The Western Coal
Field. The other three, the (3) The Central Blue Grass,
(6) TheWestern Faulted Lead, Zinc, and Fluorspar sec-
tion, and (7) The Jackson Purchase, may be classified as
very poorly productive, non-productive, or unknown.
A knowledge of the location of any small area within
these broader limits of the seven larger divisions of the
State will assist the layman in forming some conclusions
as to the productive possibilities of the tract in which he
is interested. However, to give still greater precision to
the many who are interested, each of the one hundred and
twenty counties in the State is taken up separately.
General statements concerning its location, aerial geo-
logy, physiography, drainage, structural location, and
oil and gas development or possibilities are made. These
are not exhaustive county reports. The size of this book
disallows all except summary statements, which are
intended to be used as an index of present conditions
and future possibilities. The counties are arranged
below in alphabetical order.
DISCUSSION OF OIL AND GAS IN KENTUCKY
AD AIR — No. 1.
LOCATION. — Southern Central Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Mississippian Limestones and
Shales, Devonian Black Shale.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Dissected plain, low rolling hills.
DRAINAGE.— Russell fork of Green River, Crocus Creek
of Cumberland River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION.— West side of saddle of the Cin-
cinnati Anticline. This county contains a number of
small structures.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Oil and gas develop-
ments are recent. There are a few small producing wells
in the county and considerable drilling is now going for-
ward.
ALLEN — No. 2.
LOCATION.— Southern-Central Kentucky adjoining the
Tennessee line.
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SUEFACE GEOLOGY. — Mississippian Limetones and
shales, Devonian Black Shale, Onondaga Limestone,
Silurian (Niagara) Limestone.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Northwestern sloping, plain dissected
by entrenched meandering, imperfect drainage with sink
holes, in northwestern section.
DRAINAGE. — Middle Fork, Trammel Fork, and Bays
Fork of Barren Eiver.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — North side of Nashville Dome
of Cincinnati arch, normal dip to the northwest. This
county has a great many small folds mostly with north-
eastern and southwestern axes. Where these folds
occur in porous places of the Onondaga Limestone and
sandy places of the Niagara, limestone, oil is generally
found in commercial quantities.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A large amount of
development has taken place in Allen county. There
are at present about two hundred rigs at work and not
less than two thousand wells have been drilled. The
FIG. 1. SKETCH MAP ALLEN AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.
As shown above the principle Oil and Gas Pools of Allen county
are: 1. Gainesville; 2. Bays Fork; 3. Butlersville, 4. Scottsville; 5.
Rodemer; 6. Trammel Creek; 7. Petroleum; 8. Adolphus; 9. Rough
Creek; 10. East Rodemer; 11. Jewell; 12. Moulder; 13. Oil City; 14.
Steffy; 15. Hiseville; and, 16. Oskamp.
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most important wells of Allen county are in pools at
Gainesville, Bays Fork, Butlersville, Scottsville, Rode-
mer, Trammel Creek, Petroleum, Adolphus, Bough
Green, East Rodemer, Motley, Angie McReynolds and
Jewell Bend of the Barren River in the northern part of
the county.
Two pipe lines connect with these fields, one from
Gainesville pool to Bowling Green, the Bowling Green
Pipe Line Co., inc., and the other from Gainesville to
Scottsville, the Indian Refining Company. The oil from
the southern section of Kentucky is taken out by tank
cars over the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. The prin-
cipal producing territory in Allen county is in the cen-
tral and western portions. The very eastern portion of
Allen county, so far, has not proven productive.
ANDERSON No. 3.
LOCATION. — This is a Blue Grass county, and because
of this fact is not important from the standpoint of oil
and gas prospecting. There is no oil and gas develop-
ment work progressing in this county at present.
BALLAED — No. 4.
LOCATION. — Ballard county is situated in the extreme
western part of the State, adjoining the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi rivers. This county is in the Jackson Purchase
section and its oil possibilities due to lack of develop-
ment are unknown.
BARREN — No. 5.
LOCATION. — Central-Southern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Mississippian Limestones and
Shales, in the upland; Devonian Shale and Limestones
in some creek and river bottoms. A few isolated expos-
ures of Silurian Limestones occur along the Barren
River above and below the mouth of Glovers Creek.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Northwestern sloping table land,
deeply dissected in southwestern portion.
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119
DRAINAGE. — Beaver and Skeggs creeks and other small
tributaries of the Barren river.
SOUTH DIPPING BEDS.
View is at the spring house on the Pipp farm on the Burkes-
ville road southeast of Glasgow. The photo shows the southern flank
of the elongated Anticline. Photo by W. R. Jillson, July 16, 1919.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Western flank of the saddle
of Cincinnati Anticline. This county has a large num-
ber of minor anticlines, whose major axes lie in a north-
east and southeastern direction.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — There is considerable-
new and old development in this county. The producing
pools are : Steffey, Oil ; Oil City, Oil ; Oskamp, Oil ; Hise-
ville, Gas. Production is found both in the Onondaga
and Niagara limestones. A small amount of oil is
found at Oil City in the "stray sand" in the base of the
Mississippian limestones.
BATH— No. 6.
LOCATION. — Northeastern-Central Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — The surface rocks of this county in
ascending order are Ordovician Limestones, Silurian
Limestones, Devonian Limestones and Shales; Missis-
sippian Limestones.
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PHYSIOGEAPHY. — Undulatory topography in the west-
ern part of the county, Knobs in the eastern part of the
county.
DRAINAGE. — Licking River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Well up on the southeastern
flank of the Lexington Dome of the Cincinnati Anti-
cline. This county contains a number of small struc-
tures, principally anticlines.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Bath county contains
part of the Ragland Oil field, in its southeastern extrem-
ity. It also contains the Olympia pool.
TILTED WAVERLY SHALES, PINEVILLE, KY.
The view is from the Louisville and Nashville tracks looking to-
wark the northeast. Photo by W. R. Jillson, May 16, 1919.
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BELL — No. 7.
LOCATION. — Southeastern Kentucky, adjoining the
Tennessee and Virginia lines.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Although located in the Eastern
Coal fields, due to the amount of sharp folding and
faulting, this county is unimportant from an Oil and
Gas standpoint. It is located principally in a deep
Synclinal structure between the Pine and Cumberland
Mountains.
BOONE — No. 8.
LOCATION. — The northernmost section of the State.
Adjoining the Ohio river and State lines.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — This county is unimportant from
an Oil and Gas standpoint. The surficial rocks are
Ordovician Limestones.
BOURBON — No. 9.
LOCATION. — Central Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Bourbon county is located in the
Blue Grass section of the State, and is unimportant
from an Oil and Gas standpoint. The surficial rocks
are Ordovician Limestones.
BOYD— No. 10.
LOCATION. — Northeastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Dissected table-land and river plain.
DRAINAGE. — Eastern fork of the Little Sandy river,
and small tributaries of the Big Sandy River and of the
Ohio River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Well down on the eastern
flank of the Cincinnati anticline. As worked out by the
coals there are a number of small structures in this
county.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Quite extensive oil and
gas developments have been carried forward in this
county. A number of old oil and gas producing wells
have been drilled in. There is very little, if any, new
work going on in this county, at the present time.
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BOYLE — No. 11.
LOCATION. — Central Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Ordovician Limestone, Devonian
Shales, Mississippian Limestones and Shales. The
Silurian Limestones are missing.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Dissected table-land, in the northern
section; Knobs in the southern-central region.
DRAINAGE. — Small tributaries to the Salt and Ken-
tucky Rivers.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Southern limb of the Lexing-
ton Dome of the Cincinnati Arch.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A few wells have been
drilled for oil and gas in Boyle county but no production
has been secured. There is no prospecting going for-
ward now and due to the very limited area covered by
the Black Shale and higher formations it is doubtful if it
will ever produce commercial quantities of either oil or
gas.
BRACKEN — No. 12.
LOCATION. — North-Central Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — This county adjoins the Ohio
Eiver and is unimportant from an Oil and Gas stand-
point due to the fact that the unproductive Ordovician
Limestones are at the surface.
BREATHITT — No. 13.
LOCATION. — Central-Eastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal measures of the Pennsyl-
vanian System.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Dissected northwestern sloping table
lands.
DRAINAGE. — North and Middle Forks of the Kentucky
Eiver.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Breathitt county is bisected
by the eastern Kentucky Geosyncline. It contains six
oil and gas structures. These are anticlines and domes
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 123
of small dimension and have been named (1) Frozen
Creek Anticline, (2) Cope's Fork Dome, (3) Quicksand
Creek Dome, (4) Leatherwood anticline, (5) Lost Creek
Dome, (6) Jackson anticline.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — This county has wit-
nessed considerable Oil and Gas development within the
last three years and a number of wells are now being
drilled within its boundaries. Production of Oil in
small quantities has been proven on the Frozen Creek
Anticline, Copes Fork Dome and Quicksand Creek
Dome. The greater portion of this county is yet
unproven. A number of dry holes have been drilled.
Several million cubic feet of gas has been drilled in
in Breathitt County, especially in the northern part.
NORTH-WESTERN KENTUCKY OIL AND GAS FIELDS.
The Meade (1) and Breckinridge (2) county fields produce gas
and are old in development. The Ohio (3) county district produces oil.
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BRECKINRIDGE — No. 14.
LOCATION. — Northwestern part of Kentucky, adjoin-
ing the Ohio Eiver.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Principally Mississippian Lime-
stones, and a few outliers of the Coal Measures.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Northwest sloping river plain, in the
northwestern part. Polling hills due to dissection in
southern part of the county.
DRAINAGE. — Sinking creek and other tributaries of the
Ohio and North Fork of the Eough Eiver.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — This county is well down on
the western limb of the Cincinnati arch. It contains
one large and a few minor anticlines, which are found
with difficulty due to the heavy mantel of soil.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A small gas field was
developed surrounding Cloverport on the Ohio Eiver
in 1889. Its production now is not very important.
Some rather extended further prospecting has been
done without important results. The gas production
was secured from the Warsaw of the Mississippian Sys-
tem. It was used for domestic consumption in Clover-
port, Kentucky.
BULLITT — No. 15.
LOCATION. — North-Central part of Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — The exposed rocks of Bullitt
county in ascending order are Ordovician Limestones,
Silurian Limestones, Devonian Limestones and Shales,
and Mississippian Limestones.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — This county is bisected on a north
and south line by a Knobs region. The western section
is an elevated plain dipping northwestward to the Ohio
Eiver.
DRAINAGE. — North Fork and the Main Salt Eiver.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Western limb of the Lexing-
ton dome of the Cincinnati arch. This county contains
« number of small anticlines which under a good cover
of the Black Shale may be considered a good location
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 125
for Oil and Gas prospecting. There has been no import-
ant development in this county until the present time.
Whether porous or sandy conditions in the limestones
will be found is as yet unknown.
BUTLER — No. 16.
LOCATION. — Central- Western Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Mississippian Limestone, and Coal
Measures of the Pennsylvanian.
PYSIOGRAPHY. — Generally a low flat very maturely
dissected plain. Streams are broadly meandering with
wide alluvium filled bottoms. The relief is from two
hundred to three hundred feet.
DRAINAGE. — Green River and tributaries.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Down toward central portion
of the Western Coal Basin.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — This county has been
prospected at several points for Oil and Gas, but without
any important results. It is, however, considered worth
further and more scientific investigations.
CALDWELL — No. 16.
LOCATION — Western Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — This county, due to its location
in the widely faulted portion of the Western Kentucky,
may be considered unimportant from a standpoint of
Oil and Gas prospecting. The surficial rocks are the limes
and sandy limes of the Mississippian, and the sandstones,
shales, and coals of the Pennsylvanian.
GALLOWAY — No. 18.
LOCATION. — Western Kentucky, adjoining the Tennes-
see Line in the southeastern portion of the Jackson
Purchase.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Quaternary sands and gravels in
the western portion, with exposed Cretaceaus and Mis-
sissippian sendiments in the river and creek valleys of the
eastern section. Very little is known about this county,
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due to the fact that no drilling has been done in this
county. There is no reason to disbelieve, however, that
the producing horizons of Kentucky underlie the surface
rocks. The thickness of all sediment in this section is
very great. Deep drilling should be one of the primary
considerations in prospecting in this section.
CAMPBELL — No. 19.
LOCATION — North-Central Kentucky.
SUKFACE GEOLOGY. — This is a Blue Grass county,
adjoining the Ohio River and may be considered unim-
portant from a standpoint of Oil and Gas prospecting.
The surficial rocks are Ordovician Limestones.
CARLISLE — No. 20.
LOCATION. — In the extreme western part of the State,
adjoining the Mississippi Eiver.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — No prospecting of record
has been done in this county. Its Oil and Gas importance
is for this reason unknown. Surface rocks are composed
of Quaternary sands, clays, and gravels.
CARROLL — No. 21.
LOCATION. — North-Central Kentucky, adjoining the
Ohio River.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — This county is in the
northern part of the Blue Grass section of the State. It
is considered unimportant from an Oil and Gas stand-
point due to the fact that the surface rocks are the
unproductive Ordovician Limestones of Central Ken-
tucky.
CARTER — No. 22.
LOCATION. — Northeastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Principally Coal Measures of the
Pennsylvanian, with the underlying Misissippian Lime-
stones and Shales, exposed along the river bottoms.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Maturely dissected northwest slop-
ing table-land.
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DRAINAGE. — Tigert's Creek and Little Sandy Elvers.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — On the east limb of the Lex-
ington dome of the Cincinnati arch.
OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION. — Considerable prospecting
for oil and gas has been done in this county and some
little production has been secured. No pools of out-
standing value have been proven.
CASEY— No. 23.
LOCATION. — Central Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Principally Mississippian Lime-
stones and Shales, with Devonian Shales exposed in
river bottoms.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Deeply dissected table-lands.
DRAINAGE. — Green River and small tributaries of the
Cumberland River on the east and Rolling Fork of the
Salt River on the north.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — South flank of the Lexington
dome of the Cincinnati arch. Position between the Lex-
ington dome and Nashville dome.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Some prospecting has
been done in this county, but no pools of outstanding
importance have been established.
CHRISTIAN — No. 24.
LOCATION — West-Southern Kentucky, adjoining the
Tennessee line.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Mississippian Limestones in the
south and central sections and Coal Measures of the
Pennsylvanian System in the extreme northern portion.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Undulating low table-lands.
DRAINAGE. — North and south forks of Sinking Creek
of the Little River and tributaries of the Cumberland
River, northern tributaries of the Trade Water River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Christian county is on the
south limb of the Western Kentucky Coal Basin or
syncline.
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On, AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — This county has been
prospected to some extent, and production has been
secured in very small quantity. No definite pools of
importance have been brought in. Active development is
now in progress.
CLARK— No. 25.
LOCATION. — Central Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — This is a Blue Grass county, for
the most part, though the southeastern extremity
extends into the Knobs Region. It has been prospected
through the southeastern sections. Very little produc-
tion has been obtained. No pools of outstanding import-
ance have been proven in Clark county. Surficial rocks
are the Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian limestones
and shales.
CLAY— No. 26.
LOCATION. — Southeastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — In Coal Measures of the Pennsyl-
vanian system.
PHYSMIOGRAPHY. — Maturely dissected north west slop-
ing table-land.
DRAINAGE. — Goose Creek, Red River and other minor
tributaries of the Kentucky River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — This county is bisected by the
eastern Kentucky Geosyncline. Several small struc-
tures have been successfully prospected for both oil and
gas.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A number of vigorous
drilling campaigns are now going forward in this county,
but no large pools of importance have yet been proven.
There is reason to believe, however, that both oil and
gas will be found in this county in important commercial
quantity.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 129
CLINTON — No. 27.
LOCATION. — Southern Kentucky, adjoining the Tennes-
see line.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Ordovician Limestone on Indian
Creek in the northern section. In ascending order pro-
ceeding to the south, Devonian Shales, Mississippian!
Limestones and Shales, and outliers of the Pottsville
Conglomerate of the Pennsylvanian.
DRAINAGE. — Tributaries of the Cumberland River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — This county is located low
down on the northeastern dip of the Nashville dome of
the Cincinnati arch.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Though Clinton county
adjoins the oil and gas pools of Wayne county, on the
eastern part, no recent production of importance has
been proven within its boundaries.
CRITTENDEN — No. 28.
LOCATION- — Located in the greatly faulted lead, zinc,
and fluorspar section of Western Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — This county is considered of no
importance, from the standpoint of oil and gas develop
ment. The surface rocks are principally the limestones of
the Mississippian. Pennsylvanian sandstones, shales, and
coals overlap the northeastern border. River alluvium
cf recent deposit blankets the northwestern border.
There are a few isolated outlines of the Coal Measures
scattered across the country.
CUMBERLAND — No. 29.
LOCATION. — Southern-Central Kentucky, adjoining the
Tennessee Line.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — In the bottoms of the Cumber-
land River, upper Ordovician Limestone are exposed.
The Devonian shale and Mississippian limestone are
found in ascending order over the rest of the county.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — The central portion of this county is
a river plain which merges back to the steep sloping
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hills, and rolling country in the extreme north and south-
eastern portions of the county.
DRAINAGE. — Cumberland Eiver and its tributaries.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — This county is located on the
northeastern flank of the Nashville Dome of the Cincin-
nati Arch.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — There are within this
county, a number of small anticlines of which the major
axes cross the Cumberland River. These small structures
may be seen on the cliffs on either side. This county is
one of the oldest producing oil and gas in the State. Oil
was struck in 1828, in what is now called the great Amer-
ican well. This well is located near Burkesville, and
was drilled by salt water prospectors. Since that time
scattered production of considerable value has been
developed in the various parts of this county especially
adjoining the Cumberland Eiver. There is at present
a growing interest looking toward the rejuvenation of
these pools. Many of the old wells have been cleaned
out, redrilled, and in some portions deeper drilling insti-
gated. The oil of this county is very close to the lowest
horizon in the State and stratigraphically it is the lowest
extensively producing oil horizon in the world.
DAVIESS— No. 30.
LOCATION. — Northwestern part of the State, adjoining1
the Ohio Eiver.
SUREACE GEOLOGY. — This county is located in the
northern portion of the "Western Coal Field. It is syn-
clinal for the most part and is not considered of import-
ance for oil and gas prospecting. Daviess" has had very
little development, and has no commercial production.
EDMONSON — No. 31.
LOCATION. — Central- Western Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures of the Western
Coal Fields in the northwest, Mississippian Limestones'
in the southeastern part of the county.
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PHYSIOGEAPHY. — Low rolling erosional hills in the
Pottsville in the northwest; gentle undulating in the
southeast.
DRAINAGE. — Green and Nolin Eivers and their tribu-
taries.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — On the western limb of the
Cincinnati Anticline, and on the eastern dip of the
Western Coal Basin.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A number of wells have
been drilled. Prospecting for oil and gas is now going
forward with renewed energy. Small index production
of importance has been secured. Asphalt deposits are
found in this county. It seems probable that future
prospecting will show that oil and gas pools of import-
ance are located in Edmonson county.
ELLIOTT — No. 32.
LOCATION.- -Northeastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Elliott county is in the Eastern
Coal Field. Its surface rocks are in the Pottsville
group, with the exception of Misissippian Limestones,
in the bottom of Big Sinking Creek in the northwest,
and the intruded peridotite dikes in the central portion.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Maturely dissected, northwest sloping
table-land.
DRAINAGE. — Little Sandy Eiver and its tributaries.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Intermediate position on the
eastern limb of the Cincinnati Anticline. There are pro-
nounced minor structures and faults in this county.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A number of wells have
been drilled in this county, in testing for oil and gas.
Several of the wells have produced gas in a large quan-
tity, and a few producing oil in small quantity have been
found in this county.
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ESTILL— No. 33.
LOCATION. — Central-Eastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — The surficial rocks of this county
are composed in ascending order of Ordovician and Sil-
urian Limestones and Shales ; Devonian Limestones and
Shales; Mississipian Limestones and Shales, and out-
liers of the Pottsville Conglomerate, which/ form the
ridges.
PIPE LINE STATION, ESTILL COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
This station which is located near Millers Creek was constructed
during the past year by the Cumberland Pipe Line Company to facili-
tate the handling of the crude oil production of this part of the field.
Photo by W. R. Jillson, 1918.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Knobs, and a very maturely dissected
table-land.
DRAINAGE. — Kentucky River and its tributaries.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION". — High up in the eastern flank
of the Lexington Dome of the Cincinnati arch.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — E still county is one of the
most important in Kentucky from an oil and gas stand-
point. It first gave small production lying along and
above the outcrop line of the Devonian Black Shale.
These first light green oil pools in this section of Ken-
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 133
tucky became known as Irvine, Eavenna and the Irvine.
Extension Pools. These pools opened the way for the
drilling of the Ashley, Station Camp, Ross Creek, Big
Sinking and associated pools to the East and South.
There have probably been more wells drilled in Estill
county than any other county in the State of Kentucky.
There are at present a very large number of drillings and
redrillings going on in this county. The Irvine pool,
Station Camp, Ross Creek, and Millers Creek, which are
the best known in this section of this State, are listed
wherever Kentucky is recognized as an oil state. The
Cumberland Pipe Line Company serves Estill county.
FAYETTE — No. 34.
LOCATION. — This is a central Blue Grass county, and
as such is unimportant from an oil and gas standpoint.
The surficial rocks are upper and lower Ordovician Lime-
stones which have been proven unproductive.
FLEMING — No. 35.
LOCATION. — Northeastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — The surface rocks of this county
are principally Ordovician and Silurian Limestones.
Mississipian sediments in the East overlay a narrow
strip of Devonian Limestones and Shales.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Very little development
work has been carried on in this county. No production
has been secured of importance.
FLOYD— No. 36.
LOCATION. — Eastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — This county shows only coal, sand-
stones and shales of the Pottsville series.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Maturely dissected north westward
sloping table-lands, with relief of about six hundred feet.
DRAINAGE. — Big Sandy River and its tributaries,
Johns, Beaver and Middle Creeks.
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OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
OIL AND GAS POOLS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
Sketch map showing the developed oil and gas fields of the Eastern
raost part of the State. The counties showing no production are yet
largely untested.
THE BEAVER CREEK OIL FIELD.
The view is at the mouth of Salt Lick Creek on Right Beaver
Creek, Floyd County, Ky. Photo by A. M. Miller, 1902.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 135
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Floyd county is located in the
Eastern Geosyncline, which passes through it from the
southern tip of Magoffin county, and on east through
the northern part of Pike county. There are four pro-
nounced minor structures in Floyd county. These are:
the Beaver Creek Anticline, the Bull Creek Anticline,
the Prestonsburg Anticline, and the Mud Creek Anti-
cline. Synclinal oil is produced in the old Beaver Creek
Oil Pool at Bosco on Right Beaver Creek. The initial
production was drilled in on the Howard farm at Bosco
in the year 1891. Oil has also been developed on Mid-
dle Creek, near Prestonsburg. Gas has been developed
in large quantities on the Beaver Creek, and Bull Creek
anticlines. It is proposed to commercialize this gas by
the extension of a new eight-inch pipe line to the Louis-
ville Gas and Pump Line in Johnson county.
FRANKLIN — No. 37.
LOCATION. — This is a central Blue Grass county, and
therefore is unimportant from the standpoint of oil and
gas. A small amount of gas was secured in this county,
in the Ordovician rocks near Frankfort, but the produc-
tion was not found to be in commercial quantity. The
surface rocks are the upper and lower Ordovician lime-
stones which in this part of the State have been (proven
unproductive.
FULTON— No. 38.
LOCATION. — Extreme southwest section of the State of
Kentucky in the Jackson Purchase, adjoining the Mis-
sissippi River.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A heavy mantel of Ceno-
fcoic Embayment deposits covers the entire surface of
this county. Underlying it occur Cretaceous anl Mis-
si ssippian Limetones. No developments have been car-
ried on in this county and therefore little is known con-
cerning its oil and gas possibilities.
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OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 137
GALLATIN— No. 39.
LOCATION. — Northern-Central portion of the State.
This is a Blue Grass county and is therefore considered
of little importance for oil and gas prospecting. The sur-
face rocks are the unproductive Ordovician limestones.
GAKRABD — No. 40.
LOCATION. — This is a Central Blue Grass county and is
unimportant from the standpoint of oil and gas. The sur-
face rocks are the unproductive Ordovician limestones.
GRANT- — No. 41.
LOCATION. — Central Blue Grass county, and therefore
is unimportant from an oil and gas standpoint. The sur-
face rocks are the unproductive Ordovician limestones.
GRAVES— No. 42.
LOCATION. — Graves county lies in the Jackson Pur-
chase, in the western part of Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — The surficial rocks, are Quater-
nary sands and gravels and clays.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — One well is drilling in
Graves county. The possibilities of oil and gas accumu-
lation are very uncertain.
GRAYSON — No. 43.
LOCATION. — Central- Western Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — The areal geology of this county
consists of Mississippian Limestone, in the north and,
eastern sections of the county, with the Pottsville Con-
glomerate in the south and western sections.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — The surface is rugged, with rather
high hills caused by dissection of the Pottsville.
DRAINAGE. — The Nolin and Eough Rivers and their
tributaries, drain Grayson county.
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OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
"MAJOR SAND" OIL OF GRAYSON COUNTY.
Three storage tanks, filled with green oil from wells on the Major
and Moffitt farms, Grayson County, Ky. The storage and the producing
wells are the property of Carl K. Dresser. The Major and Moffitt
farms are seven miles west of Leitchfield, Kentucky. Photo by W. R.
Jillson.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — This county is located dowit
on the west limb of the Cincinnati arch on the eastern
edge of the Western Coal Basin. The county is bisected
on an east and west line by the Bough Creek Fault and
Anticline.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Fifteen or twenty wells
have been drilled in Grayson county. Some of these
secured oil, some gas and some artesian water. Three
or four were dry. The oil and gas production is fairly
large and of commercial value. Considerable drilling
is now in progress. The Leitchfield Gas Field, located
surrounding the town of the same name, is now produc-
ing about three million cubic feet of gas a day. About
the same amount of gas has been developed at Meridith.
GREEN — No. 44.
LOCATION. — South-Central Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — The surficial rocks are Mississip-
pian Limestone and Shales.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 139
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Rolling to rugged.
DRAINAGE. — Green Eiver and its tributaries.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Western flank of the saddle
of the Cincinnati Arch.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — An active campaign of oil
and gas drilling is now in progress and quite a number
of wells have been drilled in Green county. Some of
these are producing a little oil and considerable gas.
There is one proven gas pool of commercial value in this
county just northeast of Greensburg. Individual wells
are estimated at about 1,000,000 cubic feet per day at the
maximum flow.
GREENUP — No. 45.
LOCATION. — Northeastern Kentucky, adjoining the Ohio
Eiver.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — The surface rocks of Greenup
county are Mississippian Limestones, and Pottsville
coals, sandstones and shales.
DRAINAGE. — Little Sandy River, Tigerts Creek, and its
tributaries.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Greenup county occupies ail
intermediate position on the east flank of the Cincinnati
arch.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A considerable number
of wells have been drilled. Some oil and gas has been
secured, but to date, no wells of importance have been
drilled.
HANCOCK — No. 46.
LOCATION. — Northwestern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — The surficial rocks of this county
are those of the Pottsville. The single exception to
this inclusive statement is found in the Mississippian
Limestones which are exposed along a narrow strip on
the eastern border.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Although this county is
close to the old Cloverport Gas Field, no important oil
and gas developments have been made.
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HARDIN — No. 47.
LOCATION. — Western-Central Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — This county shows Mississippian
Limestones on the surface except in a very small section
along the Salt River on the northeast boundary. Here
Devonian and Silurian sediments outcrop.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A number of oil wells
have been drilled in this county but no production has
been secured.
HARLAN — No. 48.
LOCATION. — Southeastern Kentucky.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — This county lies between
Pine and Cumberland mountains and therefore is unim-
portant from the standpoint of oil and gas prospecting.
HARRISON — No. 49.
LOCATION. — This is a Blue Grass county, and is there-
for unimportant from the standpoint of oil and gas
investigation. Ordovician Limestones are at the surface.
HART— No. 50.
LOCATION. — Western-Central Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Surface rocks of this county are
the Mississipipian Limestones, with a small extension of
the Pottsville Conglomerate, in the western portion of
the county.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Surface of this county is rolling to
rugged.
DRAINAGE. — Green and Nolin Rivers.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — On the west limb of the Cin-
cinnati arch opposite the saddle. Several small struc-
tures exist in Hart county. One of them located north
of Munfordville has been tested with a dry hole.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — This county contains a
number of small folds, which have not been tested. To
date no oil or gas discoveries of importance have been
made.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 141
HENDERSON — No. 51.
LOCATION. — Northwestern Kentucky, adjoining the
Ohio River.
On, AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — This county is in the
lower portion of the western coal basin and to date has
given no indications of oil and gas in commercial quan-
tities.
HENRY— No. 52.
LOCATION. — This is a central Blue Grass county, and
is therefore unimportant from an oil and gas standpoint.
Ordovician Limestones are the surface rocks.
HICKMAN — No. 53.
LOCATION. — This county is located adjoining the Mis-
sissippi River, in the southwest portion of the Jackson
Purchase.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — No development of
record has been carried forward in this county and its
oil and gas possibilities are unknown.
HOPKINS — No. 54.
LOCATION. — Southwest portion of Western Kentucky
coal fields.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — This county is located
adjoining the highly faulted section of Western Ken-
tucky. Although the oil and gas strata of Eastern Ken-
tucky, are present here, it is not thought either of these
hydrocarbons will be recovered in important commercial
quantities.
JACKSON — No. 55.
LOCATION. — On the western edge of the Eastern Coal
field, centrally located.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Principally the Pottsville Con-
glomerate of the Pennsylvanian. The upper Mississip-
pian Limestone and Shales are exposed on the head of
Indian Creek, Clover Bottom, Horse Creeks and also on
the South Fork of Station Camp Creek.
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PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Bugged to Rough. Dissected west
edge of the Coal Measures.
DRAINAGE. — Middle and South Forks of the Rock-
castle Rivers, and South Fork of Station Camp Creek
of the Kentucky River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Middle position, east flank of
the Cincinnati arch. There are a very few minor struc-
tures in this county. The county is principally a gentle
monocline.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A number of wells have
been sunk, at different points in this county, but produc-
tion of commercial importance has not been secured
except on the lower waters of Station Camp and Ross
Creeks. These pools are really across the county line
in E still.
JEFFERSON — No. 56.
LOCATION. — Western part of Kentucky, adjoining the
Blue Grass section, and Ohio River.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Ordovician Limestones, Silurian
Limestones, Devonian Limestones and Shales, and Mis-
si ssippian Limestones, comprise the surface rocks of this
county.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Undulating in the east due to dissec-
tion. Knobs in the western portion of the county.
DRAINAGE. — Floyds Creek and small tributaries of the
Ohio River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — High up on the western flank
of the Lexington Dome of the Cincinnati arch.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Some little prospecting
has been going forward in the southwestern portion of
this county where a number of minor folds are known to
exist. No production has been proven to date.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS
143
A BLUE GRASS DRILLING.
This well on the Wm. Hoover farm just south of Nicholasville in
Jessamine County, had shown no oil or gas at 2,500 feet and drilling
was continued. The rocks penetrated by the bit were Ordovician
Limestones chiefly. The lower record has not been studied. Photo by
W. R. Jillson, 1919.
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JESSAMINE — No. 57.
LOCATION. — This county is located on the pinnacle
area of the Lexington dome. Lower Ordovician Lime-
stones are exposed at the surface, and at Brooklyn
Bridge over the Kentucky River the lowest strati-
graphic sediments in the State of Kentucky are exposed.
A well now twenty-five hundred feet deep and still dril-
ling is located a quarter mile south of Nicholasville. This
well has not shown oil or gas to date but has unlimited
quantities of fresh water. Jessamine county is consid-
ered a typical example of the non-productive Blue Grass
area of this State.
JOHNSON — No. 58.
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LOCATION. — Eastern Kentucky.
SUKFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Maturely and dissected plateau.
DRAINAGE. — Paint Creek and other small tributaries
of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Johnson county is crossed by
the Irvine-Paint Creek Fault and Fold on an east-west
line through its central portion. The western extremity
of this county is located on the well known Paint Creek
Uplift, which has a north and south trend. The Paint
Creek Dome, Laurel Creek Dome, and Paint Creek Anti-
cline are the chief sub-structures of importance in the
county.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A large amount of
development has gone forward in this county, but oil
production has not been proven in large commercial
quantity. However, many widely scattered small oil wells
are to be found in Johnson county. Both the Paint Creek
and Laurel Creek Domes have developed gas in large
quantity. This gas totaling altogether at the present
about fifteen million cubic feet daily is going into the
Central Kentucky Natural Gas Pipe Line, and the Louis-
ville Gas and Electric Pipe Line. It is very probable that
this county will, with further prospecting, become an im-
portant oil producer.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 145
KENTON — No. 59.
LOCATION. — This county is located in the northern-
most section of the Blue Grass and is considered unfav-
orable for oil and gas development. The surface rocks
are the unproductive Ordovician Limestones.
KNOTT — No. 60.
LOCATION. — Southeastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Maturely dissected plateau.
DRAINAGE. — Tributaries of the Levisa Fork of the Big
Sandy River and North Fork of the Kentucky River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — This county is located just
south of the Eastern Kentucky Geosyncline on the flank
of _ the Pine Mountain uplift. There are a number of
small structures and domes in this county. The chief of
these is the Yellow Mountain Anticline, which starts in
the easternmost tip of Breathitt county on the Spring1
Fork of Quick Sand Creek and rises to the southeast in
Knott county until on the heads of Jones Fork of Right
Beaver Creek it merges into the normal monoclinal slope
to the northwest.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Both oil and gas are
secured in this county. Gas is now being produced from
the sand inclusion in the Big Lime on the Yellow Moun-
tain structure on Rock Fork. Oil is being produced on the
monoclinal slope on Dry and Caney Creeks of Right
Beaver Creek.
KNOX— No. 61.
LOCATION. — Southeastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Maturely dissected plateau.
DRAINAGE. — Cumberland River and its tributaries.
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OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
STRUCTURAL, LOCATION. — Knox county is bisected by
the Eastern Kentucky Geosyncline. There are a num-
ber of minor faults and folds in this county which are
important oil and gas considerations. The folds begin
to become more pronounced and are faulted as the Bell
county line is approached.
OIL AND GAS OF SOUTH-EASTERN KENTUCKY.
This ma;p shows the location of the gas fields of Clay and Owsley
counties now being developed, and the older oil field north of Bar-
bourville in Knox county.
OIL AND G-AS DEVELOPMENT. — Knox county contains
one of the oldest producing fields in the state of Ken-
tucky. A large number of small producing wells exist
here, located on Little Richmond and Indian Creeks.
Three sands produce in the Pottsville Conglomerate.
These are the Wages, Jones and Epperson. Very little
drilling has been done below the Pottsville and the pro-
ductivity of the underlying formations is practically
unknown. Deep drilling is not advocated for this section.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 147
LAURUE — No. 62.
LOCATION. — Central Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Devonian Limestones and Shales,
and Mississippian Limestones cover the entire county
with the exception of the small areas of the Silurian
which are found in the bottom of Rolling Fork.
PHYSIOGRAPHY.— Knob section in the northeast, high
rolling in the central and western portions of the county.
DRAINAGE. — Rolling Fork of the Salt River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Southwestern flank of the
Lexington dome of the Cincinnati arch. A minor anti-
clinal structure bisects this county near Hodgenville.
It is a probable continuation of the structure at Leitch-
field in Grayson county.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Some little prospecting
is going forward in this county, but to date no production
of commercial importance has been proven.
LAUREL — No. 63.
LOCATION. — Southeastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Maturely dissected northwest slop-
ing plateau.
DRAINAGE. — Laurel and Rockcastle Rivers and their
tributaries.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Low down on the eastern
flank of the Cincinnati arch.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Some little prospecting is
going forward in Laurel county but oil and gas in com-
mercial quantities have not been obtained.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 149
% LAWRENCE — No. 64.
LOCATION. — Northeastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Maturely dissected plateau.
DRAINAGE. — Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy
Eiver. Dry Fork of the Little Sandy Eiver.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION/ — Principally synclinal to the
east of the Paint Creek uplift and to the north of the
Paint Creek- Warfield Anticlines. These structures are
approached in Lawrence county by strong monoclinal
folds on which occur many minor productive structures.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Four oil and gas pools
of established reputation are found in Lawrence county,
these are the Fallsburg, Busseyville, George's Creek,
and Laurel Creek Pools, the latter being one of recent
development, which overlaps into Johnson county. Pro-
duction is secured from the Wier and Berea sands of the
Mississippian system. Oil production of this county is
served by the Cumberland Pipe Line.
LEE— No. 65.
LOCATION. — Eastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures, except in the Ken-
tucky River bottoms, and the northwestern section which
shows Mississippian Limestones.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Maturely dissected plateau, rugged
to rough.
DRAINAGE. — Kentucky Eiver and its tributaries.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — High on the eastern flank of
the Lexington Dome of the Cincinnati Arch. This
county contains many small anticlines and domes.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Lee county contains the
Big Sinking Oil Pool which is the largest and best known
oil pool in the state of Kentucky. It also contains a
number of other small pools. The oil production is
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THE HELPING HAND OF NATURE
In a poor farming country Mother Nature frequently makes ad-
justment. Besides carving out this rock barn on Big Sinking Creek
in Lee County, she provided immense oil wealth under the surface.
served by the Cumberland Pipe Line, and Kentucky
River Towing Company. The Indian Pipe Line Com-
pany, several small local refineries, and the Standard!
Oil Refining Company of Louisville, Kentucky, are
served by short lines or by tank cars. Production is
secured from the Onondaga (Corniferous) Limestone
and in some wells from the underlying Niagara Lime-
stone.
LESLIE — No. 66.
LOCATION. — Southeastern Kentucky.
SUEFACE GEOLOGY. — This county is on the northeastern
flank of the Pine Mountain uplift in the Eastern Coal
Field.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Very little prospecting
is going on in this county, and no production of import-
ance has been secured.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 151
LETCHER — No. 67.
LOCATION. — This county is bisected by the Pine Moun-
tain fault, and is therefore unfavorable for oil and gas
prospecting.
LEWIS — No. 68.
LOCATION. — Northeastern Kentucky, adjoining the
Ohio River.
SUEFACE GEOLOGY. — Principally Mississippian Lime-
stones, with a small exposed area of the underlying
Devonian and Silurian sediments.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Maturely dissected plateau.
DRAINAGE. — Kinniconick and Salt Creeks of the Ohio
Eiver.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Middle position of the east-
ern flank of the Cincinnati Anticline.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A considerable number of
wells have been drilled in Lewis county, which produce
from five to ten barrels of crude oil. No production of
outstanding importance is of record.
LINCOLN — No. 69.
LOCATION. — Central Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Ordoviciajn Limestones, Silurian
Limestones, Devonian Limestones and Shales, Mississip-
pian Limestones.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Rolling to rough.
DRAINAGE. — Tributaries of the Dix and Green Rivers,
and Buck and Pine Lick Creeks of the Cumberland
River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — On the south nose of the Lex-
ington Dome of the Cincinnati Arch.
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LINCOLN COUNTY OIL POOLS.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — This county contains two
oil and gas pools of commercial importance, one on
Buck Creek and the other on Green River. Both of
these are small pools with a steady production. A pipe
line connects the Buck Creek pool at King's Mountain
to tank car station on the Q. & C. Railroad. Consider-
able development is going forward in this county, prin-
cipally in the southern section of the county, where
thick covering is assured for the Onondaga Limestone.
LIVINGSTON — No. 70.
LOCATION, — This county is located in the faulted sec-
tion of the western part of Kentucky, adjoining the Ohio
River, and is therefore unimportant from an oil and gas
prospecting standpoint. Recent river alluviums, Pennsyl-
vanian outlyers, and Mississipipian Limestones are the
surface rocks.
LOGAN — No. 71.
LOCATION. — Southwestern
Tennessee line.
Kentucky, adjoining the
SUEFACE GEOLOGY. — Mississippian Limestones in the
south-central section, Coal Measures in the northwest-
ern corner.
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153
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Rolling, except in the northwestern
section where topography becomes rugged, due to the
Coal Measures.
DRAINAGE. — Tributaries of the Green and Cumberland
Rivers.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — South limb of the Western
Coal Basin. A small anticline may be seen at Epley
Station.
THE DIAMOND SPRINGS GAS FIELD.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — The Diamond Springs
Oil pool is located in the northwestern section of this
county, close to the Muhlenberg line. Production is
secured on a strong monoclinal dip to the north. There
is considerable development going on in this county, but
no oil wells of commercial importance have been secured.
LYON— No. 72.
LOCATION. — This county is located in the southwestern
part of Kentucky, in the faulted section, and is there-
fore considered unfavorable for oil and gas prospecting.
Mississippian Limestones are the surficial rocks.
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MADISON — No. 73.
LOCATION. — This county is principally a Blue Grass
county, located in the central portion of the State.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — The southeastern portion of the
county is in the Knobs section, where the producing oil
sand of this part of Kentucky is found at shallow depth.
No production, however, of striking importance has
been found. Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississip-
pian, and Pennsylvanian sediments outcrop.
MAGOFFIN — No. 74.
LOCATION. — Eastern Kentucky.
SUEFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Dissected northwest sloping plateau.
DRAINAGE. — Licking Eiver.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Magoffin county is crossed in
its northern extremity by the Irvine-Paint Creek Fault
and Fold, and on the northwestern boundary by the
Paint Creek Uplift. It contains a number of small
structures, important from the standpoint of oil and gas
prospecting. Its southern extremity is crossed by the
Eastern Kentucky Geosyncline. The important sub-
structures are : The Paint Creek Dome, Rockhouse Anti-
cline, White Oak Anticline, Johnson Fork Anticline and
Ivyton Dome.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A considerable amount
of oil and gas development has gone forward in Magof-
fin county. Production is proven on the Paint Creek
Dome, the White Oak Anticline and the Ivyton Dome.
The producing sands are the Pottsville of the Pennsyl-
vanian System, Wier of the Mississippian System and
the Onondaga (Corniferous) of the Devonian. Recent de-
velopments point to the conclusion that the Wier sand
will be a very important producer of oil in this county.
MARION — No. 75.
LOCATION. — This is essentially a Blue Grass county.
It offers but a very small area favorable for oil and gas
prospecting, except in its southernmost section. Ordo-
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 155
vician, Silurian, Devonian, and Mississippian limestones
and shales are the rocks found at the surface.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Very little prospecting
has been done in this county.
MARSHALL — No. 76.
LOCATION. — Marshall county is located in the Tennes-
see River Bend section of the Jackson Purchase. Quater-
nary, Cretaceous, and Mississippian sediments outcrop.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Its oil and gas possibili-
ties are unknown, due to lack of development.
MARTIN — No. 77.
LOCATION. — Easternmost Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Maturely dissected plateau.
DRAINAGE. — Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Bisected by the Warfield Anti-
cline on an east-west line.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — The outstanding proven
gas pool of importance is the Inez or Martin County
Gas Field, which occupies a crestal position on the War-
field anticline. Gas is secured from the Big Lime and
Big Injun sands. A number of small oil wells have been
drilled in this county principally in connection with gas
prospecting. No separate oil pools of importance have
been established to date.
MASON— No. 78.
LOCATION. — This is a Blue Grass county, and is there-
fore, unimportant from an oil and gas standpoint. Ordo-
vician Limestones are the principal surficial rocks.
McCRACKEN — NO. 79.
LOCATION. — This county adjoins the Ohio River in the
northern part of the Jackson Purchase in the western
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part of Kentucky. Quaternary and Cretaceous sediments
are found at the surface.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOp]tfENT. — Very little oil and gas
development has gone forward in this county.
McCREAEY— NO. 80.
LOCATION. — Southern Kentucky, adjoining the Tennes-
see line.
SUEFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures in the upland, Mis-
sissippian Limestones in the river bottoms.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Maturely dissected plateau.
DRAINAGE. — South Fork of the Cumberland River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Just northwest of the East-
ern Kentucky Geosyncline.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — McCreary county is the
seat of the first oil well in the state of Kentucky, which
was struck on South Fork of the Cumberland River in
1819 by Martin Beatty, of Abingdon, Virginia, while
drilling for salt water. This county was then a part of
Wayne county. Since then oil has been developed in
McCreary county at various points. A group of small
and rather unimportant pools which have been on the
pump for several years are found on the South Fork.
This is an extension of the Wayne County Oil district.
For further detail see Wayne county.
MCLEAN— No. 81.
LOCATION. — Center of the Western Kentucky Coal
Fields.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — River plain low, undulating.
DRAINAGE. — Green River and its tributaries.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — McLean county is bisected by
the Rough Creek Fault and Fold. Its 'central portion
i? an area of local uplift. Its northern and southern
extremities dip from the central section.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 157
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Some little prospecting
has been carried forward in this county, but no wells of
commercial importance have been developed. Struc-
ture exists in this county as well as the sequence of oil
bearing sands and it is possible with further develop-
ment that oil may be found in commercially paying
quantities.
MEADE— No. 82.
LOCATION. — Northwestern Kentucky, adjoining the
Ohio River.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Mississippian Limestones and
Shales.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Eolling and river plain.
DRAINAGE. — Unimportant tributaries of the Ohio
Eiver.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Western flank of the Lexing-
ton Dome of the Cincinnati Arch.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Meade county is the seat
of the Rock Haven Gas Field which was developed a
number of years ago. It is at present unimportant.
Gas production was secured in a sand inclusion in the
Black Shale. Very little prospecting is going forward in
this county at the present time.
MENIFEE — No. 83.
LOCATION. — Northeastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Pottsville Conglomerate, St. Gene-
vieve and St. Louis Limestones.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Maturely dissected plateau.
DRAINAGE. — Tributaries of the Kentucky Eiver.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — High up on the eastern flank
of the Lexington Dome of the Cincinnati Arch, this
county contains a number of minor folds. The Menifee
gas field is located on an essentially monoclinal
structure.
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OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Menifee county contains
the Menifee Gas field which is located in the western
portion of the county and overlaps into Powell county
in the southern section. This field was developed in
1901, the field gas coming from the porus strata in the
Onondaga. This field has been largely drilled and gas
production at the present is decreasing in importance.
It is used by the Central Kentucky Natural Gas Com-
pany as a reservoir supply field for the cities of Mt. Ster-
ling, Winchester, Lexington, Versailles, Midway and
Frankfort. Menifee county has been \videly prospected
and oil production of considerable importance has been
secured. There are still possibilities of new pools being
found in Menifee county. Drilling is to the depth of six
and eight hundred feet.
MERCER — No. 84.
LOCATION. — This is a Blue Grass county, located high
on the Lexington Dome of the Cincinnati Arch, and
may be considered as unimportant from the standpoint
of oil and gas prospecting. Ordovician Limestones
proven unproductive in this part of the State are the sur-
face rocks.
METCALFE — No. 85.
LOCATION. — Southern-Central Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Mississippian Limestones and
Shales.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Gently rolling, the southern section
very rugged.
DRAINACJE. — Little Barren Eiver. On the north are
found the head waters of the Big Barren River, and in
the southeastern section Marrowbone Creek of the Cum-
berland River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Saddle of the Cincinnati
Arch, between the Lexington and the Nashville Domes.
Metcalfe county has several small structures. There is
one with a doming center near Beaumont. Well defined
dips are found to the south, east and west. The dip to
the north is not as definite.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 159
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — One deep dry hole has
been drilled in this county about two miles west of Beau-
mont. At Sulphur Wells, there are some small wells
in which light amber oil has been found in the Waverly
Shale. Considerable development work is being car-
ried on in this county. It is possible that commercial oil
production will be found in this county if poms or sandy
limestones can be located.
MONROE — No. 86.
LOCATION. — Southern Kentucky, adjoining the Tennes-
see Line.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Principally Mississippian Lime-
stones, with Devonian and Ordovician sediments in the
Cumberland Eiver in the southeastern portion of the
county. No Silurian is found in Monroe county. It
is also important to note that the Onondaga (Corni-
terous) Limestone does not underlie the Devonian Black
Shale in this county.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Boiling to rugged.
DRAINAGE. — Head water tributaries of the Big Barren
River and small eastern tributaries of the Cumberland
Eiver.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — On the northern flank of the
Nashville Dome of the Cincinnati Arch.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Very little oil and gas
prospecting has gone forward in this county, due prin-
cipally to the fact that the Onondaga is absent under
the greater portion of the county and the section is some-
what isolated. In all probability the Silurian is also
absent under the surface of the entire county with
the exception of the western portion. The Ordovician
Limestones are present under Monroe county, and in all
probability oil and gas will be secured in quantity at a
later date in this county. A number of small structures
are known to exist in this county. Recently two good
oil wells were brought in west of Tompkinsville.
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MONTGOMERY — No. 87.
LOCATION. — Central-Eastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — This county is practically in the
Blue Grass section of the state. Its southeastern ex-
tremity overlaps into the Knobs Begion, where consider-
able prospecting is going forward and a few successful
wells have been drilled. No wells of marked commer-
cial importance, however, have been secured. The sur-
ficial rocks are Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississip-
pian, and Pennsylvanian sediments.
MORGAN— No. 88.
LOCATION. — Eastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Maturely dissected north westward
sloping plateau.
DRAINAGE. — Licking River and its tributaries.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Middle position on the eastern
flank of the Lexington Dome of the Cincinnati Arch.
This county is crossed in the southern extremity by
the Irvine-Paint Creek Fault and Fold. There are
besides this a number of small structures in the north
central portion of the county.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Morgan county contains
the one time famous Cannel City Oil Pool, which was
drilled in with gusher production from a few wells in
1912. Some of these wells showed flush production
which reached seven hundred barrels. This field pro-
duced its maximum of twelve' thousand barrels of crude
oil per month in 1913. Production came from the Onon-
daga Limestone, and was held in the porous strata on the
anticline. Near West Liberty, the county seat of Mor-
gan county, considerable gas has been found and a large
amount of prospecting is going forward now within the
boundaries of this county.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 161
MUHLENBEKG No. 89.
LOCATION. — This county is located in the southern-
central section of Western Kentucky Coal Field.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures except in southwest
corner where the underlying Mississippian Limestones
are exposed.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Hilly in the north, rolling in the
south.
DRAINAGE. — Green River and its tributaries.
STRUCGURAL LOCATION. — Muhlenberg county is bisect-
ed by the Southwestern Kentucky Geosyncline.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Producing sands of the
Pennsylvania!! and Mississippian systems are present
here, but mediumly deep drilling will be required.
There are no oil and gas pools of importance in this
county.
NELSON— No. 90.
LOCATION. — Nelson county is essentially a Blue Grass
county. The southern portion, however, extends into
the Knobs section. Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, and
Mississippian limestones and shales are found at the sur-
face.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — It is doubtful if large
amounts of oil and gas will ever be found in this county.
The southern portion of the county exhibits a fair cov-
ering of Mississippian Limestones and the Black Shale.
Some little development has gone forward in this county.
A number of test wells have been drilled in near New
Hope without much success.
NICHOLAS — No. 91.
LOCATION. — This is a Blue Grass county, located in the
northeastern portion of the state, on the Licking River.
It may be considered unimportant from an oil and gas
standpoint. Ordovician Limestones are at the surface.
Oil & Gas— 6.
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OHIO— No. 92.
LOCATION. — Eastern portion of the Western Coal
Field.
SUEFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures except in the cen-
tral section where the Rough Creek Fault brings up the
Mississippian Limestones.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Rolling and rugged.
DRAINAGE, — Green River and its tributaries.
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY. — Ohio county is bisected by the
Rough Creek Fault and Fold, the northern and southern
extremities of the county dropping down to the north-
west and to the southwest Kentucky Geosynclines.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — An oil pool of consider-
able importance has been developed on the south flank
of the Rough Creek Anticline at a point between Sul-
phur Springs and Hartford. This is known ?,« the
Hartford Oil Pool. The producing sand is in the Waverly.
With the Rough Creek Anticline crossing this county and
the producing sands of Kentucky present, Ohio county
can be said to be a good prospecting county from an oil
and gas standpoint.
OLDHAM — No. 93.
LOCATION. — This is essentially a Blue Grass county,
with a fringe of Devonian and Silurian outliers on the
western boundaries.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Although some gas was
developed just southwest of LaGrange a number of
years ago the prospects of securing either oil or gas in
commercial quantity in this county are not considered
good. Drilling should be discouraged.
OWEN — No. 94.
LOCATION. — Owen county is located in the north-cen-
tral part of the Blue Grass section of the state.
SUKFACE GEOLOGY. — The surficial rocks of this county
are Ordovician Limestones which are faulted to a degree
that alone preludes the accumulation of oil and gas.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 163
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Little development work
has been done in Owen county and no oil or gas has been
secured. This county's possibilities for oil and gas are
considered very poor.
OWSLEY — No. 95.
LOCATION. — Western part of the Eastern Coal Field.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Maturely dissected plateau.
. DRAINAGE. — South Fork of the Kentucky River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Low down on the eastern
flank of the Cincinnati Arch. This county contains a
number of small structures, the most important being
in the northwestern section of the county near Travelers
Eest.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Considerable oil and gas
development has gone forward in this county. Gas in
considerable quantity has been secured on a definite
structure near Travelers Rest. Only a small amount of
oil has been recovered. It is possible before this season
is over a few small oil wells will be reported.
PENDLETON — No. 96.
LOCATION. — Pendleton county is located in the north-
ern part of Blue Grass section and is therefore unim-
portant from an oil and gas standpoint. Ordovician
Limestones are found at the surface.
PERRY— No. 97.
LOCATION. — Center of the Eastern Coal Fields.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Dissected north westward sloping
plateau.
DRAINAGE. — North Fork of the Kentucky River.
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STRUCTURAL, LOCATION. — Perry county is located in the
southeastern flank of eastern Kentucky's Geosyncline
which crosses the county in its northwestern extremity.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A number of wells have
been drilled in this county, but no oil or gas of commer-
cial importance has been secured. The county has large
productive possibilities and vast areas untested.
TIKE— No. 98.
LOCATION. — F.astern-most county in Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Principally Coal Measures, with
Devonian and Mississippian sediments outcropping
along the Pine Mountain Fault in the southwestern sec-
tion of the county.
NORTHERN FLANK OF PINE MOUNTAIN ANTICLINE.
View from the crest of the Pine Mountain Anticline down the
Russell Fork of the Levisa Fork (Pennsylvanian) of the Big Sandy
River, from Virginia into Pike County, Kentucky. Shows northwest
limb of the fold and 1,000 feet of the Lee formation. Photo by W. R.
Jillson, April 5, 1919.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — High northwestward sloping pla-
teau, maturely dissected.
DRAINAGE. — Levisa, Tug, and Russell Forks of the Big
Sandy River, and their tributaries.
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DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 165
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Pike county is on the south-
eastern flank of the Eastern Kentucky Geosyncline
which crosses it in the northern extremity. A number
of small structures exist in Pike county. Chief among
them is the D 'Invillier Anticline, which rises between the
head waters of the Shelby and Marrowbone Creeks and
extends crescentricly to the northeast, crossing the Rus-
sell and Levisa Forks of the Big Sandy River and pro-
essing toward Williamson in Mingo county, West
irginia. The Williamson fold is probably a continua-
tion of the D 'Invillier structure. The Pine Mountain
Fault and Fold crosses the southern edge of Pike county.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A number of wells have
been drilled in Pike county into the Pottsville. Some
of these have shown gas in considerable quantity, but
this gas is not now being commercialized. In the
northern part of the county a number of wells have
reached the Devonian but oil in paying quantities has
not been found. The Pottsville is about one thousand
feet thick below drainage and contains the Beaver, Hor-
ton and Pike sands, all of which may be looked upon as
paying sands when accompanied by favorable structure.
The sand inclusion in the Big Lime of the Mississippian
system is a gas producer. Due to the extreme thickness
of the Upper Paleozoic sediments in this section, the
Onondaga, the producing horizon of the Irvine Field,
would not be encountered here, except at a very deep
depth. The Big Injun and Wier sands will probably de-
velop gas and oil production respectively.
POWELL— No. 99.
LOCATION. — Western portion of the Eastern Coal
Field.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Limited outcrops of the Ordovi-
cian Limestones in the extreme northwestern section of
the county. Progressing to the southeast the Silurian
Limestones, Devonian Limestones and Shales, Missis-
sippian Limestones, and the Pennsylvanian Conglom-
erate appear.
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OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
AN EVEN SKY-LINE OF POTTSVILLE CONGLOMERATE.
View on the Mary Adams farm in Powell County, adjoining the
northern boundary of Lee County. The drilling is done undef
topographic difficulties. There are about thirty wells on the lease.
Photo by W. R. Jillson, April, 1919.
PHYSIOGEAPHY. — Knob section, rough topography.
DRAINAGE. — Red Eiver, a fork of the Kentucky River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Middle position on the east-
ern flank of the Lexington Dome of the Cincinnati Arch.
The southern extremity of Powell county is crossed by
the Irvine-Paint Creek Fault and Fold. There are also
several small structures found in this county.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Powell county contains
a number of oil pools. Among them are the Ashley
pool, one of the most important in the Irvine section.
Flush production was secured in a number of gusher
wells from porous strata in the Onondaga Limestone
lying on a fold along the Irvine-Paint Creek Fault. The
northern portion of Powell county contains the southerp
extremity of Menifee Gas Field. A large amount of
drilling has been done in this county.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 167
PULASKI— NO. 100.
LOCATION. — South-Central Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures in the eastern, and
Mississippian Limestones in the central and western
portions of the county. About five miles west of Somer-
set the sequence of Ordovician sediments are exposed in
and near Fishing Creek.
DRAINAGE. — Cumberland River and its tributaries.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — East saddle (position between
the Lexington and Nashville Domes on the Cincinnati
Arch.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A number of wells have
been drilled in this county, and some oil and gas has
been secured, but to date oil and gas in commercial
quantity has not been secured. Somerset, the county
seat, through which passes the Cumberland Pipe Line,
gives its name to practically all of the Eastern Ken-
tucky oil which is designated as " Somerset Grade."
The only eastern Kentucky production excluded from
the Somerset grade is the low gravity crude of the Rag-
land Pool of Bath, Eowan and Menifee counties.
EOBERTSON NO. 101.
LOCATION. — Robertson county is located in the north-
eastern part of the state, in the Blue Grass area of the
State. It is, therefore, unimportant from an oil and gas
standpoint. Ordovician Limestones are the surface rocks.
ROCKCASTLE No. 102.
LOCATION. — Central Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Principally Coal Measures and
Missis&ippian Limestones with small inliers of the
Devonian Black Shale.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Very rugged, due to widespread dis-
section of the erosion-resisting Pottsville Conglomerate
DRAINAGE. — Rockcastle River and its tributaries.
168 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
STKUCTURAL LOCATION. — Well up on the southeast flank
of the Lexington Dome of the Cincinnati Anticline.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Rockcastle county has
experienced a considerable amount of oil and gas
development but to date no oil or gas pool of commercial
importance has been developed within its boundaries.
ROWAN— No. 103.
LOCATION. — Northeastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Silurian, Devonian, Mississippian
and Pennsylvania!! Limestones and shales. The Potts-
ville Conglomerate overlaps into the southeastern section
of this county.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Rolling to Rough.
DRAINAGE. — North Fork of the Licking River and its
tributaries.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Middle high position on the
Lexington Dome of the Cincinnati Anticline.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A considerable number of
wells have been drilled in Rowan county. The oil pool of
outstanding importance within the county is the Ragland,
which crosses the Licking River in the southern part of
the county.
RUSSELL — No. 104.
LOCATION. — Central-Southern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — This county is located in the saddle
between the Lexington and the Nashville Domes on the
Cincinnati Arch. It is doubtful if any Onondaga or
Niagaran Limestones underlie the surface of the county
except in a very small portion.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Only a small amount of
drilling has been done in this county ; a few small struc-
. tures are found, and the county's possibilities for oil and
gas are undetermined for this reason. Pay might be
secured in the Ordovician Limestones beneath the Black
Shale but the prospects are not very good.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 169
SCOTT — No. 105.
LOCATION. — This county is located in the heart of the
Blue Grass section of Kentucky, and is considered unde-
sirable for oil and gas testing. Ordovician Limestones
are the surficial rocks.
SHELBY— No. 106.
LOCATION. — Shelby county is located in the western por-
tion of the Blue Grass.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — The surficial rocks are Ordovician
Limestones.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — The prospects for oil and
gas in this county are considered of very doubtful
importance.
SIMPSON — No. 107.
LOCATION. — Southern Kentucky, adjoining the Tennes-
see Line.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Mississippian Limestones.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Rolling.
DRAINAGE. — Tributaries of Drakes Creek of Big Barren
River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — This county lies in a medial
position on the north flank of the Nashville Dome of the
Cincinnati Anticline. A number of small anticlines occur
in this county.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Within the last few years
considerable prospecting has been done for both oil and
gas in this county, and both have been secured though not
in large quantity. Due to the rapid northwestern dip of
the Onondaga and Silurian Limestones Simpson county
may be looked upon as an important prospecting county.
Its structural location is equally as good as that of Bar-
ren and Warren Counties. To date, however, no consider-
able area of porous or sandy limestone has been located.
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SPENCER— No. 108.
LOCATION. — This is a Blue Grass county.
SUKFACE GEOLOGY. — The surficial rocks are Ordovician
Limestones.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Spencer county is consid-
ered of very little importance from an oil and gas stand-
point.
TAYLOK— No. 109.
LOCATION. — Central Kentucky.
SUEFACE GEOLOGY. — Principally Mississippian Lime-
stones with exception of a small area of Devonian Shale
in the creek bottoms, in the eastern section of the county.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Rolling.
DRAINAGE. — Tributaries of the Green River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Taylor county lies on the sad-
dle between the Lexington and Nashville Domes of the
Cincinnati Arch. A westward plunging anticline may be
found just north of Saloma.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A number of wells have
been drilled in this county and some production secured,
but to date no oil or gas pools of first rank have been
proven in this county. Several dry holes have been
drilled in Taylor but these may not be taken to condemn
this area. Open, porous, or sandy limestones do not seem
to be widely distributed in this county.
TODD— No. 110.
LOCATION. — Southwestern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Mississippian Limestones in the
southwestern section of the county. Coal Measures in
the northern section.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Rolling in the south-central section
and rugged in the north.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 171
DRAINAGE. — North flank and tributaries of the Green
River, and southern tributaries of the Cumberland River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Middle position on the north
flank of the Nashville Dome of the Cincinnati Anticline.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Very little oil and gas
development has gone forward in this county, and its
possibilities as an oil and gas producing county is very
uncertain.
TRIGG— No. 111.
LOCATION. — This county is located in the Mississippian
Limestone section, in southwestern Kentucky, adjoining
the Tennessee Line.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Trigg county is partly within the
greatly faulted section of western Kentucky and its
potentialities for oil and gas are not considered very
good.
TRIMBLE — No. 112.
LOCATION. — This is essentially a Blue Grass county.
Located in the northwestern part of Kentucky adjoming
the Ohio River.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — The surficial rocks are Ordovician
Limestones with a few outliers of the Silurian. The pos-
sibilities for oil and gas are considered very poor.
UNION— No. 113.
LOCATION. — Western edge of the Western Coal Fields
of Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Principally Coal Measures with
river deposits along the Ohio River.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Rolling to rough.
DRAINAGE. — Highland Creek and the tributaries of the
Ohio River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Union county is bisected by the
Rough Creek Fault and Fold.
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OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A number of wells have
been drilled in this county, but oil or gas in important
commercial quantities has not been secured. Several
small oil wells of doubtful value are located in this county.
A small amount of prospecting is going forward.
WAREEN — No. 114.
LOCATION. — Southern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Principally Mississippian Lime-
stones with a few outliers of the Coal Measures in the
northwestern section of the county.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Boiling to Bugged in the central and
southwestern sections, and very hilly in the northwestern
portion.
DRAINAGE. — Big Barren Biver and its tributaries
including Drakes Creek.
SHOOTING BOHON NO. 1, WARREN COUNTY, KY.
Photo by W. R. Jillson, 1919.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 173
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Warren county lies on the
northern flank of the Nashville Dome of the Cincinnati
Anticline. There is a constant northwestward normal
dip throughout this county. A number of small struc-
tures are to be seen throughout the county. One of the
most pronounced of these is located just to the northwest
of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A large number of wells
have been drilled in the southeastern portion of Warren
County. The present tendency in this section of the State
is from Barren and Allen Counties into Warren County.
A large number of wells are being drilled and the zenith
of the field development of this county is still distant.
Several pools of outstanding importance have been devol-
oped in the county. The chief among them is the Moul-
der Pool in the eastern section of the county, adjoining
Barren and Allen Counties on the Barren River. The
Onondaga Limestone, the producer of the Allen county
field is known to be productive in this county. There are
some indications that this horizon thickens towards the
northwest. Within a short distance of Drakes postoffice
in the southeastern section of this county oil has been
found at a depth of one hundred and fifteen feet below
the surface in a stray sand of the Mississippian, Fort
Payne. The oil is of a rather high gravity, and has a
greenish-amber color. The striking of this small well
establishes proven sands at shallow depth in the Missis-
sippian, and gives added attraction to wild cat drilling
in the county. Considerable production has been develop-
ed near Green Hill in the southeastern section of the
county.
WASHINGTON — No. 115.
LOCATION. — Washington county is located in the Blue
Grass Section of Kentucky. It is considered unimport-
ant for oil and gas prospecting. The surficial rocks are
Ordovician Limestones with a few outliners of the Silur-
ian Limestones.
WAYNE— No. 116.
LOCATION. — Central-Southern Kentucky, adjoining the
Tennessee Line.
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OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Highlands in the southeastern sec-
tion of the county are capped by the Pottsville Conglo-
merate of the Pennsylvanian. The northwestern section
of the county is covered by Mississippian Limestones.
Some of the creeks draining the northwestern section
into the Cumberland River disclose the sequence of the
Mississippian-Devonian Ordovician sediments. The Sil-
urian underlies the central and eastern sections of the
county.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Rugged to rough.
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WAYNE AND CUMBERLAND OIL FIELDS.
These fields are among those of particular interest to Kentuckians
as they contain not only the oldest oil well in this State but probably
the world. The Beatty well on the south fork of the Cumberland River
was drilled in with flowing production in 1819.
DRAINAGE. — North and northwestern tributaries of the
Cumberland River.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Wayne county is located at an
extreme point on the northeastern flank of the Nashville
Dome. The saddle of the Cincinnati Anticline is directly
to the northwest of this county.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 175
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Wayne county is one of
Kentucky's well known oil and gas fields, and adjoins the
area of McCreary county just east where the first oil well
in this State was struck. Oil and gas are both secured nr
this county over a considerable and widespread district
area. The pools are for the most part on monoclinal and
anticlinal structures dipping to the southeast. Structure,
however, is not the only factor in Wayne county accumu-
lation. Porosity, sand lensing, and water conditions are
also important in this county. A very large number of
wells have been drilled in Wayne county. The following
sands produce: The Stray, Mt. Pisgah, Beaver, Otter,
Cooper and Slickford. All of these sands are found in
the Waverly of the Mississippian System. Below these
in the Ordovician occur the Upper Sunny Brook, Lower
Sunny Brook, Trenton, Lower Sand and Deep Sand.
The Silurian and Devonian are not productive in this
county and if present in all probability do not cover but a
small section in the northeastern portion of the county.
The Cumberland Pipe Line Company serves this field.
WEBSTEK — No. 117.
LOCATION. — This county is located in the western por-
tion of the Coal Fields of western Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — The surficial rocks belong to the
Coal Measures. The northern portion of this county is
crossed by the Rough Creek Fault and Fold.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A considerable amount of
wild cat drilling has been done in this county, but no wells
of commercial importance have been secured.
WHITLEY — No. 118.
LOCATION. — Southeastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Coal Measures.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Deeply dissected plateau.
DRAINAGE. — Headwaters and tributaries of the Cum-
berland River.
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OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Whitley county is bisected by
the Eastern Kentucky Geosyncline.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — A number of wells have
'been drilled in Whitley county but to date no production
of commercial importance has been secured.
WOLFE— No. 119.
LOCATION. — Eastern Kentucky.
SURFACE GEOLOGY. — Principally Coal Measures with
Mississippian Limestones in the creek bottoms in the
extreme northwestern portion of the county.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. — Maturely dissected plateau.
DRAINAGE. — North Fork and other tributaries of the
Kentucky Elver.
VIEW AT TORRENT, WOLFE COUNTY, KY.
Photo by O. Wolf, 1918.
STRUCTURAL LOCATION. — Wolfe county is bisected by
the Irvine-Paint Creek Fault and Fold. The county has
a position well down on the eastern flank of the Lexington
Dome of the Cincinnati Anticline. A number of small
structures radiate from and parallel the Irvine-Paint
Creek Fault and Fold.
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND GAS 177
OIL, AND GAS DEVELOPMENT. — Wolfe county is one of the
established oil and gas producing counties of the state of
Kentucky. It has within its boundaries a number of
very important wells. These are found in an extension
of the Irvine pool just west of Torrent, the old Campton
pool, and the Hazel Green pool. A large percentage of
the drilling in this county has been successful, and all of
the oil and gas producing areas are not yet thoroughly
known. Some areas on structure, however, have proven
barren. There are indications that new pools of com-
mercial importance will still be discovered within the
boundaries of this county. The Onondaga Limestone,
which contains oil in commercial quantities, is the produc-
ing ' ' sand ' ' in this county.
WOODFORD — No. 120.
LOCATION. — Woodford is the Central Blue Grass county
of the State of Kentucky, and is considered unimportant
for oil and gas testing. Unproductive upper and lower
Ordovician Limestones form the surface strata. Pros-
pecting for oil and gas in this county is discouraged.
CHAPTER VIII.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS.
Herewith are presented the records of 752 wells drilled
in Kentucky. This number represents only a small por-
tion of the total number of oil and gas wells actually drill-
ed. A very great many wells have been drilled on which
no complete records were kept. This is especially true in
the larger fields such as the Estill, Lee, Allen and Wayne
county pools, where the drillers and operators were only
interested in the actual depth of the producing sand below
the surface. In other cases, where records were kept, the
owners exhibiting selfish motives have objected to publi-
cation. Enough records are given, however, to faithfully
represent nearly all parts of the State in which drilling
has been done, showing the character of the material
drilled through, and the relative positions of the oil and
gas sands.
In these records the position of the Black Shale (desig-
nated Devonian) is given wherever possible. This is
simply intended as a guide to the driller. It is not always
the case that only that which is so marked represents
and delimits the Devonian in that particular section.
In some of the records a portion of what is called ' ' Black
Shale" by the driller really belongs in the Mississippian
System while in a great many of them, some of the for-
mations below the Black Shale are also Devonian.
The thickness of coal seams given in these records can-
not be considered as reliable, for mining index purposes.
In some cases the thickness is obviously too great and in
others what is called coal may only be black shale. A
few records of interest of wells drilled just outside the
State lines have been added. Practically all of the rec-
ords here given have been edited by the author, divisions
having been made according to the various geologic sys-
tems, e. g., Pennsylvanian, Mississippian, Devonian, Sil-
urian, Ordovician, etc. This has been done to help in an
understanding of the subsurface stratigraphy of each
county.
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RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 179
ALLEN COUNTY.
LOG No. 1.
J. H. CARTER FARM
Northeast of Adolphus.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Unrecorded, 152.
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Top of Black Shale .... ) 0 152
Base of Black Shale ... \ (Devonian) 43 ^
Sulphur water 1 196
Oil sand (lime?) 4 200
Lime 21 221
Sand (lime?) 4 225
Blue clay 28 253
Sand (lime?) 4 257
Slate 14 271
Lime 552 823
Sand (?) 76 899
LOG No. 2.
WIDOW LANE FARM
Near Tennessee Line.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 5 5
Lime 65 70
Sand 20 90
Blue lime 40 130
Slate 5 135
Sand 10 145
Slate „ 5 150
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black Shale 55 205
Gray lime 30 235
Oil-sand (lime?) 10 245
Blue lime 20 265
White lime 3 268
Well was dry.
380 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 3.
KEEN WELL NO. 7— RODEMER POOL.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime and Shale 120 120
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black Shale 43 163
Blue lime 11 174
Brown sand (lime?) 3 177
Light lime 6 183
Brown sand (lime?) Pay sand 9 192
Hard lime 2 194
Light blue lime 9 203
Dark lime 2 205
Gray lime 1 206
Dark lime 6 212
Blue lime 10 222
Light blue lime 3 225
LOG No. 4. ROSA HOLDER FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 28 28
White lime 158 186
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black Shale (Devonian) 41 227
Lime— Gas show at 245— Water at 320 98 325
LOG No. 5.
SETTLES WELL— No. 3.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Casing 81 81
Limestone 119 200
Green shale 3 203
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 45 248
Dark lime (oil smell) 5 253
Hard lime 10 263
Brown oil-sand (lime?) Gas 13 276
Oil show at 276
Shaly lime 14 290
Dark brown sand (lime?) Oil show 5 295
Hard blue lime 6 301
Sandy lime — Oil show 2 308
Hard blue and shaly lime 20 328
Hard sand (?) 1 329
Salt water ... 5 334
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 181
LOG No. 6.
OCALA OIL CO.— No. 4.
Frost Farm, 3 miles South of Scottsville.
Strata Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Unrecorded, 210.
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Top of black shale at... ) 210
Base of black shale at } (Devonian) 25?
First oil show at 271
Oil at 282
Bottom of well at 287
LOG No. 7.
OCALA OIL CO.— No. 5.
Strata Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Unrecorded, 223.
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Top of biaok shale at j . 223
Base of black shale at { (Devonian) 269
First pay at 294
Salt water at 308
LOG No. 8
OCALA OIL CO.— No. 6.
Strata Depth
MISSISSI1PPIAN SYSTEM.
Unrecorded, 209.
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Top of black shale at ) 209
Base of black shale at.... } (Devonian) 256
Oil and water at 283
Oil at 298
LOG No. 9.
ROY GILLIAM FARM— GAS CREEK,
East of Adolphus.
Strata Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Unrecorded, 69.
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.,
Top of black shale at .. } 69
Base of black shale at .. f (Devonian) 102
Oil and water at 103
Water to ... 159
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LOG No. 10.
WALKER WELL.— No. 1.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 127 127
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black Shale 50 177
Cap rock 4 181
Dark gray, sandy lime 20 201
Brown lime — Oil show 12 213
Sandy shale 12 225
Lime and brown sand — Oil smell 8 233
Dark muddy shale 12 245
Dark sandy shale 8 253
Dark muddy shale 17 270
White water sand (lime?) fresh water 2 272
LOG No. 11.
RUSH WELL.— No. 1.
Western edge of Allen County.
(Partial record).
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 45 45
Hard lime 40 85
Sand— Oil show 59 144
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black Shale 116 200
Cap rock 8 268
Dry sand (lime?) _
Lime
Dry sand (lime?)
Bluish-green shale ... to 405
LOG No. 12.
WELL ON BIG TRAMMEL CREEK,
Five miles southwest of Scottsville.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 12 12
Blue limestone .... 90 102
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
183
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black Shale
Black rock— Oil at 127
Blue limestone
White sand (lime?)
Black rock — Gas at 193
Soft sand rock (lime?)
Yellow flinty sand (lime?) salt water.
"Trenton" rock*
Blue limestone
"Trenton" (light)
*"Trenton" is driller's distinction.
13
12
40
20
6
10
2
600
200
85
115
127
167
187
193
203
205
805
1005
1090
LOG No. 13.
WELL AT PETROLEUM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Blue limestone 30 40
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black Shale 9 49
Light gray sandstone (lime?)
Oil at 132 .... 83 132
LOG No. 14.
GAINESVILLE OOL.
J. R. JOHNSON No. 1.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 7 7
Limestone 184 191
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 47 238
Blue limestone 6 244
Lime sand 36 280
LOG No. 15.
J. R. JOHNSON No. 2.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 5 5
Limestone 177 182
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 45 227
Blue limestone 7 234
Lime sand .. 1 235
184 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 16.
J. R. JOHNSON No. 3.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 6 6
Limestone 166 172
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale — Devonian 49 221
Blue limestone 71 292
Lime sand 4 290
Limestone 14 310
LOG No. 17.
J. R. JOHNSON No. 4.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 6 6
Limestone 166 172
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 42 214
Blue limestone 5 219
Lime sand 28 247
Limestone 7 254
LOG No. 18.
J. R. JOHNSON No. 5.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 4 4
Limestone 234 243
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 44 2S7
Blue limestone 5 292
Lime sand 60 332
Black limestone 94 446
LOG No. 19.
J. R. JOHNSON No. 7.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 8 8
Limestone 234 242
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 46 288
Blue limestone 5 293
Lime sand 83 376
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
185
LOG No. 20.
J. R. JOHNSON No. 8.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 18 18
Limestone ... 254 272
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 46 318
Blue limestone 6 324
Lime sand 57 381
Black limestone 70 451
LOG No. 21.
J. R. JOHNSON No. 9.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 6 6
Limestone 265 271
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 46 317
Blue limestone 5 322
Lime sand 13 335
Black limestone 1 75 410
LOG No. 22.
J. R. JOHNSON No. 10.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 18 18
Limestone 268 286
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 44 330
Blue limestone 5 335
Lime sand 15 350
Black limestone 50 400
LOG No. 23.
ANDY SMITH No. 2.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone 274 274
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 46 320
Blue limestone 19 339
Lime sand 30 369
Limestone ... 6 375
186 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 24.
ANDY SMITH No. 3.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone 276 276
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 50 326
Blue limestone 23 349
Blue limestone 12 361
Lime sand 31 392
Limestone 4 396
LOG No. 25.
SCOTTSVILLE OIL POOL,
OCALA OIL CO. No. 4.
Frost Farm, 3 Miles S. of Scottsville.
Strata Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Unrecorded, 210.
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Top of black shale at ) 210
Base of black shale at \ devonian) ^
First oil show at 271
Oil 282
Bottom of well at 278
LOG No. 26.
OCALA OIL CO. No. 5.
Strata Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Unrecorded, 223.
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Top of black shale at ) 223
Base of black shale at \ devonian) ^
First pay at 294
Salt water at 308
LOG No. 27.
OCALA OIL CO. No. 6.
Strata Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Unrecorded, 209.
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Top of black shale at ) ,_ . . 209
Base of black shale at \ <Devoman> 256
Oil and water at 283
Oil at ... . 298
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 187
LOG No. 28. RODEMER POOL,
KEEN WELL No. 7.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime and shale 120 120
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 43 163
Blue lime 11 174
Brown sand (lime?) 3 177
Light lime 6 183
Brown sand (lime?) Pay sand 9 192
Hard lime 2 194
Light blue lime 9 203
Dark lime 2 205
Gray lime 1 206
Dark lime 6 212
Blue lime 10 222
Light-blue lime 3 225
LOG No. 29. ROSA HOLDER FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 28 28
White lime 158 186
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 41 227
Lime-Gas show at 245. Water at 320 98 325
LOG No. 30. SETTLES WELL No. 3.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Casing 81 81
Limestone 1 119 200
Green shale 3 203
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 45 248
Dark lime (Oil smell) 5 253
Hard lime 10 263
Brown oil-sand (lime?) Gas 13 276
Oil show at 276
Shaly lime 14 290
Dark brown sand (lime?) Oil show 5 295
Hard blue lime 6 301
Sand lime— Oil show 7 308
Hard blue and shaly lime 20 328
Hard sand (?) 1 329
Salt water .... 5 334
188
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 31.
TRAMMEL CREEK POOL,
WELL ON BIG TRAMMEL CREEK.
Five Miles Southwest of Scottsville.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 12 12
Blue limestone 90 102
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 13 115
Black rock— Oil at 127 12 127
Blue Imestone 40 167
White sand (lime?) 20 187
Black rock— Gas at 193 6 193
Soft sand rock (lime?) 10 203
Yellow flnty sand Time?) Salt water 2 205
"Trendon" rock* 600 805
Blue limestone 200 1,005
"Trenton" (light) 85 1,090
*"Trenton" is driller's distinction.
LOG No. 32.
PETROLEUM POOL,
WELL AT PETROLEUM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Blue limestone 30 40
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 9 49
Light gray sandstone (lime?) Oil at 132.... 83 132
LOG No. 33.
ADOLPHUS POOL,
J. H. CARTER FARM, NORTHEAST OF ADOLPHUS.
Strata
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Top of black shale ) at
Base of black shale J (Devonian) at
Sulphur water at
Oil sand (lime?) at
Lime : at
Sand (lime?) at
Blue clay at
Sand (lime ?) at
Slate at
Lime at
Sand ( ?) at
281
823
Depth
152
195
196
200
221
225
253
257
271
823
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
189
LOG No. 34.
WIDOW LANE FARM, NEAR TENNESSEE LINE.
Strata
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil
Lime
Sand
Blue lime
Slate ...
Thickness
Slate
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 55
Gray lime 30
Oil-sand (lime?) 10
Blue lime 20
White lime 3
Well was dry.
Depth
5
70
90
130
135
145
150
235
245
265
LOG No. 35.
VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
GEORGE JEWELL WELL.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil and limestone 193
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale
Blue limestone
Lime sand
Broken limestone
Lime sand
Depth
193
243
250
278
292
296
LOG No. 36.
WOOD JEWELL WELL.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil and limestone 188
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale
Blue limestone
Lime sand ... .-.
... 50
2
10
Depth
188
240
250
190 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 37.
T. Y. OLIVER WELL No. 1.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 37 37
Limestone 274 311
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 43 354
Lime sand 65 419
1st sand 5ft.
2nd sand 10 ft.
3rd sand 14 ft.
LOG No. 38.
B. T. WILLIAMS WELL.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 30 30
Limestone 272 302
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 48 350
Lime sand 98 448
Slate 54 502
LOG No. 39.
L. W. NICHOLS WELL No. 1.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 13 13
Lmestone 250 263
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 57 320
Blue limestone 5 325
First sand 5 330
Blue limestone 12 342'
Second sand 20 362
Limestone 20 382
LOG No. 40.
JOHNSON FARM No. 1.
Near Clifton School.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 7 i
Gray lime 68 75
"Gas sand" 5 80
Lime Ill 191
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 191
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Shale _ 47 238
Cap rock 8 246
"Oil sand" ... 2 248
LOG No. 41.
SAM WHEAT FARM,
West of Trammel Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 8 8
White lime 40 48
Blue lime 2 60
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 45 95
Cap rock 5 100
"Oil sand" 12 112
Blue lime 48 160
Broken sand (?) 15 175
Blue shale 25 200
In Allen county the majority of the wells get production in the
Onondaga or Niagara limestone a few feet below the Black Shale of
the Devonian System.
There are, however, two deeper "pays" and chances for oil are not
exhausted unless drilling is carried to a depth of from 125 to 150 feet
below the shale. Deeper drilling than that should be discouraged.
BARREN COUNTY.
LOG No. 42.
MARTHA DOUGHERTY FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 9 9
Lime shells 10 19
Sand 6 25
Sandy lime— Oil show at 45 20 45
Lime 18 63
White lime 31 94
Sandy lime— Oil show at 106 12 106
White lime— Oil show at 112 6 112
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 34 146
Sandy lime 20 166
192 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Lime shells 30' 196
Lime 10 206
Sandy lime 10 216
White lime 12 228
Dark lime 22 250
Blue shale 3 253
Sandy lime 12 265
Lime shells 20 285
Dark sandy shale— Heavy gas at 288 6 291
White sandy shale - 2 293
Lime and shells 55 348
Sandy lime 12 360
Lime 24 384
Lime shelly 60 444
Light slate 20 464
Lime shells 40 504
"Flint" and lime shells 25 529
Lime 35 564
Sandy lime 40 604
"Flint" shells 20 624
Lime 30 654
Blue lime 60 714
Slate and lime shells 45 759
Lime and "flint" shells 60 819
Lime shells 50 869
Light brown lime 96 965
White "flint" shells 55 1,020
"Flint" and lime shells 45 1,065
Brown "flint" shells 20 1,085
Lime shells 40 1,125
White lime 60 1,185
Dark sandy lime — Gas pocket at 1,190 12 1,197
Lime 14 1,211
LOG No. 43. GEO. E. BOLES FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 8 8
Lime „ 12 20
Sand 15 35
Sandy lime 20 55
White lime 18 73
Light lime 23 96
Sandy lime .'. 6 102
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 32 134
Sandy lime ... 10 144
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
193
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Shelly lime 35 179
Lime 12 191
Sandy lime— Gas to 263 92 283
She'.ly lime 40 323
Blue shale 92 416
Lime shells 75 490
Sandy lime 128 618
"Flint" and sandy lime 30 648
Black lime 53 701
Lime shells and slate 50 751
Lime and flint shells 60 811
White lime 20 831
Green lime 12 843
Brown "flint" 90 933
White shelly "flint' 52 985
Brown "flint" 20 1,005
Lime shells 40 1,045
White lime 35 1,080
Dark lime 16 1,096
LOG No. 44.
J. E. BUSH FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 10 10
Dark lime 45 65
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale _ 30 85
Dark sand 10 95
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Dark lime 60 155
Light lime 56 211
Dark lime 154 365
Lime and sandy shells 43 408
Blue shale 104 512
Dark lime 12 624
Shally lime 46 570
Sandy lime 7 577
Shelly lime— Gas at 578 83 660
Sandy lime 15 676
Brown "flint" 45 720
Light lime and shells 65 775
Dark lime 41 816
Lime shells 10 826
Black s'ate „ 30 856
Sandy lime 40 896
White lime 179 1,076
Oil & Gas— 7
394 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 45.
C C. McGUIRE FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 21 21
Hard lime 12 33
White sand 25 58
White sandy lime 24 82
White lime 15 97
Dark sandy lime 4 101
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 34 135
Dark sandy lime 35 170
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Dark slate 20 190
Light lime 40 230
Dark lime _ 60 290
Light sandy lime 15 305
Dark lime 50 355
Blue shale _.. 85 440
Light lime 18 458
Dark shelly lime 130 588
Dark sandy shale 140 728
Light lime 12 740
Dark lime ., 25 765
Brown lime 23 788
Light lime 10 798
Brown lime and "flint" .... 60 858
LOG No. 46.
B. AND K. NUCKOLS FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 3 3
Dark lime 18 21
Slate 8 29
White lime — gas at 105 141 170
Blue slate — Oil show at 180 10 180
Lime shells 2 182
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 20 202
Blue lime 9 211
Gray lime— Oil show at 238 29 240
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
195
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Blue lime 10 250
Blue shale 25 275
Blue lime— Oil show 9 284
Light lime 8 292
Dark lime 200 492
Lime and shale 248 740
Dark Ime 40 780
Light lime 75 855
Blue lime— Oil show 80 935
Sandy lime 12 947
Shells and slate 20 967
White lime— Gas at 1,025 150 1,117
Dark lime 119 1,236
Pink lime 60 1,296
LOG No. 47.
J. M. HAMMER FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 5 5
Gray lime 12 17
Dark shale and shells 3 20
Dark lime 10 30
Dark lime and shale 20 50
Gray lime — gas at 80 30 80
Light lime— gas at 90, 130 and 170 100 180
Slate and shells 25 205
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 30 235
Dark lime— Oil and salt water at 240 50 285
Light slate 30 315
Light lime 200 515
Shells and shale 150 665
Dark lime 165 830
LOG No. 48.
W. E. PEDEN FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 13 13
Gray lime 50 63
Blue shale 10 73
Lime shell 2 75
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 25 100
Dark lime— Oil show at 125 35 135
196
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Blue slate „ 25 160
Blue lime— Oil show at 178 165 325
Gray lime 80 405
Lime and slate— Gas at 530 and 555 180 585
Dark lime— Gas at 585 and 685 100 685
Blue lime 150 835
White lime 100 935
White slate 6 941
Gray lime 125 1,066
Dark lime 18 1,084
Light lime 100 1,184
Dark lime 466 1,650
LOG No. 49. BEALS FARM.— No. 1.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 6 6
Lime 159 165
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 24 189
Lime 9 198
"Oil sand" 4 202
LOG No. 50. BEALS FARM.— No. 2.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 6 6
Lime 149 155
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 40 195
Lme 6 201
"Oil sand" 5 206
In the followng groups of old shallow well records in Barren
county the divisions marked "Waverly," "Clinton," "Niagara" and
"Trenton" are distinctions made by the driller and are obviously
incorrect.
LOG No. 61. BOYDS CREEK WELLS.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 58
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 18
Top of 1st sand at
Gas and salt water at
Top of 2nd sand at
Bottom of well at
Depth
58
76
80
87
175
209
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
197
LOG No. 52.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 55 55
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 35 90
Gas at 135
Bottom of well at — 180
LOG No. 53.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPFIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 58 58
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 27 85
Oil anl gas at 87
LOG No. 54.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 70 70
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 25 95
Oil and gas at 90
Oil and gas at 135
Bottom of well at 265
LOG No. 55.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSEPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 55 55
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 15 70
Oil and gas at 70, 165 and 230
Bottom of well at 241
LOG No. 56.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 73 73
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 41 114
Oil at 116
Bottom of well at ... 205
198 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 57.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly : 58 58
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 32 90
Oil at 37
Gas and oil at 145
Salt water at 156
Bottom of well at 201
LOG No. 58.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 112 112
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 38 150
Amber oil at 84
Bottom of well at 168
LOG No. 59.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 68 68
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 33 101
Oil at 225
Bottom of well at .... . 272
LOG No. 60.
JACK KINSLOW FARM.
WELL No. 1.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 8 8
Waverly 49 57
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 44 101
"Niagara" 24 125
"Clinton" ... 20 145
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
199
LOG No. 61.
WELL No. 2.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 12 12
St. Louis and Waverly 103 115
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 42 157
"Niagara" 23 180
"Clinton" oil and gas at 183 20 200
LOG No. 62.
WELL No. 3.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 8 8
St. Louis 87 95
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 46 141
"Niagara" 19 160
"Clinton' oil and gas at 165 20 180
Bottom of well at 195
LOG No. 63.
WELL No. 4.
Strata Thickness Deptn
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 28 28
St. Louis 106 134
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 45 179
"Niagara" 23 203
"Clinton" oil and gas at 205 20 223
Bottom of well at 223
LOG No. 64.
WELL No. 5.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 58 58
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 30 88
"Niagara" 35 123
"Clinton" gas and oil at 123 25 148
200 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 65.
WELL No. 6.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSJPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 140 140
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 53 193
"Niagara" 20 213
"Clinton" oil and gas at 213 23 236
Salt water at 260
Bottom of well at 341
LOG No. 66. MILLS FARM.
WELL No. 1.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 74 74
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 31 105
"Trenton" oil, gas and water 15 120
LOG No 67.
WELL No. 2.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 74 74
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 35 109
"Trenton" oil, gas and water 18 127
LOG No. 68. ELLIS FARM.
WELL No. 1.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 46 46
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black sha^e 29 75
Oil at 127
LOG No. 69.
WELL No. 2.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 42 42
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 50 92
Oil and gas at . 160
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
201
LOG No. 70.
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY OIL CO. WELLS.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil >.. 8 8
Waverly 67 75
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 30 105
"Niagara" oil 36 141
"Clinton" gas at 150 20 161
LOG No. 71.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 187 187
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 33 220
"Niagara" 20 240
"Clinton" 20 260
Oil and gas at 240
Salt water at 254
LOG No. 72.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 148 148
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 32 180
"Niagara" 46 226
"Clinton" 20 246
Oil and gas at 226
Salt water at 230
LOG No. 73.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 130 130
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 36 166
"Niagara" 36 202
"Clinton" 29 231
Oil at 202
Water at 205
Oil and water at .... . 212
202 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 74.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 198 198
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 32 230
"Niagara" 19 249
"Clinton" 29 278
Oil and gas at 249
LOG No. 75.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 150 150
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 30 180
"Niagara" 37 217
"Clinton" 20 237
Gas at — 180
Oil at -. 217
LOG No 76. OLD CARROLL WELLS.
Well No. 1— Gas at 819. Bottom at 875.
LOG No. 77.
Well No. 2— Oil at 355. Bottom at 355.
LOG No. 78.
Well No. 3— Oil at 100, gas at 715 and 1135. Bottom at 1135.
LOG No. 79.
Well No. 4— Gas at 750. Bottom at 750.
LOG No. 80.
Well No. 5— Oil at 110, gas at 1166. Bottom at 1166.
LOG No. 81. OLD HAVEN— CHASE WELLS.
North well Top of black shale at 230. Oil at 307
LOG No. 82.
West well Top of black shale at 225. Oil at 120
LOG No. 83.
South well Top of black shale at 228. Oil at 120
LOG No. 84.
East well Top of black shale at 225. Oil at 310
LOG No. 85.
Southeast well Top of black shale at 185. Oil at 310
LOG No. 86.
Southwest well Top of black shale at 225. Gas at 130
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 203
In Barren county the principal producing "sand" is either the
Onondaga or Niagara limestone found below the Devonian Black Shale.
There are, however, in some parts of the county "stray" sands in the
Waverly limestone above the black shale which produce a very light,
high gravity, amber crude. In the above Barren county wells the
designations of "Waverly," "Niagaran," "Clinton," etc., are driller's
terms and may or may not be correct
BATH COUNTY.
LOG No. 87.
EWING HEIRS No. 23.
1 mile below head of Clear Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly shales and sandstones 430 430
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black and blue shale 202 632
"Ragland" sand 48 680
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Soft blue shale 22 702
Blue and red shales 151 853
Limestone 14 867
Light blue shale 13 880
Light blue and pink shales 6 886
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone 27 913
Blue shale 37 950
Limestone 735 1685
Gray, crystalline limestone 215 1900
Green shale at 1900 (Top of Tyrone Ls.)
Light dove-colored limestone 110 2010
White magnesian limestone 20 2030
Dark dove-colored limestone 470 2500
Dark and light gray limestones 8 2508
Dark gray limestone and shale 8 2516
Calcareous shale and sandy limestone 6 2522
Light dove-colored limestone 6 2528
Dark dove-colored limestone 18 2546
Light gray sandy limestone .... ) 12 2558
White sandy limestone } Calciferous ^ 2599
Small flow mineral water at 2440—2446.
Heavy flow mineral water at 2578.
(Well starts near top of Waverly and goes down into Calciferous )
204 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 88.
RAGLAND FARM— 19 RECORDS.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 20 20
Blue shale 160 180
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 206 386
White shale 7 393
Brown shale 13 406
Lime — Ragland sand — oil 19 425
LOG No. 89.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 34 34
Blue shale 61 95
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 205 300
White shale 6 306
Brown shale 14 320
Lime — Ragland sand 24 344
LOG No. 90.
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Strata Thickness Depth
Gravel 37 37
Blue shale 60 97
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 205 302
White shale 6 308
Brown shale 14 322
Lime — Ragland sand 24 366
LOG No. 91.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 40 40
Blue shale (Waverly) 503 543
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 205 748
White shale 8 756
Brown shale 12 768
Lime — Ragland oand ... 18 786
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
205
LOG No. 92.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 15 15
Blue shale (Waverly) 533 548
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 205 753
White shale 8 761
Brown shale 12 773
Lime — Ragland sand 18 791
LOG No. 93.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 40 40
Blue shale (Waverly) 607 647
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ] 205 852
White shale I (Devonian) 8 860
Brown shale J ...„ 12 872
Lime— Ragland sand 15 887
LOG No. 94.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 18 18
Blue shale 173 191
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale "] 205 396
White shale I (Devonian) 8 404
Brown shale I 12 416
Lime — Ragland sand 10 426
LOG No. 95.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 40 40
Blue shale (Waverly) 503 543
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale } 205 748
White shale I (Devonian) 8 756
Brown shale ( 12 768
Lime— Ragland sand 25 793
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 96.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 20 20
Blue sha.e 141 161
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale "1 205 366
White shale I (Devonian) 8 374
Brown shale (J 12 386
Lime— Ragland sand 19 405
LOG No. 97.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 20 20
Blue shale 61 81
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 1 12 306
White shale I (Devonian) 8 294
Black shale I 205 286
(Ragland sand missing)
Blue shale (Niagaran) 178 484
Second sand 10 494
LOG No. 98.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 22 22
Blue shale 136 158
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
B ack shale 1 205 363
White sha'.e I (Devonian) 6 369
Brown shale I 9 378
Lime — Ragland sand 20 398
LOG No. 99.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 17 17
Blue shale 542 559
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale "1 205 764
White shale I (Devonian) 8 772
Brown shale j 12 784
Lime — Ragland sand 20 804
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
207
LOG No. 100.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 35
Blue shale 65
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 1 100
Brown shale I (Devonian — thinned down) 8
Brown sha'.ej 14
Lime — Ragland sand 30
Red shale (Niagaran) 206
Lime — second sand 22
Shale 2
LOG No. 101.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 20
Blue shale 167
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black sha'.e ") 205
White shale j» (Devonian) 8
Brown sha'e J 12
Lime — Ragland sand 14
LOG No. 102.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 50
Blue shale (Waverly) 449
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ^ 205
White shale L (Devonian) 8
Brown shale ) 12
Lime — Ragland sand 17
LOG No. 103.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 20
Blue sha'e 97
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ^ 205 '
White shale I (Devonian) 8
Brown shale ) 12
Lime — Ragland sand 15
Depth
35
100
252
458
480
Depth
20
187
392
400
412
426
Depth
50
499
704
712
724
741
Depth
20
117
322
330
342
357
208 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 104.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 20 20
Blue shale (Waverly) 522 542
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ~] 205 747
White shale I (Devonian) 8 755
Brown shale J 12 767
Liine— Ragland sand 20 787
LOG No. 105.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 20 20
Blue shale 20 40
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale (Devonian) 224 264
White shale 4 268
Lime — Ragland Sand 32 300
Shale 4 304
Stray sand— Oil 18 322
Shale 3 325
LOG No. 106.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 34 34
Blue shale 61 95
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 1 200 295
White shale I (Devonian) 8 303
Brown shale J 12 315
Lime — Ragland sand 27 342
LOG No. 107.
EWING FARM.— 8 RECORDS.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 50 50
White slate (Waverly) 561 611
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ^ 205 816
White shale I (Devonian) 8 824
Brown shale J 15 839
Lime — Ragland sand 31 870
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
209
LOG No. 108.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 56 56
Blue shale (Waverly) 607 663
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 205 868
White shale 8 876
Brown shale 12 888
Lime — Ragland sand 30 918
Red shale (Niagaran) 245 1163
Lime — second sand 15 1178
Shale 15 1193
LOG No. 109.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 20 20
Blue shale 391 411
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale "] 205 616
White shale I (Devonian) 8 624
Black shale j 12 636
Lime — Ragland sand 24 660
LOG No. 110.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale (Waverly) 590 590
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale -| 206 796
White shale I (Devonian) 5 801
Brown shale J 15 816
Lime— Ragland sand 25 841
LOG No. 111.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 50 50
Blue shale 555 605
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 205 810
White shale 5 815
Brown shale 15 830
Lime — Ragland sand 25 855
210
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 112.
Strata Thicki ess Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 40 40
Blue shale (Waverly) 662 702
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ~\ 206 908
White shale L (Devonian) 6 914
Brown sha'.e j 14 928
Lime — Ragland sand 25 953
LOG No. 113.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 20 20
Blue shale (Waverly) 527 547
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ] 205 752
White shale L (Devonian) 8 760
Brown shale | 12 772
Lime— Ragland sand 22 794
LOG No. 114.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 50 50
Blue shale 565 615
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale"! 205 820
White shall (Devonian) 8 828
Brown shal* j 12 840
Lime — Ragland sand 33 873
LOG No. 115.
WOOLEY FARM.— 19 RECORDS.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 20 20
Blue shale 250 270
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 1 205 475
White shale I (Devonian) 8 483
Brown shale J 12 495
"Ragland" sand 30 525
Blue shale (Niagaran) 179 704
"Second" sand .. 20 724
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
211
LOG No. 116.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and gravel 15 15
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 145 160
"Ragland" sand 28 188
Red shale (Niagaran) 157 345
"Second" sand 10 355
Blue shale 25 380
Hard, red sand 8 388
Soft lime 16 404
Dark lime 96 500
LOG No. 117.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 2 2
Sand 155 157
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale (Devonian) 113 270
"Ragland" sand 24 294
Light shale (Niagaran) 220 514
"Second" sand 83 597
Slate 18 615
LOO No. 118.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 6 6
White sha'e 264 270
Brown shale 20 290
White shale 20 310
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale (Devonian) 162 472
White shale 12 484
Brown shale 6 490
Lime— Ragland sand 19 509
LOG No. 119.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 18 18
White shale 280 298
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale -j 190
White sha'.e L (Devonian) 10 498
Black shale J 15 613
Lime— Ragland sand 22 535
212
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 120.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 10 10
White shale 298 308
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale "1 207 515
Brown shale I (Devonian) 10 525
White shale J 5 530
Lime — Ragland sand 19 5-19
LOG No. 121.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
White lime 50 50
Blue shale (Waverly) 508 558
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale "1 13 783
White shale I (Devonian) 6 770
Brown shale 206 761
Lime — Ragland sand 22 805
LOG No. 122.
Strata
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale ...
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black sha'e ~\
White sha e I (Devonian)
Brown shale
Lime — Ragland sand
Thickness
.. 557
.. 206
6
.. 14
24
Depth
557
763
769
783
807
LOG No. 123.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale 284 284
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale "i 205 489
White sha'e ( (Devonian) 6 495
Brown shale j 13 508
Lime — Ragland sand 22 530
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
213
LOG No. 124.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale 298 298
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale "1 207 505
White shale I (Devonian) 7 512
Brown sha'e 14 526
Lime — Ragland sand 20 546
LOG No. 125.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale 550 550
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale "1 207 757
White sha'e I (Devonian) 6 763
Brown shale I 14 777
Lime — Ragland sand 26 803
LOG No. 126.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale 307 307
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale "1 207 514
White shale I (Devonian) 6 520
Brown sha'e j 14 534
Lime — Ragland sand 15 549
LOG No. 127.
Strata
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel
Lime
Blue shale (Waverly)
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
B'ack shale
White shale J. (Devonian)
Brown shale
Thickness
.. 10
. 40
.. 492
.. 205
8
12
Lime — Ragland sand 22
Depth
10
50
542
747
755
767
789
214
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 128.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 50 50
Blue shale (Waverly) 488 538
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale "I 205 743
White shale L (Devonian) 8 751
Brown shale 1 12 763
Lime— Ragland sand 21 784
LOG No. 129.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 80 , 80
Blue shale (Waver y) 533 613
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale "i 205 818
White shale }> (Devonian) 8 826
Brown shale J 12 838
Lime — Ragland sand 20 858
LOG No. 130.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 20 20
Lime ..._ 40 60
Blue shale (Waveriy) 515 575
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ") 205 780
White shale }> (Devonian) 8 788
Brown sha'e J 12 800
Lime — Ragland sand 26 826
LOG No. 131.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime _ 40 40
Blue shale (Waverly) 511 551
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ^ 205 756
White shale j, (Devonian) 8 764
Brown shale J 12 776
Lime— Ragland sand 21 797
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
215
LOG No. 132.
Strata
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel and blue shale
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black sha'.e
White shale J, (Devonian)
Brown shale
Lime
Thickness
226
205
12
-Ragland sand 18
Depth
226
431
439
451
469
LOG No. 133.
Strata
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel
Brown shale
White shale ..
Thickness
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 140
White shale 20
Brown shale 5
White shale 9
Lime — Ragland sand 6
Blue sha'.e 10
Soft lime 12
Red shale 155
Hard lime 12
Blue shale 10
"Second" sand 14
Blue shale ... 3
Depth
6
11
31
171
191
196
205
211
221
233
388
400
410
424
427
LOG No. 134.
McKINNEY FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay, sand and 'gravel 20 20
White shale 120 140
Brown shale 16 156
White shale 20 176
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 176 352
Lime— Ragland sand 15 367
In Bath county the producing (Ragland) sand is the Onondaga
(Corniferous) limestone directly beneath the Devonian Black Shale.
216 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
BELL COUNTY.
LOG No. 135. 4
WELL NEAR CHENOA.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM
Clay „ 27 27
Slate 45 72
Brown sand _ 5 77
Coal 4 81
Slate 10 91
Water sand '. 36 127
Slate _ - 5 132
White sand _ 37 169
Slate 76 245
Coal 4 249
Slate and shale 60 309
Coal 2 311
Slate 20 331
Coal 2 333
Slate 40 373
Water sand 10 383
Slate 28 411
Coal 4 415
Fire-clay 2 417
Slate 37 454
Sand - 30 484
Slate _ 8 492
Black sand 9 501
Slate and shale 90 591
Black sand 22 613
Sate 35 648
Black sand 5 653
Slate 5 658
White sand 11 669
Slate 3 672
White sand 11 683
Slate 30 713
Gray sand 20 733
White sand 45 778
Slate 15 793
Black sand 10 803
Slate 35 838
B'ack sand 2 840
Slate 35 875
Black sand 10 885
Slate 15 900
White sand .. 50 950
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 217
Slate 38 988
White sand 256 1244
Slate 4 1248
White sand 84 1332
Coal 4 1336
White sand 176 1512
Slate 5 1517
White sand Ill 1628
Slate 5 1633
White sand 74 1707
Coal 2 1709
White sand 72 1781
Coal 6 1787
White sand 30 1817
Total depth 1817
This well is entire" y in the Pennsylvanian which in Bell county
is very thick. Deeper sands productive elsewhere may be expected
to be barren in Bel! county as this region is both faulted and syn-
clinal.
B,OYD COUNTY.
LOG No. 136.
BIG SANDY OIL AND GAS CO. WELL,
Catletts Creek, 1^ Miles from Catlettsburg.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay and sand 36 36
Sandstone 104 140
Clay shale 100 240
Gray sand 30 270
Shale 150 420
Sand (base of Pottsville) 150 570
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone — "Big Lime" 280 850
Black sand 100 950
White sand — Salt water 15 965
Back sand 35 1000
Black shale— Oil show 329 1329
Sand— Oil 51 1380
Black slate (Sunbury shale) 45 1425
Brown sand (Berea?) 15 1440
Shale and sand 5 1445
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Bfeck slate 130 1575
White slate ... 40 1615
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SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Slate and shale 180 1795
S'ate and shells 50 1845
Sand— Gas 5 1850
Black slate 10 1860
Black sand 15 1875
Black sand and slate 3 1878
Blue slate 12 1890
Brown s'ate 7 1897
Black slate 68 1965
Black sand— Gas 9 1974
Black shale 52 2126
LOG No. 137.
RICHARDSON WELL,
One Mi e South of Catlettsburg.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Sand 50 60
Coal 3 63
Sand and slate 167 230
Coal 5 235
Slate 270 505
Sand— Salt water and gas 205 710
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone — "Big lime" 270 980
Sand 70 1050
Slate 15 1065
Slate and shells 373 1438
Black slate (Sunbury shale) 20 1458
Berea sand — oil 45 1503
Slate „ 15 1518
Dark sand 10 1528
DEVONIAN SYSTEiM.
Black slate 40 1568
Gray sand 15 1583
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Slate and shells 447 2030
Black sand (lime?) Gas 40 2070
Light slate 192 2262
Brown lime 60 2322
The 40 foot black "sand" at 2030 to 2070 is probably the Niagara
"pay" Limestone but the section is evidently quite different from that
found in the more typical occurrences in Estill, Lee and Wolfe counties
to the West.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
219
LOG No. 138.
BELLEFONTE No. 1 GAS WELL.
Thickness
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 9
Lime 15
Blue shale 126
Slate and shells 125
Blue shale 50
Shell 2
Lime 23
Slate 15
Salt sand 115
Slate— Cased at 482 30
Water sand (base of Pottsville) 20
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
White lime— "Big lime" 40
Slate 30
"Big Injun" (?) sand 20
Lime and slate 15
Slate 70
Sand -v 10
Slate— Cased at 730 475
Brown shale (Sunbury shale) 18
"Berea" sand* — Show of oil and gas 112
Red rock 20
S:ate 20
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale "j 130
White slate 35
Brown shale 265
White slate . (Devonian) 80
Brown shale 110
Limy slate 35
Brown shale J 10
Dark lime 225
Light lime 125
Slate and shells 40
Hard white lime 35
*0nly the upper part of this is Berea
Depth
9
24
150
275
325
327
350
365
480
510
530
570
600
620
635
705
715
1190
1208
1320
1340
1360
1490
1525
1790
1870
1980
2015
2025
2250
2375
2415
2450
220 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 139.
GAS WELL AT BELLEFONTE BRICK PLANT.
Hoods Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 20 20
Gravel and quicksand 44 64
Lime 11 75
Blue sha'.e— Cased at 134 85 160
Hard lime 50 210
Blue shale 170 380
Water sand 20 400
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
White slate — Cased at 412 40 440
Hard lime — "Big lime" 60 500
S'ate and lime shell 100 600
"Big Injun" (?) sand 50 650
Blue slate— Cased at 725 75 725
"Berea" (?) (Waveny) 450 1175
Slate (Sunbury?) 5 1180
Lime (?) 60 1240
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 470 1710
LOG No. 140. ROBERT PRICHARD FARM,
Burrough near Kavanaugh.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale 38 38
Gravel 5 43
Blue shale 20 63
Slate 25 88
Sand 20 108
Slate 10 118
Sand 50 168
Slate and shells 174 342
Coal 3 345
Slate 27 372
Sand and lime 68 440
Sand 45 485
Slate 35 520
Sand 55 575
Slate 5 580
Brown slate and shells 165 745
Sand 20 765
Black slate, slate and shells 79 844
Sand 104 948
Slate 30 978
Sand 90 1068
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 221
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate and lime 112 1180
"Big lime" 58 1238
Sand and slate 187 1425
Dark slate . 440 1865
Black slate (Sunbury) 20 1885
Berea sand 40 1925
Slate and shells 40 1965
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Dark slate 482 2447
Dark slate and black lime 161 2608
White slate 128 2736
Brown slate 49 2785
Lime 95 2880
LOG No. 141.
CLINTON WELL,
Shopes Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth.
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 15 15
Gray sand 10 25
Blue shale 10 35
Coal 4 39
Slate 31 70
Coal 4 74
Slate 14 88
Sand 26 114
White shale 56 170
Black slate 8. in. casing 65 235
White shale 50 285
Coal 3 288
Blue shale 14 302
Black slate 113 415
Sand— Salt water 55 470
Slate 20 490
Sand— Salt water 50 640
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone ("Big lime") 90 630
Slate 4 634
Sand— Salt water at 705 131 765
Slate— Cased at 765 40 805
Sand and slate 411 1216
Black shale (Sunbury shale) 14 1230
Sand (Berea?)— Oil smell 22 1252
Slate— Oil smell 10 1262
Sand— Oil smell ... 44 1306
222 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black and white slates "^
421 1737
Sand I (Devonian^
Black and white slates j
10 1747
283 2030
S ate and sand — Gas
20 2050
Brown limestone (Ragland?)
LOG No. 142.
WELL AT SUMMIT
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and shales (Pottsville)
50 2100
STATION.
Thickness Depth
675 675
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime"
60 736
Sand and shales (Waverly)
. . . 590 1325
Black shale (Sunbury)
20 1345
Sand — Gas (Berea)
13 1358
Dark shale
K7 1 41 Z
Well started 52 feet above No. 6 coal and stopped just above the
Devonian.
LOG No. 143.
LONGABAUGH WELL.
Four Miles South of Ashland.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay . • 14 14
Slate
10 24
White sand
... . 38 62
Slate
28 90
Sand
. 48 138
Slate
38 176
Sand
20 196
Black slate
110 306
Sand — Salt water
83 389
Slate ....
15 404
Sand
20 424
Slate
15 439
Sand — Salt water
61 500
Kft KKrt
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime"
Shales and sand— Sa't water at 698 . 532 1082
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
223
BOYLE COUNTY.
LOG No. 144.
J. C. B. NOBLE FARM,
2 1-2 Miles S. W. of Junction City.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 18
Light shale 19
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 59
Lime 19
Light shale
LOG No. 145.
J. R. AVERY FARM,
2 1-2 Miles S. W. of Junction City.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Light shale 65
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 70
Lime 19
Light shale
BREATHITT COUNTY.
LOG No. 146.
OLD WELL, ON FROZEN CREEK.
Strata Thickness
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Cay 12
White sand 53
Bastard lime (?) — Oil show 2
White sand 73
LOG No. 147.
J. H. WINTERBOTHAM FARM,
Little Frozen Creek.
Strata Thickness
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil ~ 11
Sand 90
S'ate 50
Sand 274
Slate 30
gand .. 30
Depth
18
37
96
115
Depth
65
135
154
Depth
12
65
67
140
Depth
11
101
151
425
455
4S5
224 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime "Big lime" 175 660
Sand 50 710
Shale (Waverly) 400 1110
Brown shale (Sunbury?) 10 1120
Sand (Berea?) 35 1155
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 218 1373
Sand (?)— Gas 3 1376
Lime 11 1387
Brown lime — Oil 11 1398
Sand (?) .. 6 1404
LOG No. 148.
ELKATWA WELL ON CANEY CREEK.
R. A. Chiles, Lessee.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 1 20
Pottsville 565 585
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 55 640
Little Lime 13 653
Shale 2 635
Big Lime 145 800
Big Injun 90 890
Red Rock Slate 385 1275
Berea 25 1300
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 360 1560
White slate ;... 7 1567
Cap Rock 25 1592
Sand (Small oil flow) 1 1593
Sand (Small salt water flow) 3 1596
Hard dry sand
(This record incomplete).
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 22
LOG No. 149.
WELL ON BIG BRANCH,
Near Haddlx.
Strata Thickness Depth
Surface 8 8
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand Rock 12 20
Slate 2 22
Coal 3 25
Blue mud 5 30
Sand Rock 18 45
Water sand— lots of water 5 50
Sand Rock 7 57
Black shale 13 70
Blue mud 40 110
Blue Grit 55 165
Black shale 60 225
Sand Rock 25 250
Blue shale 10 260
Fire clay 8 268
Sand rock 12 280
Blue mud 45 325
Sand Rock 15 340
Black mud 50 390
Sand rock hard 181 571
Black slate 37 608
Sand rock 50 658
Black slate 87 745
Sand rock 2 ft. coal 185 930
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red rock 5 935
White slate 5 940
White Grit-water 110 ft 170 1110
Slate-^in 30 1140
Lime , 20 1160
Slate 8 1168
Lime— Gas 178 ft. in "Big" 222 1390
Black hard 20 1410
Lime shell 10 1420
Shale 5 1425
Red rock 40 1465
Brown shale 30 1495
Blue slate „ 55 - 1550
Lime shell 25 1575
Slate (Full of shell) 184 1759
Oil & Gas— 8
226 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale _ 253 2012
Blue mud 2 2014
Brown shale 42 2056
Fire clay 12 2068
Cap and sand into Red Rock 212 2280
Total depth 2280
LOG No. 150.
GREEN LAWSON No. 1.
On Mill Creek which runs into North Fork of Kentucky above War
Creek. Elevation 720. Drilled in about September 18, 1918.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
To top of big lime _ 421
MISSISSIPPIAN AND DEVONIAN SYSTEMS.
To top of sand 1273
First chaige 10 1283
Second change 2 1285
Third change 3 1288
Fourth change 5 1293
Fifth change 5 1298
At _ 10 1308
No oil or salt water.
Slight show of oil in Berea.
A little gas from Corniferous.
Record supplied by Bumgardner, of Filmore. W. P. Williams Oil Co.,
Operators. E. M. Henshaw, Contractor.
LOG No. 151.
Watkins No. 1. Little Frozen. Elevation 920 feet.
W. P. Williams Oil Co., Operator. Henshaw & Drake, Contractors.
Strata Thickness Depth
To Little Lime ' 573 573
To Big Lime 10 583
To bottom of lime 187 770
To white slate 0 770 oil and gas
To top sand 695 1465
To first pay 26 1491 oil
To second pay 5 1496 oil best
To stopped 9 1505
Flowed four to six times daily before pump was installed. Information
given by Henshaw, Monday, August 12, 1918. Well finished previ-
ous week. Reported from 50-200 barrels.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
227
LOG No. 152.
BRECK CRAWFORD FARM.
Mouth of Cope's Branch.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 8 8
Lime 22 30
Sand 55 85
Slate 15 100
Sand 62 162
Slate 5 167
Sand 13 180
Slate 90 270
Sand 80 350
Slate : 7 357
White sand 80 437
Brown slate 3 440
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Sandy lime 3 443
Sandy slate 29 472
Sandy lime 18 490
Slate 16 506
Lime— "Big lime" Gas at 620 204 710
Sandy shale 10 720
White shale 32 752
Sand ,.. 143 895
Sandy shale 290 1185
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale „ 159 1344
Black shale 3 1347
Lime shell 1 1348
Sandy shell 14 1362
Black shell 18 1380
Brown lime 20 1400
White lime 35 1435
Sandy lime. Oil and water at 1460 112 1547
Blue sandy shale 10 1557
Brown lime ... 10 1567
228 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 153.
HARGIS FARM
Four miles up South Fork of Quicksand Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and gravel 12 12
Sand 53 65
Coal 2 67
Slate 23 90
Coal 2 92
Sand 10 102
Slate 43 145
Coal 3 148
Sand 10 158
Slate 9 167
Coal 3 170
Slate 70 240
Sand 10 250
Slate 37 287
Sand 60 347
Slate » 10 357
Sand 200 657
Slate 93 650
Sand 200 850
Slate 5 855
Sand (base of Pottsville) 115 970
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Little lime" „ 25 995
"Pencil cave" 5 1000
"Big lime" 190 1190
Blue sand 100 1290
Red rock 40 1330
Sandy slate 175 1505
"Berea Grit" (>?)*— Oil and gas show 70 1575
Slate 30 1605
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 275 1880
White slate 30 1910
Lime 114 2024
Slate „ 2 2026
*The Berea probably does not extend this far south.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 229
LOG No. 154.
WELL ON WOLF CREEK AT WOLFCOAL.
Big Bird Oil & Gas Co., Lessee.
T. H. Drake. Contractor & Driller.
Strata Thickness Depth
Top soil 10 10
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Broken lime 5 15
Blue slate 115 130
Sand „... 15 145
Slate 5 150
Sand 25 i 175
Shale 2 cased with
177-8% 177
Black slate 123 -300
Sand 150 called salt
sand 450
Shale 100 . 550
Sand , 126 676
Coal _ ,10 686
Shale 150 836
Sand 84 920
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 80 1000
Sand 70 showing of
oil 1070
Red rock 30 1100
Lime shell 5 cased with
6% casing 1105
Sand 50 1155
Shale 50 1205
Broken lime 45 1250
Big lime 115 oil and gas
- flowed 60 hrs. 1365
Big lime 50 1415
Lime shell 10 green in
color 1425
Shale 90 Red rock 1515
Blue slate 150 1665
Sand i 50 Berea sand
S. of O. 1715
Sha'.e „ 35 green 1750
Shale 30 light 1780
Sand 20 1800
Shale 15 pink 1815
Shale 15 light 1830
230 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale ...................................................... 210 2040
Shale .................................................................. 10 light 2050
Brown shale ...................................................... 25 2075
Sand shale ........................................................ 25 2100
"Corniferous" lime .......................................... 100 in and still
drilling.
LOG No. 155. DAVIS FARM.
7 Miles up South Fork of Quicksand Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand .................................................................... 15 15
I Slate .................................................................... 25 40
Lime ................................................................ 10 50
Slate ............... - ................................... - .............. 425 475
Sand ................ - ................................................ ~ 100 575
i Slate ................................................................ 10 585
__________ 30 615
Slate .................................................................... 5 620
Sand .................................................................... 280 . -t- 900
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate .................................................................... 90 990
"Little lime" .................................................... 25 1015
i White sand ................................. _ ..................... 55 1070
Lime .................................................................... 10 1080
Slate .................................. _ ................................ 15 1095
Lime .................................................................... 21 1116
"Pencil cave" .................................................... 2 1118
"Big lime" ............................................................ 182 1300
Blue sand .......................................................... 80 1380
Red rock ............... „ .......... _ ............................... 77 1457
Slate ........................................... _____ .............. ___ 108 1565
Sand .................................................................... 10 1575
Slate ............. ...................................................... 37 1612
"Berea" (?)* ............ . ................ _ ...................... 40 1652
................................................................ 5 1657
(?) ........................................... _ ......... 68 1725
DEVONIAN SYSTEM,
Black slate ................................. _ ..................... 305 2030
White slate ....... ~ ...................... _ ....................... 25 2055
Lime ....................... _ ........................................... 175 2230
Sand ..................... „ ............................................. 60 2290
Slate .................................................................... 40 2330
Red rock ...................... __________________________ 70 2400
Blue slate .......................................................... 50 2450
Red rock ................................ . ____ . ...................... 50 2500
*Berea probably not this far south.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
231
LOG No. 156.
Well on the J. A. Turner farm 1 mile up the right fork of Longs Creek.
Started drilling January 6, 1919, finished May 5, 1919.
Drilled hy Foreman and Harris.
Casing head elevation 805 feet A. T.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 13 13
Lime — blue 7 20
Gray sand (water) _ 20 40
Lime 20 60
Brown slate _ 15 75
White lime 15 90
Blue slate 10 100
White sand— hard 5 105
Blue slate 20 125
Sand 10 135
At 130 feet gas about 500,000 ru. feet.
Slate 25 160
Sand 15 175
Black slate „ 15 190
White sand 20 210
Slate _ 20 230
Blue lime 10 240
White shale 3 243
White lime 12 255
White slate ...„ 5 260
Lime 25 285
Black slate _ 15 300
White sand 20 320
Brown slate 10 330
Sand 26 356
Brown slate .. „ 44 390
Lime 10 400
Blue slate 6 405
"Salt" sand _ 55 460
Slate _ 20 480
Set 8^4 casing at 460.
White shale _ - 30 510
Gas at 480. ^
Slate 50 660
White shale 12 572
Sand second "salt" sand 60 632
Blue slate _ 18 650
Sand very hard 175 825
White shale 5 830
White sand ... 90 920
232 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue slate 18 938
Sand hard 22 950
Blue slate 20 970
Little lime 15 985
Black slate 22 1007
"Big lime" set casing 42 ft in 183 1190
White slate 20 1210
Red rock 30 1240
Injun sand 15 1255
Red rock 52 1307
Waverly shale 153 1560
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 185 1745
White s'ate 15 . 1760
Brown shale 15 1775
White slate and sand 15 1790
Black shale 17 1807
Top of "Irvine" Limestone 1807
"Irvine" sand 248 2055
Red rock 10 2065
Only a small upper part of the 248 feet marked "Irvine" sand is
the. Onondaga or Corniferous Limestone. The lower and greater part
belongs in the Niagara series.
BEECKINRIDGE COUNTY.
LOG No. 157.
WELL AT CLOVERPORT.
(Gas. Well.)
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 12 12
Brown shale _ _ 20 32
Blue shale 26 58
Gray lime 30 88
Blue shale _ 1 89
Gray lime 2 91
Blue shale 11 102
Brown shale 11 113
White sand 32 145
Blue shale 38 183
Fossil lime _ 2 185
Blue shale 6 191
Lime 7 198
Shale 36 234
Lime .. 28 262
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 25
Shale 18 280
Lime 20 300
Dark shale 8 308
Lime 15 323
Shale 6 329
Lime 60 389
Shale . 12 401
Lime— Sulphur water 55 456
Shale 4 460
Lime— Salt water 93 553
Sand 20 573
Lime— Oil shows 299 872
Gray porous lime— Gas 15 887
Blue lime.
Well starts in the Chester and is all in the Mississippian.
LOG No. 158. ERNEST FREY FARM.
3 Miles S. E. of Cloverport.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 18 18
Lime 27 45
Red shale 25 70
Gray shale 25 95
Broken lime „ _ 30 125
White and red shales 75 200
Sandy lime 10 210
Shale 25 235
White lime 35 270
Slate _ 15 285
White lime 25 310
Shales „ 25 335
Gray lime— Slate break at 405 390 725
Brown sandy lime , 125 850
Dark sandy lime 100 950
Brown lime 10 : 960
Broken dark lime — streaks of red and
black shale 65 1025
Black shelly lime — black and red slate
breaks 35 1060
Dark lime - 439 1499
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 117 1616
Light gray lime ~ 14 1630
Brown lime 15 1645
Gray lime 126 1771
(Well starts in Chester).
2S4 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 159.
WELL AT WEBSTER.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 895 895
DEVONIAN SYSTIJM.
Black shale 75 970
LOG No. 160.
WELL AT HARDINSBURG.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 17 17
Lime 35 62
Sand _ 57 109
Lime 25 134
Sand ~ „ 76 210
Lime 735 945
Lime and shale— Gas at 1055 435 1380
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 95 1475
Lime 20 1495
(Well starts in Chester).
LOG No. 161.
WELL AT STEPHENSPORT. ;
(From drillings).
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil „ 22 22
Gray shale 3 25
Gray lime _ 10 35
Brown sand 32 67
Gray, crinoidal lime at 75
Gray lime " 85
White lime " 96
Gray lime " 100
Black shale " 130
Light dove-colored lime " 135
Soft white lime " 155
Gray and pink lime " 230
Gray oolite , , " 240
Lithographic lime " 276
Gray oolitic lime " 300
Gray and white crinoidal lime " 317
White lime " 335
Gray lime " 350
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 235
White lime " 380 and 395
Gray lime " 420
Black shale " 425
Gray lime " 435 and 450
Light lime " 470
Dark lime " 475
Dark lime and black shale mixed " 482 and 500
White quartzite " 510
Dove-colored lime " 515
Gray lime " 518 and 525
Black lime " 530
Gray lime " 535
Black lime " 540
Gray lime " 555 and 585
Black lime " 600
Light mottled lime " 620
Dark gray lime " 630
White quartzite " 638
Brown lime " 644 and 650
Gray lime at 656, 662, 680, 686 and 692
White lime at 700
Gray lime at 712, 722, 735, 755 to 807 and 813
Black lime at 816, 835 and 840
White lime : at 865
Gray and white lime " 890
Dove-colored lime " 900
Gray lime at 915, 1030, 1045, 1050 to 1100, 1124 and 1130
White and gray lime at 1138
Very dark lime " 1150
Black lime 1155 to 1185
Sandy black lime at 1230
DEVONIAN SYSTEM. *
Black shale 1253 to 1315
(Well starts in Chester and stops in Black Shale).
BUTLER COUNTY. '
LOG No. 162.
W. J. TUCK FARM
Near Sugar Grove.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Lime 173 183
White sand 10 193
White lime 15 208
Sand (Cypress) ... 207 415
236 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Iron pyrites 5 420
Lime and shaly sand 170 590
Lime and sand — Black sulphur water at
590 85 675
Salt water sand 105 780
Blue lime 220 lOtOO
White sand (lime?) 38 1038
Broken lime 62 1100
Blue lime 100 1200
Slate and shale 50 1250
Hard dark lime 90 1340
Soft white lime 90 1430
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 110 1540
Lime 20 1560
White lime 3 1563
Brown lime 49 1612
Gray lime 43 1655
White lime 12 1667
Blue lime 3 1670
Oil sand (lime)— Salt water 15 1685
(Well starts in Chester.)
CALDWELL COUNTY.
LOG No. 163.
EUGENE YOUNG WELL
Three miles N. E. of Fredonia.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 15 15
Slate and linre 10 25
Hard black lime „ 25 50
Slate 25 75
Gray sand 10 85
Slate and shaly white sand 40 125
White sand 50 175
Red shale 10 180
Sand 55 235
Slate 65 300
Lime — Black sulphur water 25 325
Slate and shale 75 400
Slate and shaly lime 40 440
Hard light lime 50 490
Sand and slate ... 30 520
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 237
White quartzite (?) 55 575
Sand 25 600
Lime 35 635
Slate 15 650
Hard lime 15 665
Pink shale 15 680
Lime— Salt water at 740 310 990
Hard sand 10 1000
Lime 10 1010
Sand 10 1020
Lime 15 1035
Sand 265 1300
Blue and black hard lime 1044 2344
(The Devonian Shale does not show in this record but was probably
included in the last 1044 feet.)
CARROLL COUNTY.
LOG No. 164.
WELL AT CARROLLTON
(Partial record — from drillings).
Strata Thickness Depth
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 96 96
Light crystalline lime at 96
Gray lime " 180
Light crystalline lime " 200
Light brown lime " 230
Light magnesian lime 242
Gray magnesian lime 260
Gray lime " 280
Light fine-grained lime " 285
Light crystalline and gray fossil lime........ 335
Tyrone limestone • at 420, 430 and 475
Magnesian limestone at 495
Chazy limestone • 500 to 1000
Green shale at 1000
Calciferous— "Blue Lick" water ... 1000 to 1145
238 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
CARTER COUNTY.
LOG No. 165.
Well near Ratcliff (Lawrence Co.).
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and gravel 40 40
Slate 21 61
Sand, hard 36 97
Black slate 18 115
Coal 4 119
Black slate „ 61 180
Coal 5 185
Black slate 85 270
Gray slate 15 285
White sand 15 300
Black slate 30 330
White sand 15 345
White slate 25 370
Sand, hard
White sand _ „ 400
Black slate 145 545
White sand 5 550
Sand, hard _ 15 565
White slate 85 650
Gray sand _ 10 660
Black slate 5 665
Sand 65 730
Gray sand - 40 770
White sand 30 800
Gray sand 5 805
White sand 27 832
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
White slate 33 865
"Big lime" 112 977
Black slate 7 984
White sand 46 1030
White slate 170 1200
Slate 70 1270
White lime 10 1280
White slate 45 1325
White lime 15 1340
Gray sandy slate « 60 1400
Black slate 35 1435
Brown shale (Sunbury?) 17 1452
Gray sand (Berea ?) 18 1470
Black slate '. 2 1472
Gray lime .... 2 1474
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
White slate
Gray lime
White slate
Gray lime — Oil show
White slate
Gray lime
White slate ....
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 95
White slate 50
Black slate 200
White slate 232
White lime and dark slate 8
"Ragland" sand (?) — Oil and gas show....
1477
1482
1492
1512
1518
1585
1595
1690
1740
1940
2172
2180
LOG No. 166.
GUFFEY WELL.
Near Grayson.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand .................................................................... 28 28
Black slate ........................................................ 30 58
Sand .................................................................... 12 70
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate ........................................................ 10 80
"Big lime" ......................................................... 20 100
Green sandy shale .............. ] .. 230 330
Gray slate and sand shells I .. 270 600
Sandy and shale .................... f (Waverly) _ 50 650
Sand, slate and shells ........ J „ 85 735
Black slate (Sunbury) .................................. 22 757
Sand— Oil and gas (Berea)* ...................... 112 869
Gray slate ............. . .......................................... 25 894
Red slate ........................ .. ____ ........................... 6 900
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate ........................................................ 116 1016
White slate ...................................................... 5 1021
Black slate ........................................................ 169 1190
White slate .......... ., .......................................... 20 1210
Black slate ........................................................ 95 1305
White slate ...................................................... 118 1423
Lime — Raglans sand — Oil and gas show.. 2 1425
Lime— Salt water at 1475 ............................ 55 1480
*0nly upper part in Berea.
(This record is very irregular).
240
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 167. CATHERINE GREGORY FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel • 10 10
Blue shale 15 25
-White lime— "Big lime" 20 45
;White sand - 115 160
Blue shale 320 480
White shale 180 1 660
.White sand 108 768
.White lime 60 828
Blue shale 30 858
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ~) 260 1118
White shale 12 1130
Black shale f (Devonian) 4Q lm
White shale J 90 . 1260
Lime— Ragland sand? 70 1330
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
.White lime 110 1440
White sand 10 1450
White lime 40 1490
White sand 60 1550
Red rock 49 1599
LOG No. 168. RICE OIL COMPANY.
JEFF RIFFE FARM,
Two Miles N. E. of Webbville.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 30 30
Light slate 30 60
Sand, hard 40 100
'Black slate 190 290
Sand '. 10 300
Black shale 40 340
Sand 5 345
White slate 30 375
Sand, hard 25 400
Black slate 150 550
Sand, hard 10 560
White slate 90 650
Sand, hard 10 660
Black slate 70 730
Sand, hard 45 775
Sand 30 805
Sand, hard 5 810
Sand ... 25 835
RECORDS OF DRILLED- WELLS
241
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 35
Lime >(Cased-at 885) ~ 55
Slate [ "Big lime" 5
Lime j 105
White slate 240
Lime (?) 5
Slate 45
Lime (?) 20
White slate 55
Black slate 55
Berea Grit (?) 25
Broken lime and slate 25
Lime (?) 15
Slate 10
' Lime (?) 70
Slate '• 15
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 90
White slate 50
Black slate (Devonian) 200
Light slate 255
Sandy lime — hard (Corniferous) 47
870
1035
980
975
1275
1280
1325
1345
1400
1455
1470
1495
1510
1520
1590
1605
1695
1745
1945
2200
2247
LOG No. 169.
WELL AT SOLDIER.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil .. 5
Shale
Sand
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale '.
''Oil sand."
128
307
.... 187
Depth
5
133
440
627
LOG No. 170.
WELL NEAR DENTON.
Strata Thickness
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 5
Quicksand 65
Lime (?) ...
Shale
White sand
Shale
(base of Pottsville)
80
50
50
50
20
Depth
5
70
150
200
250
300
500
242 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY £>!
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 90 690
"Waverly" 390 980
Black shale (Sunhury) 90 1070
"Berea sand"* 100 1170
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 500 1670
Blue shale 100 1770
"Clinton"* 70 1840
*Driller's distinction.
LOG No. 171.
STRAIGHT CREEK COAL CO. WELL NEAR DENTON.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil _ 20 20
White sandy shale 60 80
White slate 20 100
Brown sand 58 158
Coal 2 160
Lime (?) and sand 110 270
ghale 46 316
Lime 30 346
White slate 10 356
Sand, hard 9 365
Coal.
White sand 60 425
Black slate 10 435
White lime 15 450
White sand 60 510
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
White slate 14 g£4
White sand 46 570
Lime (?) 109 679
White shale 443 1122
Lime (?) 125 1247
White slate _ 28 1275
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 447 1722
Lime and shale 40 1762
White shale 68 1830
White lime 80 1910
White shale 10 1920
White lime 95 2015
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 243
CHRISTIAN COUNTY.
LOG No. 172.
WELL ONE MILE S. OF HOPKINSVILLE,
Partial record. From, drillings.
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
At 25, 35 and 65— Light colored oolitic lime.
At 85— White oolitic lime.
At 95, 122, 140, 175, 195, 220, 255 and 280— Light gray lime.
At 315 and 365 — Dark gray lime.
At 380, 390 and 415 — Light gray lime.
At 435, 455, 465, 495, 500, 520, 540 and 555— Very dark lime.
At 575— Gray lime.
At 585 — Brown lime.
At 606, 620 and 630— Gray lime.
At 652 and 680— Black lime.
At 690, 700, 725, 740 and 750— Gray lime.
At 780— Black lime.
At 800, 810, 850, 860 and 875— Gray lime.
At 911, 920 and 930— Black lime.
At 950 — Gray lime.
At 975 and 1015— Black lime.
At 1060 to 1440— Black shale.
At 1480— Gray lime.
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
At 1520, 1530 and 1555— Black shale.
At 1560 — Gray lime.
At 1565, 1570 and 1585— White lime.
At 1610 and 1612— Light colored lime.
Oil shows at 25 and 555.
CLAY COUNTY.
LOG No. 173.
Nancy Potter, No. 1, on Blue Salt Run, a Branch of Goose Creek.
8 Miles west of Manchester. La Salle Oil Co., Operators. Elevation
about 950 feet.
Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil _ „. 9 9
Shell 3 12
Gravel 6 18
Sand 4 22
Coal — 5 27
Dark shale 131 158
Hard sand - 106 264
Brown shale 10 274
Sand .. . 146 420 Base of Conglomerate
244
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM,
Dark shale 30
Dark lime 10
Light shale 25
Red rock 15
Slate 50
Red rock 5
Light shale 5
Big lime 240
Big Injun 55
Red rock 7
Dark shale 528
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 135
Light shale 25
Black shale 10
Black lime 5
Brown shale 35
Gray lime, hard 15
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Blue slate 5
White slate 85
Red rock 5
Blue slate 25
Dark sand 10
Green slate 115
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Brown lime 10
Green slate 25
Soft white lime 5
Green slate 10
Red rock 20
Green slate, very h 12
Gray lime, hard 18
Slate and shells 20
Gray slate 50
Gray lime 20
Lime, shells, slate 25
Lime and flint with
flakes of slate 15
Lime, flint 170
Gray lime 40
Lime and slate 60
Blue slate 30
Gray lime, dark ... 15
450
460
485
500
550
555
560
SOD
855
862
1190
Gas at 700
1 Waverly
Devonian black shale
Gas at 1350
1525
1350
1360
1365
1400
1415 Base of Devonian
Silurian
1420
1505
1510
1535
1545
1660
1670 Ordovician
1695
1700
1710
1730
1742
1760
1780
1830
1850
1875
1890
2060
2100
2160 Trenton
2190
2205
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
245
LOG No. 174. DIAMOND DRILL HOLE.
Mouth of Big Creek.
Approximate Elevation 810. ft. 1
Thicl
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM. Feet
Sand and 'gravel 10
L. T.
;ness
In.
0
0
4
4
10
6
0
2
10
0
0
4
• 8
6
6
0
0
10
5
9
3
9
7
5
3
1
8
4
2
4
2
6
9
3
0
2
0
2
2
0
6
6
Depth
Feet In.
10 0
52 0
53 4
53 8
58 6
95 0
99 0
101 2
102 0
106 0
131 0
146 4
155 0
202 6
204 0
205 0
215 0
228 10
229 3
253 0
259 3
261 0
293 7
296 0
302 3
314 4
352 0
371 4
384 6
384 10
385 0
386 6
389 3
389 6
391 6
391 8
393 8
393 10
401 0
420 0
431 6
441 0
Sandstone
42
Slate
1
Coal
o
Slate
4
Sandstone •
36
Gray slate" .....
4
Coa}
. 2
Fire clay
o
Sandstone ;
4
Slate .
25
Sandstone
15
Slate
8
Gray shale
47
Coal
1
Fire clay
1
Sandy shale
. . ... 10
Gray shale . .
. . 13
Bony coal .... .
. 0
Sandstone
23
Sandy shale-
6
Slate
1
Black shale
32
Sandstone
2
Black shale
6
Sandy shale
_ 12
Black shale
38
Sandy shale
18
Black shale .
13
Coal
. ... 0
Shale
0
Coal
. . 1
Fire clay
2
Coal
0
Shale
2
Coal
. 0
Shale
. 2
Coal
. 0
Sandy shale
. 7
. 19,
11
Black shale ...
. 9
246 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Sandy shale
4
0
6
6
8
4
6
4
10
6
0
4
7
11
0
0
0
3
5
1
7
8
1
9
2
0
0
0
4
6
8
0
6
0
4
2
8
10
0
6
6
0
0
0
0
0
clay
467
502
503
510
576
576
580
581
584
585
620
623
635
676
717
722
723
747
747
810
812
812
812
814
817
829
835
841
842
852
864
865
867
896
896
900
901
902
906
917
922
927
955
962
1009
coal and
0
6
0
8
0
6
10
8
6
1
0*
0
0
0
3
8
9
4
0
1
10
0
0
0
0
4
10
6
6
0
0
4
6
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
is all in
Sandstone
35
Conglomerate
o
Black shale
7
Sandstone
65
Coal
0
Sandstone
4
Sandy shale _
0
Sandstone
2
Sandy shale
1
Sandstone . .
„ 35
Sandstone and coal
. 2
Sandy shale
11
Sandstone
41
Hard white stone
41
Hard broken stone
5
Dark shale
1
Hard broken sandstone
Coal
24
o
Sandstone
62
Conglomerate
1
Black slate
0
Coal
0
Conglomerate
. 1
Flint clay
3
Sandy shale
12
White sandstone
Sandy shale
6
6
Black slate
Sandy shale
. 9
White sandstone
, 12
Dark shale
. 0
Broken white stone
2
Sandstone
29
Conglomerate
0
Slate
3
Coal
o
Flint clay _
1
Sandstone
4
Dark slate
10
Shale
5
Sandy shale
5
White sandstone -
28
Hard white stone
7
Sandstone
47
Well begins about 350
the Pottsville.
feet below the Fire
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
247
CLINTON COUNTY.
LOG No. 175.
SARAH SIDWELL FARM.
Strata Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Top of well 0
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Top of black shale (Devonian) 350
Bottom of black shale 380
Lime— Gas and oil show at 649 380 to 1150
W. J. WILLIAMS FARM.
Strata
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Top of well
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Top of black shale )
Bottom of black shale ( devonian)
Lime — Oil show 836 to 854.
Depth
0
...330
...355
LOG No. 176.
CUMBEELAND COUNTY.
WM. HURT FARM.
Strata
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Blue lime
Gray lime — Gas
Gray lime
Black lime — Gas
Gray lime
Gray lime — Gas
Black lime
White lime
Gray lime
Gray lime — Oil and gas show
Gray lime
White lime ...
Thickness
125
140
45
105
30
40
90
215
65
340
7
LOG No. 177.
WM. HURT FARM.
Strata
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Blue lime
Gray lime
Black lime
Gray lime — Pencil cave at 625.
White lime
Gray lime
Thickness
... 100
... 220
... 30
... 70
280
Depth
60
185
325
370
475
505
545
635
850
915
1255
1262
Depth
300
400
620
650
720
1000
248 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES. OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 178.
A. M. FUDGE FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Blue lime— Gas at 150 200 200
Black lime— Gas at 285— Oil show at 452.. 255 455
Gray lime _ „_. .115 .670
Black lime— Flowing oil at 635 65 635
Gray lime — Pencil cave at 645 .. 365 1000
LOG No. 179.
WM. BRYANT FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
White lime 50 50
Blue lime — Gas at 225 200 250
Gray lime — „ „ 50 300
Blue lime j, 75 375
Gray lime 200 575
- -Dark gray lime— ^Pencil cave at 600 50 625
White lime 100 •' 725
-•Oray lime 307 1032
LOG No. 180.
WM. BRYANT FARM.
Strata . Thickness Depth
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
• Blue lime 100 100
Black lime 380 480
White lime — Gas show 20 500
Brown lime 20 520
White lime - „ 20 540
Brown lime 20 560
White lime 15 575
Gray lime 83 658
Pencil cave 2 660
White lime 90 750
Brown lime 360 1110
Gray lime 270 1380
Brown lime ... 20 1400
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 249
LOG No. 181.
B. F, IRVINE FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Blue lime — Oil sh6w 75 75
Black lime— Salt water 125 200
Gray lime — Sulphur water 200 ' 400
White lime— Salt water 40 440
Gray lime — Fresh ' water 20 460
Black lime — Gas 60 520
Gray lime — Pencil cave 50 570
Gray lime — Bitter water 40 610
Gray lime — Salt water 65 675
White lime— Salt water 75 750
Gray lime — Salt water 250 1000
LOG No. 182.
ELLEN SMITH FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Blue lime 90 100
Black lime 20 120
Gray lime— Gas at 135 72 192
Brown lime— Gas- -at 220..: 60 252
Black lime , 150 402
Gray lime 108 510
Black lime— Gas at 520... 80 590
Green pencil cave 3 593
Brown lime— Oil show at 975.., 388 • 981
Gray lime 6 987
Brown lime 18 1005
LOG No. 183.
CLOYD- HEIRS FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 42 42
Blue lime 160 202
Black lime 30 232
Gray lime 40 272
Brown lime 30. . 302
Gray lime 75 377
Brown lime ~ 70 447
Black lime— Gas at 445 48 495
Brown lime 7 502
Green pencil cave 2 504
250 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Brown lime 341 845
Gray lime _ 18 863
Brown lime 157 1020
Gray lime 60 1080
Brown lime _ „ 40 1120
Black lime 80 1200
Brown lime 60 1260
Gray lime 60 1320
Brown lime 20 1340
White lime 20 1360
Brown lime „ 30 1390
White lime _ 30 1420
Gray lime ... 80 1500
LOG No. 184.
J. E. HEARD FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Gray lime 270 270
Brown lime 55 325
Gray lime 75 400
Brown lime 48 448
Gray lime— Gas at 448 44 492
Dark blue lime— Oil show at 492 12 504
Gray lime— Oil show at 505 12 516
Green pencil cave 3 519
Gray lime 6 525
Brown lime — Gas at 525 24 549
Gray lime 60 609
Brown lime 29 638
Dark blue lime 15 653
Gray lime 32 685
Brown lime 215 900
Gray lime _ 40 940
Brown lime 60 1000
LOG No. 185. P;V j
J. E. HEARD FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Blue lime _ 300 300
Gray lime „ 100 400
Black lime - 100 500
Gray lime 25 525
Pencil cave _ 10 535
Gray lime _ 468 1003
Oil at 603, 671, 701 and 910.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 251
LOG No. 186.
J. E. HEARD FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Blue lime 260 260
Gray lime _ 103 363
Brown lime 33 396
Gray lime 129 525
Black lime _ 30 555
Lime and sand 18 573
Green pencil cave 2 575
Brown lime _ 30 605
Gray lime 18 623
Lime and sand — Oil show at 654 47 670
Brown lime 45 715
Gray lime 43 758
Brown lime 42 800
LOG No. 187.
J. E. HEARD FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM. : :
Strata Thickness Depth
Blue lime 75 75
Gravel (?) „ 3 78
Blue lime _ 80 158
Black lime 50 208
Gray lime 30 238
Blue lime _ 45 283
Lime and sand — Heavy gas flow at 290 15 298
Brown lime 140 438
Gray lime 55 493
Black lime 30 523
Lime and sand 9 532
Green pencil cave 3 535
Brown lime _ 30 565
Green lime — 56 621
Brown lime— Oil at 643 43 664
LOG No. 188.
J. E. HEARD FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Strata Thickness Depth
Blue lime 60 60
Black lime 30 90
Gray lime 60 150
Blue lime „ 70 220
Lime and sand 65 285
Brown lime— Gas at 290 110 395
£52 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Gray lime 75 470
Black lime 30 500
Lime and sand „ 10 510
Green pencil cave „ „. 3 613
Brown lime — Gas at 520 25 538
Lime and sand— Gas at 555 17 555
Brown lime 167 722
'Oil at 567, 629 and 712. Gas at 625 and 685.
LOG' No. 189.
J. E; HEARD FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Strata Thickness Depth
Blue lime 100 100
Gray lime — Gas at 408 350 450
Black lime 40 490
Pencil cave .„ 10 500
Gray lime— Oil show at 532 and 765 401 901
LOG No. 190.
J. E. HEARD FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Strata Thickness Depth
Blue lime 200 200
Gray lime „ 200 400
Black lime „ _ 100 -500
Gray lime _ 280 780
Pencil cave at 525. Oil at 553 and 756.
LOG No. 191.
J. E. HEARD FARM.
-Strata Thickness Depth
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Soil _ 54 54
Blue lime „ 80 134
Gray lime , 30 164
Blue lime _ 36 200
Black lime — Gas at 250 50 250
Blue lime — Gas at 310 _ 60 310
Brown lime 100 410
Blue lime 35 445
Black lime— Oil at 445 30 475
Gray lime 5 -480
Green pencil ca,ve 3 483
Brown lime 29 512
Sandy lime— Oil at 561 49 561
Lime . 244 805
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 253
LOG No. 192.
J. W. CLOYD FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 350 350
Gray sand (?) 125 475
Lime 33 508
White slate 2 510
White lime— Oil show at 522 190 700
Sand (?) 150 850
Gray lime 30 880
White slate 10 890
Dark lime 35 925
White lime ... 25 950
LOG No. 193.
W. R. NEELY FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 8 8
Blue lime 142 150
Black lime 132 282
Gray lime 18 800
Brown lime 80 380
Gray lime 50 430
Brown lime 42 472
Black lime 53 525
Gray lime and sand - 10 535
Pencil cave 2 537
Gray lime 4 641
Brown lime 100 641
Lime and sand 50 691
Brown lime .... 183 874
LOG No. 194.
. W. J. HUTCHINS FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Blue lime— Gas at 80 80 80
Gray lime 120 200
Brown sand 6 206
Gray sand 7 213
Black lime 6 219
Brown sand 6 225
Black lime— Gas at 325 305 530
Brown lime ... 75 605
254
OIL AND GA'S RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Gray lime
Black lime
Gray lime
Green pencil cave
Brown lime 331
.... 30
.... 20
.... 11
3
635
655
669
1000
LOG No. 195. ' •
A. W. BRYANT FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Blue lime 100 110
Black lime 20 130
Gray lime 12 142
Black lime 135 277
Blue lime 130 407
Black lime 80 487
Brown lime — Oil at 555 88 575
Black lime 83 658
Green pencil cave 2 660
Brown lime 40 700
Brown sand ( ?) 85 785
Brown lime 279 1064
Black lime 15 1079
Brown lime 156 1235
White lime 115 1350
Brown lime 41 1391
Brown sand (?)— Oil show at 1391 30 1421
White flint 40 1461
Brown lime 89 1550
Gray lime 60 1610
Brown lime ... 70 1680
LOG No. 196.
WELL AT NEELY'S FERRY,
3 1-2 Miles below Burksville.
Strata
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Red clay
Gray lime
Blue slate ...
Brown lime
Black lime— Pencil cave at 621.
Brown lime
Black lime
Gray lime
Thickness
25
.. 190
35
200
215
74
21
5
Depth
25
215
250
450
665
739
760
765
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 255
LOG No. 197.
WELLS AT SALT LICK BEND (PARTIAL RECORDS).
GRAVES FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM. Depth
Oil at 519
Bottom at 625
LOG No. 198.
CLAY CLOYD FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM. Depth
Oil at 650 and 825
Bottom at . 960
LOG No. 199.
RICHARDSON FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM. Depth
Oil and salt water at 440
Oil at 609 and 675
Bottom at 700
LOG No. 200.
RICHARDSON FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM. Depth
Oil at 390 and 600
Pencil cave at 475
Gas at '. 520
Bottom at 720
LOG No. 201.
R. B. CLOYD FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM. Depth
Oil at 305 and 540
Gas at 730
Oil and gas _ 732
Oil at 769
Gas at 800
Bottom at — 839
LOG No. 202.
R. B. CLOYD FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM. Depth
Pencil cave at 470
Oil at 566 and 586
Bottom at ... 705
256 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 203.
R. B.€LOYD FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM. Depth
Pencil cave at 520
Oil at 641
Bottom at 711
LOG No. 204.
McCOMAS FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM. Depth
Oil at 548
LOG No. 205.
GARMON FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM. Depth
Gas at 37, 180 and 205
Pencil cave at - 542
Bottom at 910
LOG No. 206.
D. W. CLOYD FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM. Depth
Oil at J 90
Salt water at 430
Pencil cave at 480
Oil at- _ 518 and 597
LOG NO. 207.
D. W. CLOYD FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM. Depth
Oil at 435
Pencil cave at _ 475
Bottom at 800
LOG No. 208.
WELLS ON MARROWBONE CREEK.
J/E. TAYLOR FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM. Depth
Oil at 248
Bottom at 258
LOG No. 209.
McCOMAS FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Oil at 520
Oil show at _ 594
Bottom at ... .. 615
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 257
LOG No. 210.
McCOMAS FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM. Depth
Oil shows at 180, 245 and 750 to 810
Gas show at 740
Bottom at 875
LOG No. 211.
COLLINS FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Gas at 95, 105, 165 and 210
Pencil cave at 612
Bottom at 740
LOG No. 212.
ALEXANDER FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Gas at 172, 315, 380 and 580
Pencil cave at 620
Bottom at 705
LOG No. 213.
BUCHANNON FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Gas at 110, 150 and 225
Pencil cave at 545
LOG No. 214. WELLS IN WASH'S BOTTOM.
R. G. ALLEN FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Oil at 640
Bottom at 805
LOG No. 215.
PHILPOT FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Oil at 500 and 625
Bottom at 665
LOG No. 216.
GOFF FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Oil at 765
Bottom at 785
LOG No. 217.
STOCKDEN FARM.
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Oil show at 545
Bottom at 800
Oil & Gas— 9
258 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 218.
OLD CUMBERLAND COUNTY WELLS.*
Name Depth Date
Garbert, opposite Creelsboro 225 1861
LOG No. 219.
Crocus, mouth of Crocus creek 190 1865
LOG No. 220.
Egbert 270 1865
LOG No. 221.
Old American, Renox creek 171 1829
LOG No. 222.
Sherman 276 1866
LOG No. 223.
Gilbreath, Bear creek 20
LOG No. 224.
Phelps, Oil fork 50 1866
DAVIESS COUNTY.
LOG No. 225.
MACEO WELL (PARTIAL RECORD).
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM and
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Unrecorded.
2300
Black shale 45 2345
Dark impure limestone 255 2600
Hard black shale 106 2706
Gray calcareous shale 30 2736
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 474 2810
Gray limestone 15 2825
Very light limestone 33 2858
Gray limestone 87 2945
White limestone 15 2960
Gray limestone 104 3064
Yellow limestone 81 3145
Dark gray limestone 15 3160
(Base of Devonian indefinite.)
*The dates and depths of these wells are not vouched for bul
are given as commonly reported.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 259
LOG No. 226.
S. T. LOGSDON FARM.
Panther Creek.
strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 28 28
White sand 2 30
Blue clay 110 140
Coal 1 141
Sand, hard 9 150
Black shale 70 220
Sand, hard 10 230
Slate ... 85 315
Sand 80 395
Slate 80 475
Sand 10 485
Slate 70 555
Red rock 10 565
Black slate 55 620
Sand 10 630
Slate ... 100 730
Sand 20 750
Sandy shale 20 770
Blue slate 65 835
White slate 35 870
Black slate 20 890
Sand 25 915
Blue slate 35 950
Sandy shale 10 960
Slate 12 972
Sand 8 980
White slate 20 1000
Gray slate — . 8 1008
Lime 22 1030
White slate 10 1040
Sand 10 1050
Blue slate 65 1115
Lime 85 1200
Slate 50 1250
Sand 25 1275
Slate 155 1430
Sand 30 1460
Sand .. 20 1480
260 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 90 1570
Red rock 30 1600
Slate 60 1660
Sand 50 1710
Lime 30 1740
Slate 10 1750
Sand 12 1762
Lime— Cased at 1762 4 1766
Sand 10 1776
LOG. No. 227. O. T. GORE FARM.
li/6 miles S. E. of Utica.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 30 30
Shale with hreaks 57 87
Sand 50 137
Shale with breaks 423 560
Slate 10 570
Shale with breaks 70 640
Sand 50 690
Slate 6 696
Sand 44 740
Slate 23 763
Sand 30 793
Slate 11 804
Sand 32 836
Slate 32 868
Sand 36 904
Slate 25 929
Sand 31 960
Slate 18 978
Sand 22 1000
Slate 23 1023
Sand 20 1043
Slate 7 1050
Sand 20 1070
Slate 20 1090
Sand 30 1120
Slate 5 1125
Sand 5 1130
Sand 10 1140
Sand 80 1220
Slate 10 1230
Sand 70 1300
Slate ... 10 1310
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 261
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red Lime 10 1320
White lime 220 1540
Sandy lime 99 1639
Sand , 6 1645
Lime 50 1695
Sand 5 1700
Lime 50 1750
Sand 50 1800
Lime 1020 2820
Brown sand 80 2900
White s'ate 20 2920
Lime 60 2980
White slate 40 3020
Brown Sand 60 3080
Lime 50 3130
Sand with lime shells 220 3350
Lime 75 3425
Sand 10 3435
White Lime ... 35 3470
EDMONSON COUNTY.
LOG. No. 228.
RHODA WELL
(Partial record).
Top of Devonian shale at 1020
Base of Devonian shale at 1136
Dark and gray lime 1136 to 1210
Gray sand (lime)— oil 1210 to 1228
Dark and gray lime 1228 to 1320
Brown lime— Gas 1320 to 1325
Dark brown lime 1325 to 1370
Dark lime or shale ... 1370 to 1407
ELLIOTT COUNTY.
LOG. No. 229.
J. F. DIALS FARM.
Isonville.
Strata Thickness Depth
Quicksand 25 25
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 115 140
Sand 30 170
Slate— Cased at 180 10 180
Dark sand ... 20 200
262 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 40 240
White lime— "Big lime"— Gas at 338 150 390
Dark sand (Probably Big Injun) 15 405
Slate and shell— Cased at 560 225 630
Lime 40 670
Gray sand— Gas at 715 80 750
Slate 20 770
Sand 95 865
Slate and shell 29 894
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 376 1270
White slate 77 1347
Sandy lime 35 1382
Gas at 1348
Strong gas at 1366
Bottom of well at 1500
LOG No. 230. JESS PETERS FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 19 19
Slate 156 175
Lime 25 200
Sand 100 300
Slate 10 310
Sand 20 330
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 38 368
"Big lime" 140 508
Slate 207 715
Lime 68 783
Sand— Oil show .._ 53 836
ESTILL COUNTY.
LOG No. 231.
WELL AT MOUTH OF RED CREEK.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 38 38
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 55 93
Corniferous lime 7 100
Blue shale 10 110
Yellow sandrock (?) 40 150
Soapstone 38 188
Pink shale ... 22 210
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 2«
LOG No. 232.
TOM WEST FARM. MILLERS CREEK.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 28 28
Blue shale 7 35
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ^ 58 93
Brown shale I (Devonian, 51 144
White shale J 2 146
Brown lime — Ragland sand 4 150
Lime 88 238
Blue shale 49 287
Pink shale 46 333
Blue shale 40 373
Hard shell 4 377
Blue shale 8 385
Pink shale 18 403
Hard shell 4 407
Blue shale 8 415
Lime shell 2 417
Biue shale 8 425
Lime 3 428
Blue shale 2 430
Red rock 4 434
Lime 4 438
Blue shale 5 443
Lime 2 445
Blue shale 2 447
Lime 18 465
Gray lime 18 483
Blue shale 12 495
Lime :. 46 540
Blue shale .'. 6 546
Lime 59 605
LOG No. 234.
ROLAND ISAACS. DRILLED 1918.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay and b!ack soil 15 15
Lime 141 156
Blue shale ... . 456 612
264
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 110
Fire clay 4
Black shale hard 4
Break (blue shale) 4
Top of cap
Cap hard 1%
Pay good oil show might have paid with
shot 4
Pay fair oil show might have paid with
shot 1
Rusty lime 1
Gray lime 1
Rusty gray lime 1
Light gray lime 3
Dark gray lime 1
Light gray lime 1
Dark gray lime 4
Dark gray lime — Watery 3
Dark gray lime 4
Dark brown lime — Oil production 20 brls 3%
Dark gray lime 1
Light gray lime %
Bottom .. 764%
722
726
730
734
734
735%
739%
740%
741%
743%
746%
747%
748%
752%
755%
759%
763
764
764%
764%
LOG No. 235.
ADAM WALLING WELL.
Lucky Star Oil Company. White Oak Creek.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 19
Shale 6
Lime 20
Blue slate 25
Lime 10
Blue slate 25
Lime shale 2
Blue slate
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale
"Fire clay" (White shale)
Irvine sand
Slate
Lime
Blue slate— Cased at 675...
Lime
Blue slate ..
.... 353
.... 103
3
.... 35
.... 10
.... 10
.... 79
.... 10
. 106
Depth
19
25
45
70
80
105
107
460
563
566
601
611
621
700
710
816
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
265
Red slate and shells 19
Hard white lime 10
Lime with s'.ate breaks 295
Sandy lime 10
Soft lime and shells 50
Hard lime 150
Soft lime and shells — Gas at 1885 550
Hard lime and hard shells 574
Sand— Water at 2533— Gas at 2520 80
Lime 16
Sandy lime — water at 2600 40
Lime 80
Sandy lime — water rose 2100 feet 35
Lime 5
835
845
1140
1150
1200
1350
1900
2474
2554
2570
2610
2690
2725
2730
LOG No. 236.
COMBINED SECTION FROM BOTTOM OF OLD GAS WELL ON
WHITE OAK CREEK TO TOP OF RIDGE.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Massive sandstone to top of ridge.... •« 195 944
Shales and shaly sandstone 50 748
Black slate 5 4 698
Coal .| 1 694
Gray shale £ 4 693
Coal £ 1 689
Shales ....: ~ -15 688
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Buff, earthy limestone 8 673
"Archimedes" limestone 2 665
Gray limestone 13 663
Calcareous shale 10 650
Oolitic limestone , 10 640
Buff limestone 11 630
Oolitic limestone 22 619
Gray limestone 12 597
Earthy, buff limestone 5 585
Gray, cherty limestone 24 580
Massive limestone 22 556
Blue limestone and shale 38 534
Earthy, yellow limestone 6 496
Sandstone and shales (Waverly) 490 490
Top of well 0
266 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 125 125
Lime— Ragland sand 25 150
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Blue and gray shales 145 295
Gray lime 30 325
Gray shale 10 335
Gray lime 8 343
Red lime 10 353
Gray lime 17 370
Brown lime 40 410
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Gray lime 839 1249
Greenish-white sandy shale (top of
Tyrone) 10 1259
Hard dove-colored limestone 425 1684
Hard gray limestone 145 1829
White, fine grained, sandy lime
(Calciferous) 15 1844
Gas in Calciferous at about 1940.
LOG No. 237.
BICKNELL WELL.
Locust Branch of Red Lick.
Strata Thickness Depth
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 8 8
Black shale 103 111
Corniferous lime 8 119
Shale 64 183
Lime 6 189
Shale 14 203
Bottom of well at 238
LOG No. 238.
GENTRY WELL.
Locust Branch of Red Lick.
Strata Thickness Depth
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 9 9
Black shale 90 99
Blue shale 99 193
Bottom of well at — salt water 268
(Corniferous missing)
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
267
LOG No. 239. REAVES WELL.
Locust Branch of Red Lick.
Strata Thickness Depth
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 8 8
Black shale , 54 62
Corniferous lime 8 70
Blue shale 64 134
Lime 6 140
Blue shale 19 159
Bottom of well at 575
LOG No. 240. DAN MILLER FARM— No. 5.
Middle Fork of Station Camp Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 22 22
Light shale 50 72
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ) 98 170
White clay \ (Devonian) 6 ^
"Cap rock" 1 177
"Oil sand"— Oil 3 180
LOG No. 241.
DAN MILLER FARM— No. 6.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 14 14
Light shale 16 30
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ) 100 130
White clay J (Devonian) 7 13?
"Cap rock" 1 138
"Oil sand"— Oil 5 143
LOG No. 242.
DAN MILLER FARM— No. 7.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 25 25
Light shale 17 42
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 'j 98 140
White clay I (Devonian) 8 148
Black shale J 2 150
"Cap rock" 1 151
"Oil sand"— Oil .. 3 154
268 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 243.
DAN MILLER FARM— No. 8.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 14 14
Light shale 13 27
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale } 100 127
White clay ( (Devonian) ? m
"Oil sand"— Oil .. 2 136
LOG No. 244.
WM. COX FARM.
Middle Fork of Station Camp Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 8 8
Blue shale 84 92
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ^ 102 194
White clay I (Devonian) 8 202
Black shale J 4 206
"Oil sand" .. 19 . 225
LOG No. 245.
CHARLES COX FARM— No. 6.
Midd.e Fork of Station Camp Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Light shale 9 19
Blue shale 112 131
Sand 11 142
Blue sha'.e 1 27 169
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale } . 100 269
White clay j (Devonian) g m
"Cap rock" 1 278
"Oil sand .. 3 281
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 269
LOG No. 246.
CHARLES COX FARM— No. 7.
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 20 20
Light shale 6 26
Blue shale 10 36
Shell 2 38
Sand 3 41
Blue shale 20 161
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale •> 103 164
White clay \ (Devonian) 9 m
"Cap rock" 1 174
"Oil sand" 11 185
LOG No. 247.
CHARLES COX FARM— No. 10.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSEPPIAN SYSTEM.
Sand 25 25
Blue shale 65 90
Shell 3 93
Blue shale 38 131
Shell 2 133
Sand 10 143
Blue shale 30 173
Sand 8 181
Soft rock 18 199
Blue shale 45 244
Shell 6 250
Shale 20 270
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ) 101 371
White clay ((Devonian) ? 3?8
"Cap rock" 1 379
"Oil sand" 3 382
LOG No. 248.
CHARLES COX FARM— No. 11.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Blue shale 70 80
Shell 5 85
Blue shale 30 115
270 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale , (Devonian) 100 215
White clay J 8 223
"Cap rock" 2 225
"Oil sand" — Salt water
LOG No. 249.
CHARLES COX FARM— No. 12.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Sand 14 14
Blue shale 28 42
Shell 7 49
Blue shale 40 89
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ) 102 191
White clay } (Devonian) g lgg
"Cap rock" 1 200
"Oil sand" 61 261
LOG No. 250.
CHARLES COX FARM— No. 13.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 57 57
Shell 6 63
Blue shale 53 116
Sand 5 121
Blue shale 95 216
Sand 10 226
Blue shale 63 289
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 3 . 105 394
White clay \ (Devonian) g 4Q3
"Cap rock" 5 408
"Oil sand" — oil.
LOG No. 251.
F. J. WAGES FARM— No. 1.
Station Camp Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and mud - 26 26
Black slate j ^ 59 85
"Fire clay" (shale) J (Devonian) g 9Q
Lime — Oil and gas 3 93
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
271
LOG No. 252.
F. J. WAGES— No. 2.
Strata Thickness Depth
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and mud 27 27
Black slate ) 58 86
"Fire clay" (shale) J (Devonian) g gl
Lime — Oil and gas 3 94
LOG No. 253.
F. J. WAGES— No. 3.
Strata Thickness Depth
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and mud 21 21
Black slate ) 62 83
"Fire clay" (shale) { (Devonian) g gg
Lime— Salt water 23 111
LOG No. 254.
F. J. WAGES— No. 4.
Strata Thickness Depth
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and mud 23 23
Black slate ) 61 84
"Fire clay" (shale) { (Devonian) g 89
Lime — Gas show and water 3 92
LOG No. 255.
F. J. WAGES— No. 6.
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and mud 22 22
Black slate. ) 83 105
"Fire clay" (shale) { (Devonian) 4 1Q9
Lime — Oil and gas show. Water 55 164
LOG No. 256. CALLAHAN FARM.
Ross Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Sand 210 210
Lime 168 378
Sand and lime (?) 200 678
Soft lime (?) 225 803
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ) (Devonian) 125 928
"Fire clay" \ (White shale) 12 940
"Oil sand" 10 950
272 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 257.
HARRIS FARM— No. 1.
Ross Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Lime 165 175
Sandy shale 205 380
Light shale 207 587
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale > 116 703
White shale (Devonian) g m
"Cap rock" 1 712
"Oil sand"— Oil .. 6 718
LOG No. 258.
HARRIS FARM— No. 2.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 20 20
Lime 175 195
Sandy shale 210 405
Light shale 236 641
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ) 125 766
White shale Devonian) 4 7?0
"Cap rock" 1 771
"Oil sand"— Oil .. 17 788
LOG No. 259.
A. J. RAWLINS FARM— No. 15.
Sweet Lick Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red shale 10 10
Lime 50 60
Blue shale 376 436
Sand 7 443
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ) 114 557
White clay ((Devonian) ? 5g4
"Oil sand"— Oil .. 24 588
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
273
LOG No. 260.
A. J. RAWLINS FARM— No. 16.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 7
Red shale 18
Light shale 145
Red rock 8
Blue shale ... 13
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale
White clay
"Oil sand"— Oil
(Devonian)
105
8
16
Depth
7
25
170
178
191
296
302
318
LOG No. 261.
A. J. RAWLINS FARM —No. 17.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 9
Shale .. 54
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale )
White clay ((Devonian)
"Cap rock"
"Oil sand"— Oil ..
102
7
1
21
Depth
63
165
172
173
194
LOG No. 262.
A. J. RAWLINS FARM— No. 18.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 18
Clay 57
Blue shale 265
Shells .. 30
Blue shale 5
Gray shale 45
Red rock 10
Gray shale 9
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale > 104
White clay ((Devonian) ?
Oil sand— Oil 23
Depth
18
75
340
370
375
420
430
439
543
550
573
274 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 263.
A. J. RAWLINS FARM— No. 19.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Blue shale 44 54
Red rock 6 62
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ) 114 176
White clay } (Devonian) g m
"Oil sand"— Salt water 38 217
LOG No. 264.
A. J. RAWLINS FARM— No. 20.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil ,. !« 16
Blue shale 54 70
Shaly sand 40 . 110
Blue shale 215 325
Gray shale 4 329
Blue shale 36 365
Shells 15 380
Blue shale 25 405
Red rock 6 411
Gray shale 12 423
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
eimjs jpeia ? /npvnnian^ 106 529
White clay J (Devon . 6 535
"Oil sand"— Oil 34 569
FLOYD COUNTY.
LOG No. 265.
A. S. CRISP WELL.
Bucks Branch.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIA!* SYSTEM.
Soil 15 15
Sandstone — gray 12 27
Slate— light 25 52
Coal 3 55
Sandstone — gray 8 63
Slate— light 18 81
Sandstone — gray 14 95
Slate— light 20 115
Sandstone — gray 12 127
Slate .. 20 147
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 275
Coal 4 151
Sandstone — gray 24 175
Slate— black. Cased at 177 ft 75 250
Sandstone — gray 58 308
Slate— black 42 350
Sandstone — white 18 368
Slate— black 38 406
Sandstone — gray 22 428
Slate— black ., 30 458
Sandstone — gray 12 470
Slate— black 37 507
Sandstone— gray. Salt water at 636 129 636
Slate— black 6 642
Sandstone — white 30 672
Slate— light. Cased at 680 ft 12 684
Sandstone — white 41 725
Slate— black 28 753
Sandstone — white 47 800
Slate— black. Cased at 804 ft 5 805
Sandstone — gray 20 825
Slate — black 16 841
Slate— yellow 26 867
Sandstone — gray 38 905
Shale— red— caving 18 923
Slate— blue 7 930
Shale— red 40 970
Slate — black. Cased at 1003 ft 40 1010
Sandstone — gray 12 1022
Slate— light 19 1041
Sandstone — gray and white 20 1061
Well is entirely in Pottsville.
LOG No. 266.
MOUTH OF MIDDLE CREEK.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil Conductor 16
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 94 110
Coal 1 111
"Sandy" shale 139 250
Coal 6 256
Sand 86 342
Shale 80 422
"Beaver" sand 128 550
Black slate 6 556
"Horton" sand, salt water at 560 ft 80 636
Sandy shale 191 827
276 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Maxon" sand 80 907
"Little" lime •- 24 931
"Pencil Cave" 2 933
"Big Lime," gas 6 5-8 casing 956 ft 113 1046
"Big Injun," small amount gas, top 159 1205
Lime shells 185 1390
"Weir" sand, gas and green oil from 1394 38 1428
Oil 30.55 Baume. Oil stood 200 feet high in well day after drill-
ing into "Weir Sand." Log from A. Fleming, Manager, T. M. King,
Driller.
LOG No. 267. WALLEN FARM.
Beaver Creek below Salt Lick.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil ...... 22 22
Slate 18 40
Coal 4 . 44
Black s:ate 51 95
Coal 4 99
White sand 28 127
Black slate 28 155
Gray sand 15 170
Light slate 17 187
Coal 3 190
Light slate 20 210
Sand 3 213
Light slate 85 298
Sacfl 22 320
Light slate 5 325
Sand 22 347
Slate 183 530
Dark sand 5 535
Black slate 45 580
White sand (Beaver)— Gas 124 704
Light s'ate 10 714
White sand (Horton) 129 843
Light slate 5 848
White sand (Pike) 67 915
Coal 3 918
Sand 35 953
Dark slate 5 958
Dark sand 19 977
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 87 1064
Sand (Maxon) Gas 49 1113
Black slate .. 3 1116
RECORDS OP DRILLED WELLS
277
LOG No. 268.
WELL AT MOUTH OF SALT LICK OF RIGHT BEAVER.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil _ 34 34
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 10 44
White sand 50 94
Black slate 30 124
Gray sand 100 224
Light slate 76 300
White sand 20 320
Light slate 130 450
White sand (Beaver) — Oil, gas and salt
water 212 662
Black slate 30 692
White sand (Horton)— Salt water 108 800
Coal 1 801
Sand 43 844
Black slate 59 903
Sand (Pike)— Gas and oil 93 996
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 60" 1056
Sand— Salt water 50 1106
Black slate 11 1117
Dark lime 13 1130
Slate and lime shells 35 1165
Lime and slate 8 1173
Slate and lime shells ' 19 1192
Lime— "Big lime"— Oil and gas at 1269.... 138 1330
Red shale 95 1425
Slate and sand shells 181 1606
Black slate 44 1650
Light blue slate and sand shells 130 1780
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 200 1980
S aty lime— Gas 2 1982
Black slate— Gas 225 2207
Soft light slate 33 . 2240
LOG No. 269.
AKER BRANCH LEFT BEAVER CREEK.
Strata
Drift 10 in. casing.
Thickness
Depth
44
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM
Slate 36 80
Sandstone 20 100
Slate 120 220
Sandstone 35 255
Slate 100 355 Cased 8% at 260 ft.
Sandstone 20 375
Slate 125 500
"Show oil and gas 572.
i Show gas 537—50,000
Sandstone ("Salt Sand"). ...190 690 < cu ft
[saltwater filled to 660.
Slate 59 749 Cased 6%— 728.
Sandstone 59 808
Slate 10 818
Sandstone 5 823
Slate 12 835
Sandstone 10 845
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM
Red rock 18 863
Slate 38 901
Sandstone "Maxon" thin.... 51 952
Limestone 6 958
Slate 8 966
Red rock 99 1065
Slate, sandstone and shell.. 15 1088
Slate 30 1110
Limestone 10 1120
Slate 10 1130
Dark lime... -77 1207 m, 25 000
Sandstone, "Bradley" 30 1237
Part limestone 33 1270
White lime, "Big Lime"....140 1410 Gas at 1396-
White & sandy "Big Lime" 5 1415
White limestone "Big
Lime" 19 1434
Red shale 50 1484
S'ate 47 1531
Slate and sand 234 1765
Brown shale 19 1784
Sandstone "Wier" 45 1829 show of "Amber" oil at
Bran slate 150 1979 1784 in top.
Berea 21 2000 Gas 1979-1994.
Slate 2 2002 Total depth.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 279
LOG No. 270.
OTTER CREEK OF LEFT BEAVER
Strata Thickness Depth
Quicksand and gravel 50 50
I'ENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM
Hard white sand 80 130
Light shale 5 135
Sand, hard 15 150
Shale, dark 20 170
Sand, white and hard 80 250
Shale, white and firm 70 320
Sand, white and hard 10 330
Shale, slow drilling 55 385
"Little Dunkard," sand, hard 45 430
Sand, white and hard 55 485
Shale and shells 75 560
"Big Dunkard" sand, hard 50 610
Shale and shells 125 735
Gas sand, black and hard 65 800
Shale and shells 55 855
"Salt" sand, dark and hard 65 920
Shale and shells 55 975
Sand, hard 160 1135
Shale and shells 70 1205
"Salt" sand, very hard 445 1650
Shale, black and soft 10 1660
Sand, gritty and hard 15 1675
Shale, soft 31 1706
Sand, very hard : 40 1746
Shale and shells 59 1805
Sand, hard and white 10 1815
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM
Slate, very soft 7 1822
"Maxon" sand, very hard 63 1885
Shale, very soft 8 1893
"Maxon" sand, very hard 47 1940
Slate 30 1970
Lime (cored 3 ft.) 14 1984
"Pencil Cave" shale, very soft 6 1990
Shale 69 2059
"Big Lime" (oil 2222-28) 232 2291
Sand, hard (gas at 2296) •- 7 2298
Shale 42 2340
"Big Injun" Red Sand 30 2370
"Big Injun," dark, hard sand (block oil
2376) 10 2380
Lime and shells ... 82 2462
280 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Sand, soft 29 2491
Shale 142 2633
Brown shale 73 2706
"Berea" shell and sand, very hard 4 2710
Shale 29 2739
DEVONIAN SYSTEM
Black shale and shells (gas production
2109) 70 2809
Black shale 187 2996
Sand 5 3001
Shale 99 3100
10 in. casing, 371.
8% in. case 872.
6% in. case, 1983.
Hole full of water at 70.
% bailer of water at 875 per hour.
4 bailer of water at 1848 per hour.
4 bailer of water at 1982 per hour.
LOG No. 271.
W. S. HARKINS FARM.
Trimble Branch.
Strata Thickness Depth
Alluvial Quick sand 40 40
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM
Conglomerate shale, sand and lime 408 448
Top salt sand (gas 450) 5 453
Shale 35 498
Sand (water 670) 197 685
Lime 35 720
Sand, whte, settling 30 750
Slate 50 800
' Sand (oil and gas 800 to 812) 40 840
Shale, blue 79 919
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM
"Maxon" sand 65 984
"Little Lime" 20 1004
"Pencil Cave" 3 1007
"Big Lime" 160 1167
Shells, sand and shale 257 1424
Brown shale 40 1464
"Berea" sand, (first) oil 1467-1480 40 1504
Shale, black 3 1507
"Berea" sand .. 40 1547
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 281
DEVONIAN SYSTEM
Shale, black 148 1695
Shale, brown '. 20 1715
Sand, Gray 5 1720
Shale, black 1750
Bottom of ho'.e 1750
Casing put in 12%, 40 feet.
Casing put in 8*4, 115 feet.
Casing put in 6%, 1017 feet.
Shot well from 1467 to 1482 feet with 60 qts. nitro-glycerine.
Shot cleaned well. Well filled up about 90 ft. within forty minutes
after shot.
Contractor — King Drilling Co., Huntington, W. Va.
LOG No. 272. ISAAC BRADLEY FARM.
1% Miles up Right Beaver Creek.
Strata Feet Feet
Drift, 10" Casing 0 to 22
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sandstone, white 25 " 47
Slate, black 35 " 82
Coal 5 " 87
Sandstone, white 60 " 147
Slate, black 53 " 200
Coal 6 " 206
Slate, black 44 " 250
Sandstone, dark gray 36 " 286
Slate, cased 8%" at 278' 3 " 289
Sandstone, gray 27 " 316
Slate and shells 125 " 441
Sandstone, white. Salt water 510' 180 " 621
Slate 5 " 626
Sandstone. Gas show at 630' 14 " 640
Slate, Shelly from 645 to 648' 29 " 669
Sandstone, white 46 " 715
Slate, Shelly 15 " 730
Sandstone, white 55 " 785
Slate 5 " 790
Sandstone, white; oil and gas show 792' 20 " 810
Sandstone, very dark 10 " 820
Slate, black 30 " 850
Sandstone, gray; oil show 872' 27 " 877
Sandstone, mainly white; gas show 910' cased
1st time at 943'; salt water flooded at 943';
casing pulled and reamed from 943 to 947
(case 6%" top Maxon sand which should be
1097 in this well) 138 " 1015
L82 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Slate, black, cased 6%" at 1018 26 " 1041
Sandstone, gray 14 " 1055
Slate, dark 42 " 1097
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Maxon Sand, Sandstone, white, % million feet
gas at 1131'; oil show at 1200'; salt water 4
Bailers at 1220' 143 " 1240
Slate, black 12 " 1252
Sandstone, dark gray 10 " 1262
Slate, black 8 " 1270
Limestone 28 " 1298
Slate, black 15 " 1313
Sandstone, "Keener" first 6 ft., brown, with oil
production; balance light gray 30 " 1343
Slate 6 " 1349
Slate, limy 6 " 1355
Big Lime, Limestone 38 " 1393
Big Lime, Sandstone 4 " 1397
Big Lime, Limestone 30 " 1427
Big Lime, Limestone, Sandy, gas at 1429' small
amount 2 " 1429
Big Lime, Limestone 75 " 1504
Red Shale 3 " 1507
Limestone 4 " 1511
Sandstone, Limy 4 " 1515
Slate 4 " 1519
Red shale 10 " 1529
Slate, sandy 2 " 1531
Red Shale 20 " 1551
Slate, sandy 2 " 1553
Red shale, slaty 7 " 1560
Slate, sandy 3 " 1563
Red shale 22 " 1585
Slate, black 81 " 1666
Stopped in black slate at 1666 ft.
Berea should be at 2080.
LOG No. 273.
JACK ALLEN FARM.
Mouth of Salt Lick.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 38 44
Coal 2 40
Gray sand 50 90
Slate 75 165
Gray sand .. 50 215
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
Slate 15 230
Gray sand 18 248
Black slate 32 280
Gray sand 30 310
Dark slate 120 430
Sand (Beaver) Gas 60 490
Black slate (Beaver) 8 498
Sand (Beaver) 170 668
Coal 1 669
Slate 34 703
White sand (Horton) 98 801
Coal 1 802
Gray sand 4 806
Black slate 15 821
Gray sand 29 850
Dark slate 69 919
Sand (Pike) 41 960
Slate (Pike) 19 979
Sand (Pike) 19 998
Slate 2 1000
(Well all in Pottsville).
JACK ALLEN FARM.
Right Beaver near Salt Lick.
-,
LOG No. 274.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 29 29
Sand 26 55
Slate 35 90
Sand 12 102
Slate 55 157
Gray sand „ 44 201
Light slate 15 216
Blue sand 5 221
Black slate 22 243
Dark gray sand 12 255
Light slate 35 290
Black sand 3 293
Light slate 47 340
Gray sand 18 358
Black slate 10 368
Black sand 19 387
Light slate 27 414
Sand (Beaver) Gas and salt water 238 652
284 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Coal 2 654
White sand 8 662
Dark slate 22 684
White sand (Horton) 114 798
Black slate 5 803
Gray and black sand 44 847
Black slate 53 900
Light sand 11 911
Light slate 3 914
Dark gray sand 2 916
Black slate 8 924
Sand (Pike) Oil 28 952
(Well is all in Pottsville).
LOG No. 275.
E. S. FRAZIER GAS WELL No. 1.
Strata Thickness Depth
Drift 0 37
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sandstone 20 57
Slate 154 211
Sandstone, gray 20 231
Coal 4 235
Slate, black (Cased 8%" at 249') 125 360
"Beaver" sand, gray (little gas at 560)
Salt water, half enough for drill at
640' 320 680
Sandstone, black 21 701
Sandstone, gray (little gas and salt water
enough to drill at 755') 101 802
Slate, black 36 838
Sandstone, light colored (little gas at 844'
salt water flooded at 900', gas to flow
Salt water at 926') 193 1031
Slate, black (cased 6%" at 1038') 21 1052
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red shale 54 1106
"Maxon" sand, white (little gas at 1165'
S. W. for drill at 1204', little gas 1255'
little S. W. 1260') 161 1267
"Little" lime, black 21 1288
"Big" Lime, white (gas production 1360'
to 1366', Oil show 1431') 149 1437
Limestone, blue, hard 47 1484
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 285
"Sunberry" red shale, sandy (stopped
drilling in this, January 26, 1907) 82 1566
Slate and shells 279 1845
Brown shale 84 1938
"Wier" sand 18 1956
Light slate (break) 6 1962
"Berea" sand, lime shell 18 1980
Light slate 180 2160
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Shale and dark slate 365 2525
Light slate 165 2690
Shale, black • 34 2724
"Corniferous" — "Ragland Sand" — Lime... 30 2754
Note — First, drilling finished January 26, 1907 at 1566 feet. Well
tubed, packed and shut in, on 2" tubing, March 12, 1907. Bottom of
packer set at 1328 ft. 2". Cage on bottom of packer, and 328 feet of
Anchor under packer. All casing left in well. Pressure gauge of well
taken on March 13, 1907.
30 seconds 55
1 minute 85
ll/2 minute 120
2 minutes 150
2% minutes 185
3 minutes 210
3l/2 minutes 235
4 minutes 260
41/2 minutes 280
12% minutes 435
Second, drilling started fall of 1915 and completed to total depth
of 2754 feet.
Author's Geological Note. — This well located in Syncline.
LOG No. 276.
JACK ALLEN FARM.
Salt Lick of Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 43 43
Black slate 48 91
Gray sand 27 118
Light slate 53 171
Light sand 47 218
Dark slate 5 223
Dark sand 35 258
Dark slate .... 60 318
286 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Gray sand 23 341
Light slate 40 381
Light sand 15 396
Dark slate 42 438
White sand (Beaver) pebbly. Gas and
salt water 232 670
Dark slate 24 694
White sand (Horton) 145 839
Black sand 20 859
Shelly slate 20 879
Black slate 50 929
White sand (Pike) gas 77 1006
Slate 8 1014
(All Pottsville).
LOG No. 277.
JACK ALLEN FARM.
Motts branch of Salt Lick.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 22 22
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Gray sand , 38 60
Slate 15 75
Gray sand 39 114
Slate 71 185
Gray sand 51 236
Slate -15 251
Gray sand 20 271
Slate 69 340
Gray sand 15 355
Slate 105 460
Sand (Beaver) Gas 269 729
Coal 1 730
Dark slate 14 744
White sand (Horton) 96 840
Coal 1 841
Gray sand (Pike) 29 870
Dark slate (Pike) 6 876
White sand (Pike) 10 886
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Dark slate 97 983
Sand (Maxon) Gas and salt water 133 1116
Lime .... 9 1125
RECORDS OP DRILLED WELLS 287
LOG No. 278. WYLIE SLONE FARM.
Buckeye of Left Middle Creek.
Strata Feet Feet
Alluvial (quicksand) 25
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
12i/2 in. casing 25
Fire clay and blue shale 30 to 55
Coal h 5 to 60
Conglomerate (Shale, sand and shells).... 410 to 470
Beaver sand— White and hard 180 650
Water at 590
Slate, black 15 665
Sand, white 60 725
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 104 829
Maxon sand 85 914
Slate, blue 6 920
Sand, white (show oil 930) 32 952
Lime, black, sandy 24 976
Big lime, white and hard 165 1141
Gas 1041
Gas (94560 cu. ft.) 1096
A little oil with gas.
Bastard lime, dark, gritty 99 1240
Big Indian sand, red 25 1265
Shale and shells, gray and brown 185 1450
Gas sand, limey, hard 70 1520
Shale, brown, soft 145 1685
Finished in shale at 1685
Bridge set for plug at 100 in line.
Plug, broken stone and sand 30
Male and female wood plug 7
Broken stone and sand 30
Gas at 1041
Water at 590
12^ in. casing 25
8% in. casing 185
6% in. casing 1006
Hole plugged, casing pulled and abandoned.
Length of plug 67 feet.
Casing put in, 12 V2 in 25 feet.
Casing put in, 8% in. _ 185 feet pulled 185
Casing put in, 6% in 1006 feet pulled
Well plugged and abandoned.
Authority, King Drilling Company, Contractors.
288 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 279. JOS. GEARHART FARM.
Salt Lick of Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 27 27
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Gray sand 37 64
Coal 1 65
Black slate 15 80
White sand 70 150
Black slate 50 200
Gray sand 50 250
Dark lime (?) 10 260
Gray sand— Gas 50 310
Slate— Gas 163 473
Gray sand 47 520
Light slate 38 558
White sand (Beaver) 156 714
Sandy lime (?) 5 719
Gray sand (Horton) 126 845
Black shale 1 846
Dark lime (?) 5 851
Sand (Pike) 54 905
Shelly slate (Pike) ..... 5 910
Sand (Pike) Gas 18 928
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 52 980
Sand (Maxon) Gas, oil and salt water 178 1158
Black lime 5 1163
Blue slate 2 1165
Red shale 5 1170
Dark lime 2 1172
LOG No. 280. R. ALLEN FARM.
Right Beaver Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
Drift '. 34 34
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 11 45
Gray sand 15 60
Slate 55 115
Gray sand 34 149
Slate 9 158
Gray sand _ 32 190
Black slate 24 214
Gray sand 16 230
Black slate .... 4 234
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 2?
Gray sand 11 245
Black slate 35 280
Coal 2 282
Black slate 38 320
Gray sand 68 388
Black slate 27 415
Gray sand 20 435
Black slate 41 476
Gray sand 54 530
Black slate 38 568
Coal 2 570
Black slate 60 630
Sand (Beaver) — Salt water 198 828.
Coal 1 829
Dark slate 40 869
Sand (Horton) 115 984
Dark slate 24 1008
Dark sand 8 1016
Dark slate 40 1056
Sand (Pike) 98 1154
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Dark slate 32 1186
Sand (Maxon) — Gas, oil and salt water.... 50 1236
LOG No. 281.
A. B. ERODE & COMPANY FARM.
Right Beaver Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
Drift 10" casing 27% 27%
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate and shells 360
Sand , 40 400
Gas 400
Hole full of water at 800
Slate 40 840
Sandy shale 40 880
Slate 10 890
Sandy shale 25 215
Slate 5 920
Sand, white 30 950
Slate 10 960
Black sandy shale 55 1015
Dark slate 10 1025
Black sand 5 1030
White sand 5 1035
Slate 10 1045
Oil & Gas— 10
290
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black sandy shale 5 1050
White sand, "Maxon" 1050
Oil showed 1060
Gas at 1064
Break 1071V&
6%" Casing 106iy2
8*4" Casing 133
LUG NO. 282.
WELL AT GARRETT.
(Partial Record.)
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Drift 27 27
Slate and shells 333 360
Sand and gas 400
Missing 840
Sandy shale 40 880
Slate 10 890
Sandy shale 25 915
Slate 5 920
White sand 30 950
Slate 10 960
Black sandy shale 55 1015
Dark slate , 10 1025
Black sand 5 1030
White sand 5 1035
MTSSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 10 1045
Black sandy lime 5 1050
Sand— oil show at 1060 21 1071
LOG NO. 283.
GEORGE ALLEN FARM.
Right Be^-er.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 23 23
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 17 40
Coal i 2 42
Gray sand 38 80
Slate 50 130
Gray sand 22 152
Slate 107 259
Gray sand ... 61 320
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 291
Slate 80 400
Sand 52 452
Slate 90 542
White sand (Beaver) 132 674
Slate 7 681
Sand (Horton) — Gas and salt water 236 917
Black slate 75 992
Sand 9 1001
Black slate 7 1008
White sand (Pike)— Oil 70 1078
Slate y2
Sand 14% 1093
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 47 1140
Sand (Maxon)
LOG No. 284. STEELE CREEK.
Right Beaver Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
Drift (10" casing) 0 15
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM
Limestone 25 40
Shells and slate 35 75
Sandstone 25 100
Black slate (8" casing) 50 150
White sand 58 208
Black slate 12 220
Limestone 61 280
Slate and shell 40 320
Limestone 30 350
Brown shale 15 365
Gray slate 37 402
Black slate 8 410
Limestone 60 470
White sand 5 475
Limy sand 20 500
Sandstone 10 510
Limestone 72 582
Sandstone 116 698
Slate 5 703
Black lime 15 718
Sandy lime 5 723
Sandstone (salt water 735) 87 810
Dark sand - 10 820
Black slate 15 825
Gray sand ... 18 843
292 ; OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM
Black slate _ 21 864
White sand "Maxon" gas at 892 26 890
White sand (2,00000 cu. ft.) 951
Not shot.
860 3" tubing on packer in 6" hole.
Drilled for A. B. Erode & Son.
S. L. Anderson, Driller.
LOG No. 285.
GEORGE ALLEN FARM.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Drift 18 18
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Gray sand 42 60
Coal 2 62
Gray sand 80 142
Black slate 81 223
Coal 3 225
Gray sand 32 257
Black slate 81 338
Sandy slate 69 407
Gray sand 30 437
Black slate 14 451
Gray sand 36 487
Coal 10 497
Gray sand 6 503
Dark slate 39 542
Gray sand 50 592
Dark slate 41 633
Gray sand 14 647
Slate 170 817
Sand (Beaver and Horton) — Gas and salt
water ; 367 1184
Slate 6 1190
Gray sand 12 1202
Dark slate 60 1262
Light sand (Pike)— Gas and oil 39 1301
Dark slate (Pike) 5 1306
White sand (Pike)— Oil show 68 1374
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 40 1414
White sand (Maxon)— Gas 28 1442
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 293
LOG No. 286.
GEORGE ALLEN FARM.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
FENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 46 46
Black slate 14 60
Gray sand 18 78
Slate and shells 90 168
Coal 2 170
Gray sand — Gas 97 267
Slate and shells 126 393
Sand (Beaver and Horton) — Gas and salt
water 412 805
Coal 1 806
Slaty lime 4 810
Dark sand 17 827
Black slate— Gas 47 874
Sand (Pike) — Gas, oil and salt water 120 994
Black slate 6 1000
(All Pottsville).
LOG No. 287.
RIGHT BEAVER CREEK.
Strata Thickness Depth
Drift 0 45 8& casing.
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM
Slate 85 130
Sandstone, gray 31 161 Gas 140 exhausted.
Slate 50 211
Sandstone, gray 12 223
Slate 53 276
Sandstone, gray 19 295 Casing 6*4-280.
Slate 74 369
Sandstone, white 166 535 (Salt Sand.)
Slate 8 543
Sandstone, white 205 748 Saltwater flooded 655.
Coal 2 750
Sandstone, gray 18 768
Slate, dark 28 796 Cased 5 to 770.
Slate, yellow, caving 5 801
Sandstone (gas 810-827) .... 56 857
Slate, 'black, caving 13 870
Sa,ndstone, white 15 885
Total .. 885
294 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG NO. 288.
GEORGE ALLEN FARM.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Drift 30 30
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 12 42
Coal 4 46
Slate 18 64
Gray sand 16 80
Slate 23 103
Gray sand 25 128
Dark slate 25 153
Light sand 22 175
Dark slate 6 181
Coal 3 184
Dark slate 73 257
Light sand 36 293
Slate 203 496
Sand (Beaver) 246 742
Light slate 6 748
White sand (Horton) 165 913
Coal 1 914
Dark slate 5 919
Gray sand 8 927
Dark slate 58 985
Sand (Pike)— Gas and oil 29 1014
Dark slate 4 1018
Gray sand 13 1031
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Dark slate 4 1035
Gray sand 10 1045
Slate and red rock 8 1053
Sand (Maxon) Gas and salt water 31 1084
Black slate 45 1129
Sand 50 1179
LOG No. 289.
NEWT. ALLEN FARM.
Right Beaver above Wilson Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil ; 45 45
Slate 35 80
Gray sand — Gas 81 161
Slate ., 50 211
Gray sand 12 223
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 295
Slate 53 276
Gray sand 19 295
Slate 74 369
White sand (Beaver) 166 535
Slate 8 543
White sand (Horton) — Salt water 205 748
Coal 2 750
Gray sand 18 768
Dark slate 28 796
Yellow slate 5 801
Sand (Pike)— Gas 56 857
Black slate 13 870
Whito sand 15 885
(All Pottsville).
LOG No. 290.
RIGHT BEAVER CREEK.
Strata Thickness Depth
Drift, 10 ft. casing 42
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand 20 62
Slate 98 160
Sand 40 200
Slate and shells (292 feet) 200 400
Sand (8 in. casing) 230 630
"Salt" sand 75 715
Break 65 780
Slate 54 834
Sand and slate 14 848
Sandy shale 12 860
Broken up 55 915
White sand, oil at 940 29 944
Slate (955 ft. 6 5-8), oil at 978 56 990
Dark shale (casing) 10 1000
Broken up 50 1050
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Dark shale (water) 6 1056
Slate 20 1076 .
Sand "Maxon," hole full 1146 ft 84 1160
Break '. 1 1161
Dark sandy lime 21 1182
Slate 3 1185
White sandy lime 20 1205
Break .. 1 1206
296 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Sand 25 1231
Big lime (dark) 26 1257
Big lime (light), oil at 1271 101 1358
Red limestone, oil at 1293 1 1359
Big lime, oil at 1311 45 1404
Red rock 13 1417
Big Injun, oil at 1482 83 1500
Big Injun— gas 6 1506
Slate and shell 54 1560
Shot with 65 Ib. of 65 per cent, gelatin.
1237 feet 4 7-8 inch casing.
1240 feet 2 inch tubing on Disk Wall Packer.
Drilled for A. B. Erode and Son.
S. L. Anderson — Driller.
LOG No. 291.
MARY ESTEP FARM.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil _ 58 58
Slate 40 98
Sand 21 119
Slate 81 200
Sand 29 229
Slate 10 239
Sand 14 253
Slate 69 322
Sand _....+ 20 342
Slate 98 440
Sand— Gas 118 558
Slate (Beaver) 2 560
Sand — Salt water 112 672
Slate 30 702
Sand (Horton)— Gas and salt water 67 769
Slate 19 788
Shelly slate 52 840
Sand (Pike)— Gas and oil 140 980
Slate 14 994
Light sand 26 1020
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 23 1043
Sand (Maxon)— oil and salt water 56 1099
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 297
LOG No. 292. MARY ESTEP FARM.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 37 37
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 123 160
Sand 102 262
Dark slate 173 435
Sand (Beaver) 246 681
Coal 2 683
Gray sand 8 691
Slate 25 716
Sand (Horton) 159 875
Dark slate 45 920
White sand . Oil 44 964
Slate and shells l(Pike) 19 983
White sand J Gas 43 1026
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Dark slate 18 1044
White sand (Maxon)— Oil 26 1070
LOG No. 293.
HOWARD BR. OF ROCK FORK OF RIGHT BEAVER.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil and Gravel 15
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand (water) 30 45
Slate 50 95
Black sand (water) 60 155
Slate 40 195
Sand (water) 20 215
Slate 60 275
Lime and sand shells 145 410
Sand , 40 450
Slate 55 509
Sand 15 520
Slate _... 10 530
Salt sand 220 750
Gas at 650.
Gas at 690
Water at 730-745.
Slate and lime shells 35 785
Sand, white 48 833
Dark lime 12 845
White sand 41 886
Coal 1 887
Dark sand 7 894
Gray sand - 13 907
298 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 11 918
White sand (Maxon) 21 939
Oil show 937.
Black oil show.
Total depth 939
LOG No. 294.
JOHN MARTIN FARM.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 25 25
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 25 50
Coal 3 53
Slate 17 70
S|and 51 121
Slate _ 34 155
Sand 55 210
Slate 2 212
Sand 29; 241
Slate 194 435
Sand (Beaver) — Gas 219 654
Coal 2 656
Slate 29 685
Sand (Horton) 105 790
Slate 3 793
Sand 31 824
Slate 3 827
Sand 35 862
Slate 35 897
Sand (Pike)— Oil 56 953
Slate 34 987
Sand 10 997
Slate 5 1002
Sand 18 1020
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 29 1049
Sand (Maxon) 67 1116
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 2!
LOG No. 295. JOHN MARTIN FARM.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 40 40
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Dark sand 15 55
Coal 5 60
Black slate 35 95
Gray sand 15 110
White slate 67 177
White sand 27 204
Black slate 8 212
Gray sand 43 255
Black slate 571 312
Dark sand 20 332
Black slate 107 439
Gray sand (Beaver) 231 670
Black slate 6 676
White sand 6 682
Black slate 30 712
White sand"! salt water 137 849
Dark sand f(Horton) 10 859
Gray sand J 23 882
Black slate 30 912
Gray sand -^ Oil 84 996
White slate I (Pike) 4 1000
White sand J Oil 36 1036
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 8 1044
White sand (Maxon)— Oil 43 1087
LOG No. 296.
STEELE CREEK, RIGHT BEAVER CREEK.
Strata Thickness Depth
Drift, 10 in. casing 16
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 24 40
Shale, hard 35 75
Sandstone 2^ 100
Black shale 60 160
Sand, white '. 48 208
Black slate 12 220
Shale, 8 in. casing 60 280
Black slate and shell 40 320
Shale .. 30 350
300 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OP KENTUCKY
Brown shale and shell 15 365
Gray shale 37 402
Black slate (gas) 8 410
Shale, salt, sand . 65 475
Shale 5 480
Shaly sanl 20 500
Sand (Oil at 505) 10 510
Shale and sand 72 582
Sand (Gas) 116 698
Slate 5 703
Black shale 15 718
• Sandy shale 5 723
Sand (salt water 735 feet, 17 bailers,
hole full of water at 760 ft.) 97 810
Black sandy slate 15 825
Gray sand 18 843
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate „ '...._ 18 861
Black shale 11 872
White sand— Gas 881 "Maxon" 11 883
White shale 5 888
White sand— gas, 800,000 cu. ft. "Maxon" 20 908
Not shot
825 feet 2 in. tubing on packer in 8 in. hole.
Drilled for A. B. Erode & Son.
S. L. Anderson, Driller.
Lyndon Erode, Field Manager.
LOG No. 297.
JOHN MARTIN FARM.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 22 22
Gray sand 18 40
Slate 160 200
Gray sand 30 230
Slate 238 468
Gray sand . 65 533
Black slate 8 541
Sand (Beaver) '. ! 122 663
Dark slate 5 668
Gray sand 13 681
Dark slate . 49 730
Sand (Horton) ........ . 120 850
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 301
Dark slate 7 857,
Gray sand 20 877
Dark slate 30 907
White sand 20 927
Dark slate and shells 24 951
Gray and white sand — Oil 16 967
Black sandy slate 9 976
Light sand 9 985
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shelly slate 15 1000
Black and red shales 13 1013
Gray sand— Gas 12 1025
Black slate 40 1065
Gray sand — Gas 18 1083
Black slate 8 1091
White sand (Maxon), gas and salt water 51 1142
LOG No. 298.
JOHN MARTIN FARM.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil - 21 21
Sand 19 40
Coal 3 43
White slate 57 100
Coal 5 105
Sand 30 135
Slate - 60 195
Sand 15 210
Slate 95 305
White sand 85 390
Slate 204 594
Sand (Beaver) 246 840
Black shale 10 850
Sand (Horton) 190 1040
Slate 15 1055
Sand (Pike) 60 1115
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 20 1135
Shale 80 1215
Sand (Maxon)— Oil and salt water 52 1267
302 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 299.
OSBORN BR. OF LEFT BEAVER CREEK.
Strata Feel Feet
Drift (10 inch casing 43 ft.) 35
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sandstone, gray 15 " 50
Slate and sand shells 115 " 165
Sandstone, gray 20 " 185
Shale and sand shells 87 " 272
Sandstone, white 42 " 314
Shale, dark (Cased 8*4 at 320 ft.) 12 " 326
Limestone (?) white 18 " 344
Sandstone, gray 56 " 400
Slate and sand shells 125 " 525
Shale, brown 10 " 535
Sandstone, white 50 " 585
Shale, black 15 " 600
Sandstone, white 162 " 762
Limestone (?) 32 " 794
Sandstone (show of oil >at 804 ft., salt water at
819 and 840 ft. could not bail down) 55 " 849
Shale 1 " 850
Sandstone, white 10 " 860
Sand and lime shells (cased 6 5-8 in. at 872 ft.
pulled out and set at lower depth) 15 " 875
Sandstone, white 25 " 900
Shale, blue, soft 35 " 935
Shale and sand shells 49 " 984
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red rock 50 " 1034
Shale and sand shells 65 " 1099
Limestone (?) white, sandy 16 " 1121
Sandstone, dark gray (salt water 1139 ft. filled
up 700 ft. in hole in 6 hours) 18 " 1139
Sandstone, white 76 " 1215
Shale and lime shells (cased 6 5-8 in. at 1230 ft.) 17 " 1232
Limestone, dark .., 8 " 1240
Sandstone, light colored 40 " 1280
Limestone, dark 30 " 1310
Shale 2 * 1312
Limestone, white "Big Lime" (gas at 1417 ft.
Est. 50,000 cu. ft. per 24 hrs.). 160 " 1472
(Drilled to 2151 feet.)
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
303
LOG No. 300.
DAN HOWARD FARM.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 20 20
Slate ., 6 26
Gray sand 12 38
Sandy slate : 27 65
Light sand 33 78
Light slate 67 165
Gray sand 43 208
Light slate 22 230
White sand 20 250
Black slate 50 300
White sand 40 340
Black slate 60 400
Sand (Beaver) — Gas and salt water 268 668
Dark slate 26 694
Sand (Horton) 146 840
Slate and sand shells 18 858
Black slate — Oil show 33 891
Sand (Pike) — Oil and salt water 79 970
(All Pottsville).
LOG No. 301.
DAN HOWARD FARM.
Right Beaver.
Strata
Soil ,.
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Gray sand
Dark slate ..
Thickness
52
Gray sand 14
Dark slate
Gray sand
Dark slate
White sand (Beaver)— Gas
Dark slate ...
72
45
212
231
40
White sand (Horton)— Salt water 107
Coal •.
Gray and white sand
Dark slate ...
1
14
4
Black sand .. 15
B'ack s'ate
Sand (Pike)— Gas and oil
(All Pottsville).
Depth
52
67
79
93
165
210
422
653
693
800
801
815
819
834
880
939
304 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 302. WELL AT HOWARD'S STORE.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 31 31
PENNSYLVANIA^ SYSTEM.
Gray sand 50 81
Dark slate 60 141
Gray sand 13 154
Dark slate 74 228
Gray sand 43 271
Dark slate 216 487
White sand (Beaver) — Gas 171 658
Dark slate 2 660
Sand (Horton and Pike?)— Salt water.... 234 894
Coal 1 895
Gray sand 20 915
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Dark slate 20 935
Sand (Maxon)— Gas and oil 107 1042
LOG No. 303. TUCKER ALLEN FARM.
Right Beaver above Goose Creek.
Strata
Thickness
Depth
Soil
43
43
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Gray sand
15
58
Gray slate
41
99
Gray sand
56
155
Gray slate
107
262
Gray sand
40
302
Gray slate
78
380
Gray sand — Gas
58
438
Dark slate
42
480
White sand (Beaver)
168
648
Dark slate
32
680
White sand (Horton)
94
774
Dark slate
41
815
Gray sand
10
825
Black slate
10
835
Black and gray sands
4
839
Yellow slate
6
845
Sand (Pike)— Oil and gas
92
937
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Dark slate
10
947
White sand (Maxon)— Salt water
28
975
Dark slate
30
1005
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
305
LOG No. 304. WEBB FARM.
Henry Branch of Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 27 27
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Dark slate 6 33
White sand 45 78
Light shale 72 150
Gray sand 59 209
Dark slate 17 226
Gray sand 25 251
Dark slate 21 272
Gray sand ~ 18 290
Dark slate 160 450
White sand (Beaver) 60 510
Dark slate 7 517
White sand (Horton) 103 620
Dark s'.ate 8 628
White sand 20 648
Dark slate 24 672
White sand (Pike) 78 750
Black slate 12 762
White sand (Salt sand)— Gas 95 857
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Dark slate 15 872
Red shale 76 948
Slate and shells 177 1125
Limestone — "Big lime" 195 1320
Red shale 35 1355
Shelly slate 205 1560
Black slate 76 1636
Dark sand 90 1726
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown slate (Devonian) 204 1930
LOG No. 305. T. G. ALLEN FARM.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 24 24
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 92 116
Sand 10 126
Slate : 6 132
Sand 10 142
Slate 35 177
Sand 15 192
Slate 23 215
Sand 10 225
Slate .. 5 230
306 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Sand 46 276
Slate 11 287
Sand 28 315
Slate 54 369
B.ack sand 12 381
S'.ate 129 510
White sand 15 525
Black slate > (Beaver) 5 630
White sand J Salt water 215 745
Coal 4 749
Black slate 3 752
Gray sand 21 773
Slate 9 782
White sand (Horton) 95 877
Black slate 20 897
Sand (Pike?) 50 947
Slate 98 1045
White sand 10 1055
White slate 15 1070
Sand 30 1100
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 75 1175
Sand (Maxon)— Oil show 32 1207
LOG No. 306 T. G. ALLEN FARM.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 42 42
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 7 49
Sand 50 99
Slate 83 182
Sand 68 250
Slate 90 340
Sand 20 360
Slate 100 460
Sand 178 638
Slate 1 (Beaver) 5 643
Sand J 183 826
Coal 2 828
White sand 20 848
Slate 5 853
Sand (Horton) 55 908
Slate 46 954
Sand (Pike)— Salt water 82 1036
Slate 5 1041
Sand 10 1051
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
307
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
White shale 40 1091
Sand (Maxon)— Oil show at 1092 19 1110
Slate 6 1116
Sand (Maxon) 32 1148
Slate 32 1180
Lime— "Big lime" 210 1390
Slate 50 1440
Red sand 47 1487
LOG No. 307.
NATHAN ESTEP FARM.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 35 35
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
White sand 15 50
Black slate 40 90
Dark sand 6 96
Black slate 86 182
Black sand 30 212
Biack slate 10 222
Gray sand 25 247
Black slate 85 332
Sand 30 362
Slate 60 422
White sand (Beaver) 275 697
Slate 35 732
Sand 3 735
Slate 10 745
Sand (Horton) 150 895
Slate 20 915
Sand (Pike) 61 976
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 86 1062
White sand (Maxon)— Oil show 55 1117
LOG No. 308.
W. N. MARTIN FARM.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 38 38
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Dark sand 12 50
Coal 4 54
White slate 43 97
Gray sand 13 110
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Black slate 76 186
Dark sand 38 224
White slate 10 234
White sand— Gas 20 254
Dark slate : 56 310
Slate and shale „ ...........: :....... 4 314
White sand— Gas 22 336
Black slate ; 76 412
White sand — Gas 20 432
White slate 13 445
White sand (Beaver ?)— Gas 218 663
Black slate 5 668
Black sand 5 673
Slate and shale 40 713
White sand— Salt water 32 745
Black slate 80 825
Sand :..;.:..:....;... ..: 30 855
Black slate 30 885
White sand-Gas 11 896
White slate : .. 8 904
White sand 16 920
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 106 1026
White sand ... 57 1083
LOG No. 309.
ADAM MARTIN FARM.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 51 51
White slate 25 76
Sand 114 190
Slate 25 215
Dark sand 15 230
Red rock 28 258
Black slate 5 263
Gray sand (Beaver) 193 456
White sand ' (Horton)— Salt water 384 840
Black slate 10 850
Sand 25 875
White slate 15 890
Sand 10 900
Slate 30 930
Sand ... 20 950
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
309
MISSISSIPPI^ SYSTEM.
White slate 35 985
Sand 202 1187
Black slate 12 1199
Lime— "Big lime"— Gas at 1350 211 1410
Red sand 90 1500
Gray sand 10 1510
Brown shale— Gas 20 1530
White slate 955 2485
Hard lime 16 2501
LOG No. 310. GUFFEY WELL.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 45 45
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 5 50
Coal 2 52
Gray sand 38 90
Black slate 69 159
Gray sand 104 263
Light slate 41 304
Gray sand 27 331
Light slate 122 453
Gray sand 30 483
Dark slate 21 504
White sand (Beaver) 174 678
Coal and lime shell 2 680
Slate 34 714
Sand (Horton) 116 830
Coal 1 831
Gray sand 18 849
Black slate 3 852
Black sand 29 881
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 80 961
White sand— Gas 39 1000
LOG No. 311. DAVID HAYS FARM.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 31 31
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand 15 46
Slate 22 68
Sand 12 80
Slate ... 75 155
310 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Sand 36 191
Slate 9 200
Sand 30 230
Slate 206 436
Sand (Beaver) 154 590
Slate 5 595
Sand 85 680
Slate 4 684
Sand (Horton)— Salt water 301 985
Slate 5 990
Shelly sand 50 1040
Slate 64 1104
Sand (Pike) — Oil show and salt water.... 44 1148
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 3 1151
Sand (Maxon) — Salt water 26 1177
LOG No. 312.
SUSANNA GEARHART FARM.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 38 38
Slate 3 41
Gray sand 15 56
Slate 19 75
Gray lime (?) 8 83
Black slate 22 105
Gray sand 15 120
Lime (?) 10 130
Black slate 45 175
Gray sand 100 275
Slate 194 469
Sand (Beaver) — Oil, gas and salt water.. 123 592
Black slate 12 • 604
White sand (Horton) 191 795
Coal 1 796
Gray lime (?) 12 808
Gray sand 40 848
Black slate 55 903
White sand (Pike)— Gas 90 993
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate and shells 20 1013
Reddish sand 40 1053
Dark slate 2 1055
White sand (Salt sand)— Salt water 45 1100
Lime .. 2 1013
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
311
LOG No. 313. MARION RICE FARM.
Prater Fork.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 23 23
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Light slate 18 41
Dark slate 20 61
Black slate 25 86
Dark slate 22 108
Coal 4 112
Dark slate 70 182
Gray sand 4 186
Slate 19 205
Dark sand 5 210
Black slate 26 236
Light slate 8 244
Gray sand 43 287
Dark slate 43 330
Gray sand 58 388
Black slate 68 456
Gray sand (Beaver) 115 571
Black slate 18 589
Gray sand ^ 12 601
White sand I o Salt water 34 635
Gray sand f? 1 97 732
White sand JS 41 773
Black slate 14 787
Brown slate 4 791
Sand (Pike) • 76 867
Black slate 7 874
Gray sand — Stray or salt - 40 914
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 78 992
Gray sand, Maxon 28 1020
Lime 6 1026
Red shale 17 1043
LOG No. 314. JAMES PRATER FARM.
Head of Prater Fork of Brush Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 46 46
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Gray sand 20 66
Light slate 46 112
Gray sand 41 153
Light slate 87 240
Gray sand 30 270
312 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Coal 1 271
Light slate 299 570
Sand (Beaver) — Gas 190 760
Slate 4 764
Sand (Horton) 61 825
Coal 3 828
Sand 30 858
Coal 2 860
Sand 26 886
Coal 1 887
Slate 6 893
Sandy slate 22 915
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Yellow slate 6 921
Red shale 10 931
Sand (Maxon) — Gas, oil and salt water.... 228 1159
LOG No. 315.
HEAD OF PRATER FORK OF BRUSH CREEK.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil : 46 46
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Light slate 35 81
Gray sand 10 91
Light slate 42 133
Gray sand 30 163
Light slate 8 171
Gray sand „ 62 233
Light slate .". 30 263
Gray sand 14 277
Light slate 76 353
Gray sand 20 373
Dark slate 34 407
Gray sand 9 416
Light slate 27 443
Gray sand 55 498
Light slate 99 597
Gray sand 6 603
Slate 4 607
White sand -j .... 145 752
Coal .... 1 753
Light gray sand f (Beaver and Horton).... 65 818
Coal .... 1 819
Light gray sand, Pike 109 928
Slate 2 930
Dark sand .. 10 940
RECORDS OP DRILLED WELLS
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 6
Sand (Maxon) — Gas, oil and salt water.... 150
Black slate 35
Sand ... 5
313
946
1096
1131
1136
LOG No. 316.
JAMES HICKS FARM.
Head of Brush Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 18 IS
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 21 39
Gray sand v 2 41
Slate 15 56
Gray sand 18 74
Slate 26 100
Gray sand 10 110
Slate 25 135
Gray sand 112 247
Slate 153 400
Gray sand 12 412
Slate 38 450
Gray sand 25 475
Sandy slate 73 548
Sand— gas V 82 630
Dark slate (. (Beaver) 5 635
White sand— gas ) 54 689
Dark slate 3 692
White sand— salt water "} : 127 819
Coal and slate l(Horton) 2 821
White sand 83 904
Coal 1 905
Gray sand 7 912
Dark slate 38 950
White sand (Pike)— Gas 69 1019
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM. .
Dark slate 30 1039
Sand (Maxou)— Oil and salt water 115 1164
314 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 317.
ESTHER HORTON FARM.
Rock Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 20 20
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 24 44
Sand 19 63
Slate 57 120
Sand 20 140
Slate 55 195
Sand 12 207
Slate 23 230
Sand 20 250
Shelly slate 200 450
White sand (Beaver)— Gas 145 595
Slate 2 597
Sand (Horton) 92 689
Coal 1 690
Black slate 28 718
Coal 2 720
Black slate 6 726
Sand (Pike)— Gas 109 835
Black slate 12 847
Gray sand — Oil and gas show 11 858
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 6 864
White sand (Maxon)— Oil ... 23 887
LOG No. 318.
WELL ONE MILE ABOVE MOUTH OF COW CREEK.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 40 40
Sand and slate 160 200
Slate 300 500
White sand (Beaver) — Salt water 245 745
Coal 5 750
Slate 110 860
White sand (Horton)— Gas 25 885
Slate and shells 20 905
Slate 10 915
White sand (Pike)— Salt water 27 942
(All Pottsville.)
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
315
LOG No. 319. JOHN BURCHETT FARM.
3 miles up Cow Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 22 22
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 48 70
Coal 3 73
Slate 77 150
Sand 30 180
Slate 45 225
Sand 30 255
Slate 50 305
Sand 5 310
Slate 115 425
Sand 40 465
Slate 78 543
Sand (Beaver and Horton) 287 830
Black slate 27 857
Sand (Pike) 61 918
Shelly slate 20 938
M1SSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 42 980
White sand (Maxon)— Salt water 23 1003
LOG No. 320. G. T. KENDRICK FARM.
Head of Cow Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 33 33
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 30 63
Gray sand 9 72
Dark slate 75 147
Gray sand 32 179
Dark slate 60 239
Gray sand 42 281
Dark slate 19 300
Gray sand 20 320
Dark slate 20 340
Gray sand 37 377
Dark slate 20 397
Gray sand •- 30 427
Dark slate 20 447
Gray sand 32 479
Dark slate 171 650
Coal 2 652
Sand 10 662
Black slate ... 5 667
316 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Sand (Beaver) 53 720
Black slate 12 732
White sand (Horton) 108 840
Coal 1 841
Sand 65 906
Black slate 10 916
Sand (Pike) 107 1023
Dark slate 40 1063
Sand (Salt sand) 65 1128
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Dark slate 5 1133
Dark sand 10 1143
Slate and red shale 120 1263
Gray sand 8 1271
Slate 62 1333
Sand and lime 40 1373
Dark slate 10 1383
Sand and slate 10 1393
Dark slate 17 1410
LOG No. 321. MORGAN WHITTAKER WELL,
GILL OIL CO.
Middle Creek, % mile S. W. of Prestonsburg.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 61 61
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
White sandstone 5 66
Light slate 34 100
Gray sandstone 4 104
Light slate 36 140
Gray sandstone 50 190
Black slate 5 195
Gray sandstone 65 260
Light slate— Cased at 265' 121 381
White sandstone 175 556
Coal 4 560
Gray sandstone 15 575
Dark slate 15 590
White sandstone 114 704
Black slate— Cased at 709' 8 712
Dark sandstone 12 724
White sandstone — Salt water at 735' 15 739
Black sandstone — Gas and oil show at
763' 25 764
Black slate 25 789
White sandstone — Gas and salt water at
810' ... 62 651
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 317
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black limestone 25 876
White limestone 39 915
Top of well is 72 feet below the Van Lear coal.
Drilled by L. H. Gormley.
LOG No. 322.
MOUTH OF PITTS FORK OF MIDDLE CREEK.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 32 32
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Light slate 5 37
Dark sand 8 45
Dark slate 5 50
Coal 2 52
Dark slate 20 72
Gray sand 55 127
Dark slate 30 157
Gray sand 20 177
Dark slate 65 242
Gray sand 50 292
Black slate 5 297
Gray sand 20 317
Black slate 63 380
Gray sand 15 395
Black slate 95 490
Sand (Beaver)— Oil and salt water 282 772
Dark slate 2 774
White sand (Horton) 30 804
Coal 3 807
Gray sand 11 818
Dark slate 22 840
White sand (Pike) — Gas, oil and salt
water 233 1073
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 15 1088
LOG No. 323.
REFITT FARM.
Pitts Fork of Middle Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 22 22
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Light slate 28 50
Gray sand 20 70
Black slate 30 100
White sand 70 170
Black slate ... 8 178
318 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OP KENTUCKY
Gray sand 82 260
Black slate 65 325
White sand 58 383
Light slate 17 400
Gray sand 28 428
Dark slate 22 450
Gray sand 18 468
Black slate .. 78 546
White sand „ 10 556
Black slate 8 564
Very dark slate 35 599
White sand 16 615
Dark slate 49 664
White sand (Beaver)— Salt water 142 806
Black slate 5 811
Sand (Horton) — Salt water 59 870
Black slate ! 17 887
Black sand 8 895
Black slate 25 920
Sand — Pebbly at base (Pike) — Gas, oil
and salt water 235 1155
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 16 1171
Limestone— "Big lime" 201 1372
Red shale 38 1410
Black shale 85 1495
White and shelly slate 100 1595
Dark slate 95 1690
White and shelly slate 70 1760
Brown slate I 96 1856
White slate 12 1868
Brown slate (Devonian) 26g 2136
Black slate J Gas 15 2151
LOG No. 324.
GREEN PITTS FARM.
Head of Pitts Fork of Middle Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 22 22
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 80 102
Sand 30 132
Black slate 37 169
Sand 38 207
Slate ... 5 212
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 319
Sand 37 249
Shelly slate 48 297
Sand 26 323
Slate 77 400
White sand 64 464
Slate 189 653
White sand (Beaver) 118 771
Slate 3 774
White sand (Horton) — Gas and salt water 221 995
Very dark sand 5 1000
White sand (Pike) 156 1156
Dark gray sand — Gas 10 1166
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate '. 18 1184
White sand (Maxon) ... 46 1230
LOG No. 325.
JOSEPH GRAY FARM.
Left Fork of Bull Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 8 8
PENNSYLVANIA^ SYSTEM.
Gray sand 37 45
Light slate 95 140
Gray sand 38 178
Shelly slate 77 255
Gray sand 105 360
Dark slate 91 451
Gray sand 20 471
Dark slate 30 501
White sand (Beaver) — Gas and salt water 194 695
Dark slate 13 708
Coal 2 710
White sand (Horton) 74 784
Coal 1 785
Gray sand 35 820
Sand (Pike)— Salt water 80 900
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red shale 35 935
Gray sand (Maxon) 7 942
Red shale 20 962
White sand (Maxon sand ?)— Salt water 68 1030
320 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 326.
JOHN GRAY FARM.
Head of Bull Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
Gravel 14 14
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and shale 26 40
Coal 4 44
Shale and shells 266 310
Sand 90 400
Shale and shells 100 500
Sand (Beaver) — Gas at 610. Water at 625 200 700
Shale 22 722
Coal :. 2 724
Sand— Water at 756 72 796
Slate and shell 50 846
Sand 74 920
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red shale 30 950
Gray shale 41 991
Sand (Maxon) 93 1084
"Little lime" 24 1108
"Pencil Cave" 15 1123
"Big lime"— Oil show at 1190 162 1285
Sand (Big Injun)— Gas at 1300 40 1325
Lime shells 268 1593
Brown shale (Sunbury ?) 20 1613
Lime— Oil show at 1628 80 1693
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale and shells (Devonian) 135 1828
Gray slate 15 1843
Shells and shale 576 2419
Flinty lime 19 2440
LOG No. 327.
R. S. ELLIOTT FARM.
Head of Big Mud Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 31 31
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 50 81
Blue sand 76 157
Dark slate 81 238
Gray sand 64 302
Dark slate 98 400
Dark sand 15 415
Dark slate ... 12 427
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 321
Gray sand 23 450
Dark slate 186 636
White sand 28 664
Slate 20 684
White sand 291 975
Dark slate 75 1050
White sand 50 1100
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Dark slate 23 1123
White sand — Oil and salt water 352 1475
Gray sand 83 1558
Slate 8 1566
Red slate 24 1590
Sand— Oil show 141 1731
Black slate ... 30 1761
LOG No. 328.
RIGHT BEAVER CREEK
Keystone Gas Co., J. N. Allen No. 1.
Strata Thickness Depth
Drift, 8^4" casing 0 45
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 85 130
Sandstone, gray, gas 140 exhausted 31 161
Slate 50 211
Sandstone, gray 12 223
Slate 53 276
Casing 6% 280
Sandstone, gray 19 295
Slate 74 369
"Beaver" Sandstone, white 166 535
Slate 8 543
Salt water flooded 655
Sandstone, white 205 748
Coal 2 750
Sandstone, gray 18 768
Slate, dark, cased 5 to 770 28 796
Slate, yellow, caving 5 801
Sandstone, (Pike) Gas 810-827 56 857
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate, black, caving 13 870
Sandstone, white 15 885
Total depth 885
Oil & Gas— 11
S22 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 329.
STEELE CREEK, RIGHT BEAVER CREEK.
Pennagrade Oil & Gas Co., T. A. Martin No. 2.
Strata Thickness Depth
Drift (10" casing) 0 15
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone 25 40
Shells and slate 35 75
Sandstone 25 100
Black slate (No. 8 casing) 50 150
White sand 58 208
Black slate 12 220
Limestone 61 280
Slate and shell 40 320
Limestone 30 350
Brown shale 15 365
Gray slate 37 402
Black slate 8 410
Limestone 60 470
White sand 5 475
Limey sand 20 500
Sandstone 10 510
Limestone 72 582
Sandstone 116 698
Slate 5 703
Black shale 15 718
Sandy shale 5 723
Sandstone (Salt water 735) 87 810
Dark sand 10 820
Black slate 15 825
Gray sand 18 843
Black slate 21 864
White sand, "Pike," Gas at 892 26 890
White sand, 2,000,000 cu. ft 951
Well not shot.
860 3" tubing on Packer in 6" hole.
A. B. Erode & Son, contractors.
RECORDS OP DRILLED WELLS 323
LOG No. 330
RIGHT BEAVER CREEK.
Pennagrade Oil & Gas Company. Nathaniel Estep No. 1.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Drift, 10" casing 0 42
Sand 20 62
Slate 98 160
Sand 40 200
Slate and shells (292 feet) 200 400
Sand (8" casing) 230 630
"Salt" Sand (Gas 500,000 cu. ft.) 75 715
Break 65 780
Slate 54 834
Sand and slate 14 848
Sandy slate 12 860
Broken up 55 915
White sand, oil at 940 29 944
Slate (955 ft. 6%), oil at 978 56 990
Dark shale (casing) 10 1000
Broken up 50 1050
Dark shale (water) 6 1056
Slate 20 1076
Sand "Maxon," hole full 1146 ft 84 1160
Break 1 1161
Dark sandy lime 21 1182
Slate 3 1185
White sandy lime 20 1205
Break 1 1206
Sand— "Bradley" 25 1231
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big Lime" (dark) 26 1257
"Big Lime" (light, oil at 1271) 1 1358
Red Limestone, oil at 1293 101 1359
Big Lime, oil at 1311 45 1404
Red Rock 13 1417
"Big Injun," oil at 1482 83 1500
"Big Injun," gas 6 1506
Slate and shell 54 1560
Well completed August 14, 1918.
Shot with 65 pounds of 65% gelatin.
1237 feet 4% inches casing.
1240 feet 2 inch tubing on Disk Wall Packer.
Elevation 686 feet.
Drilled for A. B. Erode and Son.
324 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
GBAYSON COUNTY.
LOG No. 331.
WELL AT MEREDITH.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil and clay 10 10
Gray shale 28 38
Gray sand 5 43
Black shale 32 75
Black sand — Asphalt 5 80
Black shale 25 105
Sand 5 110
Black shale 40 150
Coal 1 151
Black shale 5 156
Gray sand 10 166
Black rock— Asphalt 25 191
Shale 2 193
Gray sand 13 206
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gray shale 63 269
Brown lime 10 279
Gray shale 5 284
Red marl 16 300
Dark shale 6 306
Gray lime 10 316
Gray shale 4 320
Gray lime 46 366
Gray and white sand 46 412
Gray lime 33 445
Dark shale 5 450
Sand (Cypress ?) 60 510
Gray lime 92 602
White shale 3 605
White lime 25 630
Lime — Sulphur water at 774 300 930
Black sandy lime — Gas show 10 940
Brown and white lime 55 995
Brown shale 10 1005
Brown and white lime 140 1145
Gray, sandy lime — Gas show 15 1160
Gray lime 35 1195
Gray shale 12 1207
Lime and shale 13 1220
Dark gray, sandy lime 25 1245
Dark shale 20 1265
Dark lime ... . 155 1420
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 325
Gray sand 27 1447
Sand and shale 5 1452
Gray and white lime 123 1585
Light gray shale 13 " 1598
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 120 1718
Black lime 20 1738
Black and white lime 5 1743
Gray lime 52 1795
Light brown lime 30 1825
Gray sandy lime — Oil show 15 1840
Gray lime 10 1850
White lime 50 1900
Fine white sand (lime ?) — Oil show and
water 10 1910
LOG No. 332.
JAMES E. McGREW WELL NO. 1.
Anneta, Grayson (County, Kentucky.
Begun December 30, 1916, finished about April 25, 1917.
Elevation 750 feet, estimated.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil and clay 8 8
Sand rock 3 11
Gray shale 5 16
Black rock, asphalt 1 17
Blue shale 70 87
Gray sand, trace of asphalt 40 127
Blue shale 28 155
Light gray shale 17 172
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale 18 190
Lime and shale, water 10 200
White shale 5 205
Marl, red and blue 8 213
White shale - 7 220
Blue shale 30 250
Lime shells 5 255
Blue shale 48 303
Lime, white 8 311
Blue shale 15 326
Lime, gray, very hard 32 358
Shale 10 368
Sand ... 45 413
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Lime, hard, Kaskaskia 35 448
Shale 8 456
Sand, lower 15 feet thin bands of sand
and shale, Big Clifty 42 498
Shale, blue, soft 12 510
Lime, gray, moderately hard 5 515
Shale, gray, hard 5 520
Lime, white, hard 10 530
Shale, white, hard 4 534
Lime, between 540 and 550, two soft
streaks of lime and one about two
feet and one about six inches like
thick whitewash 40 574
Shale, tough, hard, white 10 584
Lime, varying in color and hardness to
740 156 740
Lime, gray, sandy, with hard shells,
probably Waverly, Blue Lick at 830- 150 890
Lime, white, soft, no grit 25 915
Lime, hard, flinty, gritty, cased at 918.... 7 922
Lime, brown and white, soft 60 982
Lime, dark gray, mixed with white, white
part very soft 18 1000
Lime, ibrown and white 40 1040
Lime, dark gray, hard 30 1070
Lime, dark, brown, hard 65 1135
Lime, black 9 1144
Lime, brown and gray shales 23 1167
Lime, gray 35 1202
Lime and shale, mixed with shells oc-
casionally 70 1272
Shale, sandy, dark 3 1275
Shale, sandy, ligbt gray 15 1290
Lime, gray, very hard, gas at 1355, about
enough to burn three feet high out
of casing, no change in rock 65 1355
Lime, black, hard 45 1400
Lime, gray, soft, shelly 10 1410
Lime, gray and mixed with sand 5 1415
Lime, white, sandy 70 1485
Shale, dove color, soft with hard shells
of gray lime 35 1520
Gray sand and lime, show of oil at 1523,
gas at 1531 19 1539
Shale, green and soft 17 1556
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 327
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Shale, brown Devonian 10 1666
Lime, dark, hard, gray 25 1691
Lime, white and gray mixed 10 1701
Lime, dark brown 15 1716
Lime, gray 5 1721
Lime, light gray, almost white, trace of
oil, very hard 34 1755
Lime, brown, very hard 15 1770
Lime, gray, soft, white flaked 25 1795
Lime, white, hard 35 1830
Lime, blue, gray, trace of oil, little salt
water 5 1835
Lime, white 25 1860
Sand, gray, show of oil, stopped on hard
shell, strong flow of salt water 5 1865
Sand, hard, white 10 1876
Lime, gray, mixed with shale 25 1900
Lime, brown, moderately soft 10 1910
1100 feet of water in well.
Lime, brown 15 1925
Lime, gray, very hard 5 1930
Lime, dark gray, trace of asphalt 5 1935
Lime, white, hard 15 1950
Lime, gray and white 35 1985
Lime, gray shale and lime mixed 5 1990
Lime, dark gray, changing to light gray 30 2020
Lime, blue gray 10 2030
Lime, light brown 55 2085
Shale, light gray 5 2090
Rock, light gray, shale or rock not de-
termined 45 2135
Lime, gray 25 2160
Shale, blue gray 10 2170
Lime and gray shale in thin bed 15 2185
Closed about April 25, 1917.
(Top of Silurian and Ordovician indefinite.)
328 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 333.
HUNTER WELL No. 1.
Leitchfleld.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shale, sand and clay ...* 32 32
Lime 40 72
Shale 28 100
Lime 35 135
Blue shale •_ 20 155
Sand (Cypress) 40 195
Lime 20 215
Shale 10 225
Lime 37 262
Shale 13 275
Lime — Sulphur water at 450 and 540 295 570
Light brown lime— Water at 570 to 590.. 45 615
Gray lime — Cased at 690 75 690
Brown lime 75 765
Dark lime— Sulphur water 50 815
Black lime — Cased at 840 — Gas show at
900 136 951
Black lime 9 960
Sandy black lime — Gas at 961 4 964
(Well starts in Chester and is all in Mississippian).
LOG No. 334.
HILL WELL.
Leitchfleld.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 12 12
Sand 18 30
Lime 50 80
Sand (Cypress) 80 160
Shale 12 172
Lime— Gas at 320 288 460
Dark brown lime 20 480
Gray sandy lime 15 495
Brown lime — "Blue Lick" water at 505 50 545
Gray lime 199 744
White and brown lime— Cased at 762 18 762
Dark gray lime — Oil show at 785 57 819
Black lime 56 875
Dark gray lime — Gas show 70 945
Black lime and shale ... . 268 1213
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 329
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 137 1350
Gray and white lime 15 1365
White and brown lime 66 1431
Dark brown lime — Gas show at 1433 14 1445
Gray and white lime 65 1510
Sandy lime— Oil show at 1514 12 1522
White lime 35 1557
Brown lime 5 1562
White lime 6 1568
Brown lime 35 1603
Gray lime 57 1660
Base of Devonian System Undetermined.
LOG. No. 335. STINSON WELL NO. 1.
Leitchfield.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSrPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 12 12
Limestone 12 24
Crevice 14 38
Limestone 127 165
Blue Shale 2 167
Limestone 63 230
Gray Shale 5 235
Limestone 10 245
Gray shale 50 295
Black shale 20 315
Limestone— "Blue Lick" water at 333 18 333
Limestone— Cased at 410, Gas at 690 577 910
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 126 1036
Shale and lime mixed 7 1043
Black shale 5 1048
Limestone— white 9 1057
Limestone — gray 28 1085
[Limestone — dark 19 1104
Limestone — gray 12 1116
Limestone— dark— Oil show at 1116 5 1121
Limestane — brown 3 1124
Limestone — gray 13 1137
Limestone — brown 21 1158
Limestone — gray 18 1176
Limestone — white 34 1210
Limestone — dark — Oil show 20 1230
Limestone — brown 21 1251
Base of Devonian System Undetermined.
330 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 336.
ALLEN— WALLACE WELL.
Leitchfield.
Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay * 10 10
Lime 18 28
Blue shale 22 50
Lime 40 90
Sand 20 110
Lime 55 165
Sand (Cypress) 55 220
Shale and lime shells 9 229
Blue shale 10 239
Blue lime 9 248
Blue shale 13 261
Brown lime 16 277
Blue shale 1 278
Sandy lime 6 284
Blue shale 1 285
Lime— Sulphur water at 580 1011 1296
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 160 1456
Very dark lime 14 1470
Gray lime 4 1474
Dark lime 5 1479
Gray lime 52 1531
Dark lime 9 1540
Light gray lime 64 1604
White lime— Gas show at 1609 17 1621
Brownish lime 29 1650
Dark lime 36 1686
Light lime— Salt water 1860 214 1900
Very dark lime 15 1915
Gray lime 22 1937
Light brown lime 28 1965
Gray lime 47 2012
Light brown lime 22 2034
(Well starts in Chester).
Base of Devonian and Silurian Systems Undetermined.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 331
LOG No. 750. RECORD OF TUCKER WELL NO. 1.
Brady Oil & Gas Company, Emporium, Pa.
James Ross, Driller.
Begun August 17, 1918.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay (surface) 14 14
Big Clifty sand 70 84
Missing 6 90
Lime, gray 10 100
Lime, brown 5 105
Missing 3 108
Lime, gray 36 144
Lime, brown, sandy 35 179
Lime, gray 10 189
Lime, brownish 117 306
Shale or shaly 4 310
Lime, lime, gray, brownish 74 384
Mud 2 386
Lime, gray, brownish 31 417
Missing 41 458
Lime, light brown 4 24 482
Lime, gray, brownish 110 592
Lime, dark, brown 8 600
Samples missing, cases last time 151 751
Lime, light gray, hard 14 , 765
Lime, light gray, medium 35 800
Lime, light gray, hard 26 826
Lime, light dark, soft 10 836
Lime, light dark, hard 14 850
Lime, gray, hard 20 870
Lime, dark, medium 14 884
Lime, dark, hard 91 975
Lime, dark, medium hard 35 1010
Lime, dark medium soft 55 1065
Lime, dark, medium hard 122 1187
Lime, brown sandy, oil 10 1197
Lime, brown sandy, oil 8 1205
Lime, shelly 4 1209
Lime, black 29 1238
Lime, gray, white specks 6 1244
Lime, light gray, brownish 56 1300
Lime, black, sandy 8 1308
Black shale, Devonian 122 1420
Light and shale mixed, very dark 10 1430
Lime, gray with white specks 15 1445
332 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Lime, dark 45 1490
Lime, brownish gray 12 1502
Lime, brownish gray 52 1554
Lime, brownish gray, dark 6 1560
Lime, brownish gray, dark 12 1572
Lime, bluish 6 1578
Lime, bluish 6 1584
Lime, bluish 40 1624
LOG No. 751. JOHN T. DUNN WELL NO. 1.
Leitchfield, 1918.
Begun February 8, 1918.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 39 39
Lime 4 43
Slate or marl, 14" conductor to 42 ft 30 73
Sand, supposed to be the Big iClifty 58 131
Cave 5 136
Lime, St. Louis, St. Genevieve (water at
165 and 10" casing to 158) 29 165
Slate 20 185
Sand, no sample taken 15 200
Lime, St. Louis _ 50 250 .
Slate, soapstone 8 258
Lime, gray cased with 8" casing at 386
feet 70 328
Lime continued 52 380
Slate 4 384
Lime, gray . 31 415
Lime, .brown 50 465
Lime, gray, brown flakes 12 477
Lime, brown 10 487
Lime, brown, sulphur water 5 492
Lime, gray, soft 5 497
Lime, brown, some hard 13 510
Lime, brown, hard 15 525
Lime, gray, soft 5 530
Lime, brownish, 10 ft. soft then 10 ft.
hard 20 550
Lime, gray, softer and medium 10 560
Lime, dark brown, harder 11 571
Lime, dark gray, white specks, soft 7 578
Lime, brown, hard 5 585
Lime, gray, softer, sulphur at 585 4 587
Lime, brown ... 18 605
RECORDS OP DRILLED WELLS 33;
Lime, very dark, oily, coffee grounds 5 610
Lime, very dark, brownish gray 17 627
Cased at 616 and 619, last 3-28-1918.
Lime, light brown 2 629
Lime, brown and gray, softer and harder,
no samples 53 682
Lime, dark gray, white specks 1 705
Lime, dark gray, sandy, inky black sul-
phur water 3 708
Lime, dark gray, white specks 4 712
Lime, sandy, oily 41 753
Lime, softer, cased last time at 758 feet,
no samples 5 758
Lime, dark gray, some chert and hard
streaks 353 1128
Lime, sandy specks 15 1143
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Ohio shale 137 1280
Lime, gray, last screw sandy 38 1318
Lime, gray 15 1333
Lime, dark brownish gray 6 1339
Lime, gray 13 1352
Lime, sandy gray, place for 1st Ohio oil 8 1360
Lime, dark gray, soft flakes in last screw 14 1374
Lime, gritty, some very light specks 94 1468
Lime, gray, nearly white 5 1473
Lime, shade darker 6 1479
Lime, gray, shade lighter 16 1495
Lime, sandy, oil sand, little oil 10 1505
Lime, nearly white, drilling ceased 3 1508
Well finished April 29, 1918.
Authority, James Hancock, Driller.
LOG No. 752.
PATTERSON WELL NO. 1.
Near Olaten.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 12 12
White lime, hard 15 27
Oil sand 5 32
Blue shale 16 48
White lime, hard 5 53
Blue shale 11 64
White lime, hard 31 95
Blue broken lime 9 104
334 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Sandy lime 10 114
White lime 36 150
White lime 60 210
Brown lime 55 265
White lime 32 297
Oil sand 6 303
Gray lime 32 335
Blue Lick formation 61 396
Brown lime 4 400
Cased 8" hole at 400
White lime 2 402
Slate lime 2 404
White lime, hard 11 415
Gray lime 5 420
Brown lime 6 426
Brown and gray lime 5 431
L'ght brown lime, hard 5 436
Gas sand 10 446
Light brown lime 19 465
Gray lime, hard 5 470
Dark gray lime 44 514
Brown gray, lime 8 522
Dark brown lime 23 545
Dark brown lime 32 582
Gray and 'brown lime, hard 8 590
Gray lime, hard 10 600
Dark gray lime 35 635
Blue and white lime 15 m 650
Dark gray lime, sandy 5 655
Brown lime, hard 35 690
Dark gray lime, hard 45 735
Black lime, soft 29 764
Dark gray lime, soft 71 835
Black lime, soft 90 925
Gray lime, soft 15 940
Oil sand, show of oil 6 946
Gray lime 11 957
Top of oil sand 10 967
Oil sand 9 976
Gray lime 59 1035
Gray sandy lime 20 1055
Blue shell lime 5 1060
Blue lime and slate 5 1065
Blue slate 23 1088
Black shale ... . 184 1272
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
335
Black lime, hard
Dark black lime
Black gray lime
Black lime, soft
Black and gray lime
Gray lime
Hard light brown sand, show of gas
Brown sand
Brown sand, soft
Black lime
Black lime, soft
Black lime, hard
Gray lime
White lime, soft ...
1276
1280
1284
1290
1296
1300
1314
1334
1344
1350
1365
1380
1387
1392
LOG No. 337.
GBEEN COUNTY.
RUSSELL FARM.
Strata
MISSISSrPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay
Thicki
8
Gray lime
20
Brown lime
93
Gray lime
19
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale
48
White lime
7
Sandy lime
4
Shale
2
Gas well.
Depth
28
121
140
188
195
199
201
LOG No. 338.
R. C. WHITE FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
UISSISSTPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 20 20
Gravel 2 22
Lime 118 140
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 45 185
Gray shale 10 195
White sand (lime?) 10 205
Lime shell 3 208
"Gas sand" 19 227
Gas well.
S36 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 339.
ADA TURNER FARM.
Highland.
(Partial record.)
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 325 325
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 19 344
Salt water at 379
LOG No. 340.
W. A. CHERRY FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Sandy lime 100 100
Gray lime 75 175
Gray shale 81 256
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 42 298
Hard lime 8 306
White sand (lime?) 18 324
"Gas sand" 32 356
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Gray shale 25 381
Pink shale 14 395
Gas well.
LOG No. 341.
W. O. PENICK FARM.
Strata Thickness Deptl
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 2 2
Lime 108 110
"Salt sand" 2 112
Dark lime 38 150
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 50 200
Lime 25 225
"Gas sand" 24 249
Gas well.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 337
LOG NO. 342
BUCHANAN FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 6 6
Lime 242 248
White shale 10 258
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 51 309
Gray lime 6 315
Soft white lime 26 341
"Gas sand" 21 362
Gas well.
GEEENUP COUNTY.
LOG No. 343.
RECORD OF UNITED FUEL-GAS CO.— TRANSYLVANIA OIL & GAS
CO. JOINT WELL NO. 1.
Drilled on Geo. F. Bradley Farm, Big White Oak Creek,
Completed June 6, 1918.
Strata Top Bottom Thickness
Surface, gravel, etc 12 12
Fresh water 12
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Big lime 12 87 75
Blue clay r 87 140 53
Slate and shells 140 305 165
Sandstone 305 350 45
Slate - 350 415 65
Limestone 415 548 133
Black slate 548 575 127
Dark shale 594 600 6
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale (cased 794 ft.— 8% in.).. 675 985 310
White slate 985 1065 80
Show of gas 1065 1072 7
Rag'and sand 1085 1120 35
Water at 1115
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Niagara lime 1120 1420 300
White shale 1420 1430 10
Red rock (cased 1520 ft. 6 5-8) 1430 1550 120
Clinton sand 1605 1650 45
Show of oil at 1629
Shale 1650 1667 17
Total Depth 1667
338 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
CASING RECORD
10 inch No. 32—100 ft. pulled.
8 1-4 inch No. 24— 794ft. left in well.
6 5-8 inch No. 17 — 1520 ft. pulled.
LOG No. 344.
RECORD OF UNITED FUEL-GAS CO.— TRANSYLVANIA OIL & GAS
CO. JOINT WELL NO. 2.
Drilled on Sanford Bradley Farm, Big White Oak Creek,
Completed December, 1918.
Strata Top Bottom Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Surface, gravel, etc 10 10
Fresh water 20 10
Lime 20 55 35
Slate 55 100 45
Blue clay 100 300 200
S'ate and lime 300 425 125
Sand 425 435 10
Lime 435 525 90
Black slate 525 600 75
White slate 600 675 75
Lime and black shale 675 725 50
Brown shale 725 815 90
Lime shell 815 825 10
Brown shale 825 925 100
Light shale 925 995 70
Lime, light, hard 995 1315 320
Light shale 1315 1325 10
Red rock 1325 1450 125
White slate 1450 1485 35
Red rock 1485 1500 15
B ue shale 1500 1510 10
Clinton sand 1510 1535 25
Blue shale 1535 1575 40
Slate and shells 1575 1610 35
Red rock 1610 1630 20
Slate 1630 1755 125
Lime 1755 1765 10
Slate and lime shells 1765 2301 536
Total depth of hole 2301
Water at 432
Show of oil and gas 1000
Water — three bailers per hour 1015
Water— hole full 1080
Cave .. 1375 to 1425
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 339
CASING RECORD
13 inch conductor — 13 1-2 ft.
10 inch casing — 106 ft. pulled.
8 1-4 inch casing — 500 ft. pulled.
6 5-8 inch casing — 1330 ft. pulled.
Devonian and Silurian Systems Indefinite.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
LOG No. 345.
NEWMAN WELL.
5 Miles S. of Hawesville.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
C!ay 10 10
Sand 160 170
AlISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue slate (top of Chester?) 50 220
Blue lime 35 255
Dark s'.ate 55 310
Lime 110 420
Red slate 25 445
Lime 75 520
Red slate 10 530
Gritty lime — Oil show at 535 — water 25 555
White lime 80 635
White sand — water at 645 20 655
Gray lime— "Blue Lick" water at 830 225 880
Dark lime 300 1180
Gray lime 220 1400
Dark lime 110 1510
Gray lime 290 1800
Dark lime 50 1850
Gray lime 25 1875
Dark lime 25 1900
Gray lime 10 1910
Dark lime 55 1965
Dark slate 45 2010
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown slate, 78 2088
Gray lime l(Devonian) 7 2095
Brown slate J 30 2125
Gray lime 25 2150
White lime— Oil show at 2225 170 2320
Dark lime 10 2330
White lime 23 2353
340 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
HAERISON COUNTY.
LOG No. 346.
WELL AT CYNTHIANA.
(Partial record.)
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil .. 24 24
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Dark gray lime 52 76
Light, fine-grained lime — sulphur water
at 74 19 95
Gray lime 55 150
Very dark gray lime at 175
Light dove-colored lime (Tyrone) at 215 to 300
Light lime at 350 to 600
Dark dove-colored lime at 670 to 690
Light green shale at 760
Light sandy lime (Calciferous) ... at 785 to 1000
HART COUNTY.
LOG No. 347.
WELL ON DOG CREEK.
Strata Thickness Depth.
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 12 12
Gray lime 26 38
Blue shale 26 64
Hard lime 10 74
Blue shale 34 108
Gray lime 50 158
Dark lime 70 228
Light gray lime— salt water 50 278
Light gray sand 25 303
Gray lime 71 374
Dark gray sand 24 398
Gray lime 120 518
Dark gray sand 54 572
Light gray lime 30 602
Red lime 40 642
Very dark lime 93 735
Dark bastard sand — Oil show 12 747
Dark gray lime 178 925
Dark bastard sand 42 967
Very dark lime 138 1105
Lead-colored slate (Base of Mississippian) 5 1110
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 341
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 105 1215
Gray lime 25 1240
Open sandy streak— Oil and gas shows.... 18 1258
Dark lime 14 1272
Dark sandy lime 8 1280
Light sandy lime — oil show 10 1290
Soft gray lime 40 1330
Base of Devonian Indefinite.
LOG No. 348.
WELL ON DOG CREEK.
Strata Thickness Depth
illSSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 9 9
Gray lime 56 65
Blue shale 4 69
Dark gray lime 1 70
Dark gray sand 20 90
Blue shale 12 102
Lime 28 130
Gray sand 7 137
Dark gray shale 10 147
Gray bastard sand 12 159
Dark gray shale 27 186
Gray lime 19 205
Coal 6"
Dark gray shale 4 209
Gray lime 10 219
Dark shale 3 222
Gray lime 248 470
Brownish-gray lime 1 35 505
Hard gray sand 20 525
Gray lime _.. 97 622
Dark bastard lime 178 800
Dark gray lime 15 815
Bastard lime and sand 25 840
Black bastard lime 80 920
Hard dark sand 30 950
Dark bastard lime 50 1000
B:ack bastard slate 40 1040
Black bastard lime 173 1213
Probobly all Mississippian.
342 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 105 1318
Hard gray sand 10 1328
B ack slate 6 1334
Gray hard sand (?) 2 1336
Light gray sand (?) 23 1359
Dark gray sand (?) 6 1365
Hard bastard sand (?) 6 1371
Hard bastard lime 25 1396
Hard gray sand (?) 24 1420
Reddish gray sand (?) 10 1430
Light open sand (?) — strong salt water.... 17 1447
The "sand" given below the black shale was probab'.y lime.
LOG No. 349.
CROGAN FARM.
Dog Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil and gravel 18 18
Gray lime 40 58
Yellow lime 40 98
White slate 7 105
Lime 5 110
White slate 35 145
Lime ...! 175 320
"Blue Lick" 20 340
Lime 155 495
Sandy lime 30 525
"B ue stone" 15 540
Slate 10 550
Lime 25 575
Slate 8 583
Lime 192 775
Sandy lime 75 850
Very hard lime 250 1100
"Broken" 40 1140
White slate 5 1145
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale (Devonian) 80 1225
Brown, sandy lime — oil show 50 1275
Light brown lime 20 1295
White lime 105 1400
Very Irregular Record.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
343
LOG No. 350.
POMEROY AND HAMILTON WELL.
1*6 Miles S. W. of Upton.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 7 7
Lime 348 355
Limy sha'e 150 505
Dark shaly lime 290 795
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale (Devonian) 79 874
Siliceous lime 4 878
Brown lime 52 930
Dark shaly lime 30 960
Gray lime— salt water at 960 18 978
Dark shaly lime 33 1011
Red shale 5 1016
White shaly lime 22 1038
Dark slate 22 1060
Dark shaly lime 25 1085
Dark greenish s'ate 16 1101
HOPKINS COUNTY.
LOG No. 351.
EARLINGTON WELL.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand 192 192
Shale 17 209
Shale and sand 9 218
Coal 1 219
Sha'e 45 264
Dark shale and thin coal 5 269
Shale 23 292
Sand with shale breaks 27 319
Hard cap 1 320
White sand— water 47 367
Black sand 2 369
Shale and coal stain 2 371
Sand 32 403
Shale 2 405
Sand— Oil show at 418 77 482
Shale 21 503
Sand 25 528
Shale 80 608
Sand 35 643
Shale 9 652
Sandy shale 19 671
Sand .. 130 801
344 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Pebbly shale 12 813
Sand 6 819
Blue lime 13 831
Shale 13 844
Sand 78 922
Shale 15 937
Sand 5 942
Coal „ 3 945
Sand 105 1050
Shale 1 1051
Sand 46 1097
Shale 2 1099
Sand with shale breaks 23 1122
Sand 12 1134
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 4 1138
Lime 12 1150
Red shale 20 1170
Sand 5 1175
Shale 15 1190
Sand 14 1204
Blue s ate 10 1214
Sand 11 1225
Limy shale 32 1257
Sand 6 1263
Black shale 9 1272
Soft shale ... 44 1316
JOHNSON COUNTY.
LOG No. 352. THOMAS OSBORN FARM.
Toms Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 39 39
Dark slate 126 165
Gray sand 210 375
Dark slate 95 470
White sand (base of Pottsville) 85 555
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 159 714
Dark sand 136 850
Dark slate 170 1020
Black slate 15 1035
Gray sand 90 1125
White s:ate 20 1145
Black slate (Sunbury?) 35 1180
Dark sand (Berea?) ... 30 1210
RECORDS OP DRILLED WELLS 345
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 400 1610
White slate 105 1715
Lime ... 97 1812
LOG No. 353.
FREDERICK MURRAY FARM.
Toms Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil : 19 19
Black slate 186 205
White sand (base of Pottsville) 399 604
IU1SSIS3IPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 156 760
Blue sand 40 800
Black slate 269 1069
Gray sand 75 1144
Gray s'.ate and shells 61 1205
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 1 75 1280
White slate (Devonian?) 68 1348
Brown shale J 327 1675
White slate 125 1800
White lime ... . 132 1932
LOG No. 354.
M. F. SLOAN FARM.
Toms Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 21 21
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
White sand .. 384 405
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
White lime— "Big lime" 145 550
Slate and shell 330 880
Light sand 80 960
White s'ate 30 990
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 480 1470
White slate 147 1617
Lime ... 383 2000
346 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 355.
BARNETTS CREEK.
Lessee, Leroy Adams Oil Co. Casing Head Elvation 702 Ft.
Production 5 Barrels Light Green Oil.
Total Depth 1035 Feet.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sandstone, Pottsville 460 460
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Grey shale 10 470
"Mauch Chunk" "Big Lime," Gas 490,
St. Louis 69 539
Pale green to grey sha'ey sandstone,
Waverly 369 908
"Sunberry" shale 11 919
"Wier" sand (oil 919-953) 34 953
Hard sandy shale — Berea 77 1030
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ... 5 1035
LOG No. 356.
MUD LICK CREEK.
Lessor, Zollie Ward. Lessee, Leroy Adams Oil Co.
Casing Head Elvation 613 Feet.
Total Depth 1950.
Strata Feet Feet
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sandstone — gas and little oil, 200-205 280
Shale 280 295
Sandy shale -..- 295 323
Fine grained sandstone 323 335
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Sandy shale — oil soaked and gas — Big
Injun series 417 430
Waverly shaley sands 430 782
Sunberry 782 787
Berea sand fair gas blow 787 800
Berea sand 800 875
Berea sand but more gas 875 885
Sandy shale (Transitiona1.) ... . 885 900
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 347
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black and varied colors 900 1510
Brown coffee shale 1510 1520
Oil soaked and gassy limestone
— "Corniferous" 1520 1534
Limestone. (Salt and pepper) 1534 1585
Sandy lime fresh water — 2 bails.
Oriskany? 1585 1600
Lime _ 1600 1670
Limey shale 1670 1675
Limestone, hard 1675 1695
Strong gas — very poisonous. Large su"-
phur percentage 1695 1700
Limestone „ 1700 1820
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Grey shale 1820 1825
Limestone — Manlius of Silurian? 1825 1950
LOG No. 357.
J. H. STAMBAUGH FARM.
Toms Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and gravel 33 33
Black slate 12 45
White sand 145 190
White slate 8 198
White sand 81 279
Black slate 4 283
White sand (base of Pottsville) 197 480
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 123 603
White slate 200 803
Slate and shells 151 954
Black sand 70 1024
Gray sand 28 1052
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale >, 128 1180
White shale 50 1230
Black shale ^Devonian?) 154 1384
White sand and shell f 16 " 1400
Black shale J 161 1561
White slate .'. 159 1720
Gray lime 383 2103
Devonian record irregular
348 . OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 358.
NANCY WITTEN FARM.
Toms Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIA^ SYSTEM.
Soil 95 120
Black slate 20 140
Black sand 368 508
White sand 8 516
Black slate (base of Pottsville) 158 674
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 80 754
Gray sand 266 1020
Slate and shale 70 1090
Gray sand 38 1128
Slate and shells 494 1622
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 169 1791
White shale 539 2330
Lime 10 2340
Black slate 145 2485
Devonian record irregular, base indefinite.
LOG No. 359.
J. B. VANHOOSE FARM.
Toms Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil '. 55 55
Black s'ate 185 240
Brown sand 20 260
White slate 30 290
Gray sand 103 393
White slate 42 435
White sand (base of Pottsville) 265 700
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
White lime— "Big lime" 150 850
Dark sand 100 950
White slate 244 1194
Gray sand 75 1269
Slate shell 56 1325
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 500 1825
White slate 143 1968
Black shale 23 1991
Gray lime 15 2006
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
349
LOG No. 360.
J. C. MURPHY FARM.
Toins Creek.
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and gravel
Black slate
White sand
Black slate
White sand (base of Pottsville)
Thickness
5
370
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
White lime— "Big lime" 158
Dark shale 150
White shale 209
Gray sand 73
White slate and shell 50
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale
White slate
White lime
Dark lime
Devonian record irregular.
450
155
90
Depth
30
80
160
165
535
693
843
1052
1125
1175
1625
1780
1870
1962
LOG No. 361.
W. A. STAPLETON FARM.
Toms Creek.
Thickness
.. 21
.. 140
.. 35
. 349
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil
Slate
Black sand
White sand (base of Pottsville) ...
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 155
Black slate 235
Slate and shells 95
Gray sand 90
White slate 30
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 482
White slate ; 139
Lime ... 94
Depth
21
161
196
545
700
935
1030
1120
1150
1632
1771
1865
350 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 362.
W. H. CONLEY FARM.
Pigeon Creek of Little Paint Creek. Alt. 980 feet. August 17, 1918.
Production 1,000,000 cu. ft. gas.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 12 12
Blue shale 38 50
Coal 1% 51%
Blue shale 38% 90
White sand — Oil shows 220 310
Sandy shale 30 340
Slate 65 405
White sand 35 440
Slate 5 445
Shell 7 452
Black slate (base of Pottsville) 23 475
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Little lime" 10 485
Blue shale 20 505
"Big lime" 80 585
Sand 250 835
Blue shale 15 850
Light brown sand — Gas 60 910
Greenish blue sand 20 930
Brown sand 20 950
Black sha'e (Sunbury) 20 970
Brown sand (Berea?) .. 60 1030
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ^ 360 1390
B ack slate and limy shells ^.(Devonian?) 10 1400
Black shale J 50 1450
Greenish white shale 120 1570
Brown shale 7 1577
Brown lime — Gas 20 1597
Dark blue lime 15 1612
White lime 28 1640
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 351
LOG No. 363.
LITTLE MINE FORK OF PAINT CREEK.
Lessee P. J. White.
Casing Head Elevation 850. Total Depth 2005.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil and shale 41 41
Massive sandstone 144 185 "Salt" sand
Shale ! 85 270
Shaly sandstone and cal-
careous shale 65 335
Shaly lime 65 400 "Little lime"
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Pencil cave 5 405 "Big lime"
Lime 77 482
Slate 46 528
Sandstone 116 644 "Big Injun"
Sate 156 800
Black slate 10 810 "Sunberry"
Sandstone 66 876 "Berea"
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
B ack shale 269 1145
White shale 85 1230
Sandy lime (Corniferous).. 13 1243
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Sandy lime 587 1830
Red and pink shales 175 2005 "Clinton"
LOG No. 364. JENNYS CREEK.
Lessor, Sherman Rice, No. 1. Lessee, L. C. White.
October 20, 1917. Completed February 14, 1918.
Total Depth 1063 feet.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil, sandy 20
Coal 5 25
Quicksand 23 48
Lime 32 80
Sand, white — water 40 120
Shale, blue 60 180
Lime, sandy — gas 15 195
Shale 15 205
Lime 10 215
Sand, white 5 220
Lime 20 240
Sand, salt, dark oil 30 270
Shale, blue 60 330
Sand gas in bottom, very hard 170 500
Shale, blue ... 80 580
£52 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Sand, Maxon, little gas 7 587
Lime, sandy 10 597
Lime, St. Louis, little 'gas about 665, and
little water, about 670 — 1 bbl. per day
salt water 110 707
Slate, green 25 732
Waverly shale 263 995
Hard grey sandy shale 7 1002
Shale, brown 18 1020
Shale, black 5 1025
Sandy sha'.e, show of oil 9 1034
Sand, Berea 29 1063
Lime, sandy and hard 1 1064
Sand pumpings had odor of oil all thru from 1025 to 1063.
LOG No. 365.
JENNYS CREEK.
Lessor, Sherman Rice, No. 2. Lessee, L. C. White.
Started April 20, 1918. Completed May 4, 1918.
Producing Sand, Pottsville. Ttotal Depth, 356 feet.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIA^ SYSTEM.
Soil 17
Gravel and sand 10 27
Sandstone 4 31
Lime 9 40
Blue shale, very sticky, muds up 23 63
Lime 20 83
White sand— water 42 125
B ue shale 58 183
Lime 15 198
Blue shale— little gas 34 232
Lime 20 252
Sandy lime 16 268
Dark gray sand— show of light amber oil.. 24 292
Pipe clay 5 297
Light gray sand — fair show of very heavy
green oil 15 311
Condition of this sand very rotten — salt
water in abundance with oil.
Shale and slate 45 356
S1^ casing set at 179 feet.
Water conditions so bad in shallow sands, which evidently are
salt sands, we could do nothing with the oil.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 353
LOG No. 366.
JENNYS CREEK.
Lessor, Sherman Rice, No. 3. Lessee, L. C. White.
Started June 6, 1918. Completed June 21, 1918.
Producing Sand, Pottsville. Total Depth, 314 feet.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 36
Lime 21 57
Sand, very white, small show of heavy
black oil 40 97
Lime 5 102
Slate 15 117
Pipe clay— salt water 20 137
Blue shale 98 235
Lime— little gas 7 242
Dark gray sand — little water.
Dark gray sand — small show amber oil.... 286
Dark gray sand — very rotten — heavy dose
of water 314
6^4 casing at 164 feet.
Water conditions so bad in shallow sands, which evidently are
salt sands, we could do nothing with the oil.
LOG No. 367.
C. N. WILLIAMS FARM.
One Mile South of Red Bush, Upper Laurel Creek.
Elevation of surface 870.
Strata Feet
PENNSY-LVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 20
Slate „ 50
Sand 150
Mud 33
Sand — settling sand 48
Mud 7
Black lime 5
Mud 6
Hard sand 7
White lime ; 26
White lime 98
Sand 12
Slate 221
Sand :. 33
Slate 3
Oil & Gas— 12
354
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Hard cap
Slate
Slate and she'.ls
Hard
Slate — Sunbury ....
Brown sand
Gas at 832.
817 to 909
Total depth 909
LOG No. 368.
WELL NEAR HEAD OF PICKLE FORK OF BARNETT'S CREEK.
Leroy Adams (Federal Oil Co.), lessee.
Elevation surface — 950 feet — 25 feet.
Strata Thickness
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand
Shale
Shaley sand
Black shale
Sandstone ...
Dark shale ...
Sandstone ..
0
73
95
10
102
30
26
MISS;SSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 4
Lime 10
Grey shaley sandstone 345
Black shale 8
"Upper" Berea 25
Shale 4
Shaley sand 30
Shale ... 13
to
Depth
20
93
188
198
300
330
556
560
670
1015
1023
1048
1052
1082
1095
Big lime.
Lower 80' of this Weir.
Sunbury shale.
Berea sandstone.
LOG No. 369.
BED ROCK OIL CO., W. H. CONLEY No. 3.
On the Head of Pigeon Creek of Little Paint Creek.
Elevation surface 935.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Drift 0 to 12
Shale — show black oil.. 58 70
Sand-fresh water at
180 245 315
Sandy shales ... 35 440
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
355
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gray shale
Lime
10
8
Shale gray
5
White lime
6
Gray shale . . ..
10
Lime
3
Gray shale
3
White lime
90
Sandy lime
155
Gray shale
40
Sand
5
Sand
5
Hard fine sand
Black shale
Gray sand .
5
40
7
Gray sand
8
Gray sand
8
Gray sand
30
Blue shales
22
450
458
463
469
479
482
485
575
730
770
775
780
785
825
832
840
848
868
890
Big lime. Casing set at
497.5.
212,000 cu. ft.
555,680 cu. it. gas.
681,120 cu. ft. gas.
823,970 cu. ft. gas
979,000 cu. ft. gas.
Rock pressure 285 pounds.
LOG NO. 376.
KNOTT COUNTY.
BALLS FORK
5% Miles From Hindman.
Mouth of Mill Branch.
Strata Thickness
PENNSYLVANIA^ SYSTEM.
Soil 10
Light shale 10
Sand 4
Coal 5
Dark slate 5
Gray sand 32
Coal 3
Light slate 15
Sand ..
Slate
Gray sand .
Coal
Black Slate
White sand 44
Coal
Black slate
Gray sand 15
Depth
10
20
24
29
34
66
69
84
100
120
147
150
166
210
214
248
263
356 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Light slate 60 323
White sand 12 335
Light slate 30 365
Coal , 4 369
Dark slate 70 439
Gray sand . 12 451
Light slate 54 505
Sand 20 525
Black slate 128 653
White sand 37 690
Dark slate 62 752
White sand 25 777
Shelly slate 188 965
White sand (Beaver) — Gas and salt
water 215 1180
Black slate 20 1200
Sand (Horton) 126 1326
Dark slate— Salt water 12 1338
White sand (not all sand)— Salt water.... 312 1650
This well reaches down into the Mississippi System, but does not
touch the Big Lime. It is impossibe to note the change from the
Pottsville into the Mauch Chunk, as the driller did not record the break
in the last 312 feet.
LOG NO. 377.
J. M. CONLEY FARM.
Head of Salt Lick of Right Beaver.
Depth
52
72
74
119
122
145
194
248
295
345
393
438
468
Strata
Drift
Thickness
22
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate
30
Sand
20
Coal
2
Dark slate . ...
45
Gray sand .. ..
3
Dark slate
23
White sand
49
Slate
54
White sand
47
Dark si ate
50
White sand ,
48
Dark slate
45
White sand
30
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
357
Dark slate 70
Gray and white sand (Beaver-Horton) 300
Coal 2
Dark slate 39
Gray and white sand (Pipe) — salt water.. 105
Dark slate 25
Gray sand : 15
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 156
White sand (Maxon)— oil and salt water 28
538
838
840
879
984
1009
1024
1180
1208
LOG No. 378.
WEBB 'FARM.
Right Beaver above Jones Fork.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 35 35
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Coal 5 40
Sand 40 80
Black slate 80 160
Light slate 70 230
Coal 3 233
Slate and sand 207 440
White sand (Beaver) 40 480
Slate 20 500
White sand (Horton)— gas, oil and salt
water 220 720
Slate 5 725
Sand (Pike)— salt water 127 852
Slate „ 35 887
Black sand 25 912
White sand (Bradley stray) 94 1006
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate.
LOG No. 379.
WM. TRIPLETT FARM.
Jones Fork of Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Sand and gravel 31 31
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 9 40
Coal 3 43
Slate and shells 80 123
Black shale ... 27 150
i58
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Sand
Slate
Sand
Black slate and shells
Sand — Gas
Slate
Sand (Beaver)
Slate
Sand (Horton)
50
30
20
150
10
25
180
30
130
Slate and sand 100
Sand (Pike)— black oil at 990 110
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate
Slate and shells
Sand (Maxon)
200
230
250
400
410
435
615
650
780
880
1000
1051
1096
LOG No. 380.
LINDSAY TRIPLETT FARM.
Jones Fork of Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 36 36
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 6 42
Black sand 160 202
Gray sand 110 312
Slate and shells 160 472
Gray sand (Beaver) 100 572
Slate 5 577
White sand (Horton) — salt water 203 780
Slate and shells 75 855
Black sand 20 875
Slate 25 900
White sand (Pike) * 125 1025
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate .". 25 1050
White sand (Maxon) 75 1125
Slate 20 1145
White sand (Maxon) 30 1175
Black slate 5 1180
White sand (Maxon) — salt water 32 1212
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 359
LOG No. 381. WM. INMAN FARM.
Rock Fork of Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 24 24
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 30 54
Sand 12 66
S:ate 19 85
Coal 2 87
S:ate 45 132
Sand 15 147
Slate : 41 188
Sand— salt water 45 233
Slate 68 301
Sand 8 309
Slate 127 436
Sand 20 456
Slate 6 462
Sand 18 480
Slate 8 488
White sand ~| 79 567
Slate KBeaver) 3 570
White sand J Gas and salt water 115 685
Slate 2 687
Sand 22 709
Slate 38 747
White and gray sands (Horton) — salt
water 124 871
Black s'.ate 2 873
Gray sand — oil show 20 893
Black slate 2 895
White sand (Pike)— salt water 121 1016
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 35 1051
White sand (Maxon)— oil and salt water 106 1157
LOG No. 382. ESTHER HORTON FARM. r,
Rock Fork of Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 21 21
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 100 121
Sand 14 135
Slate 41 176
Sand 36 212
S.ate 3 215
Sand 35 250
Slate ... . 151 401
360 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Sand 9 410
Slate 35 445
White sand (Beaver) 213 658
Coal 2 660
Sani 30 690
Coal 2 692
Slate 31 723
Sand (Horton)— oil 89 812
Slate 12 824
Black sand 11 835
Black slate 9 844
Sand 13 857
Slate 5 862
White sand (Pike) gas, oil and salt water , 136 998
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black s:ate 17 1015
Sand (Maxon)— gas 124 1139
LOG No. 383. ANDY COBURN FARM.
Rock Fork of Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Drift 26 26
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 38 64
Sand 16 80
Coal 6 86
Slate , 9 95
Sand 20 115
Slate and red shale 145 260
Coal 8 268
Slate 67 335
Sand 50 385
Slate 77 462
Sand 10 472
S!ate 74 546
Sand (Beaver)— oil and gas 148 694
Slate 14 708
Sand (Horton)— salt water 115 823
Slate 14 837
Gray sand "] salt water 120 957
Slate (, (Pike) '..... 28 985
White sand j 126 1111
Slate 35 1146
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and slate 27 1173
Gray and white sands (Maxon) salt water 31 1204
Black slate 18 1222
White sand (Maxon) salt water 41 1263
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 361
LOG No. 384. ANDY COBURN FARM.
Rock Fork of Right Beaver.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 20 20
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 39 59
Sand 21 80
Slate 12 92
Coal 8 100
Sand 42 142
Slate 48 190
Sand 48 238
Slate 242 480
Sand (Beaver) — gas and salt water 228 708
Slate 44 752
Sand 20 772
Slate— salt water 16 788
Sand— (Horton) 63 851
Black slate 12 863
Gray sand 9 872
Black slate 9 881
White sand 52 933
B'.ack slate I (Pike) 4 937
White sand J 82 1019
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate ~ 28 1047
White sand -» 51 1098
Slate and shells L (salt sand) 21 1119
White sand J salt water 29 1148
LOG No. 385.
ROCK FORK JUST BELOW BRUSHY FORK. W. R. BOLEN NO. 1.
Lessee, Pennagrade Oil and Gas Co.
Completed July 1916. Production 4,680,000 cu. ft. gas.
Producing Sand "Big Lime."
Casing Head Elevation 950 Aneroid. Total Depth 1635 feet.
Strata Thickness Depth
Drift 20 feet 10 inch casing 20
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
White sand 5 25
Coal 5 30
Dark slate . 120 150
Dark sand 8 inch casing 30 180
Slate 5 185
Sand 30 215
Coal 5 220
Slate ... 20 240
362 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Sand 1 70 310
Slate 15 325
Sand ..: 95 420
Slate 15 435
Sand 45 480
Slate 280 760
Sand 148 908
Break 2 910
Sand (water at 950) 80 990
Break 10 1000
Sand (little oil at 1060 feet) 170 1170
S!ate - 10 1180
Sand 40 1220
Shale 20 1230
Sand 40 1270
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
S:ate 30 1300
"Maxon" sand (a little water and oil
at 1305) 123 1423
Black slate 14 1437
Sandstone, light sandy 13 1451
Slate and shells 25 1476
"Little" lime 15 1491
"Pencil Cave" shale 9 1500
"Big Lime"
Gas in Big Lime at 1630 135 1635
4,680,000 cu. ft. gas, open flow 540 pounds Rock Measure.
We'l completed July, 1916.
Not shot.
1440 6 5-8 inch casing.
1637 2 inch tubing.
Elevation 945 feet.
A. B. Erode and Son, Contractors.
S. L. Anderson, Driller.
135 feet is not the full thickness of the "Big Lime" formation.
KNOX COUNTY.
LOG No. 386. MADELINE GRAY FARM.
Gray's Station.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 20 20
Shale 80 100
White sand 215 315
Black sha!e 30 345
Sand . 150 495
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
363
Shale 8
Sand *. 129
Coal 3
Sand (base of Pottsvile) 275
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red shale 40
Black shale 20
Sand 10
Red shale 25
Black shale „.. 24
Red shale 41
Lime 10
Black shale 28
Gray lime — "Little lime" 70
Soft shale 5
White lime 1 90
B:ack lime 4
Gray lime 24
Blue lime "Big lime" 20
Gray lime 15
White lime 14
Gray lime 19
Sand— "Big Injun" 27
Black shale S 24
White shaie 5
Dark shale 15
Dark sand 5
Dark shale 10
Sand and shale , (Waverly) 85
Sand, lime and shale I 32
Light sand 15
Light shale 13
Sand and sha'e 15
Lime and shale 50
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 120
White shale (Devonian) 5
Sand 5
Light shale 25
Lime 2
Light sha'.e 30
Shale and sand 48
Light shale 30
Lime 5
Light shale 20
gand 7
Sand and sha'e ... 12
503
632
635
910
950
970
980
1005
1029
1070
1080
1108
1178
1183
1273
1277
1301
1321
1336
1350
1369
1396
1420
1425
1440
1445
1455
1540
1572
1587
1600
1615
1665
1785
1790
1795
1820
1822
1852
1900
1930
1935
1955
1962
1974
364 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OP KENTUCKY
LOG No. 387. MALINDA GRAY FARM.
Lynn Camp Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 20 20
Shale 50 70
Sand 48 118
Shale 39 157
Sand 25 182
Shale 18 200
Sand 40 240
Shale 128 368
Sand (Jones sand) 66 434
(All Pottsville).
LOG No. 388. MALINDA GRAY FARM.
Lynn Camp Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel and sand 20 20
Sand 60 80
Shale 82 162
Sand 53 215
Snale 51 266
Sand 41 307
Shale 123 430
Sand » 59 489
Shale I (Jones) 12 501
Sand J 101 602
Coal and shale 108 721
Sand 108 721
(All Pottsville).
LOG No. 389. CALEB POWERS FARM.
Near Whitley County Line.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Sand 15 25
Shale 325 350
Sand 45 395
Slate 50 445
Sand (Jones) (Beaver?) 200 645
Slate 5 650
Sand (Horton?) 100 750
Coal 4 754
Slate 5 759
Sand (Pike?) 151 910
(All Pottsville).
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 365
LOG No. 390.
BRYANT FARM.
Near Corbin.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSY'LVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 16 16
Slate and shells 69 85
Coal 1 86
Sand 124 210
Slate and shells 20 230
Coal 3 233
Slate and shells 17 250
Sand 185 435
Slate 15 450
Sand 20 470
Slate 2 472
Sand 13 485
Slate 5 490
Sand 38 528
Coal 7 533
Slate 5 540
Sand 55 595
Slate 40 635
Slate and shells 170 805
Sand 15 820
Slate and shells 30 850
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red rock 5 855
Slate 5 860
Red rock 10 870
Slate and shells 75 945
Lime 10 955
Slate 15 970
Lime : 15 985
Slate 4 989
Lime 3 992
Slate , 4 996
Lime 6 1002
Slate 3 1005
Lime 285 1290
Slate 75 1365
Lime 15 1380
Slate .. 35 1415
366 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 391.
WELL AT BARBOURVILLE.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Dark sha'e 90 90
Sand _ 125 215
Dark shale 25 240
Sand and black shale 25 265
Sand 75 340
Sand and black shale 78 418
Sand 42 460
Sand and dark shale 75 535
Sand — oil and salt water 55 580
(All Pottsville).
WELL AT BARBOURVILLE.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 23 23
Sand 27 50
Shale 45 95
Slate 65 160
Slate and shale 40 200
Sandy lime '. 5 205
Slate and shells 110 315
Gray lime (?) 8 323
Slate 27 350
Sand 68 418
Slate 2 420
Sand— oil at 430 45 465
(All Pottsville).
LOG No. 392.
C. P. KENNEDY FARM.
East of Barbourville.
Strata Thickness Depth
Loam. : 38 38
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Black sand 22 60
Coal 3 63
Black slate 7 70
Gray sand 15 85
Black slate 70 155
Coal 4 159
Black slate 6 165
Gray sand 21 186
Black slate 19 205
Gray sand— oil show at 210 35 240
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 367
Black slate 68 308
Gray sand 27 335
Black slate 15 350
White sand — oil show at 385 95 445
Black s:ate 18 463
Gray sand 107 570
Black slate and shells 25 595
White sand 75 670
Black shale 10 680
Black slate 40 720
White sand — salt water at 743 43 763
Black slate 37 800
Brown sand 60 860
Black shale 10 870
White sand 105 975
Black slate 47 1022
White sand 15 1037
Black slate 23 1060
White sand (base of Pottsville) 15 1075
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue lime 15 1090
Red rock 18 nos
White sand 5 1113
Red rock 32 1145
Black s'ate and shells 63 1208
Red rock 20 1228
Blue s'ate 32 1260
Brown sand — oil show at 1270 26 1286
Blue slate 24 1310
Blue lime 15 1325
Blue slate 65 1390
Brown lime — gas show at 1395 12 1402
White slate 10 1412
White iime — "Big lime" — gas show at
1470 143 1555
S'ate and shells 260 1815
Blue "flint" 15 1830
Gray sand 55 1885
White slate and shells 20 1905
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 145 2050
White slate and shells 135 2185
Pink s'ate 55 2240
White slate 15 2255
Red rock 25 2270
Slate and shells 230 2500
Note: Base of Devonian undefined.
368 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 393.
PAYNES CREEK.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil Q Q
Sand 14 20
Black shale 35 55
Coal 3 58
Slate and shale 25 83
Sand 5 88
Shale 20 108
Sand 12 120
Shale and slate 64 184
Black shale 18 202
Sand 30 232
Shale 150 382
Sand 40 422
Sand and slate 52 474
(All Pottsville).
LOG No. 394.
PAYNES CREEK.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 12 12
Sand - 4 16
Shale 4 20
Sand 40 60
Slate 115 175
Sand _ ~ 10 185
Shale 127 312
Sand 10 322
Slate 18 340
Sand 10 350
Shale 60 410
Sand 80 490
Slate 20 510
Sand 60 570
Shale 38 608
Sand 222 830
Shale 35 865
Sand and shale 50 915
Coal 3 918
Sand 32 950
Shale 4 954
Sand 49 1003
(All Pottsville).
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 369
LOG No. 395. WM. CARNES FARM.
Road Fork of Stinking Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand ^ 29 29
Slate 21 50
Lime and sand 50 100
Coal 2 102
Slate and lime 48 150
Sand - 25 175
Slate and lime 50 200
Coal _ 6 206
Slate and sand 69 275
Slate _ 25 300
Sand— gas show at 307 50 350
Slate and lime 50 400
Black slate 55 455
Broken slate 20 475
White sand 115 590
Slate and sand 40 630
Sand (base of Pottsville) 390 1020
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black lime 20 1040
Sand 10 1050
Black lime 25 1075
Sand 225 1300
Slate and shells 60 1360
Sand and lime 10 1370
Red rock „ 15 1385
Lime and shells 35 1420
Sand 5 1425
Red rock 50 1475
Shells 35 1510
Slate and sand 50 1560
Sand 35 1595
Black lime 15 1610
LOG No. 396. J. G. BAKER FARM.
Stinking Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 12 12
Coal 4 16
Lime (?) 160 166
Slate 200 366
White sand 74 440
Slate 260 700
Sand (base of Pottsville) 400 1100
370 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shell 60 1160
"Broken" : 40 1200
Lime 125 1325
She:i 40 1365
Sand— oil show at 1385 75 1440
Slate 60 1500
Red rock 40 1540
Red rock and shale 160 1700
Black lime , 50 1750
Slate 47 1797
LOG No. 397. E. HAMMOND FARM.
Stinking Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 20 20
Slate 92 112
Lime (?) 5 117
Sand 11 128
White sand 22 150
Slate - 140 290
Sand 10 300
Slate and shale 197 497
Sand— oil show at 572 75 572
Slate 153 725
Sand 48 773
B:ack slate 10 783
Sand— oil show at 826 67 850
(All Pottsville).
LOG No. 398. ANTHONY MILLS FARM.
Goose Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil - 6 6
Slate 1 7
Gravel 9 16
Slate 74 90
Coal 7 97
Fire-c'.ay 1 98
Slate 55 153
Sand 20 173
Shale 10 183
Slate 26 209
Sand 15 224
Slate 52 276
Sand 7 283
Slate 92 375
Sand 14 389
(All Pottsville).
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
371
LOG No. 399.
ANDERSON FARM— No. 2.
Big Richland Creek near R. R. Crossing.
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil .„
Shale and clay
Shale
Sand
Shale
Sand
Shale
Sand ;
Slate :.
Sand — oil show
(All Pottsville).
Thickness
.. 32
.. 28
.. 28
.. 12
.. 50
.. 43
.. 14
.. 15
26
Depth
32
100
150
193
207
222
248
256
LOG No. 400.
ANDERSON FARM— No. 3.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 22 22
Sand 15 37
Slate 55 92
Sand 51 143
Slate 17 160
Sand 20 180
Shale 33 213
Sand 15 228
Slate 25 253
Sand — gas 10 263
Slate 12 275
Sand 10 285
S ate 30 315
Sand 40 355
Slate 10 365
Brown shale 15 380
Slate ; 26 406
Sand 22 428
S ate 16 444
Sand 62 508
Slate 9 517
Sand 15 532
(All Pottsville).
372 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 401.
DECATUR JACKSON FARM.
Big Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay ! 10 10
Sand : 23 33
Shale 167 200
Sand — gas 10 210
Shale 15 225
Sand 20 245
Shale 55 300
Sand 22 322
Shale ' 38 360
Sand (Jones) — salt water at 440 323 683
Coal 2 685
Sand 20 705
(All Pottsville).
LOG No. 402.
ANDERSON FARM— No. 4.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Drift 55 55
Shale 35 90
Sand 15 105
Shale 10 115
Sand 20 135
Shale 12 147
Sand 18 165
Slate and shells 60 225
Sand 9 234
Slate 28 262
Sand 5 267
Shale 3 270
Sand 10 280
Slate 8 288
Sand 7 295
Slate 120 415
Sand— oil at 421 40 455
Slate 17 472
Sand— oil show at 497 and 514 49 521
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 373
LOG No. 403.
ANDERSON FARM— No. 5.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 19 19
Sand 11 30
Slate and shells 40 70
Slate 25 95
Sand 20 115
Slate and shells 80 195
Slate and sand _ 45 240
Slate 15 255
Sand 19 274
Slate 2 276
Sand 14 290
Slate 10 300
Slate and shells 45 345
Slate 37 382
Sand 8 390
Shale 27 417
Sand 1 418
Sand— oil show at 462 49 467
Slate 8 475
Sand 19 494
Slate 20 514
Sand— oil at 521 26 540
(The wells on the Anderson farm are all in Pottsville).
LOG No. 404.
LUCY MILLER FARM— No. 1.
Near Bailey Switch.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Drift 10 10
Sand and shale 30 40
Shale 13 53
Sand 2 55
Shale 45 100
Sand 25 125
Sha'e 196 321
Sand 15 336
Shale 49 385
Lime 10 395
Sand 47 442
Shale 12 454
Sand 124 578
Shale ... 15 593
374 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Lime 4 597
Shale 12 609
Sand 56 665
Coal 5 670
Sand 92 762
Shale 47 809
Sand 71 880
Shale 21 901
Slate 19 920
(Probably all Pottsville).
LOG No. 405.
LUCY MILLER FARM— No. 3.
Depth
13
22
24
125
147
220
222
38?
264
281
329
345
350
LOG No. 406.
LUCY MILLER FARM— No. 4.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Drift 19 19
"Hard pan" 4 23
Slate and shells 87 110
Sacd— oil show 80 190
S ate 97 287
Sand— oil show 5 292
Sha'e 48 340
Sand 10 350
Shale 15 365
Slate 25 390
Sand— oil at 467. Gas at 392 82 472
(Wells on the Lucy Miller farm all in Pottsville).
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and gravel
Thick]
13
Slate
9
Coal
2
Slate and shells
101
Sand — oi' show
oo
Slate and she Is
73
Slate
2
Sand — oil
10
Slate
32
Sand
17
Slate
48
Sand
16
Slate ..
5
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
375
LOG No. 407.
W. M. GILBERT FARM.
Big Rich'.and Creek.
Thickness
. 120
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand
Shale
Coal 6
Sand 18
Shale 66
Sand — salt water 25
Shale 133
Sand (Jones)— oil at 445 67
Depth
60
180
186
204
270
295
428
495
LOG No. 408.
DECATUR JACKSON FARM.
Big Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 10 10
Shale and sand 22 32
Slate and shale 173 205
Sand 11 216
Slate 14 230
Sand 10 240
Sha'.e and shells 60 300
Slate 60 360
Sand 125 485
Slate I (Jones) 6 491
Sand— salt water f 54 545
Slate 25 570
Sand - : 30 600
LOG No. 409.
JOHN J. DISNEY FARM.
Big Rich'and Creek.
Strata Thickness
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 15
Slate - 35
5
45
140
20
5
10
Shale 85
Sand (Jones) — oil, gas and salt water 200
Sand
Slate
Shale
Sand (Wages)— oil show
Shale
Sand
Depth
15
50
55
100
240
260
265
275
360
560
376 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 410. JOHN J. DISNEY FARM.
Big Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 15 15
Slate 40 55
Sand 10 65
Sand and shale (Wages) 260 325
Shale 70 395
Sand (Jones) 235 630
LOG No. 411. J. W. DISNEY FARM.
Big Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand 30 30
Shale 200 230
Sand — water 12 242
Shale 25 267
Sand — Gas and oil 30 297
Shale 50 347
Sand 20 367
Shale 53 420
Sand 35 455
Shale 30 485
Sand 130 615
Shale 30 645
Sand „ 10 655
LOG No. 412. MOSS FARM.
Parrot Branch of Big Rich'and.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 18 18
Sand 15 33
Shale 87 120
Sand . 55 175
Shale and shells 51 236
Sand 22 258
Shale _ 22 280
Sand 10 290
Shale — gas 5 295
Sand — oil 7 302
Shale — gas at 380 123 425
Sand — oil show at 470 and 530 114 539
Salt water at 535.
(The records on Big Richland are all in Pottsville).
LOG No. 413.
RECORDS OP DRILLED WELLS
DOZIER FARM.
Fighting Creek.
377
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand 16 16
Shale 25 41
Coal 3 44
Black shale 123 167 -
Lime (?) 23 190
Sand (Wages) _ 35 225
Lime (?) 15 240
Slate 120 360
Sand (Jones) 100 460
Slate 15 475
Sand (Epperson) 250 725
Coal 2 727
Sand (Salt) ... . 173 900
LOG No. 414.
THOMAS POINDEXTER FARM.
Fighting Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil and gravel 30 30
B'.ue shale 20 50
Coal 3 53
Shale 7 60
White fand 40 100
Black slate 20 120
Slate and shells 72 192
Gray sand 12 204
Shale 25 229
White sand 10 239
Slate and shells 30 269
Sand 94 363
Slate and shells 70 433
White sand 12 445
Black slate 10 455
Coal 4 459
Shale 16 475
Sand .. 39 514
378 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 415. JAMES BRINDSTAFF FARM.
Fighting Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Gray sand 45 55
Blue slate 6 61
White sand 12 73
Slate and shell 17 90
Blue shale 20 110
Slate and shell 82 192
Black sand 10 202
Slate and shells 16 218
White sand— oil show 57 275
Slate, shale and shells 60 335
Sand (Jones)— oil at 448 and 471 166 501
LOG No. 416. JAMES BRINDSTAFF FARM.
Fighting Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Sand 55 65
Brown shale 100 165
White sand 8 173
Brown shale 22 195
Slate and shells 23 218
White sand 57 275
Slate, shale and shells 60 335
Sand (Jones)— oil at 448 and 471 166 501
LOG No. 417. JAMES BRINDSTAFF FARM.
Fighting Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
10
65
165
173
195
281
330
342
362
372
392
White sand (Jones) ... 88 480
Clay
10
Sand
55
Brown shale
100
White sand
8
Brown shale
22
White sand
86
Brown shale
49
White sand
12
White slate :. ...
20
White sand
10
Brown shale
20
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
379
LOG No. 418.
MOLLIE MANISS FARM.
Fighting Creek.
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay
Shale
Coal
Shale
Sand
Slate
Coal
Shale
Sand
Shale
Sand ..
Thickness
.. 10
.. 15
1
.. 34
.. 30
.. 13
7
.. 80
.. 55
4
. 106
Shale — oil 35
Depth
10
25
26
60
90
103
110
190
245
249
355
390
LOG No. 419. JAMES GOODIN FARM.
Fighting Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Quicksand 15 15
Lime (?) 45 60
Slate 35 95
Black slate 50 145
Lime (?) 25 170
White slate 25 195
Black slate 20 215
Sand 62 277
White shale 38 315
Black slate 35 350
Sand 60 410
Slate . 6 416
Sand 16 432
Slate— salt water _. 6 438
LOG No. 420. JAMES GOODIN FARM.
Fighting Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand 15 15
Slate 8 23
Sand 19 42
S:ate 30 72
gan(j 18 90
Dark shale ... 65 155
380 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Lime (?) 15 170
Brown shale 20 190
Lime (?) ., 10 200
Black shale 7 207
Sand :. 61 268
Slate 80 348
Sand 40 388
Slate 42 430
Sand 54 484
LOG No. 421.
MARY BARTELLOW FARM.
Fighting Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 18 18
Shale 180 198
Lime (?) 25 223
Sand 1 90 313
Shale 105 418
Sand (Jones)— oil 30 448
LOG No. 422.
H. P. MARTIN FARM.
Fighting Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay '. 20 20
Sand 30 50
Shale 60 110
Sand 20 130
Slate _ 70 200
Sand 90 290
Slate 40 330
Sand — gas 80 410
Slate 15 425
Sand— salt water 398 823
LOG No. 423.
H. P. MARTIN FARM.
Fighting Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand 35 35
Lime (?) 5 40
Shale 200 240
Sand , 15 255
Shale .. 50 305
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
381
Sand ....
Shale ...
Sand
Shale ....
Sand ..
40
60
100
40
. 132
345
405
505
545
677
These well records on Fighting Creek are all in Pottsville.
LOG No. 424.
SI JONES FARM— No. 1.
Little Richland Creek.
Jones "Gusher."
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 8 8
Slate _ 30 38
Sand— Black oil show 70 108
Slate - w 100 208
Sand .: 20 228
Slate 70 298
Sand .• 8 306
Slate 44 350
Sand (Jones) — oil 30 380
LOG. No. 425.
SI JONES FARM— No. 2.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
C;ajr 30 30
Slate ,. - 190 220
Sand 10 230
Slate 150 380
Sand (Jones)— Oil 80 460
Slate 40 500
Sand 120 620
LOG. No. 426.
SI JONES FARM— No. 3.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil y 22
Sand ~ 10
Slate 342 374
Sand -
Shale -. 2 381
Sand (Jones) 12 393
3S2 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 427.
SI JONES FARM— No. 4.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 7 7
Sand 10 17
Slate 69 86
Sand 9 95
Sand — Oil show 18 113
Coal 1 114
Shale 121 235
Slate 2S 260
Sand (Jones) 207 467
Slate 86 553
Sand ,. 55 608
LOG No. 428.
SI JONES FARM— No. 6.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil and sand 10 10
Shale 30 40
Sand 10 50
Shale i 30 80
Sand — Gas ± 8 88
Black sha!e 172 260
Sand 10 270
Shale 167 437
20 457
LOG No. 429.
SI JONES FARM— No. 7.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay ......... 10 10
Sand 8 18
Shale 85 103
Sand , 10 113
Shale 270 383
Sand (Jones) 37 420
PENNSY'LVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay
10
Sand
20
Black slate
20
Sand— thick oil
10
Black siate
100
Sand
10
Black slate
80
Sand
10
Black slate
180
Sand
15
Black slate ..
16
RECORDS OP DRILLED WELLS 38
LOG No. 430.
SI JONES FARM— No. 8.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
10
30
50
60
160
170
250
260
440
455
471
LOG No. 431.
SI JONES FARM— No. 9.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 18 18
Shale 430 448
Sand and shale 21 469
Shale .. 13 482
LOG No. 432.
SI JONES FARM— No. 10.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 4 4
Sand 26 30
Shale 50 80
Sand 12 92
Shale 73 165
Sand 20 185
Slate 40 225
Hard shale 75 300
Slate 190 490
Sand (Jones?)— oil show 10 500
Slate .. 51 551
384 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 433.
SI JONES FARM— No. 11.
Little Richard Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay and sand 35 35
Slate 115 150
Sand , 20 170
Slate 55 225
Sand 10 235
Slate 11 246
Sand 8 254
Slate - 71 325
Sand 8 233
Slate and shale 69 402
Sand (Jones)— Oil and gas 33 435
LOG No. 434.
SI JONES FARM— No. 12.
Little Richland €reek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 26 26
Slate 132 158
Sand 17 175
Slate 61 236
Sand 12 248
Slate 90 338
Sand 12 350
Slate and shale 75 425
SandO Oil 70 495
Slate L(Jones) 5 500
Sand I Oil 15 515
Shale 35 550
Sand 25 575
Sha!e _ 50 625
Sand— Oil 24 649
Slate ... 1 650
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
LOG No. 435.
JOSEPH A. MILLEiR FARM
Little Richland Creek
Strata Thickness
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 15
Sand .. 25
-.Vhite slate
Brown sale
Slate
Sand — Oil show
Slate
Sand
Slate
Black slate — Gas and salt water
Sand (Jones) ...
Depth
15
40
60
80
140
150
245
260
290
295
363
LOG No. 436.
JOSEPH A. MILLER FARM.
Littfe Richland Creek.
Thickness
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 20
Shale .... 20
Sand
Shale
Sand
Shale
Sand (Jones)
31
183
18
36
Depth
20
40
71
254
272
308
340
LOG No. 437.
JOSEPH A. MILLER FARM.
Litt'e Richland Creek.
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil
Shale
Sand
Shale
Sand
Shale
Sand (Jones)
Thickness
Depth
26
46
70
270
232
301
308
Oil & Gas— 13
286 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 438.
JOSEPH A. MILLER FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 25 25
Shale 21 46
Sand 23 69
Shale 204 273
Sand 15 288
Shale 20 308
Sand (Jones) 32 340
LOG No. 439.
JOSEPH A. MILLER FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 27 27
Shale 15 42
Sand 20 62
Shale 180 242
Sand 41 283
Shale 28 311
Sand (Jones) _ 64 375
LOG No. 440.
JOSEPH A. MILLER FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay „ 28 28
Sand 42 70
Shale _ _. 85 155
Sand 30 185
Shale _ _... 95 280
Sand 18 298
Shale _ 32 330
Sand (Jones) .. 72 402
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
387
LOG No. 441.
JOHN WAGES FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay ............................. + ..... ,. ............................. 9
Shale .................................................................. 30
Sand— black oil .............................................. 15
Slate .................................................................. 50
Sand ........................... j. ......... ............................ 20
Slate .................................................................. 20
Sand— 01
18
Depth
39
54
104
124
144
162
LOG No. 442.
JOHN WAGES FARM.
Littfe Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil ». 10 10
Shale 145 155
Sand 4.....* 5 160
LOG No. 443.
JOHN WAGES FARM.
Littfe Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 15 15
Slate 120 135
Siand — oil .. 15 150
LOG No. 444.
JOHN WAGES FARM.
Littr e Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay x...
Sand -
Shale
Sand -
iShale
Sand .. •.
Sand (Jones) ....
Slate
18
5
120
20
97
18
27
92
4
Depth
18
23
143
163
260
278
305
398
402
388 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 445. JOHN WAGES FARM.
Litt'e Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Sand 51 61
Shale < 110 171
Sand— oil at 182 65 236
Shale : 10 246
Sand ., 11 257
Shale 63 320
Sand (Jones)— oil at 322 and 336 50 370
LOG No. 446. JOHN WAGES FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil + 9 9
Sand •. 49 58
Shale ' 112 170
Sand — oil show 28 198
Shale 110 308
Sand (Jones) — oil show 92 400
Shale
LOG No. 447. RALPH MAYS FARM.
Littfe Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil , 35 35
Sand 10 45
Black shale 155 200
Slate and shale 85 285
Sand (Jones)— oil 57 342
LOG No. 448.
MARY F. HUGHES FARM.
Littie Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 18 18
Shale _ , 264 282
Sand :. 110 392
Black slate 46 438
Sand 162 600
Black slate 3 603
Sand .. 8 611
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
389
Black slate 40
White sand 85
Black slate 7
Blue lime and sand 4
White sand 62
Black slate 5
Blue slate 65
Lime and sand ... . 182
651
736
743
747
809
814
879
1061
LOG No. 449.
MARY F. HUGHES FARM.
Littfe Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 10 10
Sand 12 22
Slate w 168 190
Sand — oil show : 100 515
Slate 60 350
Sand (Jones) 165 515
LOG No. 450.
N. B. JONES FARM.
Littfe Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 25 25
Sand 23 48
Shale 100 148
Sand _ 60 208
Shale 50 258
Sand 25 283
Shale 19 302
Sand (Jones?)— oil 20 322
LOG No. 451.
N. B. JONES FARM.
Littfe Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 15 15
Sand 70 85
Shale 90 175
Sand : 27 202
Sha'.e 22 224
Sand 59 283
Shale 52 335
Sand (Jones)— oil 69 404
390 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 452. N. B. JONES FARM.
Littfe Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 35 35
Sand 40 75
Shale 90 165
Sand 65 230
Shale -. 30 260
Sand 20 280
Shale 30 310
Sand (Jones) 88 398
LOG No. 453. N. B. JONES FARM.
Littfe Richland Creek.
Strata Thicknes Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 25 25
Sand 40 65
Shale 100 165
Sand 45 210
Shale 80 290
Sand 32 322
Shale 13 335
Sand (Jones?) 37 372
LOG No. 454. J. W. MILLS FARM.
Littfe Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil and shale 170 170
Sand 25 195
Shale 110 305
Sand (Jones?) 45 350
LOG No. 455. J. W. MILLS FARM.
Littf.e Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 5 5
Sand 107 112
Shale 50 162
Sand 40 202
Shale 70 272
Sand 22 294
Shale 3 297
Sand .. 13 310
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
391
LOG No. 456.
J. W. MILLS FARM.
Littfe Richland Creek.
Thickness
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 28
Sand 20
Shale 100
Sand 45
Shale 107
Sand (Jones) 19
Depth
48
168
213
320
339
LOG No. 457.
J. W. MILLS FARM.
Litt:e Richland Creek.
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay
Sand
Shale
Sand
Sha'e
Sand
Shale ..
Thickness
70
70
30
.: 33
Sand (Jones) . 121
Depth
27
62
122
192
262
292
325
446
LOG No. 458.
THOMAS GIBSON FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Thickness
Strata
FENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 3
Sand 15
Shale 15
Sand 12
Sha' e 50
Black shale 45
Sand 30
Slate 110
Sand (Jones) .. 20
Depth
3
18
33
45
95
140
170
280
392 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 459.
THOMAS GIBSON FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay
Thick:
3
Sand
15
Shale
15
Sand
12
Shale
50
Black sha'e
45
Sand
30
Slate
110
Sand (Jones) — eas and oil ...
83
Depth
3
18
33
45
95
140
170
280
363
LOG No. 460.
THOMAS GIBSON FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Sand 10 20
Shale 140 160
Sand 30 190
Shale 90 280
Sand (Jones) ... 68 348
LOG No. 461.
THOMAS GIBSON FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 25 25
Shale 30 55
Sand 5 60
Shale 180 240
Black sand 5 245
Shale 35 280
Sand (Jones)— oil 28 308
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
393
LOG No. 462.
THOMAS GIBSON FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand
White slate
20
White sand
20
Black slate
60
Sand
40
Black slate
85
Sand
15
Black slate
20
Sand (Jones) — oil
86
LOG No. 463.
J. K.
PAYNE FARM.
Little
Richland Creek.
Strata
Thickness
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Quicksand
10
Sand
70
Shale
20
Sand
30
Shale
50
Sand
55
Shale
45
Black sand — salt water .
20
Shale
18
Sand
5
Shale
10
Sand (Jones?) — oil
4
Depth
60
80
100
160
200
285
300
320
406
Depth
10
80
100
130
180
235
280
300
318
323
333
337
LOG No. 464.
J. K. PAYNE FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Quicksand 18
Sand - 132
Shale ... 30
Sand ...
Shale
Sand
Shale
Sand — salt water
Shale
Depth
18
150
180
255
270
297
327
394 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Sand — salt water 13 340
Shale - 2 342
Sand — salt water 5 347
Shale— oil show _ 8 355
Sand and shale 15 370
Sand (Jones)— oil 11 381
LOG No. 465.
J. K. PAYNE FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 5 5
Sand 30 35
Shale 25 60
Sand 25 85
Shale 35 120
Black shale 40 160
Shale 185 345
Sand (Jones)— oil at 372 42 387
LOG No. 466.
THOMAS C. BARNES FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM-
Clay 12 12
Sha:e and shels 183 195
Sand — oil and water , 27 222
Shale— oil 58 280
Sand 8 288
Shale 47 335
Sand (Jones)— oil 25 360
LOG No. 467.
THOMAS C. BARNES FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 16 16
Shale 29 45
Sand 15 60
Shale 210 270
Sand 20 290
Shale 128 418
Sand (Jones) 53 471
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
395
LOG No. 468. THOMAS C. BARNES FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Quicksand 18 18
Slate 27 45
Sand 20 65
Slate 50 115
Sand 20 135
Slate 85 220
Sand 8 228
Shale 8 236
Sand 25 261
Shale 117 378
Sand (Jones) — oil and sa'.t water 38 416
LOG No. 469.
THOMAS C. BARNES FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil
Shale
B ack slate
White sand
Shale
Black sand
Black slate
Sand
Shale ..
Thickness
.. 20
.. 50
.. 40
.. 20
.. 50
.. 10
.. 140
.. 10
35
Sand (Jones) 30
Depth
20
70
110
130
180
190
330
340
375
405
LOG No. 470. THOMAS C. BARNES FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 20 20
Shale 20 40
Sand 15 55
S ate and shale 124 179
Sand 15 194
Slate 66 260
Sand 12 272
Slate 73 345
Shale 5 350
Slate 48 398
Sand (Jones)— oil 40 438
396 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 471.
THOMAS C. BARNES FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 16 16
Slate and shale 184 200
Sandy shale 17 217
Slate 83 300
Sand— oil 10 310
Slate 45 355
Sand (Jones)— oil 18 373
LOG No. 472.
THOMAS C. BARNES FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 20 20
Sand 30 50
Slate 131 181
Sand 15 193
Slate 44 240
Sand 20 260
Slate 35 295
Sand 15 310
S]ate 74 384
Sand (Jones) 69 453
LOG No. 473.
ELLEN JONES FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 56 56
Slate 87 143
Sand 10 153
Shale 242 395
Sand (Jones)— oil 15 410
LOG No. 474.
ELLEN JONES FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand 26 26
Slate 54 80
Sand 10 90
Shale .. 38 128
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
397
Slate
Sand
Shale
Sand
Sha:e
Slate 103
Sand (Jones) — oil and gas 64
160
175
190
205
277
380
444
LOG No. 475.
ELLEN JONES FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand 18 18
Shale 87 105
Sand 6 111
Sha'e 87 198
Sand 28 226
Shale 142 268
Sand (Jones)— oil 36 304
LOG No. 476.
ELLEN JONES FARM.
Little Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 20 20
Sand 15 35
Slate and shale 45 80
Sand 15 95
Slate and shale 310 405
Sand (Jones) — oil show and sa't water.... 39 444
Slate ... 1 445
LOG No. 477.
HENRY JACKSON FARM.
Long Branch of Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 13 13
Sand 24 37
Shale 98 135
Sand 15 150
Shale 95 245
Sand 30 275
Shale 15 290
Sand (Jones?) 101 391
398 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 478. HENRY JACKSON FARM.
Long Branch of Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 30 30
Sand 35 65
Shale 70 135
Sand 140 275
Shale 24 299
Sand (Jones?) 99 398
LOG No. 479. GEORGE JONES FARM.
Caleb Branch of Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 10 10
Sand 40 50
Shale 250 SOO
Sand 50 350
Shale 85 435
Sand (Jones?)— oil 92 527
LOG No. 480. GEORGE JONES FARM.
Caleb Branch of Richland Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 355 . 355
Sand 30 385
Slate 115 500
Sand (Jones?)— oil show at 525 100 600
LOG No. 481. MESSAMORE FARM.
Trace Branch of Little Richland.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 6 6
Shale 144 150
Sand 15 165
Slate 5 170
Sand 10 180
Slate and shale 75 255
Sand 22 277
Shale 21 298
Sand— gas 11 309
Black slate and sandy shale 21 330
Sand— oil 52 382
Shale 70 452
Sand .. 24 476
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
399
LOG No. 482. JOHN BERRY FARM.
6 Miles N. of Barbourville.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Sand 30 40
Shale 300 340
Sandy shale 20 360
Shale 40 400
Sand 20 420
Sandy shale 110 530
Sand 160 690
Sandy slate 30 720
Sand 76 796
Slate 4 800
Sand 102 902
Black shale 40 942
White sand (base of Pottsville) 30 972
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black lime 12 984
Sand 35 1019
Lime and sand 45 1064
Sand 11 1075
Sand and shale 30 1105
Pink shale 10 1115
Sha.e and shells 170 1285
Sand 38 1323
Lime and shale 89 1412
White lime 124 1536
Sandy lime — oil show 2 1538
White lime 147 1685
Black lime 71 1756
Red rock 36 1792
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale 125 1917
Black lime 10 1927
White lime 124 2051
Black lime 43 2094
LOG No. 483. S. H. JONES FARM.
Near Cannon P. O.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Sand— oil show at 107 151 161
Shale 44 205
Sand— oil show 1 206
Sandy shale 84 290
Slate 80 370
400 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Sand 8 378
Shale 112 490
Coal (?) 10 500
Sand— oil show at 609 177 677
Black slate 41 718
Sand — oil show at 748 84 802
Coal 6 808
Lime and shale 28 836
Sand 39 875
Black slate 64 939
Sand 5 944
Liine 11 955
Sand 62 1017
Slate 10 1027
Sand — salt water 90 1117
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 5 1122
Slate and shells 68 1290
Sand 35 1325
Lime and sha'.e 120 1445
White lime 130 1575
"Gas sand" 38 1613
Lime 12 1625
LOG No. 484. M. E. COLE FARM.
Near Cannon P. O.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 15 15
Sand 35 50
Shale 85 135
Coal 5 140
Black shale 10 150
Sand 25 175
Shale 30 205
Sand 153 358
Shale 6 364
Sand 11 375
Black shale 20 395
Shale 130 525
Sand 67 592
Black slate 94 686
Lime 24 710
Sand 58 768
Lime and shale 31 799
Lime 56 855
With a few exceptions all the wells on Little Richland are
entirely in the Pottsville.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
401
LAEUE COUNTY.
LOG No. 485. WM. BROWN FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 2 2
Lime 218 220
Blue shale 160 380
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 60 440
Lime 10 450
Sand (?)— salt water 49 499
Pink shale 31 530
Black lime 90 620
White shale 5 625
Lime 5 630
Sand (?) 10 640
Slate 40 680
Lime — sa't water 70 750
Black lime 170 920
Base of Devonian indefinite.
LOG No. 486. McDANIEL FARM.
6y2 miles E. of Hodgenviile.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Hard lime 50 50
Limy shale 55 105
Soft shale 60 165
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale— gas 55 220
Porous lime— salt water 19 239
Lime 11 250
Sha'y lime 20 270
Lime 5 275
LOG No. 487. VIRGIL HOLLAND WELL.
6 miles E. of Hodgenville.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Mud 48 48
Limy shale 2 50
Soft shale 40 90
Lime 15 105
Li.ny shale 10 115
Lime 35 130
Limy shale 50 200
Lime 275 475
Soft shale ... 45 520
402 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale — gas 58 578
Hard lime 6 584
Porous iime — salt water 10 594
Soft shaly lime 41 635
Crystalline lime 20 655
Shaly lime 101 756
White porous lime 7 763
Limy shale 62 825
Base of Devonian indefinite.
LOG No. 488.
DEVER FARM.
5 mi es E. of Hodgenvil'e.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Hard lime 50 50
Shaly lime 115 165
DEVONIAN SYSTEM^
Black shale (Devonian) — gas 60 225
Lime 20 245
Porous lime — salt water 15 260
Shaly lime 45 305
Brown porous lime 10 315
Limy shale 30 345
White porous lime — gas 5 350
Limy shale 50 400
Base of Devonian indefinite.
LOG No. 489.
J. B. HOLLAND FARM,
6 miles E. of Hodgenville.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 200 200
Limy shale 20 220
Lime 183 403
Soft shale 37 440
DEVONIAN SYSTEM
Black shale (Devonian) — gas 63 503
Porous lime — salt water 67 570
Dark shale 10 580
Reddish shale 15 595
Limy sha!e 5 600
White porous lime 5 605
Lime 30 635
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 403
LAUREL COUNTY.
LOG No. 490.
JACKSON WELL.
\\'z mi es South of Bernstadt.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 45 45
Blue shale 35 80
Soft lime and shale 40 120
Hard lime 70 190
Water sand (?) 20 210
White lime 20 230
Gray shale 470 700
Black iime 70 770
Slate 45 815
Blue shale 35 850
Black shale 50 900
Fire clay (?) 110 1010
"Oil sand"— light oil show 20 1030
Blue shale 5 1035
"Oil sand" — no show 46 1081
Blue shale 15 1096
"Oil sand" — no show „ 29 1125
Blue shale 45 1170
Sand (?) 35 1205
Sand and lime 695 1900
(A very poor record, base of Pottsville indefinite).
LAWRENCE COUNTY.
LOG No. 491.
BUSSEYVILLE OIL CO. No. 1.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 39 39
Lime 11 50
Slate 80 130
Sand 55 185
Slate 225 410
Sand 20 430
S ate 45 475
Sand 160 635
Slate 5 640
Sand 230 870
Slate (base of Pottsville) 10 880
404 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Little lime" 20 900
"Big lime" 150 1050
Slate 10 1060
Shale 20 1080
Sand 422 1502
Black shale (Sunbury) 15 1517
"Berea" sand— oil .. 20 1537
LOG No. 492.
F. R. BUSSEY FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 30 30
Back slate 50 80
White sand 15 95
White slate 30 125
White sand 20 145
Blac'K lime 40 185
Black slate 15 200
White sand 30 230
Black slate 15 245
White sand 20 265
Coal 4 269
BlaCk slate 186 455
White sand— oil show at 455 30 485
Black s'ate 70 555
Sand 140 695
Black s ate 20 715
Sand 80 795
Black slate 30 825
Sand 10 835
Black slate 30 865
Sand 40 905
Black slate (base of Pottsville) 30 935
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red rock 20 955
"Little lime" 15 970
Slate 10 980
"Big lime" 100 1080
S ate and shells 215 1295
White slate 255 1550
Black slate (Sunbury?) 20 1570
Sand .. 28 1598
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 405
LOG No. 493.
BUSSEY WELL— No. 2.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 20 20
White sand 80 100
Brown slate 40 140
White sand 80 220
White slate 130 350
Lime 8 358
Black slate 142 500
White sand 10 510
B!ack slate 105 615
Sand 15 630
Black slate 10 640
White sand 375 1015
Black slate (base of Pottsville) 2 1017
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime— "Big lime" 130 1147
Sand 60 1207
Slate and shells 268 1475
Black slate 178 1653
Gray sand and slate break 64 1717
LOG No. 494.
LAURA WEBB FARM.
Near Busseyvi le.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 30 30
Lime _ 10 40
Coal 3 43
Black sate 17 60
White sand 20 80
White slate 15 95
White sand 25 120
Black slate • 180 300
White sand 25
Brown slate 50 375
Lime 75 450
Black slate 480
White sand (base of Pottsville) 405 885
406 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime— "Big lime" 130 1015
White sand 10 1025
S ate and shells 453 1478
B ack shale (Sunbury) 21 1499
"Berea sand" 35 1534
Black slate 3 1537
White sand 21 1558
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 26 1584
LOG No. 495.
O'NEAL FARM— No. 2.
Near Busseyville.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 12 12
White sand 28 40
B ack slate 140 180
White sand 20 200
B ack slate 400 600
White sand (base of Pottsville) 390 990
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale 10 1000
Lime — "Big lime" 150 1150
Sand 15 1165
White shale 10 J.175
White sand - 25 1200
Slate and shells 300 1500
White slate 133 1633
Brown shale (Sunbury) 20 1653
"Berea" sand 61 1714
LOG No. 496.
JASON BOGGS— No. 1.
Brier Fork of Cains Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Slate — cased at 60 ft 55 6;3
Sand 15 SO
Slate and broken sand 172 252
Slate 197 449
Sand 3 452
Slate 6 458
Sand 12 470
Slate (base of Pottsville) ... 25 495
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 407
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 135 630
Dark slate 10 640
"Big Injun" sand and lime 197 837
Slate 8 845
Sand— Gas at 865 125 970
Slate— cased at 976 ft 20 990
Black shale (Sunbury?) 15 1005
Berea sand 76 1081
Light slate 19 1100
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 470 1570
White slate 108 1678
Black lime and slate _ 10 1688
Sand— Gas at 1690 ... 10 1698
LOG No. 497.
JASON BOGGS— No. 2.
Brier Fork of Cains Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
S'ate . 30 40
Sand 20 63
Slate— gas— cased at 63 ft 12 75
Sand 15 90
Slate .w 158 248
Sand -192 440
Slate 4 444
Sand 8 452
Slate (base of Pottsville) 38 490
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 147 637
Slate - ~ 5 642
"Big Injun" sand 23 665
Lime and sand 174 839
Slate 49 888
Sand 64 952
Slate 25 977
Black slate— cased at 980 ft 28 1005
Berea sand 91 1096
Light slate 19 1116
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 455 1570
White Slate 112 1682
Sand and lime— Gas at 1684 8 1694
408 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 498.
O'BRIEN WELL.
4% Miles South of Louisa.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 35 33
Black slate 40 75
Coal 2 77
Sand 51' 128
Dark slate 127 255
Sand 95 350
Dark slate 85 435
Gas sand (?) 60 495
Dark slate 15 510
Salt sand (?) 250 760
Dark slate 20 780
Sand 100 880
MISSISSIPFIAN SYSTEM.
Slate : 90 970
Red sha'.e 15 985
Lime 20 1005
Sand 50 1055
Black slate 10 1065
"Big lime" 175 1240
Slate and shells 520 1760
Sand 40 1800
Dark slate ... 20 1820
LOG No. 499.
YOUNG WELL.
Cherokee Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand 40 40
Blue shale 40 80
Black slate 150 230
Light slate 20 250
Blue shale 60 310
White sand 80 390
White shale 10 400
White sand (Pottsville) ... 90 490
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 409
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 50 540
"Big Lime" 110 650
Dark slate 10 660
Light slate 430 1090
Black shale (Sunbury) 40 1130
White sand (Berea?) 80 1210
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 510 1720
White shale 100 1820
Sand— Gas show ... . 130 1950
LOG No. 500.
S. A. GARRED WELL.
Near Gallup.
Strata Thickness Depth.
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Drift 40 40
Slate 80 120
Sand 10 130
Slate 5 135
Sand 15 150
Slate 70 220
Coal 2 222
Slate 18 240
Sand 90 330
Shale 5 335
Sand (base of Pottsville) 270 605
UISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big Lime" 197 802
Slate 18 820
Red rock 2 822
Shells and slate 404 1226
Brown slate (Sunbury) 12 1238
"Berea"— gas show at 1250 50 1288
Slate (part Devonian) 812 2100
Sand and lime— gas show at 2340 770 2870
Red rock 130 3000
Slate 30 3030
Red rock 20 3050
Slate 80 3130
Base of Mississippian and Top of Devonian Systems indefinite
— within 812 feet marked part Devonian.
410- OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 501.
BROAS WELL.
Hood Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 18 18
Sand 4 22
Clay 7 29
Sand 78 117
Shale , 52 169
Sand 50 219
Coal 2 221
Slate (base of Pottsville) 12 233
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 104 337
Sand 27 364
Lime— oil at 320 26 390
Slate and shale 384 774
Sand 100 874
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 580 1454
Sand 16 1470
Lime ... . 145 1615
LOG No. 502.
F. F. WELL ON BIG ELAINE CREEK.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 12 12
Shale 6 18
Sanl 32 50
Black shale 94 144
White sand 1 24 168
Black shale 3 171
Dark sand , 21 192
Gray sand and pebbles 7 199
White sand 21 220
Coarse pebbles — Oil show 12 232
Coarse white sand — Oil show 44 276
Sand and shale 25 301
Coarse white sand and pebbles — Oil and
gas 25 326
"Honeycomb" sand 40 366
(All Pottsville.)
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
411
LOG No. 503.
GRIFFITH'S CREEK WELL.
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sands and shales (Pottsville)
Thickness
790
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone — "Big lime" .................................. 152
Blue shale— Oil at 1423 .................. '. ............... 481
Gray sand— oil at 1510 .................................. |87
Missing .............................................................. 20
Hard shale .......................................................... 4
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale and lime shells
Lime — (Corniferous?) — Oil
Blue shale — Gas at 2211
Green shale — Gas at 2350
644
3
.'. ...... 30
158
Black and blue shales .......... 38
Depth
790
842
1423
1510
1530
1534
2178
2181
2211
2369
2407
LOG No. 504.
BERRY WELL.
Hood Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 20 20
Shale 82 102
Sand 49 151
Shale 9 160
Sand 63 223
Shale 4 227
Sand 173 400
Shale (base of Pottsville) 95 495
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime— "Big Lime" 152 647
Shale and sand 195 842
Sand 48 890
Blue shale 15 905
Black shale 195 1100
Sand and shale 620 1720
Lime and sand — oil and gas 20 1740
White lime 80 1820
Lime and sand 65 1885
Sand— oil 60 1945
Lime .. 160 2105
412
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 505.
J. E. COOPER FARM.
7 miles south of Webbville.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale 325 325
Lime 15 340
Shale 120 460
White sand 5 465
Shale 120 585
Sand 15 600
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big Lime" 150 750
Light shale 350 1100
Dark shale 50 1150
Sand 130 1280
Dark shale (Devonian?) ' 455 1735
White shale 105 1840
Sand 80 1920
Base of Mississippian indefinite.
LOG No. 506.
HORSFORD WELL.
iy2 miles above mouth of Big Elaine.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and shales (Pottsville) 1025 1025
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Big lime 140 1165
Waverly 535 1700
Berea shale (Sunbury) 27 1727
Berea grit— gas 60 1787
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 53 1840
LOG No. 507.
WELL AT MOUTH OF BIG ELAINE.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 20 20
Sand 60 80
Gray shale and red 35 115
Sand 195 310
Brown shale 45 355
Sand 60 415
Black slate .. 15 430
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 413
Sand HO 540
Gray shale 50 590
Black shale 20 610
Sand — Gas and salt water 125 735
Black slate 30 765
Sand — Gas and salt water 95 860
Black sha'e 10 870
White Conglomerate sand (base of Potts-
vine) 365 1235
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Green sand (big lime missing) 5 1240
Slate she Is (Waverly) 410 1650
Black slate (Sunbury) 10 1660
Sand (Berea Grit)— Gas 2 1662
Sand and shells 15 1677
Sand and shales 65 1742
Black slate 5 1747
Sand and shells 5 1752
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 648 2400
Light gray slate 192 2592
Lime 5 2597
LOG No. 508.
J. W. CARTER FARM.
Big Elaine Creek — 1 mile above Fallsburg.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 30 30
Slate 30 60
Sand 15 75
Slate 100 175
Sand 35 210
Slate 20 230
Gas sand 70 300
Slate 30 330
Oil sand 20 350
Slate 80 430
Sand 30 460
Slate 20 480
Sand 60 540
Slate 85 625
Salt sand 50 675
Slate 45 720
Sand 20 740
Slate 40 780
414 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Sand 20 800
Slate 10 810
Sand 50 860
Slate 20 880
Sand 15 895
Slate 15 910
Sand 10 920
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 55 975
"Big Injun"* 142 1117
"Berea"* —oil 471 1588
^Driller's names.
LOG No. 509.
MILLER FARM.
Lick Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 5 5
Sand 15 20
Slate 30 50
Coal 3 53
Sand 50 103
Slate 422 525
Sand 145 670
Slate 70 740
Sand (Pottsville) 185 925
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 15 940
"Big Lime" 190 1130
Waverly shale 499 1629
Sand 40 1669
Shelly slate 12 1681
LEE COUNTY.
LOG No. 510.
WELL AT TALLEGA.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Coal measures sand and shale 365 365
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 175 540
Waverly 515 1055
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Devonian shales 181 1236
Ljme — oil show ... 27 1263
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 415
LOG No. 511.
CABLE WELL.
1 mile S. E. of Fincastle.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil '. 4 4
Sand 101 105
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 83 188
Lime and slate -... 152 340
Sand 20 360
Lime 81 441
Sand 15 456
Lame „. 24 480
Slate 115 595
Brown slate 5 600
Shaly slate 365 965
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown sha'.el 175 1140
Blue shale 12 H52
Brown shale f (Devonian) 7
Blue shale 5 1164
Cap rock 18 H82
Oil sand— oil show at 1182 and 1238 88 1270
LOG ISTO. 512.
SHOEMAKER WELL.
1% miles S. E. of Fincastle.
Strata Thickness Depth
J'ENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 3 3
Sand 121 124
Slate 9 133
Shale 75 208
Sand 92 300
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 75 375
Lime— "Big lime" 108
Slate and shale (Waverly) 499 982
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale ^ 178 1160
Blue shale L (Devonian)
Brown sha'e j 8
Cap rock— salt water at 1187 14 1187
Black lime 39
Lime — oil show 9 1235
416 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 513. CHARLES HARRIS FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 27 27
Gray shale 190 217
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ) 125 342
White shale (. (Devonian) 6 348
Black shale J 8 356
Lime— salt water 75 431
LOG No. 514. EPH ANGEL FARM.
Big Sinking Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 15 15
Lime 140 155
Blue shale 30 185
Lime 20 205
Slate 10 215
Lime 5 220
Slate 85 305
Lime 5 310
Slate 100 410
Lime 4 414
Slate 80 494
Lime 6 500
Slate 100 600
Red rock 10 610
Slate 45 655
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Shale ) 120 775
Fire clay (. (Devonian) 15 790
Shale \ 10 800
Oil sand— oil at 800 ... 11 811
LOG No. 515. DAN FAILEY FARM.
Hell Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 6 6
Slate 23 29
Sand and shells 1 30
Slate 20 50
Sand 85 135
Slate ^ 10 145
Coal 5 150
Slate ... 75 225
RECORDS OP DRILLED WELLS 417
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shell and slate 135 360
Black lime 125 485
Slate 40 525
Gray lime 75 600
Slate 368 968
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale \ 122 1090
Slate I (Devonian) 65 1155
Black shale ) 13 1168
Black lime 2 1170
Gray sand (lime?) 10 1180
LOG No. 516. BRANDENBURG WELL.
y2 mile West of Cressmont.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 15 15
Slate 50 65
Sand 60 125
Slate and shale (base of Pottsville) 155 280
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 180 460
Sand 40 500
Slate 425 925
Brown shale ., 120 1045
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Fire clay (?) 13 1058
Top of sand at 1058
Oil show at 1065
Water at 1070
"Break" 1105 to 1107
Oil show at 1130
Slate at 1143
LOG No. 517.
EUREKA WELL— No. 1.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 60 60
Sand (base of Pottsville) 270 330
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime— "Little lime" 15 345
Shale 15 360
Lime — "Big lime" 140 500
Shale 30 530
Lime 15 545
Shale 440 985
Oil & Gas— 14
418
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 152
"Fire clay" (shale) 13
Lime 22
"Oil sand" — oil .... 16
1137
1150
1172
1188
LOG No. 518.
EUREKA WELL— No. 2.
Thickness
15
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand (base of Pottsville)
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime — "Little lime" 15
Slate 15
Lime — "Big lime" 130
Green slate 29
Slate 446
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 140
"Fire clay" (shale) 15
Lime 20
"Oil sand" — oil 21
I
Depth
15
80
45
175
204
650
790
805
825
846
LOG No. 519.
EUREKA WELL— No. 9.
Thickness
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand 90
Slate 180
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate
Lime
Slate
Lime
15
15
„ 130
20
10
Slate .................................................................... 470
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ....
"Fire clay" (Shale)
Lime
"Oil sand" ...
.... 135
.... 15
.... 58
65
Depth
90
270
285
300
430
450
460
930
1065
1080
1138
1203
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 419
LOG No. 520. EUREKA WELL— No. 10.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and gravel 60 60
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 85 145
Lime 135 280
Slate and shells 500 780
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 142 922
White shale _ 10 932
Lime 18 950
"Oil sand" 16 966
LOG No, 521. THOMAS BURKHART FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 16 15
Sand and shale 150 165
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Sandy lime 35 200
"Big lime" „. 126 326
Green slate 15 341
White slate 23 364
Blue slate 467 841
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 139 980
White shale 22 1002
Lime— oil show 91 1093
LOG No. 522. R. J. McLIN FARM— No. 3.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 20 20
Sand 100 120
Slate 10 130
Sand 70 200
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate and shale 143 343
Lime 95 438
Green slate 32 470
Lime 10 480
White slate 460 940
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 155 1095
White slate 13 1108
Lime— oil at 1118 ... 1163
420 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 523.
R. J. McLIN FARM— No. 4.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 20 20
Sand 100 120
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 130 250
Lime 95 345
Slate 21 366
Lime 20 386
Blue slate 439 825
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 155 980
Green slate 42 1022
Lime 91 • 1113
LEWIS COUNTY.
LOG No. 524.
ESHAM FARM.
Briery Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red gravel 8 8
Sandstone 9 17
White slate 38 55
Black slate 47 102
Fire c'.ay 13 115
Black slate 13 128
White slate 2 130
DEVONIAN SYTEM.
Black shale 102 232
Fire clay 8 240
Black shale and slate 60 300
White slate; showing of oil, gas, salt
water — 8 bailers to a screw and
increasing 5 305
Black lime sand; water increased from
306 to 326, no oil or gas below 306 5 310
Light lime sand; no oil, gas or water 35 345
Black lime 10 355
Black slate - 3 358
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 421
LOG No. 525. HAMILTON FARM— No. 1.
Mouth of Mosby Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Drift 5 5
Sandy clay 49 54
Sandy shale 71 125
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 195 320
Fire clay 10 330
Black slate : go 410
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Blue lime ,. 107 517
Sand ... 35 552
Fire clay ... 12 564
Red shale 23 537
Sand ... 3 590
Red shale .... 55 645
White slate 35 680
Red shale 5 535
White slate 15 700
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 10 710
White slate 35 745
Lime 20 765
Sand 5 770
White slate 230 1000
Mixed lime 771 1771
Pencil cave 12 1783
Hard lime 219 2002
LINCOLN COUNTY.
LOG No. 526.
K. DUNAGAN FARM.
Buck Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 7 7
Chesty lime 137 144
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate — 'gas show 52 196
"Ragland" sand— oil show 8 204
Shale 20 224
Sand (?)— oil show 2 226
Lime 3 229
Sand (?) 3 232
Lime 7 239
Sand (?) 15 254
Lime.
422 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 527.
JOE SCHLACTOR FARM.
2^ miles S. W. of Junction City.
Strata Thickness Depth
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Back shale 42 42
Lime — oil show 22 64
Light shale.
LOG No. 528.
WELL AT KING'S MOUNTAIN.
Scott Oil & Gas Company, Lessee.
Dr. C. M. Thompson, No. 1., Lessor.
J. McGrath, Driller.
Casing Head Elevation, 1185 ft. Surface Elevation, 1185 ft.
Strata Thickness Depth
Conductor 3 3
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Cliff Rock 10 13
Limestone 50 63
Blue slate 197 260
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 33 293
Fire clay 3 296
Cap rock 2 315
Limestone (Onondaga-Corniferous) 19
Total depth 315
Remarks: — Struck gas pocket in Waverly on August 6, 1919, at
9:30 a. m., depth 150 ft., gas gave out 10:30 p. m. same date.
Reduced hole from 8 to 6% inches at 179 feet. Did not drill
all the way through oil sands.
LOGAN COUNTY.
LOG No. 529.
WELL AT DIAMOND SPRINGS.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 24 24
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 76 100
Sand L 25 125
Slate 35 160
Lime 35 195
Slate 30 225
Sand 20 245
Shale 110 355
Sand 30 385
Shale .... 11 396
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 423
Lime 124 520
Sand— oil show 20 540
Slate 60 600
Sand— oil show 28 628
Hard lime 672 1300
Well starts nearly at top of the Chester and the sandstone at 600 —
628 is probably the Cypress. Well did not go deep enough to
reach the Devonian shale.
LOG No. 530.
WELL AT RUSSELLVILLE.
(Partial record).
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Blue-Lick" water at 744
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Shale (Devonian?) 910 to 1010
Heavy oil at 1291
"Marble" (white lime) 1291 to 1411
Dark pebbly rock 1411 to 1854
Base of Devonian indefinite.
MAGOFFIN COUNTY.
LOG No. 531.
TRIPLETT— No. 1.
Pricey Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 14 14
Sand 31 45
Slate 95 140
Sand 75 215
Slate 10 225
Sand 90 316
Coal 3 318
Sand (base of Pottsville) 12 330
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime shells 80 410
Slate 16 425
"Little lime" 20 445
Sand 10 455
Slate 15 470
Slate and lime shells 80 550
"Big lime"— cased at 665 185 735
Waverly shale 335 1070
Brown shale— (Sunbury) 15 1085
"Berea Grit"— oil show 10 1095
Slate break 5 1100
"Berea Grit"— gas show 15 1116
White slate and shells ... 70 1185
424 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OP KENTUCKY
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 320 1505
White slate 57 1562
"Clinton sand"* (lime) Ill 1673
(Oil and gas at 1587. Gas at 1605).
*Driller's convention.
LOG No. 532.
JAMES ONEY FARM.
Left Fork of White Oak Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 7 7
Sand 43 50
Lime 10 60
Sand 20 80
Slate 136 216
Sand 139 355
Slate 5 360
Sand 65 425
Slate 50 475
Sand 90 565
Slate (base of Pottsville) 5 570
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Little lime" 12 582
Shells and slate 28 610
"Big lime" 120 730
Light shale 438 1168
Black shale (Sunbury) 18 1186
Berea sand 32 1218
Slate and shells 22 1240
White slate .... 35 1275
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale j 163 1438
Lime shell I (Devonian) 2 1440
Brown shale j 152 1592
White slate 29 1621
Lime 149 1770
Slate 15 1785
Lime 20 1805
Slate 16 1821
Top of Silurian indefinite.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
425
LOG No. 533.
W. T. PHILLIPS— No. 1.
White Oak Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay and gravel 20 20
Slate 20 40
Hard shell (sand?) 10 50
Slate 80 130
"Settling sand" 205 335
Slate (base of Pottsville) 37 372
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Little lime" 10 382
S'ate and shell 33 415
"Big lime" 160 575
Waverly shale— cased at 417 431 1006
Sand — show of oil and gas 14 1020
Black slate (Sunbury) 20 1040
Berea Grit. 10 1050
White slate 45 1095
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 262 1357
White shale 23 1380
"Clinton sand"* (lime) — show of gas in
top 230 1610
Slate 10 1620
Red rock 6 1626
*Driller's distinction.
Top of Silurian indefinite.
LOG No. 534.
W. M. KEATON FARM.
Near Netty P. O.
Johnson Fork.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 18 18
White slate 112 130
Lime shells 10 140
Slate 220 360
Lime 60 420
Sand 95 615
Slate 115 630
Sand 10 640
Black lime (?) 15 655
Sand (base of Pottsville) 149 804
426 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Little lime"— cased at 804 6 810
Slate 2 812
"Big lime" 123 935
Waverly shale 367 1302
Black shale (Sunbury) 4 1306
Sand (Berea Grit?) 20 1326
White slate 14 1340
Sand 15 1355
White slate 25 1380
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 298 1678
White slate 40 1718
Brown lime— oil show at 1838 120 1838
Gray lime 16 1854
Slate 3 1857
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Brown sand (?)* 8 1865
Brown lime 50 1915
White sand (?)* 70 1985
Sand (?)* 2 1987
*Probably lime
LOG No. 535.
A. J. LINDON FARM.
Head of Johnson Fork. j •
Eastern Gulf Oil Co., Lessee.
Started July 15, 1917— Completed August 31, 1917.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Shelly slate 30 40
Lime shell 35 75
Slate— coal at 175 .-. 100 175
Sand 25 200
Slate 100 300
Sand 15 315
Slate 35 350
Sand 5 355
Slate 5 360
Sand _ 110 470
Slate 105 575
Lime she'.ls 20 595
Sand 75 670
Slate 60 730
Sand (base of Pottsville) 33 763
RECORDS OP DRILLED WELLS 427
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Little lime" 5 768
Slate 10 778
"Big lime" 114 892
Waverly shale 434 1326
Black shale (Sunbury) 5 1331
Berea Grit 20 1361
White slate 25 1376
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 319 • 1695
White slate 30 1725
Lime (Ragland sand?) 60 1785
LOG No. 536.
Near Hendricks P. O. on Middle Fork of Licking River.
Harris Arnett, Lessor; L. H. Gormley, Lessee.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 40 40
Black slate 260
Gray sand 85
Black slate 75 460
Shelly slate 25 485
White lime (?) 40 525
White sand (base of Pottsville) 190 715
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gray lime— "Big lime" 210 925
Dark s ate 245 1170
Shelly sand 20 1190
Gray sand WO
Shelly slate 100 1390
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 400 1790
Lime 290
Bastard gray sand 50 2130
Slate and red shale 77 2207
428
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 745.
F. M. BLANTON— No. 2.
Bed Rock Oil Co. Well, on F. M. B.anton Farm on Big Branch of
Ticklick Branch of Mine Fork of Little Paint Creek,
in Magoffin County.
Elevation Surface 960 A. T.
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Drift 0 6 feet
S.ate 6 27
Coal 27 28
Slate ^. .. 28 39
Gray sand 39 90
White sand 90 170
White sand 170 235 Fresh water and strong
show of oil.
Gray shale and slate 235 342
White sand 342 395
Shale and gray sand 395 405
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
White sand 405 410
Gray sand and lime 410 420
Green shale 420 430
Sand and blue shale .... 430 449
White lime— Big Lime.. 449 510 Big Lime— 460 ft. of
casing.
Gray and b_ue shale 510 614
Limy sand 614 775
Gray sand 775 817 Weir. Gas from top to
bottom. 987,000 cu. ft.
B!ack shale — Sun.bury.... 817 832 of gas.
Time of drilling 8 days. Drilled by E. F. Henry.
LOG No. 746.
F. M. BLANTON— No. 3.
Bed Rock Oil Co., on Big Branch of Ticklick Branch of Mine Fork in
Magoffin County.
E:evation Surface 1025 ft.
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Drift 0 to 24 feet
Slate ..
0 to 24
24 100
Brown sand 100 140
White sand 140 200
White sand 200 300
Shale and slate 300 424
Brown sand 424 435
Brown sand - . 435 460
Fresh water.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 429
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gray shale 460 475
Blue shale and lime.... 475 505
Blue shale 505 525
White lime 525 600 Big Lime casing set at
Green sand and shales.. 600 869 538.
Light gray sand 869 915 Weir sand gas. Later
Black shale 915 949 properly gauged and
found to be over 2,000,-
Driller, E. F. Henry. 000.
LOG No. 747.
Bed Rock Oil Co's. J. C. Cantrill No. 1, on Ticklick Branch of Mine
Fork, in Magoffin County.
Elevation Surface 955 A. T.
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Drift 0 to 15 feet
Sand stone 15 100
Sand and shales 100 200
Sandstone 200 310
Sandstone 310 312
Blue Clay 312 325
White sandstone 325 373
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue clay 373 375
Shelly lime and shales 375 417
Blue c ay 417 426
White iime 426 504 Big Lime casing set at
440.
Gray shales 504 712
Sandy lime 712 740 About 50,000 cu. ft. gas.
Black shale 740 750
Gray sand 750 788 Weir sand gas from
top to bottom. 850,000
cu. ft.
Sandy shales 788 819
Rock Pressure 285.
LOG No. 748.
Bed Rock Oil Co's. Boyd Conley No. 1, on Ticklick Branch of Mine
Fork in. Magoffin County.
Elevation Surface 905 ft.
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Drift and sand 0 to 50
Sandstone 50 190
Coarse white sand 190 270 Fresh water at 200.
White sand 270 340
430
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
B!ue clay with sandy
breaks ............................ 340
White lime ...................... 365
Brown shales .................. 485
Slate .................................. 645
Sandy lime .......................... 650
Green shale .................... 665
Gray sand ........................ 700
Black shale ...................... 731
Gray sand ........................ 743
Rock Pressure 285.
365
485 Big Lime cased at 400.
040
650
665
700
731
743
769
Some gas.
175,000 cu. ft. gas.
555,000 cu. ft. gas.
; Meadow Branch of
the Branch up the
LOG No. 749.
Harris Howard No. 1, Bed Rock Oil Co.,
Licking River, just above the forks of
Right Fork.
Elevation Surface about 940 ft.
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Drift 0 26 feet
Shale 26 60
Coal 60 63
Sand 63 167
Coal 167 170
Sand 170 185
Sand— black oil 185 195
Sand 195 275
Bluish shale 275 300
Sand 300 320
Shales 320 475
Sand with gas 475 500
White sand— show of oil 500 550
Sand— sa'.t water 550 570
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 570 740
White lime 740 835 Big Lime 8% set at 800
Shales 835 1160
Sand 1160 1250 Weir sand. Salt water
at 1170. Rose 900 feet
in hole.
Sandy lime 1250 1310
Black shale— soft 1310 1350 Sunbury shale.
Yellow hard shale 1350 1390 Berea Formation.
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 1390 1750
Gray shale 1750 1865
Gray lime 1865 1955 Corniferous. 100,000
cu. ft. of gas.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 431
MARTIN COUNTY.
LOG No. 537.
JACK CASSIDAY FARM.
Hardin Branch of Coldwater Fork of Rockcastle Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 24 24
Gray sand 88 112
Light slate 12 124
White sand 18 142
Light slate 40 182
Gray sand '. 3 185
Black slate 6 190
Gray sand 76 266
Black slate 8 274
Gray sand 13 287
Light s'ate 30 317
Black slate 87 404
Dark sand — gas 15 419
Black slate 56 475
White sand— salt water 93 568
Black slate 5 573
Gray and white sand 69 642
Black slate 7 649
Gray sand 60 709
Black slate 2 711
Gray sand 24 735
Black s'.ate 3 738
White sand 164 902
Black s'.ate 53 955
Gray sand 4 959
Dark slate — 33 992
Limy sand 6 998
Light slate 4 1002
White sand (base of Pottsville) 14 1016
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Light slate 34 1050
Dark lime 8 1058
Red shale 53 1111
Light slate 8 1119
White sand 26 1145
Black slate 30 1190
Dark lime— gas at 1340 200 1390
Sandy slate 12 1402
Red shale 27 1429
Dark slate 445 1874
Black slate (Sunbury?) 18 1892
432 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OP KENTUCKY
Gray, limy sand (Berea?) 27 1919
Light slate 20 1939
Dark slate 32 1971
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown slate ) 10 1981
Dark slate [ (Devonian) ^ ^
LOG No. 538.
J. M. STEPP FARM.
Wolf Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Drift 18 18
Sand 12 30
Coal 2 32
Slate * 12 44
Sand 55 99
Light slate 10 109
White sand 40 149
Light slate 5 154
White sand 56 210
Coal 2 212
Light slate 105 317
Sand 8 325
Coal 2 327
White sand 10 337
Light slate 20 357
White sand 12 369
Black slate 20 389
White slate 40 429
White sand 21 450
Light slate 50 500
White sand 24 524
Black slate 25 549
White sand 30 579
Light slate .,. 24 603
Gray sand 24 627
Light slate 25 652
White sand 48 700
Dark slate 40 740
White sand 15 755
Sandy slate 20 775
Gray sand 25 800
Black slate 10 810
White sand 100 910
Coal 3 913
Light slate 6 919
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 433
37 956
Slate ... 28 984
Sand 139 1123
Black slate (base of Pottsville) 20 1143
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red shale 6 1149
Light sand 100 1249
Dark slate 18 1267
Red shale 36 1303
"Big lime"— Oil at 1320— Gas at 1400 217 1520
Blue slate .. 33 1533
LOG No. 539.
SAM MUNSEY FARM.
Big Branch of Wolf Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 56 56
Light slate 24 80
Gray sand 35 115
Light sate 23 138
Dark sand 37 175
Dark slate 18 193
Coal 2 195
Dark slate 15 210
Coal 4 214
Shelly slate 248 . 462
Light sand 16 478
Shelly slate 167 645
Gray sand 45 690
Dark slate 8 698
Sand 135 833
Coal 3 836
Dark sand 29 865
Dark slate '. 28 893
White sand— black oil (Pottsville) 79 972
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shelly slate 38 1010
Red shale 15 1025
Black sand 14 1039
Black slate 6 1045
Red shale 10 1055
Black slate - 18 1073
434 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Red shale 78 1151
Dark sand — Gas ..'. 12 1163
Dark slate '. 30 1193
Gray sand 36 1229
Black slate 6 1235
Lime — "Big lime" 175 1410
Dark sand 10 1420
Sandy slate 16 1436
Black slate 6 1442
Dark sand 15 1457
Dark slate 78 1535
Black slate 4 1539
LOG No. 540.
WARFIELD WELL.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 32 32
Sand 11 . 43
Coal 7 50
Sand 97 147
Coal .. 3 150
White sand 50 200
Shale — Salt water 75 275
Sand 20 295
Shale 214 509
Sand 71 580
Missing 13 593
Sand — Oil show 88 681
Shale 18 699
Sand 51 750
Shale „ i 200 950
Pebbly sand— Oil and gas 50 1000
White and blue shales 200 1200
Coarse pebbly sand 10 1210
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shells 90 1300
Sandy lime — Gas 7 1307
(Irregular Record).
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 435
LOG. No. 541. YORK AND RATLIPF WELL.
2 miles above Warfield.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil and gravel 55 55
Slate 55 110
Sand 30) 140
S.ate and sand 75 215
Coal 2 217
Slate 13 230
Coal 6 236
Slate _ _ ^ 90 326
Sand _... 40 366
Slate and shells 284 650
Sand— Salt water 225 875
MISSISSrPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 166 1040
Slate and red rock 60 1100
Green slate and red rock 120 1220
Sand A , ,. 15 1235
Blue slate and red rock 28 1263
Red rock 10 1273
Black slate 20 1293
Dark shale 20 1313
"Little lime" 8 1321
"Pencil cave" 9 1330
"Big lime"— gas at 1486 169 1499
Gas well
LOG No. 542. THOS. KIRK FARM.
3 miles above Warfield.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 30 30
Sand 55 85
Slate 55 140
Coal 5 145
Slate -. 105 250
Sand 50 300
MISSISSPPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 260
Sand— Salt water 220 780
Slate and shells 120 900
9and 50 950
Slate and shells 20
Red rock 20 990
Green slate 32 1022
Lime .. 18 "40
436 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Red rock 15 1055
Blue slate 20 1075
Lime shells and red rock 50 1125
Shells and slate 50 1175
Slate ,, 25 1200
"Big lime" 170 1370
Slate 5 1375
Sand 65 1440
Slate 35 1475
Sand 40 1515
White sla-te 375 1890
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale (Devonian?) 64 1954
McLEAN COUNTY.
LOG No. 543. T. C. MARTIN FARM.
Livermore.
Strata (Partial record).
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM. Feet
White sand — Oil show at 130
White shale "• 140
Light gray shale " 275
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gray lime _ " 300
White sand — oil show " 309
Gray lime " 443
Gray shale " 595
Gray shale " 700
Dark gray sand " 800
Gray shale " 865
Dark gray lime " 895
Very dark lime " 1165
Gray sand " 1540
Dove-colored lime " 1760
Dark shale " 1800
Gray lime " 1906
Gray sand " 2010
Dark sandy shale — oil show " 2020
Brown 'sand " 2080
Dark shale— Oil show (Devonian) " 2420
Dove colored lime " 2500
Dark shale " 2600
Dark calcareous sand " 2670
Dark sha'e " 2715
Black shale " 2800
Dark shale " 3000
Gray lime 3025 to 3241
(Poorly kept record).
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 437
MEADE COUNTY.
LOG No. 544.
HARRINGTON FARM.
Doe Run.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil _ 8 8
Lime 232 240
Limy shale 300 540
White shale 90 630
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale— gas 60 690
Lime — Oil show at 940. Salt water at
780 and 878 460 1150
Sha-y lime 255 1405
Top of Siliurian indefinite.
MENEFEE COUNTY.
LOG No. 545.
G. W. GAY FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 5 5
Blue clay 10 15
White shale 90 105
Blue shale 50 155
Gray lime 10 165
White shale 3 168
Soft blue shale 70 238
Hard blue shale 94 332
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale j 136 468
White Clay I (Devonian) 6 474
Brown shale ) 7 481
Lime— "Ragland sand"— Gas 19 500
LOG No. 546. ELIJAH MYNHIER FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
IJISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 10 10
Blue shale 50 60
Dark lime 10 70
Blue shale 85
Light shale 4
Dark lime 16 175
Shale 123
Gray lime 5 303
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale j (Deyoni 137 440
Blue shale f 12 452
Lime — "Ragland sand" — Gas 26 . 478
LOG No. 547.
G. W. POYNTER FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 6 6
Dark sand 144 150
Blue shale 220 370
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale i . 150 520
Blue shale } (^vonian) g 52g
Lime — "Ragland sand"— gas at 530 and
542 to 563 _ 35 563
Blue shale 2 565
LOG No. 548.
G. W. POYNTER FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 7 . 7
Dark sand 79 86
Shale 327 413
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale \ 144 557
Blue shale ( (Devonian) 6 563
Black shale ) 1 564
Lime— "Ragland sand"— Gas 37 601
Blue shale 3 604
LOG No. 549.
T. E. AMBURGEY FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 23 23
Sand 222 245
Shale 225 470
Gray lime 5 475
Blue shale 10 485
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ) . 165 650
Blue shale { (Devonian) g 65g
Lime — "Raglanl sand" — Gas 45 700
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 439
LOG No. 550.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 5 5
Dark shale 15 20
Sand 30 50
Dark shale 267 317
Light shale 9 326
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ^ 40 366
Brown shale I (Devonian) 102 468
Blue shale .. ) 5 473
Lime — "Ragland sand" — Gas 26 499
Blue shale ... 4 503
LOG No. 551.
W. F. FITZPATRICK FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 6 6
Blue shale 30 36
Sand 8 44
Blue shale 263 307
Gray lime 8 315
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ) 143 458
Blue shale ... \ (Devonian) 8 466
Lime— "Ragland and"— gas 28 494
Blue shale ... 19 513
LOG No. 552.
G. W. MILLER FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
day 9 9
Sand 176 185
Blue shale 236 421
Dark lime — 22 443
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale j 144 587
Blue shale ( <Devon'an> 8 595
Lime— "Ragland sand"— Gas 26 621
Blue shale 7 628
440 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 553.
JOHN FEERAFT FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay „ 7 7
Dark sand 61 68
Blue shale _ 4 72
Dark sand 21 93
Blue shale _ 1 94
Dark sand 6 100
Blue shale 45 145
Dark sand 3 148
Blue shale 12 160
Dark sand - 10 170
Blue shale 13 183
Dark sand 11 194
Blue shale 318 512
Gray lime 2 514
Blue shale 6 520
Gray lime 2 522
Blue shale 8 530
Black shale 6 536
Blue shale 9 545
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale .. j 98 643
Brown shale (. (Devonian) 58 701
Blue shale ... ) 9 710
Lime — "Ragland sand" — Gas 36 746
Blue shale 5 751
Gray lime 5 756
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale 68 824
LOG No. 554.
JACK BARNETT FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 10 10
Sand 130 140
Blue shale 140 280
Dark lime 5 285
Blue shale 13 298
Dark lime 4 302
Blue shale 145 447
Gray lime ... 449
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
441
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ~| 91 540
Brown shale 43 583
Blue shale . (Devonian) 12 595
Brown shale 8 603
Blue shale J 5 608
Lime— "Raglancl sand"— Gas 12 620
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale 153 773
LOG No. 555.
CATHERINE TABOR FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 9 9
Sand 381 390
Yellow lime 2 392
Sand 98 490
Yellow lime 2 492
Blue shale 25 517
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale . ) 153 670
Blue shale . \ (Devonian) 10 68Q
Lime — "Ragland sand" — Gas 23 703
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale 7 710
LOG No. 556.
HULDA COLDIRON FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 7 7
Dark sand 13 20
Blue shale 3 23
Dark sand 5 28
Blue shale 5 33
Dark sand 5
Blue shale 4 42
Dark sand 9 51
Blue shale 13 64
Dark sand 6 70
Blue shale
Dark sand 25 120
Blue shale 310 430
Gray lime 2 432
Blue shale .... 4 436
442 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ] 24 460
Blue shale .... I (Devonian) 6 466
Brown shale f Shale gas at 500 137 603
Blue shale ..J 4 607
Lime — "Ragland sand" — Gas 26 633
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale 2 635
Lime 20 655
Blue shale 2 657
Lime 3 660
Blue shale 1 661
Lime 6 667
Blue shale 2 669
Lime 3 672
Blue shale .... 4 676
LOG No. 557.
J. M. ADAMS FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 7 7
Sand 47 54
Blue shale 288 342
Gray lime 3 345
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ) 160 505
Blue shale .. \ devonian) 4 509
Lime — "Ragland sand"— Gas and salt
water 26 535
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale 10 545
Gray lime 5 550
Light shale 7 557
LOG No. 558.
EWING HEIRS FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel 15 15
Blue shale 325 340
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale (Devonian) 230 570
"Ragland sand" 50 620
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 443
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Lime (?) 180 800
Red rock 25 825
Lime 150 975
White slate 25 1000
Blue lime 200 1200
Red rock 10 1210
White lime 300 1510
White sand (?) 50 1560
White lime 80 1640
Sand (?) 20 1660
Lime 141 1801
LOG No. 559. AGNES ROTHWELL FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 4 4
Sand 186 190
Dark lime 2 192
Blue shale 206 398
Blue lime 14 412
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale .
Blue shale .
Black shale
Brown shale
Blue shale .
130 542
2 544
• (Devonian) .... 11 555
6 561
11 572
Lime — "Ragland sand" — Gas 43 615
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 134 749
Gray lime 754
Blue shale 5 759
Gray lime - 441 1200
LOG No. 560. BELLAMY FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay
Blue shale 113 118
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ) . 150 268
Blue shale \ <Devonian) 62 330
Gray lime 15 345
Dark shale 38 383
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Lime ... 317 700
444 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 561.
DAVIS HAMILTON FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 8 8
Blue shale 15 23
Black shale 152 175
Light shale 35 210
Gray lime 3 213
Blue shale 2 215
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 143 358
Blue shale 64 422
Black shale 18 440
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale 46 486
Green shale 14 500
Yellow flint 1 501
Reddish-brown shale 8 509
Light green shale 3 512
Reddish-brown shale 2 514
Gray lime 11 525
Blue shale 2 527
Gray lime 3 530
Blue shale 18 548
Gray lime 24 572
Pink shale 2 574
Gray lime 3 577
Light shale 8 585
Gray lime 3 588
Blue shale 2 590
Gray lime 4 594
White shale 6 600
Blue shale 14 614
Lime 355 969
Gray slate 5 974
Dark lime 21 995
Blue slate 3 998
Dartc lime 7 1005
(Ragland sand was missing.)
(Top of Ordovician not defined.)
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
445
LOG No. 562.
Strata
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil
Blue shale
Sand
Blue shale
Sand
Gray lime(?)
Blue lime(?) and slate
R. S. INGRAM FARM.
Thickness
12
100
187
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale (Devonian) 173
Lime — "Ragland sand" — Oil show and
salt water
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale 140
Pink shale 25
Blue lime .... 53
Depth
10
20
50
98
110
210
397
570
630
770
795
848
LOG No. 563.
J. J. CHAMBERS FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 4 40
Sand 176 180
Blue shale 92 272
Brown lime 2 274
Blue shale 51 325
Sand 17 342
Blue shale 60 402
Sand 13 415
Blue shale 36 451
Blue lime 3 454
Blue shale 8 462
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ) % 138 600
Blue shale [ (Devonian) 10 61Q
Lime— "Ragland sand" 43 653
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale .... 5 , 658
446 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 564.
J. J. CHAMBERS FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 7 7
Sand 113 120
Shale 334 454
Lime 3 457
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ) . 156 613
White shale } (Devonian) 8 621
Lime — "Ragland sand" — Gas show at 636,
Oil show at 646 40 661
Lime 34 695
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale .... 13 708
LOG No. 565.
T. F. PAYNTER FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 7 7
Shale 403 410
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale ) 140 550
Light shale .. [ (Devonian) ? ^
Lime — "Ragland sand" — Gas 20 577
Gray shale 13 590
LOG No. 567.
SKIDMORE BROTHERS FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 9 9
Sand 71 80
Blue shale 298 378
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale / . 156 534
Blue shale .... { (Devonian) g ^
Lime — "Ragland sand" 44 584
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale ... 6 590
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
447
LOG No. 568.
JOHN P. CROCKETT FARM.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 3
Sand 5
Blue shale 7
Sand 3
Blue shale 7
Sand ' 10
Blue .shale 60
Sand ... 11
Blue shale
Gray lime
Blue shale
Gray lime
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale
254
2
53
5
159
Blue shale .... } (Devonian) "~2~^~ 8
Lime — "Ragland sand" 55
Depth
3
8
15
18
25
35
95
106
360
362
415
420
579
587
642
LOG No. 569. ALEXANDER FARM.
7 miles from Frenchburg.
Casing Head Elevation 725 feet.
Strata Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Hard sandstone 200
Hard limestone 100
Soft shelly sandstone 250
Soft Soapstone 350
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black and brown shale 175
Fire clay 12
Limestone Cap Rock (Corniferous L. S.) 2
Oil sands (drilled in) 17
LOG No. 570.
JAMES NEAL FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 9 9
Sand 16 25
Blue shale 5 30
Sand 25 55
Blue sha'.e 45 100
Sand 8 108
Blue shale ... 92 200
448 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OP KENTUCKY
Sand 20 220
Blue shale 20 240
Sand 48 288
Blue shale 22 310
Sand 20 330
Blue shale 78 408
Gray lime 12 420
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale j . 139 559
Blue shale [ (Devonian) g 56g
Lime — "Ragland sand" 36 . 601
LOG No. 580.
J. R. LYON FARM.
Head of Blackwater Creek.
(From drillings).
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 17 17
Sand 13 30
Black shale 50 80
Coal 1 81
Shale 19 100
White sand 77 177
Dark gray sand 8 185
Dark shale 12 197
White sand 4 201
Dark slate 6 207
White sand 10 217
Gray shale (base of Pottsville) 78 295
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gray lime — "Big lime" 47 342
Greenish shale (top of Waverly) 33 375
Light sand 85 460
Gray shale 25 485
Gray sand 280 765
Gray shale 75 840
Gray lime 8 848
Gray shale 32 880
Gray sand 20 900
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale "] 210 1110
Blue shale 10 1120
Black shale L (Devonian) 4 1124
Blue sha'e 6 1130
Dark shale 4 1134
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 449
Gray lime — "Ragland sand" 19 1153
Brownish gray lime 5 1153
Light brown lime 5 1163
Brownish gray lime 5 H68
White lime 8 1176
Brown lime 18 1194
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Gray iime 11 1205
Very dark argillaceous lime 5 1210
White lime 26 1236
Blue shale (Niagaran) 174 1410
Blue shale— streaks of red lime 15 1425
Variegated lime 36 1461
Gray lime 10 1471
GRDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Blue argilaceous lime 29 1500
Mixed white and blue limes 135 1635
Gray lime 115 1750
Gray and white limes 150 1900
White, blue and variegated limes 265 2165
Lime and shales mixed 225 2390
Lime 35 2425
Dove-colored lime mixed with green
quartzite — top of Tyrone 75 2500
Dark dove-colored lime 100 2600
Light dove-co'ored lime 140 2740
Dark dove-colored lime 40 2780
Grayish dove-colored lime 40 2820
Dark dove-colored lime 160 2980
Very dark dove-colored lime 85 3065
Grayish dove-colored lime 20 3085
Very dark lime 30 3115
Light dove-colored lime — green shale
at base 5 3120
White sandy limestone — gas show — top
of Calciferous 11 3131
As stated on page 178 the distinction "Devonian" as used in
these records opposite the Black Shale does not necessarily mean
that all of the B ack Shale is Devonian or that all of the Devonian
is Black Shale.
In many of the records the upper part of what the driller includes
in the name "Black Shale" may belong in the Mississippian while
some of the light shales below the Black Shale are Devonian, as is
a so the "Ragland sand," the latter a limestone.
Oil & Gas— 15
450 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MOBGAN COUNTY.
LOG No. 582.
CARTER WELL No. 1.
Cannel City.
(Partial record).
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 14 14
To top of "Big Lime" 806 820
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Big Lime — Waverly — oil show at 970 460 1280
Brown shale (Sunbury) 10 1290
Berea 30 1320
Slate 20 1340
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 270 1610
Shale , 31 1641
Lime— oil at 1645 16 1657
LOG No. 583. TAYLOR DAY WELL No. 1.
Cannel City.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 15 15
Red rock 30 45
Sand 20 65
Black shale 35 100
Bastard lime (?) 80 180
Sand 45 225
Black slate 100 325
White sand 75 400
Slate and shells 40 440
"Settling" sand 80 520
Black slate (base of Pottsville) 20 540
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Dark lime 30 570
Pencil cave 10 580
"Big lime" 125 705
White shale 50 755
Waver'.y shale 435 1190
Brown shale (Sunbury) 35 1225
White shale 35 1260
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 286 1546
White shale 30 1576
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Lime— oil show at 1588 . 175 1751
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 451
LOG No. 584.
TAYLOR DAY WELL No. 2.
Cannel City.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 10 10
Slate 131 141
Coal 4 145
Slate .. 50 195
Coal 2 197
Slate 163 360
Sand 258 618
Slate 35 653
Sand .. 90 743
Slate (base of Pottsville 6 749
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Little lime" 14 763
Pencil cave 5 768
"Big lime" 192 960
Lime (?) shells 50 1010
Sand 20 1030
Shale 350 1380
"Berea" 30 1410
Lime shells 90 1500
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 230 1730
White shale 25 1755
Lime— heavy gas at 1758— oil at 1768 20 1775
LOG No. 585.
TERRELL WELL No. 1.
Cannel City.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 9 9
Slate and shells 131 140
Slate -' 30 170
Sand 254 424
Slate 8 432
Sand 78 510
Slate 10 520
Shells 15 535
Sand 85 620
Slate (base of Pottsville) 10 630
452 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 15 645
Slate 23 668
"Big lime" 132 800
Sand— oil show at 870 75 875
Waverly sha'e — oil show at 930 405 1280
Brown shale (Sunbury) 10 1290
Berea 40 1330
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 278 1608
White shale 30 1638
Lime— oil 10 1648
LOG No. 586.
KENTUCKY BLOCK CANNEL COAL CO. No. 1.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 19 19
Sand and slate 17 36
Coal 2 38
Sand 4 42
Shale 9 51
Sand 21 72
Sand and slate 101 173
Sand 27 200
Sandy hlack shale 10 21C
Pebble sand 20 230
Black slate 16 246
White sand— oil show at 285 120 366
Sand and shale 6 372
White sand 74 446
Sand and slate 11 457
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime, sand and black slate — oil show
at 470 43 500
White sand 78 578
Lime 34 612
Lime and dark slate 34 646
Lime 47 693
Green shale 122 815
Blue shale 84 899
Gray shale 329 1228
Black shale (Sunbury?) '. 24 1252
Berea 18 1270
Blue shale 36 1306
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 268 1574
Gray shale 34 1608
Lime— (Ragland sand)— oil I 1609
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 453
LOG No. 587.
KENTUCKY BLOCK CANNEL COAL CO. No. 2.
Cannel City.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and gravel 12 12
Slate and shel's 18 30
Slate ^ 170 200
Sand' 260 460
Slate and lime (?) 40 500
"Settling" sand 80 580
Slate (bare of Pottsville) 64 644
MISSISSIPFIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 130 774
Waverly shale 456 1230
Brown shale (Sunbury) 15 1245
Berea 20 1265
Slate 45 1310
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale (Devonian) 269 1579
White slate 32 1611
Lime — oil and gas show at 1616 — salt
water 20 1631
LOG No. 588.
KENTUCKY BLOCK CANNEL COAL CO. No. 3.
Cannel City.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 17 17
Red rock 50 67
Coal 2 69
B!ack slate 150 219
Sand 200 419
Slate 20 439
"Settling" sand 100 539
Slate 15 554
Sand 81 635
Slate (base of Pottsville 15 650
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 170 820
Waverly shale 440 1260
Brown shale (Sunbury) 10 1270
Berea 40 1310
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale (Devonian) ...... - 279 1589
White slate 30 1619
Lime— strong gas at 1622, oil at 1624 13 1632
454
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 589.
SUSAN LYKINS FARM.
Brushy Fork.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 12 12
Shale - 6 18
Sand 17 35
Shale— thin coal at 43 102 - 137
Sand 8 145
Shale 28 173
Sand 152 325
Shale 3 328
Sand 94 422
White pebble-rock 5 427
Sand 6 433
Shale 4 437
Sand 5 442
Sandy shale 4 446
Sand :. 84 530
White pebble-rock 6 536
Sand (base of Pottsville) 25 561
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Litt'.e lime" 4 565
Shale 5 570
"Big lime" 105 675
"Waverly" 525 1200
Black shale (Sunbury) 7 1207
Sandy lime 35 1242
Blue shale 43 1285
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black sha'e (Devonian) 285 1570
Light shale 41 1611
Lime— oil at 1615. Gas at 1645 49 1660
LOG No. 590.
JESS MORRIS FARM.
Caney Creek.
(From drivings) .
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 15 15
Shale 10 25
Sand— gas at 75, 125 and 200 235 260
Pebble rock 5 265
Sand 40 305
Pebble rock 13 318
Dark shale and sand ... 12 330
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 455
Dark shale 10 340
Shaly sand 5 345
Sjand _ 35 330
Pebb'.e rock 30 410
Coal ! 411
Dark shale (base of Pottsville) 42 453
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM. •
Lime 15 468
Limy sha'e 5 473
Lime — "Big lime" ., 52 525
Sand and shale — oil show at 625 235 760
Limy shale 5 765
Red sand 1 766
Dark blue, sandy shale — gas at 850, 865
and 920 154 920
Fine sand 5 925
Shale 5 930
Sand — salt water _ 10 940
Dark sha:e ,. 33 973
Sand 2 975
Dark shale 37 1012
Shale and sand 16 1028
Black sha'e (Sunbury) 7 1035
Sand (Berea)— oil at 1052 24 1059
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Dark shale and sand 28 1087
Black shale, gas and oil at 1145 283 1370
Soft blue shale 30 1400
Lime — oil a ad gas at 1408. Sa'.t water
at 1416 50 1450
Lime 65 1515
Sandy lime— oil and gas at 1525 15 1530
Lime 87 1617
Sand 10 1627
Dark, sandy lime 25 1652
Red shale 133 1785
Blue shale 79 1864
Lime .' ., 5 1869
Blue shale 22 1891
Gray lime 9 1900
Red shale 6 1906
Blue shale and lime 12 1918
Red shale 4 1922
Dark blue shale 20 1942
Dark lime 25 1967
Sand 7 1974
Sandy and limy shales 47 2021
Base of Devonian indefinite.
Top of Ordovician indefinite.
456 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 591.
JAMES STINSON FARM.
Caney Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 19 19
Shale 51 70
Sand— gas at 171 250 320
White pebble rock 13 333
Dark shale and sand 37 370
Sand 62 432
White pebble rock 46 478
Shale (base of Pottsville) 27 505
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Little lime" 8 513
Shale 6 519
"Bi-- lime" 116 635
"Waverly"— oil show at 710 and 980 457 1092
Black shale (Sunbury) 8 1100
Sandy lime and shale 55 1155
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 235 1390
Very dark lime— gas at 1405 25 1415
B ue shale 63 1478
Lime— gas at 1493 47 1525
Sandy lime 63 1588
Blue lime— gas at 1592. Oil at 1598 21 1609
LOG No. 592.
WHITTAKER WELL.
Frisby Branch of Caney Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 40 40
Slate 100 140
Cannel Coal v 6 146
Slate 69 215
Sand 70 285
S ate 100 385
Sand 205 590
Slate 5 595
Sand 35 630
S ate 60 690
Sand 70 760
Slate (base of Pottsville) ... 10 770
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 457
MISSISSIPFIAN SYSTEM.
"Little lime" 6 776
"Big lime"— cased at 782 144 920
Waverly shale 470 1390
Black shale (Sunbury) 10 1400
Berea grit 30 1430
White slate 30 1460
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 302 1762
White shale 30 1792
Lime— oi! and gas at 1795 .... 25 1817
LOG No. 593.
CHARLIE COFFEY FARM.
White Oak CreeK.
Strata ThickneSo Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 11 11
Slate— oil show at 110 99 110
Gray sand 75 185
Blue slate 30 215
Coal 4 219
Blue slate 81 300
Gray sand 160 460
Blue slate 22 482
Blue lime 13 495
Blue slate 5 500
White sand (base of Pottsville) 120 620
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gray lime — "Little lime" 12 632
Blue slate 6 638
White lime )"Big lime" . 30 668
Bastard lime ) Oil show at 695 90 758
Blue slate (Waverly) 457 1215
Black slate (Sunbury) 24 1239
Lime (place of Berea) 40 1279
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 273 1552
Black lime 20 1572
Blue slate 34 1606
Gray lime— oi! show at 1610 200 1806
Sand 11 1817
Lime.
458 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 594. SAM REED FARM.
Right Fork of White Oak Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 4 4
Sand and clay 10 14
Sand 11 25
Shale 75 100
Lime 30 130
Sand 90 220
Black shale 10 230
Sand 90 320
Blue shale 35 355
Bastard lime 15 370
White sand 70 440
Black sand and shale 5 445
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black lime 50 495
White lime 135 630
Black s'.ate 35 665
Sand 25 690
Blue slate 260 950
Black slate and lime 115 1065
Lime shells 5 1070
Black sha'.e (Sunbury) 10 1080
Sand 25 1105
Lime 30 1135
White slate 15 1150
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 267 1417
B'.ue shale 3 1420
Flint and shale :.. 35 1455
Brown lime and shale — 'gas 20 1475
Brown lime 80 1555
LOG No. 595. W. H. VANCE FARM.
Right Fork of White Oak Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Black slate 10 20
Sand 170 190
Sand and slate breaks 26 216
Slate , 2 218
Sand — gas show at 248 102 320
Blue slate 32 352
Sand . 114 466
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 459
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue slate 3 469
Sand 5 474
Blue slate 4 478
Sand and lime 8 486
"Big lime" 19 505
White slate 3 508
Lime (?) 77 535
Waverly shale 265 850
Black lime (?) 40 890
Waverly shale 133 1023
Brown slate (Sunbury) 12 1035
Sand — oil and gas show 24 1059
Slate 23 1082
Sand 23 1105
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 301 1406
Light shale 35 1441
Lime — gas show 13 1454
LOG No. 596.
"RAINBOW" WELL.
West Liberty.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 18 18
Gray sand 68 86
Coal i 2 88
Fire clay (?) 10 98
White sand 230 328
Black slate (base of Pottsville) 40 368
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue lime— "Litte lime" 6 374
White slate 40 414
Lime— "Big lime" 60 474
Black slate 14 488
Waverly 513 1001
B ack shale (Sunbury) 16 1017
Berea — gas show 17 1034
White shale 36 1070
White sand 9 1079
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 259 1338
B ue and white shales 50 1388
Lime ... 185 1573
460 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 597.
BURNS WELL.
West Liberty.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 18 18
Sand 68 86
Coal 2 88
Shale 10 98
White sand 230 328
Black slate (base of Pottsville) 40 368
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue lime 6 374
White slate 40 414
"Big lime" 60 474
Black slate 14 488
Gray sand 532 1020
Black slate (Sunbury) 25 1045
White shale 50 1095
White sand (Berea?) 10 1105
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 260 1365
B ue shale , 43 1408
Sandy lime— oil show 30 1438
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and slate 15 1453
Black slate 9 1462
Sandy lime— oil 40 1502
Hard lime 6 1508
LOG No. 598.
REED No. 1.
Neil's Valley.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Coal Measures sands and sha'es 405 405
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 110 515
Slate 40 555
Waverly 517 1072
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 285 1357
Slate 31 1388
Lime— gas and oil show at 1447 89 1477
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Sate 17 1494
Lime— salt water at 1540 140 1634
Red rock.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 461
LOG No. 599. MAY WELL No. 1.
Neil's Valley.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Coal Measures sand and shales 415 415
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 125 540
Slate 33 573
Waverly 592 1165
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 259 1424
Slate -. 17 1441
Lime — gas and oil show at 1477, oil show
at 1521, gas show at 1542 201. 1642
Slate 30 1672
(Top of Silurian in 201 feet of lime.)
LOG No. 600. MAY WELL No. 2.
Neil's Valley.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Coal Measures sand and sha'e 355 355
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 112 467
Slate 35 502
Waverly 508 1010
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 304 1314
S ate 30 1344
Lime — gas show at 1351, oil show at 1374,
oil and gas show at 1548 251 1595
Slate „ 35 1630
Red rock 250 1880
Lime 30 1910
Slate 161 2071
Lime — oil show at 2080.
(Top of Silurian in 251 feet of lime.)
LOG No. 601. GEO. CASKY WELL.
Elk Fork.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Coal Measures sand and shales 412 412
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 110 522
Slate 40 562
Waverly 565 1127
462 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 310 1437
White slate 29 1466
Lime — gas at 1466, oil show at 1489, salt
water at 1500 53 1519
LOG No. 602. J. McLAIN WELL.
Elk Fork.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIA SYSTEM.
Coal Measures sand and shales 410 410
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 105 515
Slate .-. 39 554
Waverly 559 1113
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 315 1428
White slate , 32 1460
Lime — tools lost — abandoned.
LOG No. 603. H. NEIL WELL.
Neil's Valley.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Coal Measures sand and shale 377 377
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 99 476
Slate : 35 511
Waverly 512 1023
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 310 1333
White slate 30 1363
Lime — oil show at 1375, salt water
at 1497 134 1497
LOG No. 604. S. P. NICKELL FARM.
Stacey Fork.
Strata Thickness Deptn
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 8 8
Slate 382 390
Sand 165 555
Slate 40 595
Sand 85 680
Slate 25 705
Sand 20 725
Slate (base of Pottsville) ... 5 730
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 463
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Little lime" 25 755
"Pencil cave" 5 760
"Big lime" 140 900
Waverly shale 470 1370
Brown shale (Sunbury) 10 1380
Berea Grit 50 1430
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 245 1675
White slate 25 1700
White sand (?) — oil and gas show
at 1706 15 1715
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 200 1915
White sand 6 1921
Brown sand 40 1961
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM, i
Sand and lime 40 2001
White slate 6 2007
Red rock 100 2107
White slate 40 2147
Red rock 60 2207
White slate 73 2280
Red rock and shells 110 2390
Rotten lime 124 2514
LOG No. 605. JERRY STAGEY FARM.
Stacey Fork.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 25 25
Shale and shells 170 195
Sand 280 475
Slate 15 490
Sand 100 590
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate and lime 61 651
"Big lime" 115 766
Waver y shale 474 1240
Brown shale (Sunbury) 9 1249
Berea 31 1280
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale - 258 1538
White slate 25 15C3
Sand 6 1569
Brown lime 6 1575
Gas well.
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LOG No. 606. JAMES McCLURE FARM.
Grassy Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 12 12
Slate 28 40
Sand 10 50
Slate 100 150
Sand 178 328
Slate 52 380
Sand 10 390
Slate (base of Pottsville) 21 411
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Little lime" — cased at 415 19 430
"Big lime" 80 510
Slate and sand 90 600
Slate 40 640
Sand 115 755
Slate and shell 228 983
Sand 34 1017
Slate 33 1050
Shale 25 1075
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 247 1322
White slate 25 1347
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Lime— gas at 1365 63 1410
Lime— gas at 1475 122 1532
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Slate - 10 1542
Red rock 108 1650
Slate 40 1690
Red rock 20 1710
Slate 30 1740
Red rock 10 1750
Shell and slate 60 1810
Slate 20 1830
Lime 572 2402
LOG No. 607. FRISBY BRANCH OF CANEY CREEK.
Lessor, W. M. Plake. Lessee, Eastern Gulf Oil Co.
Started April 21, 1917. Completed June 7, 1917.
Total Depth 1817 feet.
Strata Feet Feet
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Drift _ 0 to 40
Slate 40 140
Cannel Coal ... ... 140 146
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 465
Slate 146 215
Sand 215 285
Slate 285 385
Salt sand 385 590
Slate 590 595
Sand 595 630
Slate 630 690
Sand 690 760
Slate 760 770
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Little lime 770 776
Big lime, hard 776 920
Waverly shale 920 1390
Black 1390 1400
Berea Grit 1400 1430
White slate 1430 1460
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 1460 1762
White slate 1762 1792
Cannel City oil.
Sand 1792 1817
First oil pay at 2 ft. 6 inch in sand. Second oil pay at 9 ft. in
sand. No water showing. A strong flow of gas was struck at 1795
which was 3 ft. in sand. Oil also at same depth rose 500 ft. in hole.
Showing of fresh water at 390 ft. enough to drill well. Well flooded
at 500 ft. 6% inch casing, 782 ft. S1^ inch casing, 20 ft. Drillers:
Kelly Neal and W. S. Potts.
LOG No. 608.
J. A. OLDFIELD FARM.
Mize P. O.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate and shells 90 90
White sand 200 29C
Slate (base of Pottsville) 50 340
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Little lime" 20 360
"Big lime" 115 475
Waverly shale 565 1040
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale (Devonian) 185 1225
White slate 15 1240
Brown shale ... 6 1246
466 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MUHLENBERG COUNTY.
LOG No. 609.
WELL BETWEEN CENTRAL CITY AND KINCHELOE FERRY.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 16 16
Shale 38 . 54
Dark slate 5 59
Coal 5 64
Sand 22% 86%
Coal 5V2 92
Sandstone 3 95
Coal 6 101
Sand 10% 111%
Coal 3% 115
Sand 84 199
Shale 8 207
Dark slate 10 217
Coal (No. 9) 6 223
Shale 64 " 287
Sand 42 329
Coal 7 336
Shale 8 344
Dark slate 10 354
Shale 7 361
Sand 11 372
Shale 21 393
Black slate 13 406
Coal 3% 409%
Sandstone 16% 426
Slate 34 460
Shale 10 470
Sand 9 479
Shale 5 484
Slate 10 494
Shale 15 509
Sand 10 519
Saidstone 9 528
Shaly sandstone 10 538
Sand 6 544
Shale 12 556
Shaly sand 16 572
Sand 32 604
Coal , 6 610
Slate U 625
Shale .. 8 633
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
467
Sand 70
Slate 5
Sani 28
Slate 9
Black rock 15
Sand 39
Slate 45
Sand 38
Lime and sand 158
Dark slate 48
Sand and lime 37
Dark slate 64
Shale 18
Sand and lime 47
Slate 27
Sand and lime 29
Dark slate 8
(Probably all Pottsville.)
703
708
736
745
760
799
844
882
1040
1088
1125
1189
1207
1254
1281
1310
1318
NICHOLAS COUNTY.
LOG No. 610. DICK WHALEY FARM.
Near Myers Station.
Strata Thickness Depth
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM,
Clay 10 10
"Trenton" lime* — Gas shows at 40, 89
and 175 200 210
Gray lime 490 700
White gritty lime— "Blue Lick" water
at 708 16 716
*"Trenton" is driller's distinction.
OHIO COUNTY.
LOG No. 611.
WELL 1 MILE S. E. OF SOUTH CARROLLTON.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 70 70
Gravel 27 97
White shale 8 105
Black shale 10 115
Coal (No. 11 ?) 5 120
Black slate 10 130
Dark shell 3 133
White slate 27 160
Gray sand ... 40 200
468 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Black slate 35 235
Coal (No. 9?) 5 240
Black slate 78 318
White lime 5 323
Dark slate 20 343
Coal 7 350
Dark slate 74 424
Gray sand 32 456
Dark slate 64 520
Gray lime 10 530
Red rock 3 533
Dark slate 67 600
Gray sand 65 665
White slate 50 715
Dark sand 30 745
Dark slate 85 830
Dark sand 20 850
Dark slate 85 935
Dark sand 10 945
Slate and shell 75 1020
Sand 20 1040
Dark slate 55 1095
White sand 10 1105
Dark slate 195 1300
White sand— (probably base of Pottsville 105 1405
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Dark lime 15 1420
Lime and slate 145 1565
Slate and shells 71 1636
Sand 50 1686
Dark lime 35 1721
White slate 10 1731
Dark lime 20 1751
Dark slate 19 1770
Red rock 25 1795
Sand and red rock 30 1825
Slate and lime shells 40 1865
Sand 20 1885
Lime and shells 62 1947
Red rock 8 1955
Dark lime 62 2017
Sand 38 2055
Gray lime 35 2090
Dark slate 20 2110
Gray sand 12 2122
The well did not reach the Devonian shale.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 469
LOG No. 612.
WEST KENTUCKY OIL CO. No. 1.
5 miles N. E. of Hartford.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil (starts in Chester) 14 14
Lime 5 19
Blue shale 16 35
Lime and slate 65 100
Black shale 20 120
Lime and shale 4 124
Slate ... 24 148
Slate and sandy lime 22 170
Blue shale 15 185
Sand and lime 56 241
Blue shale 5 246
Hard lime 17 263
White sandstone 36 299
White lime 14 313
Sand — Oil show 8 321
Lime 6 327
Sandy shale , 3 330
Lime 9 339
Black shale 3 342
Bluish lime 28 370
White lime 28 398
Brown lime— Oil and gas show 30 428
Hard white lime 42 470
Soft white lime 15 485
Bluish lime 5 490
Soft white lime 20 510
Hard white lime 5 515
Blue shale 5 520
Blue lime 10 530
Brown lime 10 540
White lime 20 560
Blue lime 10 570
Gray lime 10 580
White lime 20 600
Brown lime 5 605
White lime 5 610
Brown lime 10 620
Gray lime 10 630
Brown lime 7 637
White lime 6 643
Brown lime .... 7 650
470
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
White lime 47
Brown lime 5
White lime 6
Lime — Gas show 1
Lime — Water 11
Lime-^Oil show 5
White lime 10
Brown lime 37
Hard siliceous bed 8
Oil sand 21
Sandy lime _ 409
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 100
Brownish-black shale 220
Black shale 120
Sandy lime 21
Oil sand ... 15
697
702
708
709
720
725
735
772
780
801
1210
1310
1530
1650
1671
1686
LOG No. 613.
.OLDHAM COUNTY.
WELL AT LA GRANGE.
(Partial record).
Strata Feet
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Gray lime at 790
Dark gray lime at 835
Light dove-colored lime* at 930
Dark dove-colored lime at 1025
White lime at 1225
Dove-colored lime at 1260
Very dark dove-colored lime at 1315 to 1365
Dove-colored lime at 1380
"Blue Lick" water at 1450
Light sandy limej at 1450 to 1555
*Top of Tyrone is at 900, about.
fTop of Calciferous is between 1380 and 1450.
(The first few feet of the well may be Silurian but the imperfect
record does not allow the change from Silurian to Ordovician to be
noted.)
RECORDS OP DRILLED WELLS 471
OWSLEY COUNTY.
LOG No. 614.
LOWER BUFFALO CREEK NEAR LEE AND OWSLEY CO. LINE.
One-half mile from Creek on North. Side.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 5 5
Slate 21 26
Sand - 44 70
Slate 30 100
Shells or slate 110 210
Sand 240 450
Slate ... 25 475
liISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Little lime 15 490
Slate 10 500
Big lime 120 620
Slate 10 630
Lime 25 655
Sand 15 670
White slate shells „ 170 840
Dark slate shells 280 1120
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 163 1283
White slate 3 1286
Brown shale 23 1309
Pay at 1317
Sand .. 11 1320
LOG No. 615.
Lessor, T. W. Cooper. Lessee, Eastern Gulf Oil Co.
Started July 1, 1918. Completed August 21, 1918.
Total Depth 1423% feet.
Feet
Gas at 225
Oil at 1330
Salt water - 1339
Cap rock
Top first pay 1339 Water
Feet first pay 10
Bottom first pay 1349
Small show of oil at 1330 feet. No show of oil after salt water.
472
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Strata Feet Feet
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay .................................................. 1 5
Slate ................................................ 5 18
Coal .................................................... 18 19%
Slate shells ...................................... 19V2 20
Coal .................................................... 90 94
Slate shells ...................................... 94 210
Sand .................................................. 210 225 Water
Sand .................................................. 225 300
Break slate .................................... 300 310
Sand sher.s .................................... 310 380
Slate .................................................. 380 400
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
S:ate shells ...................................... 400 490
Big lime ............................................ 490 500 6*4 in. casing
Bottom big lime ............................ 500 655
Slate .................................................. 655 675
Shells and slate .............................. 675 745
. Slate and shells ............................ 745 805
Red rock .......................................... 805 810
Slate and shel s .............................. 810 890
Black shale ........................................ 890 920
Slate and shells ............................ 920 1100
Shell .................................................. 1100 1102
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale .................................... 1102 1135
White slate ...................................... 1296 1302
Black shale ...................................... 1302 1328
Top sand ....................................... 1328
Salt water ........................................ 1338
Casing 4 7-8 ... 1348
Pulled casing and reamed to 1358 feet.
Set casing at 1358 feet.
White sand 10 feet below casing.
Brown sand 50 feet in sand, looked very good.
Dark brown sand at 60 feet.
Gray sand from 70 feet to 1423% feet.
8*4 in. casing — 47 feet out.
ei/i in. casing — 500 feet out.
4% in. casing— 1349 feet out.
Total depth 1423% feet.
Well plugged and abandoned.
Arnes Drilling Co., Contractors.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 473
PERRY COUNTY.
LOG No. 616.
WELL AT CHAVIES STATION.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand 36 36
Slate, gravel, etc 74 110
Sand 20 130
Lime (?) 15 145
Slate 115 260
Sand 35 295
Slate and shale 205 500
Sand 50 550
Lime (?) 50 600
Shale 100 700
Sand — sa't water 220 920
Slate 5 925
Sard 60 985
Black slate (base of Pottsville) 25 1010
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red shale 18 1028
Sand 212 1240
Red rock 5 1245
S'ate and shells 64 1309
Lime 12 1321
Slate 14 1335
"Pencil cave" 6 1341
"Big lime" 200 1541
Sand and lime 23 1564
Red shale 51 1615
Sandy slate 50 1665
Black slate 135 1800
Sandy lime 20 1820
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale— gas show at 2075 315 2135
Sand and lime 16 2151
B ack slate 22 2173
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 33 2206
Sandy lime 194 2400
Slate 58 2458
Red sha!e - 32 2490
Slate 56
Lime and shale 70
Slate and lime 29
Pink shale 10
Lime and shells 90 2745
feK
474 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 617.
WELL 1 MILE NORTH OF CHARIER STATION.
Elevation 790, Approx.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and gravel 17 17
Black slate 63 80
White sand 55 135
Dark slate 82 217
Sand 44 261
Slate 7 268
Sand 43 311
Slate 196 507
White sand 45 552
Slate 30 582
Sand 313 895
Sand and s'.ate 15 910
Sand— salt water at 1126 and 1165 267 1177
Slate (base of Pottsville) 5 1182
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red shale 8 1190
Sand :. 19 1209
Red shale 7 1216
Black slate 45 1261
Sand 7 1268
Slate 7 1275
Lime 21 1296
Black slate 24 1320
Lime— "Big lime" 233 1553
Slate and shale _ 87 1640
Sand 235 1875
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale (Devonian) 270 2145
Slate 34 2179
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 168 2347
Sand 17 2364
Lime 25 2389
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 396 2785
Lime . 315 3100
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 475
LOG No. 618.
WELL AT FORKS OF BIG CREEK.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 305 305
Sand — trace of oil at 372 230 535
Slate „ 15 550
Sand 50 600
Slate , 15 615
Sand 85 700
Slate 15 715
Sand — salt water at 1190 598 1313
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 27 1340
Sand 14 1354
Slate 31 1385
Lime 31 1416
Slate 8 1424
Sand 12 1436
Slate 46 1482
Sand— salt water at 1510-1517 35 1517
LOG No. 619.
BUFFALO CREEK.
Rice Oil Co.
Casing Head Elevation1 879 ft.
Started March 21, 1917. Completed July 1, 1917.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand gravel 10 10
Sand 5 15
S ate cave with water 10 25
Sand 20 45
Slate with water 5 50
Sand 40 90
Slate and shells 40 130
Sandstone 20 150
Slate and shells 185 335
Three feet coal at 290.
Sandy lime - 105
Lime broken 35 475
Shale 25
Black lime 30
Slate - 45 575
Sand .. 40 615
476 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Lime, hard 8 623
Slate 62 685
Sand, hard and sharp 165 850
Slate 20 870
Black lime 15 885
Slate 15 900
Sand 140 1040
Slate, black 35 1075
Sand, hard 135 1210
Slate 6 1216
Sand, hard and close 130 1346
Slate 94 1440
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Sand 60 1500
Slate and shells 60 1560
Sand 85 1645
Slate 45 1690
Sand 85 1775
Sandy lime, shells and slate 75 1850
Shelly slate 50 1900
"Little Lime" 10 1910
Slate Cave, cemented "Pencil Cave" 55 1965
Big lime 230 1155
Red lime 30 2285
Slate and shells 145 2370
Lime, hard 10 2380
Slate 90 2470
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 330 2800
Black shale, shelly 65 2865
White shale 47 2912
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Sandy lime 156 3068
Slate 5 3072
Gas at 2475 feet.
Gas at 2585 feet.
Salt water 1740 feet.
50 feet — 10 inch casing.
1215 feet — 8 inch casing.
1780 feet— 6% inch casing.
Should have been 300 feet — 10 inch casing.
1965 feet— 6% inch casing.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 477
PIKE COUNTY.
LOG No. 620. MAY FARM.
Bear Fork of Robinson Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil ' 34 34
Gray sand 27 61
Slate 32 93
Dark sand 53 146
Black slate 3 149
Dark sand 11 160
Sandy slate 18 178
Blue sand — salt water 59 237
Black slate 7 244
White sand 78 322
Sandy slate 30 352
Black slate 32 384
Blue sand 21 405
Black s ate 57 462
Sand 37 499
Black slate 67 566
Sand (Beaver and Horton) — salt water.... 279 845
Black slate 35 880
Sani (Pike— gas, salt water 395 1275
Black slate (base of Pottsville 32 1307
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Dark slate (top of Chester) 33 1340
Sand 60 1400
Light s'ate 90 1490
Red shale 6 1496
Slate 33 1529
Gray sand 63 1592
Lime 8 1600
Slate 30 1630
Sand (Big Injun?)— gas 56 1686
Dark slate 65 1751
LOG No. 621.
WELL ON CEDAR CREEK.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 41 41
Light slate 23 64
Sand 10
Dark slate 40 114
Sand 10
Light slate 96 220
478 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Coal 4 224
Dark slate 176 400
Sand 25 425
Black slate 75 500
White sand (Beaver and Horton?) 285 785
Dark slate 72 857
Sand (Pike and Salt?) 310 1167
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shelly slate 108 1275
Red shale 105 1380
White sand 40 1420
Black slate 5 1425
Sand 74 1499
LOG No. 622.
WELL ON CEDAR CREEK.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 52 52
Slate 42 94
Light sand 36 130
Light slate 88 218
Light sand 33 251
Light slate 79 330
Black slate 45 375
Gray sand 51 426
Slate 53 479
Sand (Beaver and Horton?) — gas — salt
water 278 757
Black slate 64 821
Sand (Pike) 59 880
Light slate 50 930
Sand (salt sand)— gas— salt water 202 1132
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 49 1181
Black sand 14 1195
Dark slate 16 1211
Dark limy sanfl 25 1236
Black lime 12 1248
Shelly slate 10 1258
Red shale 20 1278
Gray sand 3 1281
Red shale 69 1350
Gray lime ("Big lime" — nearly cut out).... 1 1351
White sand 62 1413
Black slate 27 1440
White sand (Big Injun?)— oil— salt water 61 1501
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 479
LOG No. 623.
WELL ON BIG CREEK.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 24 24
Slate 10 34
Gray sand 12 46
Dark slate 8 54
Gray sand 35 89
Slate 10 99
Gray sand 21 120
Dark slate 4 124
Sand 15 139
Dark slate 46 185
Limy sand 15 200
Gray sand 55 255
Slate 80 335
Coal 4 339
Sand 42 381
Slate 64 445
Lime 10 455
Slate 30 485
Black sand 10 495
Slate 15 610
Sand 75 585
Slate 15 600
White sand (Beaver) 355 955
Slate 27 982
Sand (Horton) 130 1112
Coal 3 1115
Sand (Pike)— gas and salt water 134 1249
Coal 3 1252
Dark sand 12 1264
Dark slate 24 1288
White sand 152 1440
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 24 1464
White sand— salt water 61 1525
"Big lime" 215 1740
Dark sand - 25 1765
Slate 15 1780
Mauch Chunk cut out and replaced by PottsviHe sands.
4SO OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 624. BOWLES FARM.
Hurricane Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 18 18
Gray sand 27 45
Dark slate 50 95
Gray sand 15 110
Dark slate 48 158
Gray sand 46 204
Dark slate 81 285
Gray sand 45 330
Light slate 53 383
Black slate 25 408
Gray sand 40 448
Dark slate 132 580
Gray sand 40 620
Dark slate 50 670
Sand (Beaver and Horton?)— salt water 260 930
Dark slate 52 982
White sand (Pike)— gas 59 1041
Dark slate 12 1053
Sand (Salt sand)— salt water 187 1240
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 30 1270
Gray sand 32 1302
Black slate 12 1314
Limy sand 18 1332
Light slate 17 1349
White sand 13 1362
Lime 16 1378
Slate 5 1383
Red shale and slate 49 1432
Sand— gas and salt water 222 1654
Black slate 108 1762
Lime ... 2 1764
LOG No. 625. WELL ON POOR FARM.
2 Miles from Pikeville.
Strata . Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 52 52
Gray sand 8 60
Slate I 75 135
Sand 29 164
Slate 76 240
Sand .. 40 280
RECORDS OP DRILLED WELLS
481
Slate 154
Sand 24
Slate 60
White sand (Beaver and Horton?) 289
Black slate 56
White sand (Pike?) 52
Black slate 5
White sand 147
Black slate 7
Sand 61
Slate 5
Sand 12
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shelly slate 35
Sand 47
Light slate 25
Sand 20
Sandy slate 12
Sand 16
Gray lime 12
Dark slate 3
Red rock 88
White sand 7
Black s'ate 15
Dark lime 4
Black slate 70
White sand — gas 36
Red slate 21
White sand — salt water ... 27
434
458
518
807
863
915
920
1067
1074
1135
1140
1152
1187
1234
1259
1279
1291
1307
1319
1322
1410
1417
1432
1436
1506
1542
1563
1590
LOG No. 626.
SCHONSBERG WELL.
Caney Fork of Johns Creek.
Strata Thickness
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 42
Slate
Gray sand
Slate 216
Gray sand
Slate 66
Sand 57
Slate 13
Lime
Sand 9
Lime
Sand 8
Depth
42
72
104
320
355
421
478
49
499
508
513
521
Oil & Gas— 16
482 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Slate 20 541
Sand 22 563
Slate 12 575
Sand s 65 640
Slate 15 655
White sand (Beaver and Horton) 230 885
Slate _ 30 915
Sand (Pike and Salt) 421 1336
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red rock 18 1354
Slate 5 1359
Sand 77 1436
Red shale and slate 64 1500
"Big lime" — oil and gas at 1615 240 1740
Slate 55 1795
Reddish sand 80 1875
Slate 260 2135
LOG No. 627.
HENRY TAYLOR FARM.
Brushy Fork of Johns Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 13 13
Sand 42 55
Slate 160 215
Sand 70 285
Black slate 50 335
Coal 5 340
Light slate 7 347
Sand .: 38 385
Dark slate „ 113 498
Sand 69 567
Dark slate 65 632
Sand 33 665
Black slate 35 700
Sand 17 712
Slate 26 738
Sand (Beaver) — gas and salt water 72 810
Slate 11 821
Sand (Horton) 99 920
Dark slate 5 925
White sand \ sa'.t water 47 972
Dark slate (. (Pike) 5 977
White sand J salt water 41 1018
Sandy slate 54 1072
White, pebbly sand — gas and salt water 129 1201
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 483
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime (top of Chester) 15 1216
Black slate 18 1234
Red shale 22 1256
Blue slate 34 1290
Lime 15 1305
Sand— salt water 83 1388
Slate 2 1390
LOG No. 628.
FLEM MAYNARD FARM.
Big Branch of Brushy Fork.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 9 9
Sand 4 13
Light slate 27 40
Gray sand 54 94
Dark slate 11 105
White sand 37 142
Dark slate 62 204
White sand 30 234
Black slate .-. 16 250
Coal 3 253
Light slate 7 260
Gray sand 105 365
Dark Slate 31 396
Coal ! 4 400
Dark slate 10 410
Sand (Beaver)— salt water 82 492
Black slate 70 562
White sand (Morton) 21 683
Slate 208 791
White sand (Pike)— gas and salt water.... 251 1042
Black slate 13 1055
Sand ...:. 12 1067
Black slate 68 1135
Sand (salt sand)— gas and salt water 152 1287
Coal 1 1288
Sand (base of Pottsville) 24 1312
484 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
A1ISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red shale 12 1324
Sandy slate 15 1339
White sand 61 1400
Lime 12 1412
Slate 8 1420
Sand 77 1497
Sandy slate 24 1521
Gray sand 18 1539
Sandy slate 27 1566
"Big lime" 214 1780
Blue sand 20 1800
Slate 410 2210
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Dark brown slate 47 2257
LOG No. 629.
JEFF HENDRICK WELL.
Upper Chloe Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 41 41
Black slate 49 90
Gray sand 18 108
Coal 2 110
Slate 50 160
Sand 20 180
Shelly slate 160 340
Gray sand 52 392
Dark slate 83 475
Gray sand 55 530
Shelly slate 143 673
White sand 62 735
Slate 20 755
Gray sand 21 776
White sand 294 1070
Coal 1 1071
Gray and white sand 81 1152
Slate 11 1162
White sand 74 1236
Slate 106 1342
White sand— salt water at 1362 52 1394
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 485
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 44 1438
Sand 14 1452
Slate 24 1476
Sand 18 1494
Slate 20 1514
White sand 66 1570
Slate 21 1591
Very black slate 6 1597
Gray and white sand 12 1609
Slate 41 1650
Gray sand 29 1679
White sand 19 1698
Slate _. 20 1718
Gray sand 18 1736
Slate 5 1741
Lime 24 1765
Red shale 14 1779
Lime 136 1915
Slate 10 1925
Sandy lime 35 1960
Slate (caving) 30 1990
POWELL COUNTY.
LOG No. 630.
J. F. MARTIN FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay
3
Shale .................................................................. 192 195
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale • 129
Light sha-e (Ionian) .................... 30 354
Brown :ime — "Ragland sand" — gas show.. 20 374
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Shale .................................................................. H3 487
Lime .................................................................... 10 «7
Shale .................................................................. 23 520
Lime .................................................................... 30 550
Shale ................................................................ 15 565
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Lime ... - 253 818
LOG No. 631.
J. F. MARTIN FARM.
strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
................ 5
Shale"" I_I_ ................................ 270 275
486
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 125 400
Lime— "Ragland sand" — gas show 24 424
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 140 564
Brown lime 10 574
Shale 6 580
Lime 95 675
Shale 12 687
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 122 809
LOG No. 632.
J. F. MARTIN FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
C'ay 10 10
Shale 215 225
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 125 350
Lime — "Ragland sand" — gas 24 374
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Shale i 141 515
Brown lime 10 525
Shale 5 530
Lime— oil show 80 610
Shale 15 625
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 150 775
Shale 10 785
Lime - 29 814
LOG No. 633.
WHITE FARM— No. 5.
(Partial record).
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 24 24
Sand 160 184
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Interval.
"Big lime" 106 472
Interval.
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 148 1116
Fire clay 19 1135
Top of "oil sand" 1135
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
487
LOG No. 634.
WILLIAMS No. 1.
Stanton.
Strata
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Soil and sand
Black shale >
White shale [ (Devonian)
"Irvine sand" — gas at 155
Light shale
"Oil sand"— oil ...
Thickness
.. 24
.. 108
.. 18
8
.. 59
7
Depth
24
132
150
158
217
224
LOG No. 635.
STARRS FARM.
Barker Branch.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 39 39
Lime 125 164
Sha'e 101 265
Lime shale 98 363
Gray shale 383 746
"Gas sand" 18 764
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 137 901
"Fire clay" 15 916
"Oil sand"— oil ... 18 934
LOG No. 636.
WINGATE ANDERSON FARM.
Thickness
Strata
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 20
Shale 30
Lime 5
Sha' e 35
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale - 135
Light sha:e • 140
Lime — oil show at 400. Gas show at
1200 - 985
Brown lime (Tyrone?) 262
(Ragland sand cut out).
Base of Devonian indefinite.
Depth
20
50
55
225
365
1350
1612
488 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 637.
SUSAN HANKS FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Clay -... 4 4
Black shale 126 130
Lime — "Raglac'd sand" 13 143
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 52 195
Lime — oil show 3 198
Sha'e 12 210
Lime — salt water 15 225
Shale 10 235
Lime ... 78 313
LOG No. 638.
J. R. EWEN FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
DEVONIAN SYSTEM
Cay '. 22 22
Black shale 134 156
Lime — "Ragland sand" 10 166
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Shale J 54 220
Lime 3 223
Shale 10 233
Lime 320 553
(Base of Silurian not defined.)
LOG No. 639.
O. M. LAW FARM.
Depth
12
150
160
200
203
214
506
Strata
FENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay
Thick
12
Black shale
138
Lime— "Ragland sand"
10
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Sha'e
40
Lime — oil show
3
Shale
11
Lime
292
(Ba~e of Silurian not defined.)
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
LOG. No. 640. C. B. SKIDMORE FARM.
Strata Thickness
M1SSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 25
Shale 100
Lime 2
Shale 10
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 170
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Light shale 143
Lime 1059
(Ragland sand cut out.)
(Ba~e of Silurian not denned.)
LOG No. 641. WM. TRUETT FARM.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 10
Shale 90
Red rock '. 15
Shale 45
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale > x 120
Light shale .. ( (Dev°nia*> 10
Lime — "Rag'and sand" 5
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Shale - H»
Lime 1°
Shale 20
Lime 10
Shale 10
Lime 154
(Base of Silurian not defined.)
LOG No. 642. MILES FORKNER FARM.
Strata Thickness
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Clay I4
Black shale ...
Light shale
Lime— "Ragland sand" 7
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Shale
Lime
Shale
Gray lime— oil show ...
Lime 21
489
Depth
125
127
137
307
450
1509
Depth
10
100
115
160
280
290
295
410
420
440
450
460
614
Depth
14
132
135
142
195
198
210
.'3)
251
490 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 644.
JAS. H. LANE FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 22 22
Black shale 80 102
Brown lime — "Ragland sand" — Gas and
salt water 10 112
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 48 160
Lime 15 175
Shale 5 180
Lime 627 807
(Base of Silurian not defined.)
LOG No. 645.
ROBERT ROSE FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Slate and gravel 13 13
Black Shale (Devonian) 87 100
Lime — "Ragland sand" — gas and salt
water 20 120
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 80 200
Lime 680 880
(Base of Silurian not defined.)
LOG No. 646.
JAMES WELSH FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 17 17
Black shale „ 8 25
Brown lime — "Ragland sand" 24 49
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 65 114
Blue lime— Oil at 133 19 133
Shale 14 147
Lime— Gas at 310 534 681
Brown shale 19 700
Lime 251 951
(Base of Silurian not defined.)
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
491
LOG No. 647.
LUTHER STEPHENS FARM.
Thickness
Strata
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 13
Black shale 117
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Light shale 62
Brown lime— Oil show 4
Blue shale 10
Lime 1001
(Ragland sand cut out.)
(Base of Silurian not defined.)
Depth
13
130
192
196
206
1207
LOG No. 648.
LUTHER STEPHENS FARM.
Thickness
Strata
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 14
Black shale ... . 126
Lime— "Ragland sand"
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Light shale
Brown lime — oil show
Shale
Lime ...
Depth
14
140
150
195
196
209
3C4
LOG No. 649.
O. A. LISLE FARM.
Strata
M1SSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay
Thick]
15
2
Shale
15
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black -jhale
135
10
SILURIAN SYSTEM,
ghale
50
Lime
2
Shale -'-
86
GRDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
T.ime ..
522
Depth
15
17
32
167
177
227
229
315
837
492
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 650.
A. M. SWANGO FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
AIISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 11 11
Shale 10 21
Lime 3 24
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 163 137
Lime — "Ragland sand" 10 197
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 43 240
Lime - 3 243
Shale 10 253
Blue lime , 997 1250
Brown lime 251 1501
(Base of Silurian not defined.)
LOG No. 651.
MAXWELL FARM.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 18
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 160
Lime — "Ragland sand" 5
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Shale .... . 107
Lime — Oil show
Shale
GRDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Gray lime — Oil show
Blue lime
Gray lime — Oil show
Blue lime
Gray lime
5
30
10
85
2
318
62
Depth
18
178
183
295
325
335
420
422
740
802
LOG No. 652.
ROBERT BOYD FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 120 120
Green shale 20 140
White shale .... . 470 610
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 493
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 147 757
"Fire clay" (shale) 18 775
Lime — "Oil sand" — Salt water at 776 11 786
White lime 12 798
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Blue lime — Salt water 10 808
White lime 21 829
Blue lime 26 855
PULASKI COUNTY.
LOG No. 653.
WELL AT EUBANKS.
(Partial record.)
Strata
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Light lime at 50
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Dark shale at 120 and 160
Black shale at 360 to 400
Gray lime at 400 and 500
Dark shaly lime at 540
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Light shale at 675
Motted red lime at 695 and 700
Gray and white lime at 728
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Gray lime — Gas show at 800
Very dark lime , .~~...at 825, 870 and 9i'
Light gray lime at 1045, 1100 and 1125
Top of Tyrone about at 1200
Dove-colored lime at 1230, 1235 and 1240
Light green sandstone at 1245
Dove-colored lime at 1250, 1330, 1400 and 1520
Bottom at 1520
LOG No. 654. J. R. C. LATHAM FARM.
Near Rockcastle line.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 125 125
Blue shale 175 300
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 62 362
Lime— Oil show at 365 3 365
Sand ... . 110 475
494
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 655.
EOCKCASTLE COUNTY.
WELL NEAR MULLEN'S STATION.
Thickness
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sandstone (base of Pottsville 100
MISS1SSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Big lime" 100
Sand 150
Shale , 200
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 150
Sandy lime— "Rag'and sand" 20
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 30
Lime .. . 740
Depth
100
200
350
550
700
720
750
1490
LOG No. 656.
E. M. CUMMINS -•••-'••
3 Miles W. of Mt. Vernon.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 80 80
Blue shale 230 310
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 70 380
"Fire-clay" (Shale) 14 394
White sand (?) 35 429
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
"Fire clay" (Shale) 8 437
Lime 813 1250
(Base of Silurian not defined.)
LOG No. 657. \
JAKE BRAY FARM.
4 Miles W. of Mt. Vernon.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 100 100
Blue shale 260 100
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale (Devonian) 70 430
Lime 20 450
Lime and sand — Oil show at 453 6 456
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Lime . 14 470
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 495
LOG No. 658.
WILMER CHESNUT FARM
3 Miles S. E. of Mt. Vernon.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 10 10
Lime 23 33
Blue slate 10 43
Lime 5 48
Clay .. 1 49
Lime 19 68
Blue slate 22 90
Lime 17 107
Blue shale 87 194
Lime 56 250
Blue shale 100 350
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 103 453
Fire-clay (Shale) 10 463
Lime 2 465
Sand— Oil show at 502 62 527
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 40 567
Sand— Oil show at 567 11 578
Lime ... 5 583
LOG No. 659.
JOSIAH MEECE FARM.
Skeggs Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 120 120
Blue shale 10 130
Lime 8 138
Blue shale 205 343
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 70 413
"Fire-clay" (Shale) 14 427
Lime 32 459
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Yellow lime— Oil show 9 468
Lime 12 480
496
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 660.
H. C. KIRBY FARM.
Skeggs Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime— Oil show at 71 and 110 205 205
Blue shale — Gas show at 300 233 438
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 70 508
"Fire-clay" (shale) 12 520
Sand(?) 45 565
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 10 575
LOG No. 661.
M. F. TREADWAY FARM.
Cove Branch.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale 70 70
Lime 25 95
Blue shale 80 175
Lime 35 210
Blue shale 80 290
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 100 390
"Fire-clay" (shale) 16 406
Lime 32 409
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
"Fire clay" (shale) 32 413
Sand— Oil show at 453 53 466
Lime 45 511
Sand— Oil show at 511 10 521
Lime : 10 531
LOG No. 662.
WELL NEAR JOHNETTA.
Brush Creek.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and gravel 30 30
Lime — "Big lime" 95 125
Blue shale 165 290
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 115 405
Lime (Corniferous?) 10 415
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 497
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Green shale 50 465
Lime 10 475
Gray shale 5 480
Lime 15 495
Gray shale 10 505
Lime 218 723
(Base of Silurian not defined.)
LOG No. 663.
WELL NEAR CLIMAX.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and soil 35 35
Quicksand 2 37
Lime 130 167
Blue slate 1 20 187
Red rock 8 19f.
Blue slate 14 209
White lime 15 224
Blue slate 116 340
Gray slate 10 450
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 130 580
Lime— Ragland(?) 35 615
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Green slate 25 640
Hard sandy lime 5 645
Gray slate 5 650
"Second sand" 18 668
Slate ... 2 670
ROWAN COUNTY.
LOG No. 664.
BUTTS FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Brown sand 25
White lime (?) • 125
White shale 80
White lime (?) - HO 34°
White shale - HO 450
Brown shale (Sunbury?) ..
White sand (Berea?) 10 500
498
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale
White clay
Lime — salt water
Red rock
White shale
Lime
(Base of Devonian not denned.)
190
5
100
50
55
660
690
695
795
845
900
1560
LOG No. 665. WELL ON TRIPLETT CREEK.
12 Miles N. E. of Morehead.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 5 5
B'.ue shale 62 67
Black slate (Sunbury?) 10 77
Sha!e — gas at 171 123 200
Red rock 6 206
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale (Devonian') 329 535
Lime — "Ragland sand" — oil and salt
water 7 542
RUSSELL COUNTY.
LOG No. 666. A. W. McCLOUD FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 365 365
Red sand 4 369
Lime 307 676
Light sand— black oil 12 688
Dark lime 62 750
Blue slate 130 880
Brown slate — "Pencil cave" 20 900
B.ue lime 30 930
LOG No. 667. A. W. McCLOUD FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Dark lime 655 655
Light sand 8 663
Gray lime 176 839
White lime 58 897
"Pencil cave" 2 899
Gray lime 92 1591
Light sand — salt water 35 1626
(Both McCloud wells start just below the Black Shale).
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
499
LOG No. 668.
JOHN JOHNSON FARM.
Strata Thickness
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 20
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Blue lime— salt water at 100 670
Sand 10
Gray lime 155
"Pencil cave" 3
Dark lime 642
LOG No. 669.
F. A. BOLIN FARM.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gray lime 123
Dark sand 4
Light slate 131
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale (Devonian) 30
Gray lime— gas at 970 682
White sand 10
Brown lime 130
Base of Devonian indefinite.
Depth
20
690
700
855
858
1500
Depth
123
127
258
970
980
1110
LOG No. 670.
Strata
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Soil
Black shale
G. B. WALTON FARM.
Thickness
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Gray lime 10
Dark sand
Gray lime - 638
White sand
Gray lime
"Pencil cave" ....
. 113
5
Black lime 65
Depth
60
80
718
727
840
845
900
500 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
TAYLOE COUNTY.
LOG No. 671.
CAMPBELLSVILLE WELL.
DAVIS FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 12 12
Hard lime 100 112
Soft lime 63 175
Brown lime 35 210
Gray s'ate Ill 321
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 52 373
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 327 700
Slate and lime shells 300 1000
"Rubber" rock* 7 1007
Slate 53 1060
Lime 130 1190
Slate 30 1220
Lime 30 1250
S:ate 20 1270
Lime 25 1295
Slate , 5 1300
*Driller's name.
LOG No. 672.
A. HUBBARD FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
C:ay 4 4
Lime 166 170
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale (Devonian) 50 220
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Lime .. 980 1200
LOG No. 673.
VAN DYKE FARM.
Tallow Creek.
(Partial record).
Strata Feet Feet
Devonian shale 99 to 135
Lime— oil show at 161 and 246 . 135 to 300
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
501
LOG No. 674. ANDY LAWLER FARM.
Pittman Creek.
2% miles S. E. of Fin:ey.
Strata Thickness
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil .. =:
Shale
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Back shale (Devonian)
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Lime ..
210
51
10
Note: — Silurian absent under Taylor County.
LOG No. 675.
UNION COUNTY.
WELL AT UN1ONTOWN.
Thickness
Strata
RECENT.
Soil 110
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sandstone 10
Coal 1
Sandstone 26
Coal— No. 11 6
Sandstone 9
Clay and slate 20
Coal 2
Gray s ate 48
Lime 100
Slate 43
Coal— No. 9 8(?)
Lime 6
Slate 64
Coal 10 ( ?)
Slate 60
Sand 40
Slate and shale 40
Lime ..
Sand — salt water 12
Slate 28
Coal 6(?)
Slate 19
Lime , 15
Black shale
Lime 5
Sand 30
Sand — salt water ... 25
Depth
5
215
266
276
Depth
110
120
121
147
153
162
182
184
232
242
285
293
299
363
373
433
473
513
521
533
561
567
586
601
626
631
661
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Slate
Sand
Slate
Sand
Sand
Slate
Sand
Slate
Lime
Coal
Slate and sand
15
M
35
33
a
33
ft
I
2
77
701
731
766
796
831
864
906
941
10%
1008
1010
1087
LOG No, 676.
WELL RECORD.
Sol Blue Weil, No. 1, one mile east of Spring Grove, Union Co., Ky.
Strata
RECENT.
Loam _
Thickness Depth
Quicksand
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Slate
Quicksand
Qoicksand
Clay
Slate _
Coal No. 9
Coal
Sand
Sand
Slate
Coal
Slate
Sand
Slate
Sand
Slate
Slat*
14
H
71
5
47
63
21
51
43
74
24
28
62
88
99
ISO
156
187
189
205
229
244
250
265
281
312
325
330
401
406
453
516
541
562
613
656
730
Remarks.
Water 37 ft.
Water all through
Gritty
Hard and gritty
Sharp
Hard
Show of oil and gas in
coal
White and hard
Hard
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
503
Coal
Slate
Sand
6
107
101
736
843
944
Slate
99
1043
Coal
2
1045
Lime
6
1051
Slate
11
1062
Lime
17
1079
Sand
73
1152
Slate
73
1225
Sand and shells
19
1244
Sand
105
1349
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Slate
30
1379
Sand
22
1401
Slate
5
1406
Sand
10
1416
Slate
5
1421
Lime
5
1426
Slate
17
1443
Sand
31
1474
Lime
26
1500
Sand
39
1539
Slate, black
Lime
Slate
Lime
Slate
Lime
Slate
Lime
Slate
Lime
Pink cave
Lime
Slate
Lime
Slate
Sand gray
S ate ..
1543
1546
1557
1560
1570
1575
1582
1612
1616
1632
1642
1666
1672
1680
1698
1712
1723
(Water, 858 ft. Nice
show of oil 883 ft. Hole
full of salt water 898ft.)
Bell
Gritty
Water 1083 ft.
Water 1315 ft.
Broken
Hard
Hard and light
Hard and close
Hard and light brown
(Nice show of oil at
2510 ft. Rainbow from
this sand on water run-
ning over the top of
8 inch casing.)
Hard and dark
Hard and dark
Hard and dark
Hard and dark
Hard and dark
(Caved very bad; had
to cement)
Hard and dark
Hard and dark
Hard and dark
(Sand smelt oily, but
was broken sand)
504 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Sand 25 1748 (Nice show of oil from
1725 ft. to 1730 ft. Sand
hard and white)
Slate 5 1753 Black and caves
Lime 3 1756 Dark
Lime 11 1767 White and hard
Slate 34 1800
Sand 24 1824 (Nice show of oil first
screw in sand, sand
very hard)
Sand shells 27 1851
Lime 43 1894 Hard and gray
Sand 5 1899 (Sand very hard, nice
show of oil)
Slate 19 1918
Red rock 4 1922 Caves
Slate 27 1949 Caves
Sand, top 1949 ft. Nice show of oil from 1952 ft. to 1962 ft., sand
very hard and sharp.
Two eight inch bailers of water from 1967 ft. to 1978 ft. Hole full
of water at 1984 ft.
Water was plugged off at 1967 ft., with Robison plug and lead, shot
loosen plugs and hole filled up with water after shot.
Well was drilled by the Betty B. Oil & Gas Co.
(Base of Pottsville indefinite.)
WARREN COUNTY.
LOG No. 677. WELL AT BOWLING GREEN.
(From drillings).
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
White oolite.
Gray lime at 18, 25 and 30
Light gray oolite at 36
Fine-grained white lime at 42 and 46 to 70
Light gray lime at. 77, 90, 94 and 98
White lime at 100
Light brown1 lime at 106
Light gray lime at 112, 117, 130, 135, 144 and 156 to 170
Dark gray lime at 183
Gray lime shale at 189
Dark gray lime at 195, 205 and 210 to 230
Black lime at 235
Dark gray lime .....at 240
Light brown lime at 253
Gray lime at 255 and 260
Dark lime at 265
Brown lime at 270
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 505
Dark gray lime at 278 and 284
Brown lime at 287
Gray lime at 288, 290, 294, 300, 305, 310 and 315
Very dark lime at 325 and 330
Gray lime — oil at 363 at 340, 348, 350 and 358 to 380
Gray lime shale at 400 to 420
Gray lime at 425 and 430
Gray lime and shale at 435, 440, 445 and 450
Gray and white limes at 455
Gray lime and shale at 460 and 465
Gray and white lime at 470
Gray . ime at 475
Gray lime and white shale at 485
Dark limy shale at 490 to 501
Gray lime and limy shales 506, 510 and 515
Gray limy shale at 520 to 530
Dark lime and limy shales at 535 to 665
Black slate at 670 to 680
Very dark limy shale at 685
Brown impure lime at 690
Dark impure lime at 695 and 700
Gray and white lime at 705
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale at 708 to 760
Dark brown sandy lime at 765 and 770
Mixed back, white and gray limes at 775
Fine-grained white lime at 780
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Fine-grained yellowish lime at 785 and 790
Fine-grained white lime at 795 to 875
Gray lime at 880 to 890
Very light lime at 895 and 900
Gray lime at 91°
Light lime at 915 to 935
Mottled red lime at 940
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Gray lime at 945 and 950
Light and gray limes .... at 955, 960, 965, 975 and 9
Gray lime and shale at 98°
Mottled gray and white lime at 990
Gray lime -' at 995 to 1010 and 1015
Light lime at 102° and 1023
Gray lime and sha'e at 1030 to 1095
Light and gray limes at 1100 to 1185
White lime at 119°
Gray limes at 1195 to 14
Dark limy shale at 1425
506 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Gray lime at 1430 to 1440
Black and white limes at 1445
Gray lime at 1450 to 1460
Brown lime at 1465
Gray lime at 1470 to 1595
Light lime at 1600 to 1605
Dark and light limes at 1610 to 1660
Light dove-colored lime (top of Tyrone) at 1660 to 1670
Gray and light limes at 1685 to 1715
Very dark lime at 1720 to 1730
Black lime at 1735
Dark brown lime at 1740 and 1745
Black lime at 1750
Dark brown lime at 1755
Gray lime at 1760 and 1765
Very dark lime at 1770
Gray lime at 1775
Very dark lime _ at 1780
LOG No. 678. STAHL FARM. "V
West of Bowling Green.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 4 4
White lime 211 215
Brown lime— black sulphur water at 295.... 85 300
White lime 150 450
Brown lime — "Blue Lick" water at 560.... 110 560
Lime 40 600
Blue shale 5 605
Hard lime 10 615
White lime 85 700
White shale , 1 701
Brown lime 149 850
White lime 60 910
Blue lime 35 945
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 110 1055
Brown lime 10 1065
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
White lime 5 1070
Blue lime 25 1095
Cream-colored lime— oil 10 1105
Brown lime 6 1111
Creamrco'.ored lime— oil 10 1121
Broken lime 19 1140
Very fine sand (lime?) ... 3 1143
LOG No. 679.
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
LARMON WELL No. 1.
Near Alvaton
507
Strata Thickness Depth Remarks
MIESISSiPPIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 25 25
Limestone 30 55
Lime shells 20 75
Slate 5 80
Soapstone 3 83
Limestone 20 103
Limestone 7 110
Sandy lime 5 115 Little gas
Limestone 45 160
Lime shells 40 200
Sand shells 15 215 Cased 6^4 casing
Brown lime 28 243 Gas, oil and salt
Sandy lime 12 255 water 1 pt.
Limestone 4 259 12 hrs.
Shale 10 269
Limestone 14 283
Shale, sandy 45 328
Limestone 6 334
Shale, sandy 11 345 Mixed with
Limestone 11 356 hard shells
Slate pencil 19 375 Not black
Lime, shelly 23 398 Flinty shells
Slate 7 405
Sand shells 15 420 Mixed with
Slate 4 425 flinty shells
Limestone 45 470
Lime shells 5 475
Slate and shells ... 70 545 Mixed with lime
Limestone 12 557
Shale 6 563
Lime shell 1 564
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 20 584
Shale 29 612 Top of oil
Limestone 4 616 Sand oil 616
Lime, sandy 20 636
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone 14 650
Limestone, sandy ... 655 Should be 2d pay
Limestone 5 660
508 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Limestone, sandy 5 665
Soapstone and sand 14 679
Limestone 4 683
Limestone 5 688
Limestone 4 692
Shale sandy 32 724 Well finished
LOG No. 680.
LUTHER JACKSON FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
White lime 35 35
Gray lime 105 140
White lime 120 260
Gray lime 315 575
Blue lime 90 665
Gray lime 30 695 .
Blue lime 315 1010
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 102 1112
Gray lime — oil show 56 1168
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Light brown lime 10 1178
Gray lime 15 1193
Brown lime 8 1201
Light gray lime — oil show 7 1208
White lime 6 1214
Light gray lime 25 1239
White lime 5 1244
Light gray lime 28 1272
Gray lime 30 1302
Brown lime 33 1335
Gray lime with blue shale streaks 240 1575
Red rock 10 1585
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Soft broken lime 305 1890
Hard blue lime 98 1988
Brown sand 4 1992
Hard brown lime 5 1997
Dark blue shale 10 2007
Blue lime .. 31 2038
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 509
LOG No. 681.
E. HARRIS WELL No. 1.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 5 5
Lime 80 85
Slate 85 170
Lime Ifl 180
S'ate 32 212
Brown sand 8 220
Slate 45 265
Gray sand 11 276
Black slate 4 280
"Oil sand"— oil show at 285 120 400
Slate 65 465
Gray sand 55 520
Black slate 194 714
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown slate 76 790
"Cap" rock 4 794
White lime 28 822
"Oil sand" 4 826
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 50 876
Lime and sha'e 76 952
LOG No. 682.
BATES FARM.
(Partial record).
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Oil show •- at 230
Oil show - at 280
White lime — at 340
White lime and gas ... ... at 383
Gray lime — at 405
Green shale — 'gas at 446
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale - at 492
Cap rock— gas
Oil sand
Blue lime — at 569
"Salt sand" -
2d "salt sand"
Gray lime ;" :>s!l
"3d sand" - at 594
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Bottom at 64°
510 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 683.
GARRISON FARM.
East of Bowling Green1.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 27 27
Lime - 105 132
"Gas sand" 5 137
Ljime 63 200
"Gas sand" 10 210
Lime 135 345
Green slate 37 382
Broken lime 8 390
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 60 450
Brown lime 4 454
White lime 8 462
Brown lime — gas 28 490
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
White lime 8 498
Brown lime 12 510
Gray lime 15 525
Brown lime— oil 12 537
Gray lime 45 582
Brown lime 8 590
Gray lime 10 600
LOG No. 684.
B. F. AMOS FARM.
Near Oakland.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red clay 14 14
Lime 156 170
Sand 25 195
Lime 76 271
Slate 6 277
Lime 233 510
Slate 12 522
Lime 118 640
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 82 722
Lime 102 824
Sand— gas 24 848
Lime 177 1025
Red rock ... 44 1069
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 611
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
273 1342
Slate ............................................................ 116 1458
Lime ............................................................. 19 1477
Slate .................................................................. 6 1483
Lime .................................................................. 67 1550
Trenton* ............................................................ 59 1609
*Driller's distinction.
LOG No. 685.
THE ROBERT KURD WELL.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 6 6
Broken stone 10 16
Yellow limestone 37 63
White limestone 42 95
White limestone 261 356
Brown limestone 50 406
White limestone 24 430
Blue limestone 50 480
Blue limestone fossils 180 660
B ue shale 52 712
Blue limestone fossils 33 745
White limestone 6 751
Dark shells 66 817
Lighter shells 68 875
Gray limestone 71 946
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 185 1101
Grey limestone 10 1141
White limestone 5 1146
Gray limestone 22 1168
Dark limestone 15 1183
Gray limestone 20 1203
Darker gray limestone ~ 35 1238
Gritty limestone 30 1268
Darker limestone 15 1283
White limestone 5 1288
Broken limestone 46 1334
Showed oil at 1163
Showed oil at 1183
Showed oil at 1185
512 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 686. BUNCH WELL— No. 1.
Elevation 580 ft.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Gray limestone 528 338
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 60 59S
Blue limestone 6 604
Lime sand 10 614
LOG No. 687. HUNT WELL.
Elevation 637 ft.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 12 12
White limestone 521 533
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 64 597
Blue limestone 5 602
Lime sand 8 610
Dark limestone 126 736
LOG No. 688. BATES WELL.
Elevation 608 ft.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
White limestone 25 25
Gray limestone 423 448
Green shale 47 495
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 60 555
Blue limestone 5 560
Lime sacd 10 570
Gray limestone 35 605
Blue clay 5 610
Gray limestone 30 640
LOG No. 689.
A. M. KIRBY WELL.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue limestone 6 6
Flint 24 30
Gray limestone 15 45
Blue limestone 63 108
Yellow shale .... 8 116
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 513
Blue limestone 4 120
Gray limestone 30 150
Blue limestone 25 175
Gray limestone 49 224
Brown limestone 41 265
Lighter limestone 20 285
White limestone 35 320
Light gray limestone 15 335
White limestone 10 345
Blue limestone 35 400
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 40 440
Blue lime 63 503
Lime sand 12 515
Blue limestone 10 525
Lime sand 15 540
Blue limestone 10 550
Lime sand 20 570
Blue limestone 15 580
Gas well.
LOG No. 690.
MOODY WELL.
Elevation 518 ft.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone 366
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 50 416
Blue limestone 8 424
Lime sand 7 431
Brown limestone 15 446
Lime sand ... 20 466
LOG No. 691.
SANSON WELL.
Elevation 529 ft.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
White limestone - 363
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 52
Blue limestone 423
Thickness of sands not given.
Oil & Gas— 17
514 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 692. EWING WILLOWBY WELL— No. 2.
Elevation 576 ft.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone 329
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 51 380
Bottom of well 414
LOG No. 693. JEFF WILLOWBY WELL.
Elevation 520 ft.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone 251
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 21 272
Blue lime 10 282
Thickness of sands not 'given.
LOG No. 694. EDWIN WILLOWBY WELL.
Elevation 610 ft.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone 360
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 63 413
Blue limestone 81 421
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Brown limestone 14 435
Lime sand 17 452
Limestone 132 584
Lime sand 29 613
LOG No. 695. MANSFIELD WILLOWBY WELL.
Elevation 520 ft.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone 205 205
Green shale 35 240
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 55 295
Lime sand 15 310
Hard blue limestone 40 350
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Slate 20 370
Limestone 30 400
Slate ... 2 402
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 515
LOG No. 696. A. T. DIGGINS WELL.
Elevation 518 ft.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone 380
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 50 430
Lime sand 3 433
Well not completed.
LOG No. 697. DUNCAN WELL.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone 850 850
Brown sha'e 40 890
Black shale 140 1030
White limestone 50 1080
Grey limestone 5 1085
White limestone 15 1400
Lime sand 8 1108
White limestone 10 1118
Dark limestone 13 1131
Lime sand 14 1145
Blue limestone 11 1156
Red rock 5 1161
Brown limestone 24 1185
(Base of Mississippian indefinite.)
LOG No. 698. MEEKS WELL— No. 1.
Elevation 580 ft.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone 359 309
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 50 409
Blue limestone 11 420
Lime sand 9 429
LOG No. 699. MEEKS WELL— No. 2.
Elevation 589 ft.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone - 377
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 51
Blue limestone 13 441
Lime sand 8 449
516 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 700.
MEEKS WELL— No. 3.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone 300
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 41 351
Blue limestone 15 366
Lime sand 29 395
LOG No. 701.
CHANDLER WELL.
Elevation 436 ft.
Strata Thickness Depth
(Partial record).
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone 420 420
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale , 60 480
LOG No. 702.
PHINNEY WELL.
Elevation 517 ft.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Limestone 152
Green shale 54 206
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 64 270
Blue limestone 7 277
Lime sand 40 317
Blue mud 3 320
WAYNE COUNTY.
LOG No. 703.
J. A. BROWN FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 35 35
White lime 165 200
Hard black sand— gas at 335 138 338
Soft black slate 2 340
White sand — gas 2 342
Black lime 8 350
White lime — gas 50 400
Black slate 75 475
White lime ..., 10 485
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 517
Black slate 5 49o
White sand 12 502
White lime 48 550
Blue slate 30 530
"Beaver" sand — oil 8 588
Blue slate 590
LOG No. 704.
DISHMAN WELL.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
White lime 170 170
White sand 100 270
Lime 310 580
Sand ("Beaver") 30 610
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 35 645
Slate and shells 35 680
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 120 800
Slate and red rock 20 820
Soft slaty lime 448 1268
Slate and shells 28 1296
Black "pencil cave" 4 1300
Slate and shells 30 1320
White "cave" 5 1325
(Base of Silurian not denned.)
LOG No. 705.
H. McBEATH FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime and shales 764 764
"Beaver" sand 8 772
Lime 50 822
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 35 857
Lime 803 1660
White slate (top of Tyrone) 3 1663
Dark brown lime 277 1940
Lime shells and slate 260 2200
Dark brown lime 30 2230
Dark and light limes 170 2400
F.int shells 30 2430
White salt sand (Calciferous?) 5 2435
(Base of Devonian not denned.)
518 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 706.
J. W. BARNES FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 254 254
Gray slate 140 394
Gray and white lime and slate 46 440
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 40 480
Blue lime 100 580
"Pepper and salt" lime 300 880
Brown lime 200 1080
Blue slate 10 1090
Dark lime 200 1290
Brown flint (lime?) (top of Tyrone) 60 1350
Blue lime 540 1890
White sand— oil show 25 1915
Brown- flinty lime 15 1930
Light brown sand 5 1935
White lime 10 1945
Lime 10 1955
White salt sand (Calciferous?) 26 1981
(Top of Silurian indefinite in blue lime 100 feet.)
LOG No. 707.
CYRUS BROWN FARM.
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
White lime 175 175
Dark lime— gas at 205 69 244
White lime 55 299
Black lime — gas at 305 30 329
Dark lime 40 369
White lime 136 505
Dark slate 25 530
Hard shell 10 540
"Beaver sand" 13 553
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Dark shale (Devonian) 40 593
Dark sand 15 608
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Dark lime 477 1085
Brown lime 210 1295
Dark lime 45 1340
Dark flint 5 1345
Dark lime 152 1497
(Top of Ordovician not defined, in 477.)
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 519
LOG No. 708.
JAMES RUMSEY FARM.
Gas well.
(Partial record).
Strata Feet
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
"Blue Lick" water at 165
Heavy gas flow at 225
Light gas flow at 310
"Stray" sand ZIZZIIZI at 388
Slate - at 423
"Beaver" sand at 430
Blue shale and shell at 463
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale (Devonian) at 466
WEBSTER COUNTY.
LOG No. 709.
7 miles N. of Dixon at Pilden.
Lessor, W. A. Duncan. Lessee, Sarber & Dearolph.
Started October 17, 1910. Completed April, 1911.
Total Depth, 1920— Authority, C. E. Dearolph.
Strata Top Depth
FENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Conductor (top soil), etc 0 11
Hard pan, water, etc 11 50
Slate 50 165
Coal 165 167
Slate 165 186
Coal 185 187
Slate 187 300
Sand 300 340
Slate 340 345
Ccal 345 352
Shale 353 440
Sard, sharp 440 460
Sha'e 460 617
Coal 617 622
Shale 622 695
Sand and fresh water 695 750
Shale 750 840
Coal 840 844
Shale 844 940
Sand, sharp (light oil showing at 945,
water at 950) 940 958
Lime, shells and shale 958 1095
Sand, very sharp (fresh water at 1115).... 1095 1322
520 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime and slate 1322 1372
Sand rock (salt water plenty) 1372 1410
Slate and shells (1480 bad cave-in) 1410 1500
B:ock slate 1500 1514
Stray lime 1514 1519
Slate and shells 1519 1920
Sand at 1920 filled with salt water.
LOG No. 710.
WELL SOUTH OF SEBREE.
(Partial record).
Strata Top Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Dark shale 75 to 315
Gray sand 315 to 550
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gray limestone 550 to 695
Gray limestone 960 to 1016
Gray limestone 1060 to 1070
Sand 1110 to 1210
Dark limestone — oil show at 1715
Dove-colored limestone at 1934
Gray limestone 1934 to 1940
Shaly limestone 1940 to 1946
Dark limestone 1946 to 2081
Dark shale 2081 to 2093
Gray limestone 2093 to 2107
Very dark limestone 2107 to 2226
Dark sandy limestone 2226 to 2232
Gray limestone 2232 to 2260
Dark limestone 2260 to 2275
White limestone 3058 to 3064
Poor record; base of Mississippian, top of Devonian, top of
Silurian, and top of Ordovician not defined.
LOG No. 711.
WELL NEAR TILDEN.
(Partial record).
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 28 28
Sandstone 25 53
Blue sha'e 87 140
Sand and slate 16 156
Coal 6 162
Fire-clay 5 167
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 621
Sandstone 13 jgQ
Slate 9 igg
Sand — oil show 13 202
Sand and s'.ate 5 207
Coal 1 208
Sand ... 46 254
Slate and sand 47 301
Black slate 3 304
Coal 6 310
Fire-clay 3 313
Sand 7 320
Sand .. 10 330
Slate and shale 29 359
Coal 2 361
Sand ... 45 406
Sand and slate 5 411
Slate 65 476
Black s'.ate 10 486
Sand 10 496
Shale .- 40 636
Sand 35 571
Shale 40 611
Sand — oil show 55 666
Sand and slate 25 691
White sand— salt water 60 751
Sand and slate 20 771
Sand 10 781
Slate 48 829
Coal 5 834
Fire clay 4 838
White sand 35 873
Sand and shale 35 908
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime and sand 12 920
Slate 31 951
Sand 30 981
Sand and slate 75 1056
White sand 276 1332
Black sand 10 1342
Sandy shale 20 1362
Lime and sand 67 1429
At 1600 reported strong oil show in sand. Well spoiled by ream-
ing. A very poor record.
522 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 712. WELL AT SEBREE.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay and sand 52 52
Sand 6 58
Shale 66 124
Sand - 58 182
Slate 33 215
Coal 1 216
Fire clay 5 221
Lime 8 229
Sandy sha'.e 27 256
Slate 6 262
Coal 3 265
Shale 40 305
Sand „ 29 334
Sandy sha'.e 75 409
Shale 15 424
Sand 15 439
Shale 20 459
Sandy shale 5 464
Black shale 28 492
Lime 2 494
Coal 3 495
Shale 24 519
Sand 6 525
Shale 2 527
Sand — oil, gas and salt water 62 589
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 3 592
McCREARY COUNTY.
LOG No. 713. WELL AT PINE KNOT.
(From drillings).
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand 55 55
Coal V2
Sand 28 83
Slate - 10 93
Sand 112 205
Slate 10 215
Sand 95 310
Slate 10 320
Slate and sand 10 330
Sand 5 335
Slate ... 5 340
RECORDS OP DRILLED WELLS 523
Sand 5 345
Slate 25 370
Sand 50 420
Slate 20 440
Sand 61 501
Coal 3^ 504
S ate 56 560
Slate and sand 10 570
Sand 10 580
S!ate 32 612
Sand 23 635
Slate 7 642
Sand 13 655
Slate 20 675
Sand 10 685
Slate 25 710
Sand and slate 12 722
Slate 19 741
Coal 6 747
S ate and sand 13 760
Slate 7 767
Sand 8 775
S ate and sand 10 785
Sand 15 800
Black slate — base of Pottsville 7 807
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red sand 11 818
Dark slate 3 821
Sand 6
Dark lime 20
Brown, limy shale
Dark blue slate
Reddish lime 4
Light brown iimy shale 10
Dark b ue slate 4
Light brown limy shale
Gray limy shale and blue slate 15
Dark lime
Light oolitic lime 20
Dove-colored lime
Dark lime and sha'e
Light lime 20
Dark lime and shale ...
mrk dove-colored lime ....
White and brown limes and black slate .... 20 1075
Light brown lime
Gray sha'e
Brown lime 20 1105
524 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Dove-co:ored and white limes 190 1295
Light brown lime 5 1300
Light green, sandy lime 5 1305
Light brown, sandy lime — oil show 15 1320
Dark lime and slate 10 1330
Gray lime 20 1350
Dark limy sand 10 1360
Brown impure lime 10 1370
Dark limy slate 10 1380
Very dark lime 30 1410
Dark limy slate 5 1415
Dark lime 5 1420
Dark slate 8 1428
White and gray lime 12 1440
Light lime 30 1470
Gray and white limes 20 1490
Dark and white sands 5 1495
Gray and white sands and sandy limes.... 65 1560
Soft shale 5 1555
Gray sandy lime 5 1570
Dark limy shale 30 1600
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 15 1615
Dark brown shale 15 1630
Black sha'e (Devonian) 5 1635
Dark brown shale 5 1640
Black shale 5 1645
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Dark green shale 30 1675
Greenish sha'e with lime and red shale
streaks 45 1720
Red iron ore (Clinton?) at 1720.
Iron ore, dark shale and lime 15 1735
Dark limy sha'e 7 1742
Dark lime and shales 43 1785
ORBOVICIAN SYSTEM
Dark lime 55 1840
Dark gray and reddish limes 40 1880
Dark and light limes and dark s'ate 35 1915
Dark reddish lime 25 1940
Dark gray lime 35 1975
Dark gray and white lime 305 2280
Dark s-ate 10 2290
Dark gray and white limes 102 2392
Blue and white limes and gray shale 18 2410
Light gray shale 12 2422
Gray lime 30 2452
Grayish brown and white limes ... 59 2511
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
625
LOG No. 714.
WELL AT STEARNS.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 335 335
White sandstone 30 365
Shale 25 390
White sandstone 10 400
Coal 1% 401
Shale 38 440
Sandstone 70 510
Biue and gray slate 15 525
White sandstone 10 535
Slate 20 555
White sandstone 10 565
Slate 5 570
White sandstone 20 590
Slate 40 630
Coal 3% 634
Sha:e 11 645
Slate 12 657
Red iorn ore (?) 13 670
White sand 11 681
WHITLEY COUNTY.
LOG No. 715. J. P. SHARP FARM.
Rockhold Station.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 14 14
Black shale 36 50
White lime 5 55
Coal 1% 56
Blue slate 88% 145
White sand 10 155
Black slate 30 185
White sand 20 205
B ack slate > HO 315
Gray sand 190 505
Black slate 40
White sand 165 710
Black slate 30
White sand— oil show 230 970
B'ack slate 35 1005
Sand 26 1031
Coal 2 1033
Black slate
White sand '. ......
Black shale— base of Pottsville 15 1057
526 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OP KENTUCKY
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
White lime 5 1062
Black shale 4 1066
White sand 25 1091
White shale 60 1151
White lime 54 1205
White sha'e 50 1255
White lime 30 1285
White shale 5 1290
White lime 265 1555
Brown sand 35 1590
Blue sand 27 1617
Blue shale 188 1805
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale ^j 120 1925
White shale I (Devonian) 15 1940
Brown shale J 5 1945
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
White shale 60 2005
Red shale 5 2010
White shaie 35 2045
Red shale 15 2060
White shale 5 2065
White lime 70 2135
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 70 2205
White lime .. 25 2230
LOG No. 716.
WATER CO. WELL.
Williamsburg.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Drift 28 28
Gravel 3 31
Slate 14 45
Sand— oil at 47 24 69
Slate 11 80
Sand— oil at 87 10 90
Slate 30 120
Sand 8 128
(All in Pottsville).
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
527
LOG No. 717.
Strata
PERKINS WELL.
Wi liamsburg.
Thickness
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 20
Black sand 10
Blue slate 60
Sand— oil at 100 10
Slate 50
White sand 28
Coal 2
White sand 60
Slate 5
Whit sand— oil at 360 120
Slate 5
Coal 5
(All in Pottsville).
Depth
20
100
150
178
180
240
245
365
370
375
LOG No. 718.
NELSON WELL No. 2.
Wniamsburg.
Strata Thickness Depth
1 ENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Drift 28 28
Slate 102 130
Sand 35 160
Slate 10 175
White sand 75 250
Slate 5 255
White sand 115 370
Coal 5
Slate 5 380
White sand 90 470
Slate 5 475
White sand 98 573
Sate 7 580
White sand— oil at 645 68 648
Coal 2 650
Slate and shells 115 765
Slate 1 766
White sand — oil show at 770 and 805, salt
water at 838 74 840
Sand 8«
Slate 871
(All in Pottsville).
528 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 719.
ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT WELL.
Williamsburg.
(Partial record).
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
White sand— oil at 385 50 425
Slate 5 430
White sand 100 530
Slate 5 535
White sand 35 570
Slate 5 575
White sand — oil and gas at 605 85 660
Slate and shells 75 735
White sand — oil and gas at 745 20 755
Brown shale 11 766
White sand (base of Pottsville) 45 811
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue slate 10 821
Pink slate — Mauch Chunk 5 826
LOG No. 720.
SUTTON FARM.
1 mile S. W. of Williamsburg.
Strata Thickness Depth
Soil 5 5
Sand and s'.ate 140 145
Shale and shells 110 255
Black slate 147 402
Sand 185 587
Slate 15 602
Sand 15 617
Slate ..... 80 697
White sand— gas at 784 87 784
Black shale and slate 19 803
Sand — oil at 957 172 975
(All in Pottsville).
LOG No. 721.
G. W. RAINS No. 2.
Near Williamsburg.
(Partial record).
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
753
Sand— oil at 770, 790 and 811 82 835
Shale (with coal) 45 880
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 629
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
... 23 903
Sand
Light shale 15
Lime 17 935
Dark shale 10 945
Lime 10 955
Pink slate— Mauch Chunk 45 1000
Lime 20 1020
Pink slate — Mauch Chunk 10 1030
Lime „ 15 1045
Light shale 5 1050
Lime 25 1075
Shale and lime „ 95 1170
Lime — gas at 1369 211 1381
LOG No. 722.
STEELY FARM No. 2.
1 mile N. of Williamsburg.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 10 10
Sand 20 30
Slate 105 135
Sand _.. 150 285
Lime 20 305
Sand 75 380
Lime 5 385
Coal 5 390
White sand 202 592
Shale 2 594
B:ack shale 30 624
Coal 2 626
Sand— salt water at 628 24 650
S ate and shells 100 750
Sand 24 774
Black slate (base of Pottsville 6 780
JV1ISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM. %
Pink rock— Mauch Chunk 20 800
Blue slate 35 835
Red rock 10 845
Lime 10 855
JBlue sjate 7 862
530 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 723.
STEELY FARM No. 4.
1 mile N. of Williamsburg.
Strata Thickness Depth
Drift -~. 30 30
B!ack slate 19 49
Sand 4 53
Black siate 82 135
White sand 170 305
Lime , 5 310
White sand 28 338
Slate 2 340
Sand 40 380
Lime (?) 5 385
Coal 5 390
White sand 200 590
Slate 5 595
Black shale 20 615
Coal 2 617
White sand 33 650
Black shale 5 655
Sand 15 670
Slate 5 675
Sand 15 690
Slate 10 700
Brown shale 44 744
Sand— oil 46 790
Slate (base of Pottsville) 5 795
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Pink rock— Mauch Chunk 5 800
LOG No. 724.
STEELY FARM No. 5.
1 mile N. of Williamsburg.
Strata Thickness Depth
I'ENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Drift 25 25
Sand 5 30
S ate 15 45
Sand 10 55
Slate 25 80
Black slate 55 135
White sand 200 335
Slate 5 340
White sand 40 380
Lime 5 385
Coal .. 5 390
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 631
White sand 202 592
Slate 3 595
San<l 55 650
Coal
652
Sand — gas at 660 8 660
Lime 10 670
Slate 15 685
Shale 59 744
White sand — oil at 750, 770 and 790 54 798
Slate 6 804
(All in Pottsville).
LOG No. 725. STEELY FARM No. 8.
1 mile N. of Williamsburg.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Drift and clay 20 20
Slate 10 30
Blue shale 20 50
Coal 2 52
Slate 93 145
Gray sand 25 170
White sand 170 340
Slate 10 350
White sand 55 405
Coal 5 410
White sand— oil at 550 140 550
Sandstone 5 555
Slate 5 560
White sand 43 603
Sha'e 2 605
Slate 5 610
Sand 50 660
Coal 2 662
Sand 3 665
Lime 10 675
Slate 15 690
Sand 15 705
Slate and shells 20 725
Shale (base of Pottsville ) 41 766
MISS1SSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and pink rock — Mauch Chunk 29 795
Red rock— Mauch Chunk 30 825
Black sand and slate 21 846
Red rock— Mauch Chunk 10 850
Black slate 4 860
Lime ... 10 870
532 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
S:ate and shells 30 900
Slate 10 910
Red rock 10 920
Lime 1 5 925
Slate and shells 60 985
Slate 15 1000
Lime _ 35 1035
Slate 5 1040
Lime 285 1325
Granite (?) 25 1350
Lime 20 1370
Lime and flint 5 1375
Flint 15 1390
Lime and flint 30 1420
Lime 35 1455
Slate 10 1465
Black shale 25 1490
Shale 20 1510
Lime 20 1530
Slate 40 1570
Lime 10 1580
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale (Devonian) 120 1700
White slate 20 1720
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Gray sand 5 1725
White slate 15 1740
Blue slate 30 1770
Slate and shells 50 1820
Slate 10 1830
Sand 20 1850
Slate 10 1860
Sand 10 1870
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Sand and lime 20 1890
Lime : 30 1920
Lime and red rock 15 1935
Lime ... . 235 2170
LOG No. 726.
WELL AT MOUTH OF CLEAR FORK.
(Partial record).
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
82S
Shale 57 885
Sand (base of Pottsville ... 75 960
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 533
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime
10 970
Pink rock— Mauch Chunk 35 1005
Lime - 20 1025
Sha:e 5 1030
30 1060
Lime
Shale
Lime
Sha:e
Lime
Gas well.
30 1090
15 1105
55 1160
370 1530
WOLFE COUNTY.
LOG No. 727.
BREWER FARM— No. 1.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 8 8
Shale 47 55
Sand 145 200
Blue shale 6 206
Sand 44 250
Blue shale 15 265
White sand— oil show 18 283
ailSSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale— Mauch Chunk 117 400
Lime— "Big lime" 90 490
B ue shale 500 990
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 176 1166
Yellow shale 18 1184
"Cap rock" , 3 1187
Sandy lime — oil show 3 1190
Lime 18 1208
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Sandy lime 37 1245
Brown sand (?) 2 1247
"Oil sand" 19 1266
Lime and sand 9 1275
B ack sandy lime 12 1287
Light sandy lime 5 1292
534 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 728.
BREWER FARM— No. 2.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Clay 4 4
Sand 40 44
Sha'e 106 150
Sand 140 290
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Blue shale 15 305
White sand 115 445
Lime— "Big lime" 85 530
White slate 500 1030
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 185 1215
White slate 8 1223
Brown shale 5 1228
"Cap rock" 7 1235
Sand (?)— oil show 6 1241
Slate 1 1242
B ack lime 31 1273
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Sand (?)— oil at 1273 5 1278
LOG No. 729.
ISAAC HOLLON FARM.
Holly Creek.
(Partial record).
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Strata Feet Feet
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Bottom of "Big lime" at 840
Green shale 840 850
Slate.
Red rock.
Brown slate 1145 1150
"Oil sand" 1178 1188
Brown slate 1190 1360
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 1360 1400
Blue s'ate 1400 1415
Mixed slate 1420 1435
Cap rock 1450
Oil sand 1450 1471
White sand .. ... 1471 1475
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS
535
LOG No. 730.
DAVE WELLS FARM— STILLWATER DISTRICT.
4 mi'es S. E. of Campton.
Strata Thickness Depth
FENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 3 3
Gray sand (water at 55 ft.) 147 150
Coal 5 155
Gray sand 290 445
Black shale 15 460
Gray sand 5 465
White sand 25 490
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Little lime 20 510
Blue shale 16 526
Big iime 110 636
Green shale 20 653
Broken lime and shale (blue) 64 720
Blue shale 440 1160
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 192 1352
Fire clay 20 1372
Brown shale 12 1384
Limestone (oil and gas) 20 1414
Brown lime 20 1434
Gray lime 14S4
LOG No. 731.
OLD WELL AT CAMPTON.
Thickness
Strata
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Partly unrecorded.
White sands and slates . 420
St. Louis L. S
B ue and white shales 498
Depth
420
530
1023
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Devonian black shales . 191
Blue shale — 3J 125°
Oil sand 16
(No mention is made of the Berea Grit, although it must have
been passed through).
536 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 732. J. M. TERRELL WELL— No. 1.
Just north of Mary on Upper Devil Creek. Ohio Oil Company, opera-
tor. Drilled 1917. Elevation 900 ft.
(Partial record.)
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 9 9
Sand 31 40
Slate 6 46
Coal 2 48
Sand 66 114
Coal 6 120
Break 8 128
Slate 43 171
Sand 71 242
Coal 9 251
Slate 12 263
Sand 28 291
Sandstone 10 301
Settling sand 30 331
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Little lime 20 351
Slate _ 14 365
Big lime _ 144 509
Waverly and black shale unrecorded.
To top of 1st sand 1251
To bottom 1268
Oil scum 1253 to 1254
Some oil 1254 to 1268
Tot A. ck'pth 1828
Bottom white lime 504
Top of black shale 1045
Authorities, George Center to Big Lime, contractor at well
to bottom.
Also given by the Ohio Oil Co,
LOG No. 733. J. M. TAULBEE— No. 1.
At Mary, Upper Devil Creek.
Devil's Creek Oil Co., Judge Center, Contractors. Elevation 875.
Strata Dri.led April 12, 1918.
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM. Thickness Depth
Soil 10 10
Slate 13 23
Sand 172 195
Slate 85 280
Sand 82 362
Break 12 374
Slate ... 31 405
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 637
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 20 425
Slate 10 435
Big lime 110 545
Waverly shale 550 1095
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale 180 1275
White clay 25 1300
"Sand" 34 1334
10-12 bbl. we 1; ruined by over shooting.
LOG No. 734.
I. S. MILLER— No. 1.
Drilled 1917 by Ohio Oil Co. Elevation 1000 ft.
(Partial record.)
Strata Thickness Depth
Top of 1st sand 1282
Bottom 1285
Gas show 1282 to 1285
Total depth 1308
Given by Ohio Oil Co., from its files September 4, 1918.
LOG No. 735.
T. C. HOLLON— No. 1.
Devil's Creek Oil & Gas Company, Operators. Elevation 775. Lantry
Fike Construction Company, drillers.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Surface 12 12
Sand 147 159
Blue sha'e 30 189
Sand 175 364
Shale 17 381
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Little lime 18 399
Shale 13 412
St. Louis lime 118 530
Blue shale - 530 1060
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Brown shale 210
White shale 18
B'ack shale 15
Top of sand 1303
538 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 736. WELL AT CANNELTON, INDIANA.
Opposite Hawesvi.le, Hancock County, Ky.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Sand 47 47
Shale 110 157
White sand (base of Pottsville) 63 220
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 9 229
Lime 41 270
Shale 5 275
Hard white lime 55 330
Shale 16 346
Lime 6 352
White sand 5 357
Shale 3 360
Sand 13 373
Shale 23 396
Dark lime 10 406
Gray shale 30 436
White lime 9 445
Gray shale 15 460
White sand — salt water at 480 51 511
Shale 7 518
White lime— salt water at 733 218 736
Lime — salt water at 774 204 940
Dark sandy shale 87 1027
Dark brown lime 81 1108
Lime 1 672 1780
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
"Utica" shale* (probably Devonian) 120 1900
"Trenton"* 633 2533
*Driller's distinctions.
LOG No. 737.
WELL AT TELL CITY, INDIANA.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 25 25
Gray shale 15 40
Gray sand 40 80
Dark sand (base of Pottsville) 80 160
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Gray and white lime (top of Chester) 30 190
Dark gray shale 30 220
"No sample" 10 230
Yellowish brown lime 5 235
Grayish-green shale ... 45 280
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 539
Gray lime 71 351
Gray sand 6 357
Gray lime and dark gray shale 43 400
Gray sand 15 415
Gray, red and brown shales 116 531
Gray lime 33 564
Dark gray shale 36 600
Gray sand 20 620
Lime and black shale 3 623
Gray lime 17 640
Reddish-brown shale 13 653
Gray sand 27 680
Reddish-brown shale 5 685
Gray sand (Cypress?) 62 747
"No sample" 10 757
Gray lime 168 925
Light lime 245 1170
LOG No. 738.
WELL AT CINCINNATI.
(Partial record).
Strata Feet
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Dark gray crystalline limestone at 280
Gray and white sand (?) at 290
Crystalline limestone and dark shale at 305
Gray calcareous shales at 334, 344, 385, 450, 505, 575, 610 and 640
Soft white limestone at 675
White calcareous shale at 775
Fine-grained white sandy limestone (Calciferous)....815 to 1330
LOG No. 739.
WELL AT PORTSMOUTH. OHIO.
(E. O. Orton).
Strata Thickness Depth
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Waverly 120
Berea (Sunbury) shale 30
Berea grit 50
Bedford shale 50 250
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Devonian shales - 560
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Helderburg, Niagaran and Clinton lime-
stones 675 1485
ORDOVICIAN SYSTEM.
Medina 50 1535
Hudson .. 465 2000
540 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
LOG No. 740.
WELL AT IRONTON, OHIO.
(E. O. Orton).
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Coal measures : 282 282
Conglomerate and Logan group 300 582
Blue shale 30 612
Sandstone 30 642
Cuyahoga shales 348 990
Berea (Sunbury) shale 20 . 1010
Berea grit 47 1057
Bedford shale and sand 90 1147
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Devonian shales 680 1827
Corniferous and upper Silurian lime-
stones 584 2411
Upper Silurian and Hudson shale and
limestone 1031 3442
(Top of Mississippian, Silurian and Oriovician indefinite.)
LOG No. 741.
HUTCHISON WELL.
3 miles S. of Kenova, W. Va.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil and quicksand 33 33
White slate 17 50
Sand 27 77
White slate 22 99
Coal 2 101
White slate 40 141
Sand 40 181
Black slate 10 191
Sand 117 308
Black slate 12 320
Sand 20 340
Black slate „ 51 391
Coal 2 393
Black slate 15 408
Lime shell 10 418
White slate 25 443
Sand 10 453
White slate 33 486
Sand '. 8 494
White slate 28 522
Sand 12 534
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 541
Black slate 20 554
Sand 15 569
Black slate 48 QH
Sand 12 629
Coal - 2 631
Lime shells 15 g4g
Black slate 28 674
Sand 45 719
Slate and shells 24 743
Salt sand — salt water 77 320
Coal 4 824
Salt sand — base of Pottsville 18 842
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red rock — Mauch Chunk 4 345
Lime shells 10 856
Sand and lime shells 96 952
Green slate 6 958
Sand 20 978
Lime shells 3 981
Sand 25 1006
Lime 32 1038
Lime and sand — Big Lime 125 1163
Black slate 10 1173
Sand 74 1247
Black s'.ate 60 1307
Sand 30 1337
Black slate 255 1592
Black shale (Sunbury?) 25 1617
Berea grit (?) 60 1677
Blue slate 300 1977
Black sand 15 1992
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black slate 192 2184
Blue slate 8 2192
B^ack sand 15 2207
Black slate 52 2259
Blue slate 5 2264
LOG No. 742.
Report of Diamond Drill Prospecting Work Done for Rogers Bros. Coal
Co., by Sullivan Machinery Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Near Williamson, W. Va.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Gravel and boulder 10 10
Gravel sand boulders 29 19
Broken ledge 30
Sandstone 70 40
542
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OP KENTUCKY
Broken sandstone
Sandstone
Shale
Coal
Shale
Sandstone
Shale
Sand shale
Shale
Coal
Sandstone
Shale
Coal
Sandstone
Shale
Coal
Shale
Sand shale
Sandstone
Sand shale
Sandstone
Conglomerate ss.
Sandstone
Sand shale
Sandstone
Hard sandstone
Sandstone
Shale
Hard sandstone
Sandstone
Hard sandstone
Conglomerate ss.
Hard sandstone
Conglomerate ss.
Sandy shale
Shale
Sand shale
Sandstone
Shale
Coal
Shale
Sand sha!e
Shale
Hard sandstone
Conglomerate ss.
Good flow of gas struck at 918.
100
30
148
48
177-6
29-6
178
-6
182
4
280
98
293
13
298
5
302
4
302-4
-4
367
64-8
371-6
4-6
372-2
-8
386
13-10
396-4
10-4
396-10
-6
405
8-2
423
18
425
2
454
29
464
10
474
10
480
6
492
12
571
79
592
21
601
9
602
1
622
20
651
29
661
10
677
16
705
28
716
11
723
7
759
36
765
6
768
3
769-3
1-3
769-11
-8
774
4-1
778
4
779
1
840
61
918
78
RECORDS OF DRILLED WELLS 543
LOG No. 743
WELL AT CENTRAL CITY, W. VA.
(I. C. White).
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Soil 26 26
Shale, sand and lime 94 120
Lime 7 127
Slate and fire clay 98 225
Sand 25 250
Slate 50 300
Sand— gas ... 30 330
Black slate 10 340
Gray sand 60 400
B!ack slate 10 410
Gray sand 85 495
White and blue slate 25 520
Sand and lime 20 540
Slate 20 560
Black slate 175 735
Gray sand 25 760
Black slate 105 865
Sand — gas and salt water 30 895
Black sand 10 905
Black slate (base of Pottsville) 30 935
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Lime 5 940
Black slate 30 970
"Big lime" 150 1120
Slate 28 1148
"Big Injun" sand— salt water 177 1325
Black shale and slate 370 1695
Lime and hard sand 10 1705
Brown slate (Sunbury) 25 1730
"Berea" sand — oil and gas 25 1755
B'ack slate 10 1765
Hard gray sand 5 1770
Lime 5
Gray sand 10 1785
Lime 3 1788
B ack sand
Bastard lime 4 1794
Black shale 20 1814
Fine black sand 97
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black, blue and white shales . 574 2485
Bastard lime— stray gas sand 15 2500
544 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OP KENTUCKY
SILURIAN SYSTEM.
Shale 250 2750
Gray sand 10 2760
Limestone ... 10 2770
LOG No. 744.
TOOMEY No. 1.
Oneida, Scott County, Tenn.
Strata Thickness Depth
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM.
Dark sand 20 20
White sand 180 200
Slate and thin coal 30 230
White sand 80 310
S'ate 40 350
White sand 70 420
Slate 130 550
White sand 60 610
MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM.
Red slate (Pennington) 140 750
Gray lime 195 945
Sandy lime— oil 20 965
Gray and brown limes — oil at 970 331 1296
Blue shale 10 1306
Gray sandy lime 71 1377
Pinkish crysta'.line lime 19 1396
Gray lime with dark oil bearing specks.... 2 1398
Hard lime _ 20 1418
White lime 12 1430
Browa lime 45 1475
DEVONIAN SYSTEM.
Black shale (Chattanooga) 65 1540
Blue slate 15 1555
Blue lime with layers of s'.ate 45 1600
Blue lime . 100 1700
Logs 745-749, inclusive, appear on pages 428-431
Logs 750-752, inclusive, appear on pages 331-335.
Total number of logs in this volume is 752.
CHAPTER IX.
PRECISE LEVEL NET ADJUSTMENT AND
STANDARD ELEVATIONS IN KENTUCKY.*
Place
Designation
of
bench mark
Standard
elevation
Meters Feet
Louisville, Ky
U. S. E. B. M.
No. 10(=602B)
U. S. E. B. M.
603
U, S. E. B. M.
604M I
127.146
126.777
131.175
417.145
415.935
430.363
Louisville, Ky
Louisville, Ky
Louisville, Ky.
Louisville, Ky
Louisville, Ky
Louisville, Ky
Louisville, Ky
Louisville, Ky
Louisville, Ky
Louisville, Ky
Louisville, Ky
Near Louisville, Ky
Near Louisville, Ky
Near Louisville, Ky
Near Louisville, Ky
In Kentucky, near Bridgeport, Ind...
In Kentucky, near Bridgeport, Ind...
Near Greenwood Landing, Ky
Greenwood Landing, Ky
P B. M. 617 ....! 126.839J 416.138
P. B. M. 618 ....I 126.720) 415.748
P. B. M. 619 ....( 125.736| 412.518
P B. M. 620 ....) 120.728) 396.087
B. M. 621 ....) 126.641) 415.489
P. B. M. 622 ..-I 123.2461 404.348
P B. M. 623 ....[123.990 1 406.791
P. B. M. 623AJ 130.269) 427.390
P. B. M. 624 ....) 126.189) 414.004
P. B. M. 625 ....) 125.582! 412.014
P. B. M. 626 ....) 121.0601 397.178
U. S. G. S. 441 1 134.342) 440.753
* U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Special Publication No. 18. By Bowie
and Avers. 1914.
545
In Kentucky, near Stewarts Landing, Ind.
Near Valley Station, Ky.
Near Johnsontown, Ky....
Near Bethany, Ky
Near Kosmosdale, Ky. ...
Near Kosmosdale, Ky. ...
Near Kosmosdale, Ky. ...
Kosmosdrle, Ky.
Kosmosdale, Ky
Near Kosmosdale, Ky
Near West Point, Ky.
West Point, Ky. ...
P. B. M. 604....) 130.941) 429.595
Guard Pier ....| 135.464) 444.435
P. B. M. fi04A..| 121.469) 398.520
P. B. M. 605 ....| 122.781) 402.824
P. M. B. 606 ....[ 124.211) 407.514
P. B. M. 607 ....I 124.320) 407.872
P B. M. 607A) 122.748) 402.716
P. B. M. 608 ....) 126.778) 415.938
P. B. M. 609 ....) 123.388) 404.814
P B. M. 610 ....) 122.379) 401.504
P. B. M. 611 ....[ 126.377) 414.622
P. B. M. 612 ....) 123.574) 405.425
P. B. M. 613 ....[ 124.723) 409.195
P. B. M. 614 ....) 124.929) 409.872
P. B. M. 614A) 129.971 1 426.412
P. B. M. 615 ....) 123.451) 405.022
P. B. M. 616 ...-! 126.361) 414.569
Oil & Gas— 18
546
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Place
Designation
of
bench mark
Standard
elevation
Meters
Feet
West Point, Ky
Near West Point, Ky
Wabash Id., Ky.
P. B. M. 627 ....
P B. M. 628 ....
P. B. M53, bolt
Cap
P. B. M. 54, bolt
Cap ,
P. B. M. Ken-
tucky
P. B. M. 715 ....
P. B. M. 715A
P B. M. 716 ....
P. B. M. 717 ....
P. B. M. 717A
P B. M. 718 ....
P. B. M. 719....
130.283
125.020
105.092
106.322
113.299
114.517
105.925
120.039
120.208
119.380
118.391
119.004
117.553
114.712
114.642
119.037
127.973
115.308
115.957
115.945
113.934
115.609
121.209
119.140
115.602
116.979
115.718
114.333
113.833
116.375
114.650
121.504
113.241
118.823
120.972
117.805
112.479
112.103
112.764
427.436
410.171
344.789
348.825
371.715
375.711
347.522
393.829
394.381
391.665
388.421
390.432
385.671
376.350
376.122
390.539
419.857
378.307
380.437
380.397
373.799
379.295
397.667
390.878
379.271
383.788
379.651
375.108
373.468
381.807
376.148
398.634
371.525
389.838
396.889
386.500
369.024
367.791
369.960
In Kentucky, near mouth of Wabash
Blackburn, Ky., opp. Shawneetown, 111
In Kentucky, opposite Dear Creek, Ind...
In Kentucky, opposite Dear Creek, Ind...
Near Landis Landing, "Ky
Near Hawesville, Ky
Near Hawesville, Ky
Near Hawesville, Ky
Near Hawesville, Ky
Hawesville, Ky.
P. B. M. 720 .-
r* B. M. 720A
U. S. G. S. 422
P. B. M. 721 ....
P. B. M. 722 ....
P. B. M. 723 ....
P. B. M. 724 ....
P. B. M. 725 ....
P. B. M. 726 ....
P. B. M. 727 .-
P. B. M. 728 ....
P B. M. 728A
P. B. M. 729 ....
P. B. M. 730 ....
P. B. M. 731 ....
P. B. M. 732 ....
P. B. M. 733 ....
P. B. M. 733A
P. B. M. 734 ....
P. B. M. 735
Hawesville, Ky
Hawesville, Ky.
Near Hawesville, Ky
Near Hawesville, Ky
Near Hawesville, Ky
Eeachams Landing, Ky
In Hancock County, Ky., above Troy, Ind
In Hancock County, Ky., above Troy, Ind
In Hancock County, Ky., below Troy, Ind
In Hancock County, Ky., below Troy, Ind
In Hancock County, Ky., below Troy, Ind
Near Lewisport, Ky
Near Lewisport, Ky
Near Lewisport, Ky
Near Lewisport, Ky
Near Lewisport, Ky
Lewisport, Ky.
Lewisport, Ky.
Near Lewisport, Ky
Near Lewisport, Ky
P. B. M. 736 ....
P. B. M. 737 ..-
P. B. M. 738 ....
P. B. M. 739 ....
P. B. M. 740....
Near Lewisport, Ky
In Kentucky, opposite Grand View, Ind..
In Kentucky, opposite Grand View, Ind..
In Kentucky, near Rockroort, Ind
ADJUSTMENT AND ELEVATIONS
547
Place
Designation
of
bench mark
Standard
elevation
Meters | Feet
In Kentucky, near Rockport, Ind.
In Kentucky, near Rockport, Ind.
In Kentucky, near Rockport, Ind.
Iceland Landing, Ky
Near Mouth of Puppy Creek, Ky
Puppy Creek, Ky
Near Owensboro, Ky
Near Owensboro, Ky
Near Owensboro, Ky
Near Owensboro, Ky
Owensboro, Ky
Owensboro, Ky
Owensboro, Ky
P. B. M. 741 ....
P. B. M. 742 ....
P. B. M. 743 ....
P .B. M. 744 ....
P. B. M. 745 ....
P. B. M. 746 ....
P. B. M. 747 ....
P. B. M. 749 ...
P B. M. 750 ...
P. B. M. 751 ...
117.190
117.114
114.389
113.298
115.804
113.330
112.574
113.079
384.480
384.233
375.291
371.713
379.933
371.818
369.336
370.994
Owensboro, Ky
Near Owensboro, Ky
Near Owensboro, Ky
Near Owensboro, Ky
Near Little. Hurricane Island, Ky.
Near Little Hurricane Island, Ky.
Near Little Hurricane Island, Ky.
Near Little Hurricane Island, Ky.
Near French Island, Ky
Near French Island, Ky
Near French Island, Ky
Near French Island, Ky
Near French Island, Ky
Near French Island, Ky
Near French Island, Ky
Near Carlinburg, Ky
Near Scuffletown, Ky
Near Scuffletown, Ky
Near Scuffletown, Ky
Near Scuffletown, Ky
Near Mouth of Green River, Ky
Near Mouth of Green River, Ky
Near Mouth of Green River, Ky
In Kentucky, near Evansvllle, Ind.
In Kentucky, near Evansvllle, Ind.
In Kentucky, near Evansvllle, Ind.
P. B. M. 752 ....
U. S. G. S. 396
High Water
1884
Water gauge....
P. B. M. 753 ....
P. B. M. 754
P. B. M.
P B. M.
P. B. M.
P. B. M.
P. B. M.
P. B. M.
P. B. M.
P. B. M.
P. B. M.
P. B. M.
P. B. M.
P. B. M.
P. B. M.
P. B. M.
P. B. M.
P. B. M.
P. B. M.
P. B. M.
P. B. M.
P. B. M.
P. B. M.
P B. M.
P. B. M.
755 J
756 _|
757 ....(
758 J
759 ....)
760 ....
761 ....
762....
763 ....
764....
766 ....
766 ....
767 ....
769 ....]
771 ...
773 ....[
777 ....j
778 ....)
779 ....I
780 ....|
781 ....)
782 ....I
107.957) 354.190
120.582 j 395.609
109.424] 359.003
120.287] 394.642
118.234] 387.906
103.384) 339.187
108.202] 354.992
108.923] 357.357
115.570] 379.165
112.7191 369.813
113.915 1 373.736
114.573) 375.896
110.678) 363.117
109.1441 358.083
113.657] 372.889
113.431] 372,148
113.811] 373.394
113.392) 372.019
112.039] 367.581
108.314) 355.361
108.624] 356.377
107.373) 352.274
108.010] 354.364
113.292) 371.692
109.386) 358.878
109.802 j 360.241
109.1611 358.138
108.000) 354.331
109.432| 359.028
111.968| 367.349
107.319|352.095
548
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OP KENTUCKY
Place
Designation
of
bench mark
Standard
elevation
Meters Feet
In Kentucky, near
In Kentucky, near
In Kentucky, near
In Kentucky, near
In Kentucky, near
In Kentucky, near
In Kentucky, near
In Kentucky, near
Evansville, Ind. ...
Evansville, Ind.
Evansville, Ind.
Evansville, Ind.
Evansville, Ind.
Evansville, Ind.
Evansville, Ind.
Evansville, Ind.
Evansville, Ind.
Evansville, Ind
Dutch Bend, Ky
Dutch Bend, Ky
Near Henderson, Ky. ..
Near Henderson, Ky. ..
Near Berry Ferry, Ky.
Near Berry Ferry, Ky.
Near Berry Ferry, Ky.
Near Berry Ferry, Ky.
Near Berry Ferry, Ky.
Golconda, 111
Golconda, 111
Near Berry Ferry, Ky. ..
Near Berry Ferry, Ky. ..
Near Pryors Island, Ky.
Near Bayou, Ky
Near Bayou, Ky
Near Bayou, Ky
Near Bayou, Ky
Near Bayou, Ky
Bayou, Ky
Near Birdsville, Ky
Birdsville, Ky
Birdsville, Ky
Near Birdsville, Ky
Near Birdsville, Ky
Near Smithland, Ky
Near Smithland, Ky. ...
P. B. M. 783 ....
P B. M. 784 ....
P. B. M. 785 ....
P. B. M. 786 ....
P B. M. 787 ....
P. B. M. 788 ....
P. B. M. 789 ....
P. B. M. 790 --
High water ....
marks
U. S. G. S. 394
P. B. M. 791 ....[
P. B. M. 792 ....|
P. B. M. 793 ....|
P. B. M. 794 ....|
P. B. M. 888.... |
P. B. M. 889 ....
P B. :M. 890 ....
P. B. M. 891 ....
P. B. M. 892 ....
High Water ....
1883
High Water ....
1884
P. B. M. 893 -.
P. B. M. 894 ....
P. B. M. 895 ....
P. B. M. 896 ....
P. B. M. 897 ....
P. B. M. 898 ....
P. B. M. 899 ....
P. B. M. 900 ....
P B. M. 901 ....
P. B. M. 902 ....
P. B. M. 903 ....
P. B. M. 903A)
P. B. M. 904 ....[
P. B. M. 905 ....]
P. B. M. 906 ....)
P. B. M. 907 ....I
111.573
112.048
112.502
111.739
109.326
110.237
366.053
367.611
369.101
366.596
358.681
361.670
111.714 366.515
107.434
114.834
114.905
120.154
110.698
352.474
376.751
376.983
394.206
363.181
108.842 1 357.092
107.048] 351.206
106.888] 350.683
98.220] 322.243
97.524] 319.959
98.497] 323.153
101.779] 333.920
96.240] 315.747
I
106.451] 349.249
i
106.899] 350.719
97.695] 320.522
101.262] 332.225
97.821) 320.934
100.887] 330.993
99.678J 327.027
96.865] 317.799
102.065] 334.857
97.109 1 318.597
99.459] 326.308
104.650) 343.339
101.234] 332.133
102.335) 335.743
96.587] 316.886
95.327) 312.753
98.835) 324.261
99.684! 327.047
ADJUSTMENT AND ELEVATIONS
549
Place
Designation
of
Standard
elevation
bench mark
Meters Feet
Near Smithland, Ky
P B M 908
97 76i 320 736
Smithland, Ky
P B M 909
98 965 324 689
Smithland, Ky.
P B M 909A
103 299 338 678
Near Smithland, Ky.
P B M 910
97 159 318 763
Near Smithland, Ky
P B M 911
99 514 i 326 488
Near Smithland, Ky
P B M 913
95 992 314 934
Near Ledbetter, Ky.
P B. M 914
95990' 314 928
Near Ledbetter, Ky.
P. B. M 915
98 544 1 323 307
Near Ledbetter, Ky.
P. B. M. 916 ....
100.144 j 328.555
Near Ledbetter Ky
P B M 917
94 793 1 311 001
Near Paducah, Ky
P. B. M. 918 ....
93.934 1 308.181
Near Paiucah, Ky
P. B. M 919
99 352' 325957
Near Paducah, Ky
P. B. M. 920 ....
98.819 324.208
Near Paducah, Ky
P B. M. 921 ....
93.433! 306.538
Near Paducah, Ky
P. B. M. 922 ....
98.750| 323.982
Paducah, Ky
P. B. M. 923 ...
99.530 1 326.542
Paducah, Ky
P. B. M. 923A
91.5331 300.303
Paducah, Ky
P. B. M. 924 ....
93.523! 306.834
Near Paducah, Ky
P. B. M. 925 ....
95.029] 311.774
Near Paducah, Ky
P. B. M. 926 ....
93.977 1 308.324
Near Paducah, Ky
P. B. M. 927 ....
94.359| 309.577
In Kentucky, near Metropolis, 111
P. B. M. 929 ....
93.050! 305.283
In Kentucky, near Metropolis, 111
In Kentucky near Metropolis 111
P B. M. 930 ....
P. B. M. 931 ....
95.291 312.634
93.021 i 305.185
In Kentucky near Metropolis 111
P. B. M. 932 ....
94.409 309.741
In Kentucky near Metropolis 111
P. B. M. 933 ....
94.424 309.788
In Kentucky, near Metropolis, 111
In Kentucky near Metropolis 111
P. B. M. 934
P B. M. 935 ....
94.596J 310.355
93.685] 307.365
Near Ragland Ky
P. B. M. 936 ....
94.481] 309.976
Near Ragland Ky
P. B. M. 937....
93.314] 306.147
Near Ragland Ky
P B. M. 938 ....
94.493] 310.017
Near Ragland Ky
P. B. M. 939 ....
98.003] 321.531
Near Ragland Ky .
P. B. M. 940 ....
96.749 [317.417
Near Ragland Ky
P B. M. 941 ....
92.593] 303.783
P. B. M. 942 ....
96.6111 316.964
P. B. M. 943 ....
97.239 319.024
Near Ogden Ky
P. B. M. 944 ....
95.1511 312.174
Near Ogden Ky
P B. M. 945 ....
96.6061 316.948
In Kentucky, near Grand Chain, 111
In Kentucky, near Grand Chain, 111
P. B. M. 947 ...
P. B. M. 948 ....
97.773] 320.778
96.7321 317.362
550
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Place
Designation
of
bench mark
Standard,
elevation
Meters
Feet
In Kentucky, near Grand Chain, 111
In Kentucky, near Grand Chain, 111
In Kentucky, near Caledonia, 111
P. B. M. 949-
P. B. M. 950..
P. B. M. 951..
93.370
94.051
94.494
92.595
96.163
94.433
93.858
92.320
91.958
97.286
96.864
97.190
97.320
96.269
94.850
96.267
95.153
94.296
93.663
93.647
232.834
234.686
264.987
274.677
273.508
271.216
280.872
301.285
313.322
289.539
303.053
333.488
292.084
308.271
278.428
305.038
353.306]
369.514
356.137|
340.3981
306.331
308.566
310.020
303.788
315.494
309.820
307.933
302.887
301.700
319.178
317.794
318.865
319.292
315.841
311.186
315.836
312.180
309.369
307.293
307.241
763.890
769.966
869.378
901.169
897.334
889.814
921.494
988.466
1027.957
949.929
994.266
1094.119
958.279
1011.386
913.476
1000.779
1159.138
1212.314
1168.426
1116.789
In Kentucky, near Caledonia, 111
In Kentucky, near Caledonia, 111
In Kentucky, near Caledonia, 111
Near Humphries Creek, Ky.
P. B. M. 952..
P. B. M. 953..
P. B. M. 954..
P. B. M. 955..
P. B. M. 956-
P. B. M. 957-
P. B. M. 958-
Near Humphries Creek, Ky
Near Holloway, Ky
Near Holloway, Ky
Near Holloway, Ky
P. B. M. 959-
P. B. M. 960-
Near Holloway, Ky
Holloway, Ky
P B M 961
Near Holloway, Ky . .
P. B. M. 962..
P. B. M. 963-
Near Holloway, Ky
Near East Cairo, Ky
P. B. M. 964..
P. B. M. 965..
. B. M. 966..
P. B. M. 967..
F. B. M. 968..
Jl
K!
L!
M,
Nt
0,
Pt
Q!
R,
Near East Cairo, Ky
Near East Cairo, Ky
Near East Cairo, Ky
Near East Cairo, Ky
High Bridge, Ky
Near High Bridge, Ky
Between High Bridge and Burgin, Ky..'..
Burgin, Ky . .
Burgin, Ky
Faulconer, Ky
Near Danville, Ky
Danville, Ky
Near Junction City Ky
Near Junction City, Ky
Si
Tt
Ut
V,
w,
X,
Near Moreland, Ky
Moreland, Ky
Near Moreland, Ky
McKinney, Ky
Near McKinney Ky
Near Kings Mountain Ky *
Y,
Kings Mountain Ky
Zt
Waynesburg Ky
A, .
Eubank, Ky
B, .
Floyd, Ky. ..
C, .
ADJUSTMENT AND ELEVATIONS
551
Place
Designation
of
bench mark
Standard
elevation
Meters
Feet
Near Pulaski, Ky
Dj
340.566
342.904
326.951
292.241
262.024
268.005
272.108
268.363
249.177
235.332
280.439
290.058
363.515
393.551
401.546
430.209
415.308
109.864
112.931
119.275
111.427
119.732
97.417
98.668
101.983
99.053
156.192)
152.534
156.548
162.134)
237.4751
279.016!
282.0041
286.150]
278.533
273.038
281.565
284.890
292.011
297 064
1117.340
1125.011
1072.672
958.794
859.657
879.280
892.741
880.454
817.508
772.085
920.074
951.632
1192.632
1291.175
1317.406
1411.444
1362.556
360.445
370.508
391.321
365.573
392.821
319.609
323.713
334.589
324.976
512.440
500.439
513.608
531.935
779.116
915.405
925.208
938.810
913.820
895.792
923.768
934.677
958.039
974.617
Science Hill, Ky. .
E,
Norwood, Ky.
F
Near Somerset, Ky.
G
Somerset, Ky
A-
Somerset, Ky
E-
Somerset, Ky
C-
Somerset, Ky
D-
Near Burnside, Ky.
E-
Burnside, Ky
F-
Near Sloans Valley, Ky
G-
Alpine, Ky.
H-
Greenwood, Ky
I.
Flat Rock, Ky.
J5
Whitley, Ky.
K-
Pine Knot, Ky
u
Ms
No. XI
No. X
Between Strunk, Ky., and Isham, Tenn.
Fulton, Ky
Alexander, Ky
Clinton Ky
No. IX
Arlington Ky
No. VIII
No. VII
No. VI
No. V
Bardwell, Ky
Near Bardwell, Ky
Fort Jefferson, Ky
Wickliffe, Ky
No. IV
East Cairo, Ky
No. Ill
Newport, Ky
A
Newport Ky
USE
Covington Ky
B
Ludlow Ky
c
Crescent Springs, Ky
D
Erlanger Ky
E
Dixon Ky
P
Richwood, Ky
G .1
Walton, Ky.
H
Near Crittenden, Ky
I
Crittenien, Ky.
j
Sherman, Ky.
K
Dry Ridge, Ky.
L
Williamstown. Ky. ..
M
552
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OP KENTUCKY
Place
Designation
of
bench mark
Standard
elevation
Meters [ Feet
Mason, Ky
N
O
p
278.908
286.971
292.271
290.606
261.700
263.843
275.398
255.070
260.848
267.325
265.403
285.248
286.354
298.568
308.166
313.527
297.197
289.917
288.655
269.934
267.670
273.423
121.827
120.287
120.856
124.593
123.838
124.860
119.305
115.696
121.990
125.177
120.508
121.978|
122.153]
127.458
119.835|
135.920
137.521|
121.503!
915.051
941.504
958.892
953.430
858.594
865.625
903.535
836.842
855.799
877.049
870.743
935.851
839.480
979.552
1011.041
1028.630
975.054
951.169
947.029
885.608
878.181
897.055
399.695
394.642
396.510
408.770
406.292
409.644
391.419
379.579
400.230"
410.684
395.366
400.188
400.765
418.169
393.159
445.931
451.183
398.630
Bianchett, Ky
Corinth, Ky
Hinton Ky
Q
Sadieville, Ky. . .
R
s
Near Sadieville, Ky.
Rogers Gap, Ky. .
T
u
Near Kinkaid, Ky.
Near Georgetown, Ky
V
w '.
X
Y
Z
At
B!
d
Dj
E!
Ft
G!
Ht
Georgetown, Ky.
Near Donerail, Ky.
Greendale, Ky.
Hillenmeyer, Ky.
Lexington, Ky.
Near Lexington, Ky.
Brannon, Ky : ..
Near Brannon, Ky.
Nicholasville, Ky.
Mlcholasville, Ky.
Jessamine, Ky.
Wilmore, Ky. .
Near High Bridge, Ky
I,
P. B. M. 629....
P. B. M. 630....
P. B. M. 631....
P. B. M. 632....
P. B. M. 633....
P. B. M. 634....
P. B. M. 635....
P B. M. 635A
P. B. M. 636....
P. B. M. 637....
P. B. M. 638....
P. M. G. 639....
P B M 640
In Kentucky, near Evans Landing, Ind..
In Kentucky, near Browns Landing, Ind.
In Kentucky, near Browns Landing, Ind.
In Kentucky, near Mosquito Creek, Ind.
Near Rock Haven, Ky. .
Near Rock Haven, Ky
Rock Haven, Ky
Rock Haven, Ky.
Near Rock Haven, Ky
Near Dittoes Landing, Ky
Near Dittoes Landing, Ky
In Kentucky, near Tobacco Landing, Ind.
Near Brandenburg Ky
Near Brandenburg, Ky
P. B. M. 641....
Near Brandenburg, Ky
P. B. M. 642....
P. B. M. 643.... |
P. B. M. 643A|
P. B. M. 644....
Brandenburg, Ky.
Brandenburg, Ky. ..
Near Brandenburg, Ky. ..
ADJUSTMENT AND ELEVATIONS
553
Place
Designation
of
bench mark
Standard
elevation
Meters! Feet
In Kentucky, near Mauckport, Ind
In Kentucky, near Mauckport, Ind
In Kentucky, near Mauckport, Ind
P. B. M. 645....
P. B. M. 646....
P B M 647
120.370
122.881
124.721
120.134
126.042
121.625
127.466
121.201
119.027
120.739
129.243
127.868
128.076
130.553
131.011
120.457
122.125
121.106
121.056
120.227
112.737
118.766
' 116.765
1 117.221
117.883
117.834
117.635
119.32C
120.02'!
| 121.95'
124.6K
119.001
116.65
1 123.85
.| 117.46
. 116.87
. 117.19
. 117.63
394.915
403.153
409.188
394.140
413.522
399.032
418.195
397.640
390.509
396.125
424.025
419.513
420.197
428.324
| 429.824
395.199
400.673
| 397.329
| 397.166
394.446
369.872
! 389.652
| 383.086
j 384.581
j 386.754
| 386.595
| 385.941
391.469
393.779
| 400.122
| 408.843
! 390.422
Z| 382.716
>' 406.338
J! 385.397
5| 383.447
1! 384.485
6! 385.943
In Kentucky, near Mauckport, Ind
In Kentucky, near Mauckport, Ind
Near Crecelius, Ky
P. B. M. 648....
P. B. M. 651....
P B. M. 654....
P. B. M. 655....
P. B. M. 656....
P. B. M. 657....
P. B. M. 658....
P. B. M. 660....
P B M 661
Near Crecelius Ky
Near Crecelius Ky
Near Crecelius, Ky ,
Near Peckenpaugh, Ky
In Kentucky, near Leavenworth, Ind
In Kentucky, near Leavenworth, Ind
Leavenworth, Ind
P B M 661A
Leavenworth, Ind
High Water
1883-
High Water
1884
In Kentucky, near Leavenworth, Ind
In Kentucky, near Leavenworth, Ind «
Near Crecelius Ky
P. B. M. 662....
P. B. M. 663....
P. B. M. 664....
P. B. M. 665....
P. B. M. 666....
P. B. M. 667....
P. B. M. 668....
P. B. M. 669....
P. B. M. 670....
P. B. M. 671....
P. B. M. 672....
P. B. M. 673...
P. B. M. 674..
P. B. M. 678...
P. B. M. 679...
P. B. M. 680...
P. B. M. 681...
P. B. M. 682...
P. B. M. 683...
P. B. M. 684...
P. B. M. 685 .
P. B. M. 686..
P. B. M. 687..
Near Crecelius, Ky.
Near Wolfe Creek Ky -.
Near Wolfe Creek Ky
In Kentucky, near Alton, Ind
Near Concordia, Ky. ...
Flint Island, Ky. ...
Flint Island, Ky
554
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Place
Designation
of
bench mark
Standard
elevation
Meters
Feet
Flint Island Ky
P. B. M. 687A
P. B. M. 688....
P. B. M. 689....
P. B. M. 690....
P. B. M. 691....
P. B. M. 692....
P. B. M. 693....
P. B. M. 694....
P B M 695
112.897
117.315
119.586
122.360
118.898
115.828
117.627
115.823
116.541
120.210
126.573
116.897
117.420
116.174
120.770
121.792
118.685
116.753
118.261
115.111
116.562
115.750
125.825
126.991
126.747
116.519
120.493
121.441
118.816
116.307
114.621
107.614
109.914
107.401
103.306
103.200
115.025
114 7K2
370.395
384.890
392.342
401.443
390.084
380.912
385.913
379.996
382.352
394.389
415.264
383.519
385.234
381.148
396.225
399.580
389.386
383.048
387.996
377.659
382.422
379.755
412.812
416.637
415.835
382.279
395.317
398.428
389.814
381.583
376.051
353.065
360.610
352.364
338.929
338.581
377.378
376.48?
Burchs Landing, Ky
Near Chenault Ky
Chenault, Ky ,
Near Chenault, Ky
Near Lahant, Ky
Near Lahant, Ky
Near Ammos, Ky
Near Stephensport Ky
P B M 696
Near Stephensport, Ky
Stephensport Ky
P. B. 'M. 697....
P. B. M. 697A
P. B. M. 698....
P. B. M. 699....
P B M 700
Near Stephensport, Ky
Near Addison, Ky
Near Addison, Ky.
Holt, Ky
Near Holt Ky
P. B. M. 701....
P. B. M. 702....
P. B. M. 703....
P. B. M. 704....
P. B. M. 705....
P. B. M. 706....
P. B. M. 707....
P. B. M. 707A
High Water
1884
P. B. M. 708....
P. B. M. 709....
P. B. M. 710—
P. B. M. 711—
P. B. M. 712—
P. B. M. 713—
P. B. M. 714—
P. B. M. 795....
P. B. M. 796—
P. B. M. 797—
Ref. Point
Old B. M
High Water.
1884
P "R M 797AI
Near Holt Ky
Near Cloverport Ky
Near Cloverport Ky
Cloverport Ky
Cloverport Ky
Near Cloverport Ky
Near Cloverport, Ky
Near Skillman Ky
Near Skillman Ky
Near Skillman Ky
Near Skillman Ky
Near Henderson Kj
Near Henderson Ky
Near Henderson, Ky
Henderson, Ky
Henderson, Ky.
Henderson, Ky.
Henderson, Ky. ...
ADJUSTMENT AND ELEVATIONS
555
Place
Designation
of
bench mark
Standard
elevation
Meters I Feet
Henderson, Ky
Near Henderson, Ky
P. B. M. 798....
P B M 799
118.177
107.692
108.433
110.839
110.604
117.042
112.466
110.516
110.422
107.390
106.227
106.544
105.670
106.236
109.017
108.411
109.431
104.220
108.192
109.429
108.807
109.657
106.169
105.193
105.592
103.565
108.682
387.718
353.319
355.752
363.644
362.872
383.995
368.983
362.585
362.276
352.329
348.514
349.552
346.685
348.543
357.668
355.678
359.025
341.927
354.959
359.019
356.978
359.765
348.323
345.121
346.429
339.780
356.568
Near Henderson, Ky
Near Henderson, Ky
P. B. M. 800....
P. B. M. 801
Near Henderson, Ky.
P. B. M. 802....
P. B. M. 803....
P. B. M. 805....
P. B. M. 806....
P. B. M. 807....
P. B. iM. 808....
P. B. M. 809....
P. B. M. 810....
P. B. M. 811™.
P. B. M. 812.™
P. B. M. 813....
Near McDonalds Landing, Ky
Near McDonalds Lanling, Ky.
Near McDonalds Landing, Ky t
Near Cypress Ben'3 Ky
Near Cypress Bend. Ky
Cypress Bend, Ky
In Kentucky, near West Franklin, Ind
In Kentucky, near West Franklin, Ind
Near Diamond Island, Ky
Near Diamond Island, Ky
Near Diamond Island, Ky
Near Diamond Island, Ky
P. B. M. 815....
P. B. M. 816....
Near Alzey, Ky
P. B. M. 817..
P. B. M. 818.™
P. B. M. 819....
P. B. M. 820.™
P. B. M. 821™.
P. B. M. 822.™
P. B. M. 823....
P. B. M. 824™.
P. B. M. 825™.
P. B. M. 826....
Near Alzey Ky
In Kentucky, near Mount Vernon, Ind
In Kentucky, near .Mount Vernon, Ind
In Kentucky, near Mount Vernon, Ind....,
In Kentucky, near Mount Vernon, Ind
In Kentucky, near Mount Vernon, Ind
In Kentucky, near Mount Vernon, Ind
Near Slim Island, Ky
Near Slim Island Ky
'Near Slim Island Ky
P. B. M. 827.... 107.588) 352.979
P. B. M. 828.... 105.038] 344.612
P. B. M. 829..; 107.140] 351.508
P. B. M. 830.... 104.416] 342.570
P. B. M. 831....J 104.256| 342.048
P. B. M. 833.... 107.847] 353.828
P. B. M. 834.... 105.735] 346.900
P. B. M. 835....| 101.941] 334.451
P. B. M. 836....] 105.096) 344.802
P. B. M. 837.... 104.966) 344.375
P. B. M. 838.... 104.847] 343.987
P. B. M. 839.... 103.583! 339.839
P. B. M. 840.... 102.867) 337.490
Near Slim Island Ky
Near Slim Island Ky
Near Slim Island, Ky.
Near Uniontown, Ky
Near Uniontown Ky
Near Uniontown Ky
Near Uniontown Ky
Near Wabash Island Ky
Near Wabash Island Ky
N^ar Wabash Island. Ky. ..
556
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Place
Designation
of
bench mark
Standard
elevation
Meters j Feet
Near Wabash Island, Ky
P B M. 841
103.228
103.082
100.911
107.661
106.790
106.866
106.559
105.159
101.276
105.349
105.079
101.605
101.755
99.695
103.866
103.250
101.019
98.939
101.888
101.035
103.690
103.912
102.635
104.208
100.787
105.315
104.744
99.630
102.833
103.376
99.908
100.728
102.883
102.721
97.839
103.211
99.903
99.190
98.507
101.711
338.675
338.195
331.072
353.219
350.361
350.609
349.601
345.009
332.271
345.631
344.746
333.348
333.842
327.082
340.768
338.746
331.426
324.602
334.279
331.479
340.189
340.917
336.728
341.888
330.665
345.520
343.649
326.868
337.379
339.160
237.781
330.472
337.541
337.009
320.992
338.618
327.764
325.427
323.184
333.698
Near Wabash Island, Ky
P B M 842
Near Wabash Island^ Ky
P. B. M. 843....
P. B. M. 844....
P. B. M. 845....
P. B. M. 846—
P. B. M. 847....
P. B. M. 848—
P. B. M. 849—
P. B. M. 850—
P. B. M. 851—
P B M. 852
Near Raleigh, Ky
Raleigh, Ky
Near Browns Island, Ky.
Near Browns Island, Ky.
In Kentucky, near Shawneetown, 111
In Kentucky, near Shawneetown, 111 ,
In Kentucky, near Shawneetown, 111
In Kentucky, near Shawneetown, 111
In Kentucky, near Shawneetown, 111.
Near (Cincinnati Towhead, Ky.
P. B. M. 853..-
Near Cincinnati, Towhead, Ky
Near Cincinnati, Towhead, Ky
P. B. M. 854..
P. B. M. 855—
Near Dekoven, Ky
Near Dekoven, Ky
Near Dekoven, Ky
Near Dekoven, Ky. .-
P. B. M. 856....
P. B. M. 857—
P. B. M. 858—
P. B. M. 859—
P. B. M. 860—
P. B. M. 860A
P. B. M. 862—
P. B. M. 863—
P. B. M. 864—
P. B. M. 865—
P. B. M. 866—
P. B. M. 867—
P. B. M. 868—
P. B. M. 869—
P. B. M. 870—
P. B. M. 871—
P. B. M. 872—
P. B. M. 873—
P. B. M. 874....
P. B. M. 875—
Near Dekoven, Ky.
Near Dekoven, Ky.
Near Casey ville, Ky.
Near Caseyville, Ky.
Near Caseyville, Ky.
Near Weston, Ky.
Near Weston, Ky.
Near Fords Ferry, Ky.
Fords Ferry, Ky.
In Kentucky, near Cave in-Rock, 111
In Kentucky, near Cave-in-Rock, 111
In Kentucky, near Cave in-Rock, 111
Near Tolu, Ky
Near Tolu, Ky
Near Tolu, Ky
Near Tolu, Ky
Tolu, Ky
P B M 876
Near Carrsville, Ky
P. B. M. 880—
Near Carrsville, Ky
P. B. M. 881.*..
P. B. M. 882—
Near Carrsville, Ky
Near Carrsville, Ky
P. B. M. 883—
ADJUSTMENT AND ELEVATIONS
657
Place
Near Carrsville, Ky
Near Carrsville, Ky
Near Carrsville, Ky
Near Carrsville, Ky
Fort Jefferson, Ky
Columbus, Ky
Columbus, Ky
Columbus, Ky
Columbus, Ky
Near Worshams Landing, Ky.
Near Worshams Landing, Ky.
Near Hickman, Ky
Hickman, Ky
Hickman, Ky
Near Hickman, Ky
Louisville, Ky
Georgetown, Ky
Near Georgetown, Ky
Duvall, Ky
Stamping Ground, Ky
Near Stamping Ground, Ky
Switzer, Ky
Near Switzer, Ky
Elkhorn, Ky
Steadmantown, Ky
Near Steadmantown, Ky
Frankfort, Ky
Frankfort, Ky
Near Kennebec, Ky
Near Kennebec, Ky
Near Benson, Ky
Near Benson, Ky
Hatton, Ky
Near Hatton, Ky
Near Hatton, Ky
Bagdad, Ky
Christiansburg, Ky
Near Christiansburg, Ky
Near Christiansburg, Ky
Near Christiansburg, Ky
Designation
of
bench mark
Standard
elevation
Meters Feet
P. B. M. 884.... 104.308
P. B. M. 885.... 96.623
P. B. M. 886.... 103.654
P. B. M. 887.... 96.969
P. B. M. 6 97.941
P. B. M. 7 j 96.055
P. B. M. 8 | 93.846
P. B. M. 9 | 94.384
B. M. 10 | 137.861]
B. M. 11 | 93.486|
B. M. 12 j 92.330]
B. M. 13 j 91.895]
B. M. 14 | 109.797|
B. M. 15 | 94.502J
P. B. M. 16 | 91.740]
R. R. Bridge....! 136.481]
U. S. G. S. 866| 263.818'
U. S. G. S. 798 1 243.142]
U. S. G. S. 840] 256.152]
U. S. G. S. 802] 244.555]
U. S. G. S. 714] 217.500]
U. S. G. S. 732] 223.282]
U. S. B. M. 744i 226.912]
U. S. G. S. 6731 205.199]
U. S. G. S. 714] 217.752]
U. S. B. M. 675] 205.677]
U. S. G. S. 511] 155.816]
U. S. G. S. 512] 156.159]
U. S. G. S. 537! 163.665]
U. S. B. M. 562) 171.281]
Bridge j 182.802]
U. S. G. S. 600] 182.802'
U. S. G. S. 714! 217.772]
U. S. G. S. 829| 252.862]
U. S. G. S. 881! 268.415]
U. S. G. S. 912! 277.959)
U. S. G. S. 903! 275.357!
U. S.B.M. 882] 268.819)
U. S. G. S. 849| 258.901 j
U. S. G. S. 724| 220.6641
342.217
317.003
340.070
318.140
321.328
315.140
307.893
309.658
452.299
306.712
302.919
301.492
360.226
310.045
300.984
447.771
865.543
797.709
840.392
802.344
713.581
732.551
744.460
673.224
714.408
674.792
511.206
512.332
536.958
561.945
599.743
599.743
714.474
829.598
911.937
903.401
881.951
849.411
723.962
558
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Place
Designation
of
bench mark
Standard
elevation
Meters
Feet
Shelbyville Ky
U. S. G. S. 760
U. S. G. S. 750
U. S. G. S. 725
231.560
228.643
220.962
251.395
213.797
191.841
195.070
181.424
193.338
198.914
220.756
171.141
164.282
167.635
166.989
168.759
163.958
138.481
138.388
759.709
750.139
724.939
824.785
701.433
629.398
639.992
595.222
634.310
652.603
724.264
561.485
538.982
549.982
547.863
553.670
537.919
454.333
454.028
Scotts Station, Ky
Near Field Station, Ky
Simpsonville Ky
U S G S 825
C( cnor, Ky
U. S. G. S. 701
U. S. G. S. 629
U. S. G. S. 640
U. S. G. S. 595
U. S. G. S. 634
U. S. G. S. 652
U. S. G. S. 724
U. S. G. S. 561
U. S. G. S. 539
U. S. G. S. 550
U. S. G. S. 548
U. S. G. S. 553
No. 49
Long Run, Ky
Near Eastwood, Ky
Near Beckley, Ky
Near Beckley, Ky
Near Avoca, Ky
Anchorage, Ky ..
Lyndon, Ky
Near Warwick Villa, Ky
St. Mathews, Ky
Near St Matthews, Ky
Near St. Matthews, Ky.
Louisville, Ky.
Louisville, Ky
B. M. 86 or
No. 16
B. M. 13
Louisville, Ky.
CHAPTER X.
ELEVATION ABOVE SEA OF POINTS IN
KENTUCKY.
Compiled from Co-operative Work of the Kentucky Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey and From the Various
Railroad and River Survey*
(Complete to Aug. 1, 1919.)
No. Place
County
Station
W
1 Adairville
1
& N R R
589
2 Addison
3 jAden
Breckinridge....
Carter .
L.
H. & St. L. R. R
& O. R. R
371
626
4 Adolphus
Allen
TT
SOS
657
6 [Aetnaville, P. O. .
Ohio
V,
S. B. M .._
444
6 [Alexander „.
Fulton
TT
S C. 0, S
368
7 [Allen
Floyd
r
S. B. M.
638
8 Allensville
Todd
T,
& N R R
554
9 Allen. _
Boyd
TT
S. B M.
629
10 Almo
11 [Alms House
Galloway „.
X.
T
C. & St. L. R. R
C. R. R
440
464
12 [Alonzo
Floyd
r
S. R. M. .
643
13 [Alphoretta
r
S B M
652
14 jAlpine.
McCreary
• >
N. C. R. R.
1 005
15 [Altamont
Laurel. . ..
i.
& N R R
1,163
16 [Alton „..
17 [Alton
Anderson
s.
r
R. R
S B M
722
839
18 [Ambrose
Jessamine
TT
s. n, M.
851
19 [Anchorage .
Jefferson
D
S. B M
724
20 [Anderson
Logan
TT
S. B. M.
637
21 [Anderson
Todd
B
& G. R. R
650
I
W. in Ohio River
429
23 [Andersonville
Daviess
TT
S B M
465
24 [Anton
TT
S. B M.
664
25 [Apex
Christian
TT
S. B. M. ,
409
26 Arglllite
I-
K. R. R.
524
27 [Argillite
Greenup
TT
S. B. M
667
28 [Argyle
Powell
T,
& B. Station
722
29 [Arlington
Carlisle
Knox
B.
T,
M. near I. C. R. R. Sta
& N. R. R.
363
995
31 [Ashbyburg
Hopkins
Pike
U.
r
S. B. M
S. B. M.
385
1 084
33 [Ashland
Boyd
r
& O. R. R
652
34 [Ashland
Boyd
T.
W. in Ohio River
486
35 Askin _
36 Athens
Breckinridge...
i..
r
H. & St. L. R. R
& 0. R. R.
613
1 006
37 [Athol
Breathltt
L.
T,
& E. R. R. Station
& N. R. R.
744
605
T,
W In Ohio River
444
Bracken
C.
* 0, R. R, _
505
41 Austerlitz
Bourbon .
I,
& N. R R
918
42 Auxler
Johnson
TT
S. B. M. C. & 0. Station
630
T,
S, R. R,
733
Fayette
Tr
& E. Station
944
Kt IRflprm (~!r*>ek ...
Hart
1..
& N. R. R
621
559
560
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Elevation Above Sea of Points in Kentucky— Continued.
No.
Place
County
Station
U
3s
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
89
90
91
92
94
95
96
97
Shelby
U S B M R R Station
»
471
397
686
683
486
829
634
960
637
417
390
665
483
1,281
422
569
641
397
1,281
443
390
761
618
690
713
651
413
1,492
599
546
1,314
892
408
440
755
397
875
423
431
409
598
380
943
355
640
452
732
646
540
400
682
1 Baker
Caldwell
Hopkins....
Anderson
U. S. B M. R. R. Station
Bakersport. —
Ballard
U. S. B. M
B. M. near P. O „
U S B M
Muhlenberg
Kenton _.
Floyd
U S B M
Bank Lick
L. & N. R. R _
U S G S
Barboursville
Bardstown
Bardstown Jet —
Bardwell .
Knox
Nelson
Bullitt
Carlisle
Carroll
L. & N. R. R
L. & N. R. R
L. & N. R. R...._ -
B M on C H
L & N R R
Barnsley
Barren Fork
Hopkins _
McCreary
U. S. B. M -
Q. & C. R. R _
Lock 1. Top of wall
Bart - -
Wayne
Bart
Baskett
Bath
Wayne
Henderson
Knott
U. S. B. M. near P. O
U. S. B. M _
U S B M
L & N R R
Beals
Beard's
Henderson
Oldham
Lee
Lee
Lee
U. S. B. M. _„
L & N R R
Beattyville
Beattyville Jet _.
Beattyville Jet
L. W. in Kentucky River
U. S. B. M. L. & B. Station..
L & E R R
Floyd
C & O R R
Beaver Dam —
Ohio
Knott-Letcher
Jefferson
Ohio_
Pike
U. S. B. M
U S B M
Beckley
Beda - —
U. S. B. M. L. & N. Station
U. S. B. M
n j& n T? R
Bedford... _
Beechgrove
Belamy Store
Bourbon L. & N. R. R
McLean 'u. S. B. M „
Ohio U. S. B. M
Pike 'u S B M
Belcourt
Bellevue
Bell's Mill Ford.
Belmont
Belton _..
Benson
Webster ITT s R M _..
Henry
Bullitt
Bullitt
Muhlenberg
Franklin
Marshall
Madison
Carlisle
Harrison
Jefferson
Hardin „
L. & N. R. R —
TJ. S. B. M
L. & N. R. R
L! & N. R. R
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station
N C & St L. R. R
Berea.
[Berkley
Berry
Bethany
Bethlehem
Betsey Layne
|Beulah
|Bevier
Big Clifty
L. & N. R. R -
M. & O. R. R
L. & N. R. R...._
U S B M
I. C. R. R
TJ S B M
Hopkins
Muhlenberg-
Grayson
U. S. B. M
L. & N. R. R
1 C R R
ELEVATIONS ABOVE SEA
Elevation Above Sea of Points in Kentucky— Continued.
561
No. Place
County
Station
P
98 Big- Sandy Jet
99 IBig Sandy River
Boyd
C. & O. R. R
668
498
621
626
648
649
587
587
594
606
637
660
854
1614
382
459
348
362
998
362
953
445
669
595
410
394
573
387
894
663
653
640
361
897
646
1,264
538
1,130
651
425
416
690
615
431
747
928
469
443
674
919
863
680
100 |Big Sandy River
101 |Big- Sandy River
102 |Big Sandy River
103 |Big Sandy River
104 |Bigr Sandy River.....
105 |BIg Sandy River
106 |Big Sandy River —
107 |Big Sandy River
108 |Big Sandy River
109 |Bigr Sandy River
110 |Big Sandy River
Ill |Big Spring
112 IBirk
Lawrence
Lawrence
kfartin
Martin
Martin
Johnson
Floyd
Floyd
Floyd
Pike..
Pike
Bullitt
L. W. at mouth of Big Blaine
L. W. at Louisa
L. W. at mouth of Rockcastle
L. W. at Richardson
L. W. at mouth of Paint Cr.
1,. W. at mouth of Paint Cr.
L. W. at mouth of John Cr
Li. W. at Prestonsburg
L,. W. at mouth of Mud Creek
L. W. at Pikeville
L. W. at Breaks of Sandy
L. & N. R. R
U S B M
113 |Bishop
Jefferson
Union
Webster
Letcher
L S R R
114 | Bl ackburn
115 Blackford
116 | Blackey
U. S. B. M
U. S. B. M
L & E R R
117 I Blackford
Webster
Grant
U S B M
118 TBlanchet _
Q & C R R
119 | Bl and ville
120 IBloomfleld
Ballard
Weather Bureau „
U S B M
Nelson
L & N R R
122 IBlue Cut
Logan
Henderson
Christian
Graves
L & N R R
123 [Bluff City
U S B M
U S B M
125 Boaz
I. C. R. R
U S B M
pike
U S B M
128 | Bolts Fork
129 (Bonanza
Boyd
U S B M
Floyd
McCracken
Woodford
Hart
130 [Bonds
131 IBonita
I. C. R. R _
U S B M.
L & N R R
133 JBoones Fork
134 | Boonesboro
Letcher
Clark
Madison ..
U. S. B. M _
L. W. in Kentucky River
L & N R R
136 |Booneville
Owsley
Hardin
Union
L. W. in Kentucky River.......
L & N R. R -...
138 Bordley —
U. S. B. M _
U g B M
0
Jefferson
U S. B. M
140 Bos on
L & N R. R.
Mercer
U. S. B. M _
Garranl
U. S. B. M _
144 JBowling Green
145 |Boxville
Union
U. S. B. M
L & N R R.
147 |Cr ach t
148 |Bracktown
Kenton
Fayette
Q. & C. R. R
U S B M _
Todd._
E. & G. R. R
562
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Elevation Above Sea of Points in Kentucky— Continued.
No.
Place
County
Station
5<i
gl
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
1 Brannon
Jessamine
Meade
Meade
Grayson
Mercer
Pike......
Webster
McCreary
Knott _....
Warren
U. S B M
1,041
356
594
445
863
854
384
1,314
1,178
517
903
489
818
490
506
770
1,014
982
924
659
558
748
792
428
500
446
523
634
1,443
565
911
848
589
770
787
604
543
1,035
597
465
392
496
609
443
896
915
747
623
785
399
604
377
413
I Brandenburg
Brandenburg Sta._.
Bratcher _
Braxton
[Breaks of Sandy
1 Breton
Bridge Fork
jBrinkley
IBristow
L. W. in Ohio River
L. H. & St. L. R. R
I. C. R. R _
L. W. in Big Sandy River
U. S. B. M
Q. & C. R. R -
U. S. B. M
L. & N. R. R
Rockcastle
Owen
Pulaski
L. & N. R. R
Bromley _
U. S. B. M :
Post Office - _
Brooks
Brashears
Brownsboro
Brumfleld
Bullitt
L & N R. R ~.
Mason
C. & O. R R.~
Oldham
Boyle _
Whitley
L. & N. R. R.
L. & N. R. R
L & N. R R.
Brush Creek
Rockcastle
L & N R R
U S B M -
C & O R R
Buckhorn
Perry —
Oldham
B. M., mouth of Squabble
Li & N R R
Buda
Fulton
I. C. R. R
Buechel _
Buel
Jefferson
McLean
Lewis
U. S. B. M
U S B M
Buena "Vista
Bull Creek ............
Burdine
C. & O. R. R
Floyd
Letcher
U, S. B. M
U. S. B. M
Boyd
U S B M
Burgin
Mercer
Boone
McCreary
McCreary
U S. B. M '.
Burlington
Burnside
U. S. B. M. C. H
L. W. in Cumberland River....
Q & C R R
Bush _
Butler
Butlersville
Breathitt
Pendleton
Allen
L & E. R. R
L. & N. R. R
U S B M
Cadentown
Cadmus „
Fayette
Lawrence
C. & O. R. R. -...
U. S. B. M
U S B M
Cairo
Calhoun
California
McLean
U. S. B. M
C & O R R
Calvary
Calvert
Campbellsburg
Camp Dick Rob'son
Campton Junction...
Cane Spring
Caney
Caneyville „
Cannonsburg
Carlinburg
GarrpHton -....-
Marion
Marshall
Henry
Garrard
Powell
Bullitt
Pike
Grayson
Boyd
Henderson
Carroll
L. & N. R. R
I. C. R. R -
L. & N. R. R
U. S. B. M
U. S. B. M. L & E. Station....
L. & N. R. R
U. S. B. M
I. C. R. R -
U. S. B. M _
U. S. B. M
L. W. in Ohio River „
ELEVATIONS ABOVE SEA 563
Elevation Above Sea of Points in Kentucky— Continued.
No. 1 Place
County
Station
II
203
204
205
206
207
208 |
209 |
210 |
211 |
212 j
213
214
215
216 |
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
9KK
Carrollton
Carroll
Lewis
T,, & N. R. R.
464
532
678
563
562
498
975
613
660
588
400
711
637
847
449
426
458
831
587
655
797
938
646
1,825
673
1,006
906
674
754
685
351
450
380
628
824
442
498
732
636
805
389
340
387
548
676
615
463
431
730
1.023
P, * O. R R
P *• O R R
Catalpa
Law rence.
U. S. B. M. .
Catlettsburg
Boyd . _.
P. & O. R R,
Catlettsburg
Boyd
L. W in Ohio River
Catnip Hill
O Xr P. R R
Cave City
Barren _ L. & N. R. R.
Cave Hill . -
U. S. B. M
L & N R R
Fulton
M & <"» R R
Cecilia _
Hardin
I C R R
Hardin
I C R R
Cedar Grove _.
Centertown
Central City
Pulaski
Q & C R R
Ohio
U S B M
Muhlenberg
Trigs
U. S. B. M.
Cerulean
U. S. B. M. Station
P fr O R R
Lawrence
U S B M
Chatteroy W Va.
N. & W. R R.
Chavies
Chenowee Tunnel
Perry
Breathitt
L, & R, R, R,...
T,, & "R R, R, _
TT. S. R, M, _ .
Chestnut Mtn
Knott
Marion
U. S. B. M
T,, fr *T, R, R,
C & O R R
Christianburg
Clark
Shelby
Jefferson
Mason
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station
L. S. R. R
Clark
L, & N, R. R
Clark
Shelby
U P B M
Clark's
McCracken
Caldwell
I C R R,
U S P M
Clay
U. S. B. M _..
Powell
Breathitt
U. S. B. M. L. & E. Station...
Clayhole
e
U. S. B. M. op. P. O
U. S. B. M _ - --
U S. E. M, —
i
Pike
U. S. B. M -
Cliff
Clifty
Clinton
Cloverport
Floyd
Todd
U. S. B. M. C. & O. Station...
U S B. M. .. .
Hickman
Breckinridge...
Breckinrdige...
B. M. at Court House
L. W. in Ohio River
L H & St L R. R. ~
C & O R R
Pike
C & O R Rx
Coalton
Cobb —
|Coiltown ~
Col burg" ~
Boyd
U 8 B M . — —
Caldwell
Hopkins
Adair
Clark
r. s. i1.. .M. i:. ii. stiitiuii
U. S. B. M
Kentucky Geological Survey..
C. & O. R. R
Colesburg _ —
L & N R R —
425
Letcher
U. S. B. M
1,208
1,172
Letcher
U. S. B. M
564
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OP KENTUCKY
Elevation Above Sea of Points in Kentucky— Continued.
No. Place
County
Station
£ O
S2
256 JGolumbus
257 [Columbus
258 1 Comer
Hickman
Hickman
M.
L.
TT
& O. R. R
W. in Mississippi River
S B M
313
270
460
259 | Concord
Lewis
Meade
c.
T,
& O. R. R
W. in Ohio River
518
346
261 ICongleton
TT
S B M
464
262 [Conner
Shelby
Shelby
U.
T,
S. B. M. L. & N. Station..
S T{ R
706
868
264 [Constance
Boone
B.
T,
M. on P. O
& N R R
497
951
266 [Coolers Knob
Caldwell
TT
S B M
743
267 | Copeland
268 [Coral Ridge
Breathitt
L.
TT
& E. R. R
S. B M
765
500
269 [Coraville
270 [Corbin
Henderson
Whitley
TJ.
Ti
S. B. M._
& N. R. R.
412
1,046
271 [Corinth
Q
& C. R. R
953
272 [Cornishville
273 | Cory don
274 [Covington
Mercer
Henderson
U.
TJ.
r
S. B. M
S. B. M
& O. R. R.
736
459
522
275 [Covington
B
M on P O
513
276 [Cowan
Ti
& N. R. R.
927
277 [Crab Orchard
278 [Craftsfield
Lincoln
L.
TT
& N. R. R
S B M
919
1 234
279 | Crayne
280 j Craynor
281 [Crescent Hill
282 [Crescent Springs
Crittenden
Floyd
Jefferson
IT.
TL
L.
0
S. B. M. R. R. Station
S. B. M
& N. R. R
& C. R. R _
643
702
515
785
283 | Cr ider
284 | Crittenden
285 [Crockettsville
Caldwell
Grant
U.
Q.
TT
S. B. M. R. R. Station
& C. R. R
S. B M.
487
908
710
286 Crofton
TJ
S B M
608
287 Cromwell .
Ohio
TT
S B M
482
288 Cropper
Shelby
T,
& N R R
289 [Crow-Hickman
290 [Crum, W. Va.
Daviess
TJ.
N
S. B. M
& W R R
404
617
291 Cullen
292 [Cumberland Falls....
293 [Cumberland Falls...
294 [Cumberland F. Sta
Union
McCreary
Whitley
Whitley
r.
Li.
L.
<1
S. B. M
W. % mile above Falls
W. 300 yds. below Falls
& C R R
476
843
789
1,256
295 Cumberland Gap
Tri-State Cor.
1,648
296 Cumberland Gap.
Bell
1,665
297 [Cumberland River...
298 Cumberland River...
Wayne
Pulaski
M
Ti
11 Spring- Ford
W Burnside
588
589
299 Cumberland River...
300 [Cumberland River...
Pulaski
Pulaski
It.
L.
W. at mouth of Fishing Cr.
W. at mouth of Rock-
577
662
301 Cumberland River...
302 [Curdsville
Bell
T,'.
J_T
W. at Pineville
S B M
951
393
303 [Curlew
T'
S B M
366
304 [Curry
T
S R R
828
305 [Cynthiana
Harrison
T
& N R R
700
306 [Cyrus, W. Va
AT
& W R R
569
307 [Dalton
Hopkins
U.
S. B. M
438
ELEVATIONS ABOVE SEA
Elevation Aoove Sea of Points in Kentucky-Continued.
665
No.
J
309 |
310 |
311
312
313 |
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
846
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
SF;Q
Place
County
Station
2c
<U 0
£
494
965
989
461
429
436
542
460
1,036
683
365
397
728
711
1,220
408
669
629
500
369
478
761
424
424
457
928
644
882
1,148
1,017
508
398
599
1,296
949
547
748
467
989
711
424
593
840
649
892
873
465
612
422
1.159
322
956
Daniel Boone
Danville
TJ. S. B. M
Boyle
Q * P R, R.
Danville C H
Boyle
TT, S. R, M. ,
Butler
TT S R M
Ohio
T r. R R
Hopkins
Campbell .
TT. S PS M
0. *. 0, R R,
Ohio
T. <~!. R, R.
Carter-Lewis...
Logan
(~V & O. R. R
Deerlick
U. S. B. M
DeKoven
Union
Daviess
TJ-. S. B. M. R. R. Station^..
U. S. B. M.™
N. & W. R. R.
r
Knott
Letcher
U. S, B Mt , , ,
Democrat
Dempster Junction
U S B M
Breckinridge....
Carter
L. H. & StT T,. R, R. „._.
IT. a. R. M.
.
Johnson
Muhlenberg
Webster
Daviess
Depoy
Derby
Dermont
Devon, W. Va
Dexter
Diamond Springs
TT. S R M
U. S. B. M
U. S. B. M
N & W R R
Galloway
N. C. & St. L. R. R
U. S. B. M
Henderson
Boone
Webster
Fayette
U. S. B. M
Q. & C. R. R..
Dixon
U. S. B. M. at C. H
Q. & C. R, R. ,_
Letcher
Pike
U. S. B. M
Dorton
U. S. B. M „
C. & O R. R. .
Muhlenberg
Jefferson
Knott
U. S. B. M ., _„.
L. S, R. R .... ....
U S B, M .... ,
Q & f- R. R.
Caldwell
TJ S B M,
L & E. R. R. _
Dunbar „
Duncannon
Dundee
Butler
U S B M
L. & N. R. R
Powell
Ohio
Muhlenberg
U. S. B. M. L. & E. Station-
U S B M
Dundee...
Dunmor
U S B M
U. S. B. M
Dwale
Floyd
Breathitt
Crittenden
TJ S B M
U. S. B. M. . _
TJ S B M
L & N R. R. ~
TJ S B M
Earles
TJ s B M
East Bernstadt
L & N R R
Ballard
Owen
I C R. R
Finst TOae-le
U. S. B. M
566
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Elevation Above Sea of Points in Kentucky— Continued.
No.
Place
County
Station
il
Hs
360
361
s
364
365
366
367
368
370
371
372
373
33S
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
m
£
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
East Louisville
East Point
East View
Eastwood
Ebenezer
Eddyville
Jefferson
Johnson
Hardin
L. & N. R. R
C. & O. R. R
I C R R
460
627
761
652
821
436
660
884
532
627
497
1,064
840
683
746
841
662
790
773
602
&>5
453
1,051
720
£95
seo
922
518
4f.6
458
404
464
831
i.685
eei
es2
£05
1,181
907
1,261
1,172
668
441
903
992
1,133
474
715
727
460
364
423
530
Jefferson
Mercer
Lyon
U. S. B. M. L. & N. Station
U. S. B. M
I. C. R. R
Edgar
U S B M
Edjouett
Edwards
Perry _
L. & E. R. R
L & N R R
Ekron „ -
Elba
Meade
L. H. & St. L. R. R _
U S B M
Elic .„
Elihu „
Elizabethtown
Elkatawa „
Elk Chester
Knott
Pulaski
Hardin
Breathitt
U. S. B. M. near P. O
Q & C. R. R.
L. & N. R. R
U. S. B. M. L. & E. Station..
U S B M
Elkhorn
Elkhorn City
Franklin
Pike
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station
C. & O. R. R. . .... .
Elkin
Clark
L & N R R
Elkton
Todd
Grant
Ohio
E & G R R
Elliston
L. & N. R. R
I. C. R. R
Elm Lick
Elmrock. _
Elmville
Elmwood ..
Knott i.
Franklin
Webster
U S B M
U. S. B. M
U S. B. M _
Elva_
Eminence
Marshall
N. C. & St. L. R. R
L. & N R. R.._ ~ -
Empire . _
U S. B. M _ -
English
Ennis
Enola Ferry
Carroll
TJ. & N. R. R
U. S. B. M... ..
Butler
U S B M
Enon
Caldwell
Carter
Letcher
U S B M
Enterprise
Eolia
C. & O. R. R
U. R. B. M
Epley's
Logan
L. & N. R. R. . .
Era
17. 8. B. If
Erlanger
Q & C R R
Ermine
Letcher
U S B M
Escondida
Estill Furnace
L & N R R
Estill
Pulaski
Eubank
Euclid
Q. & C. R. R
U S B M
Euterpe
Ewing
Henderson
Fleming
U. S. B. M
L & N R R
Ewington
Excelsior
Fairdale
Fair-field
Fair Grounds
C & O. R. R
Bell
Jefferson
Nelson
U. S. B. M. at Coal Mines
U. S. B. M _
U. S. B. M
U S B M - -
Faith
McLean
Hancock
Grayson
Pendleton
U S B M
Falcon
Falls of Rough
Falmouth
L. H. & St. L. R. R
L. H. & St. L. R. R
L. & N. R. R
ELEVATIONS ABOVE SEA
Elevation Above Sea of Points in Kentucky Continued.
667
No.
Place
County
Station
Il
«3
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
Fariston.... _
Laurel
L. & N. R R
1.115
«9
668
G80
890
858
837
938
1,175
735
322
667
711
679
562
SEO
S21
9S6
496
1,300
935
356
419
1,136
623
692
360
476
807
1,031
1,036
578
322
852
499
867
650
470
612
691
404
422
526
644
641
874
715
670
367
394
646
644
691
Farmers
Rowan „
U. S. B. M.
C. & O. R. R.
Farmersville „
Caldwell __
Boyle
Woodford
U. S. B. M
B. M. on natural rock
TT. S. R. M
Faywood
Fed ..
Floyd
U. S. B M
Fenwick
Fayette .
U. S. B. M. L. & E. Station-
L. & N. R. R,
IFerndale
Field
Bell
Shelby
Ballard
Powell
Lee
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station
I C R R
Fillmore
Filson _
Fincastle
U. S. B. M. L. & E. Station.-
U. S. B. M. L. & E. Station
L. & N R R
Finchville
Shelby
Fisherville
Jefferson
U S B M
Flanagan _. .. _
Clark
L & N R R
Flat Gap
Johnson
Knox
TT. S. R. M
Flat Lick
T, *• N R R
Flat Rock _ ..
Caldwell
McCreary
U. S. B. M. .
Flat Rock
Florence
Q. A. H. R R
Boone
TT S R AT
Florence „_
McCracken
Union
T. f!_ RT R.
Flournoy
TT fi R M
Flnyfls
Pulaski
Q A- C R R
Ford
Clark
Pike
T,, &. TC. R R .
Ford Branch
TT. S R M
Ford's Ferry
Crittenden
TT S R M
Fordsville .
Ohio. ..
T O R R
Forkland
Boyle
Madison
Madison
TT S R M
Fort Estill
T, *• NT R R
Fort Estill Jet
Fort Gay, W. Va._
T,. * N R, R
N. &• W, R, R
Fort Jefferson
Ballard _
T f! R R
Fort Thomas
Campbell
TT. S. R. M
Foster „.
Bracken
p A- r> R R
Fox Creek ..
Anderson
U. S. B. M
Crittenden
TT S R M
Frankfort
Frankfort
! Franklin
Franklin
Franklin
Simpson
L. W. in Kentucky River
U. S. B. M. on P. O
T- * NT R R
Fredonia
Fredonia
Caldwell
Caldwell
Caldwell
Christian
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station
TT S R M.
TT S R M
Frost
<"!. * O. R. R -,„.
Fruit Hill
Christian
TT. g, R M
Fryer
Caldwell
Johnson
TT, f?, R, M-
Fuget .
U. S B. M
P, fr O. R, R,
U ,S P. M.
Futrell
Trigs
T, P. R, R ..
Allen
TJ. P P, M.
Gaithers
TTarrHn
T,, & M, R, R,
Gallun . 'Lawrence
U. S. B. M.. .
568 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Elevation Above Sea of Points in Kentucky— Continued.
No.
Place
County
Station
Ej
H^
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
Gap in Knob
Garfield
Bullitt
Breckinridge
Harrison
Lewis
U. S. B. M
L. H. & St. L. R. R.
493
780
715
526
819
387
590
866
509
458
855
431
560
392
780
623
971
784
542
640
433
593
543
358
429
699
495
409
437
671
484
351
896
1,096
533
685
658
424
936
361
374
398
390
399
402
405
407
419
431
436
453
Garnett ....
L & N R R
Garrison
Gates
C. & O. R. R
C & O R R
Geneva
George's Creek
Georgetown .
Henderson
U S B M
Lawrence
Scott
C. & O. R. R
U S B M.
Gest
Henry
U S B M
Gethsemane
Gilberts Creek
Gilbertsville
Nelson _
Lincoln
Marshall
L. & N. R. R
U. S. B. M
I C R R
Muhlenberg
Marshall
Barren
U S B M
Glade __
N C & St L R R
n Tt rt
Glasgow Junction....
Barren T, *• TJ R "R
Clark
Powell
L & E R R
tf. S. B. M. L. & E. Station....
L & N R R
Glencoe
Gallatin
Hardin
Glendale
L & N R R
Breckinridge....
L H & St L R R
Glen Hayes, W. Va.
Glenn
N. & W. R. R _
C & O R R
Golds
Webster . ..
U S B M.
Muhlenberg
Oldham
Christian
Muhlenberg
Livingston
Carter
Owen
I C R R
Goshen
Gracey .
U. S. B. M
I C R R
Graham Station
Grand Rivers .
U. S. B. M
I. C. R. R.
Grant
C & O R R
Gratz
U. S. B. M
I C R R
Gravel Switch
Gravel Switch
Gray
Grays Branch
Livingston
Marion
L & N R R
Knox
Greenup
L. & N. R. R
C & O R R
Grayson
Grayson Springs
Green Castle
Greendale
Green River
Green River
Green River
Green River
Carter
Grayson
Warren
Fayette
U. S. B. M. C. H..._
I. C. R R
U. S. B. M
U. S. B. M
Lock 1, top of wall
Edmonson
Lock 2, top of wall
L. W. in Green river at
Dennison's Ferry
Lock 3, top of wall
L. W. in Green River
L. W. Cub Run Creek
Lock 4, top of wall _
L. W. Blue Springs Creek
Lock 5, top of wall..., „.
Lock 6, top of wall
L. W. at Rio
L. W. mouth of Little Bar-
ren River „
Green River _
Green River
|Green River
Green River
Green River
Green River
Green River
Green River _
Hart
Hart
Butler
Hart.
Butler-Warrer
Edmonson
Hart
Green
ELEVATIONS ABOVE SEA
569
Elevation Above Sea of Points in Kentucky-Continued.
No.
Place
County
Station
li
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
54-1
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
Green River
Green River
Green River
Green River
Green River
Greensburgr „
Green
Green
Taylor
Taylor
Adair
Green .
L. W. Greensburg1
L. W. Bluff Boone Station....
L. W. at Atchley's Mill
L. W. Griffith's Spring-
L. W. at Plum Point _
616
531
548
590
634
683
478
640
538
1,203
899
387
454
694
386
878
671
617
559
751
534
659
732
993
412
442
667
661
885
397
676
432
381
792
339
424
374
700
634
744
1,197
720
666
1,009
871
900
410
434
972
612
706
367
Greenup
Greenup
Greenup
Muhlenberg"
McCreary
Breathitt
Center-Union..
1 L W in Ohio River
Greenup
CMprk'js OffifP
Greenville
U S B M C H
Greenwood
Q & C R R
Grigsby
Grove ..
TT S R M
Guffie
TT S R M
Gulnore
Gum Grove
Pike
U S B M
Union
Rockcastle
U S B M
Gum Sulphur
T, & N R R
Guston
Meade
Todd
L H & St L R R
Guthrie
L, & N R R
Habit
Daviess
U S B M
Haddix
Breathitt
Todd
L & E R R
Hadensville
Hadley
L & N R R.
U S B M
Halifax _
Allen
Lincoln
Hopkins
Hall's Gap
L & N. R. R.
Hamby Station
U S B M
Hamilton
Hamlak
Ohio
I. C. R. R
Pike
C & O R R
U S B M
Handshoe
Knott
U S B M .
Handyville
Daviess
Hardin
U P B M
I C R R
Hanson _
U S B. M. ...
Hopkins
Shleby
Crittenden
Marshall
Union
Breckinridge..
Shelby
U S B M
Harbison
Hardesty
Hardin
Harding:
Hardinsburg-
Hardinsville
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station..
N. C. & St. L. R. R
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station
L. H. & St. L. R. R
L, & N. R. R
Hardy
Pike
Harlan
Harned
Harlan
Breckinridge..
U S B M C H
L. H. & St. L. R. R
C & O R. R. ..-
Harris
tfarrodsburg
Harrodsburgr Jet
Harrod's Creek
Hartford
Hartley
Madison
Mercer
Mercer
L, & N R R
U. S. B. M. C. H
Q. & C. R. R
Weather Bureau -
Ohio
Pike
U. S. B. M _
U. S. B. M. L. W. in Beaver
Creek _
Harvleland
Franklin
Shelby
Hancock
U. S. B. M „..
Hatton
Hawesville
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station
L. H. & St. L. R. R
570 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Elevation Above Sea of Points in Kentucky— Continued.
No. Place
County
Station
U
H-
569 Hawesville
570 1 Hawkins
Hancock
Christian
B.
U.
L.
U.
U.
N.
L.
U.
I.
U.
B.
Q
U.
U.
L.
C.
L..
L,.
L.
U.
U.
&.
u.
N.
U.
tl.
X.
1.
L.
Q.
U.
I.
U.
u.
u.
Q.
TT.
C.
M. on Court House
S B M
423
759
823
476
873
572
843
468
423
421
877
976
924
400
869
1,135
731
317
432
371
401
806
942
570
428
257
306
415
445
762
499
378
562
939
1,032
943
733
613
400
805
872
374
926
444
557
541
544
476
603
427
458
523
420
571 1 Hay den
& N R R
572 IHaynesville
573 1 Hazard
Ohio
S B M
Perry
Galloway
•S B M
574 Hazel
C & St L. R. R
575 Hazle Patch
576 IHearin
& N R R
S B M
577 1 Heath
McCracken
Henderson
Boone
Clark
C R R
578 Hebbardsville
S B M
579 Hebron
580 Hedges .. ._
M. on Clove's Store
& O R R.
581 Hedgeville Rnvip
S B M
582 Heflin
Ohio
S B M
583 Helena
Mason.
& N R R
584 [Hellier -
585 |Hemp Ridge
586 [Henderson..
587 [Henderson
588 | Henshaw
589 1 Herman
Pike
Shelby
Henderson
Henderson
Union
& 0. R. R
S. R. R
W. in Ohio River..
& N. R. R -
S. B. M. R. R. Station
S B M
590 IHerndon
Scott
R R
591 Hesler
Owen
S B. M
592 Hewlett, W. Va
593 IHewletts
& W R R.
S B M
594 | Hickman
595 1 Hickman
Fulton
W. in Mississippi River.....
C & St L R.
596 | Hickory Grove
597 [Higginsport
598 [High Bridge
Graves
Bracken
C. R. R -
W in Ohio River
& C R R
599 |High Grove
600 [Highland
601 [Hikes Point
Nelson
Union
S. B. M „
S B M
602 Hillenmeyer
Fayette
Knott
S B. M
S B M. on C. H.
604 Hinton
Scott
& C R R
605 | Hippo _
606 [Hitchins
Floyd
S B. M
& O R R. —
607 [Hitesville
608 [Holland
Allen
Knott
609 IHollibush
£
L.
U.
E.
L.
U.
I.
L,.
I.
L..
E.
TT
S B M -
610 | Holt _
611 | Hombre _.
612 [Hoods
Breckinridge...
Perry
Crittenden
H. & St. L. R. R
& E. R. R
S B M .._
613 IHopewell
K R R
614 | Hopkins ville
Christian
Caldwell
& N. R. R
S B M
616 | Horse Branch
617 [Horse Cave
618 | Hor ton
619 |Huber
620 JHunnewell
621 Huntsville
Ohio
Hart
Ohio
Bullitt
Greenup
Butler
& N. R. R
& N. R. R -
S B M
ELEVATIONS ABOVE SEA
571
Elevation Above Sea of Points in Kentucky Continued.
No.
Place
County
Station
ll
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660 |
661 |
662
663 |
664 j
665
666
667
668
669
670 |
671 |
672 ]
673
674
Hyattsville
Garrard
Hopkins
TT S R M
u.
412
752
746
638
352
504
571
577
417
686
1,107
1,315
657
895
1,051
790
943
711
937
1,627
880
886
791
1,407
693
898
652
545
404
718
982
581
715
681
403
507
832
589
830
413
430
443
446
470
484
492
603
533
538
548
671
618
Ilsley
I P R R
Independence
Kenton
L. & N. R. R.
Indian Fields
Inez
Clark
Martin
U. S. B. M. L. & E. Station
TT S R M
lola,
Marshall
Crittenden
Estill
Breckinridge...
McLean
N C & St L R R
Irma*
Irvine
Irvington
Island _
Island Creek
L. W. in Kentucky River
T,, W, &• fU. T,. R, R,
U, S, R. M,
Pike
O &• O R R
Isom _
Letcher 'u p T? M
Ivan
Knott TT s T? iw
Ivel
Flovd
C & O R R
Magoffin
Russell
Jabez
U S B M
Jackson .
Breathitt
Pike ..
U S B M at C H
Jamboree P. O
Jeffersontown.
Jellico
U S B M
Whitley
Letcher
Henry
L & N R R
Jenkins
U S B M
Jericho .
L & N R R
Jessamine
Jessamine
Franklin
Pike -
Q & C R R, .
Jetts
U S B M,
Jewell
Pike
U S B M
Fleming
Breckinridge...
L & N R R
Jolly „
Jolly
L. H. & St. L. R. R.__
U S B M
Jordan _
Fulton
Shelby
Boyle
M & O R R
L S R R
Q & C R R
Kavanaugh
Keller
U S B M
Harrison
Christian
L & N R R
Kelly
L & N R R
Kelsey
Kennebec.
Caldwell
Franklin
Scott
U S B M
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station
L S R R
Kenova, W. Va
Kenton Heights
N & W R R
Q & C. R. R ~.
Kentucky River
Kentucky River
Carroll
L. W. at Carrollton
L W at Pool 1
Owen
L. W. at Pool 2... _ -
Franklin
Franklin
Anderson
Jessamine
Jessamine
Fayette
Clark
Clark
Estill
L W at Pool 3
Kentucky River
Kentucky River
Kentucky River
Kentucky River
Kentucky River
Kentucky River
Kentucky River
Kentucky River _
Kentucky River
L. W. at Frankfort
L. W. at Tyrone
L. W. at High Bridge
L. W. at Hlckman Bridge_
L. W. at Clay's Ferry. —
L. W. at Boonesboro
L. W. at mouth of Red River
L W. at Irvine
Lee
L. W. at Beattyville..
572 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Elevation Above Sea of Points in Kentucky— Continued.
No.
Place
County
Station
ll
ET
675
676
677
678
679
680
681
682
683
684
685
686
687
688
689
690
691
692
694
695
696
697
699
700
701
702
703
704
705
706
707
708
709
710
711
712
713
714
715
716
717
718
719
720
721
722
723
724
725
726
727
Kermit, W. Va
Kevil
Ballard
Pike
N. & W. R. R
I C R R
629
439
683
674
634
1,168
862
689
476
852
440
595
798
879
900
559
1,257
805
436
695
841
743
315
1,032
905
673
537
788
1,116
754
889
429
1,045
635
1,006
598
474
629
403
496
466
393
957
432
445
453
512
536
544
566
577
Kewanee
Keyser
U S B M
Carter
U S B M
Kilgore
Kings Mountain
U S B M
Q & C R R
Kinkaid
Kirk
Scott
Q & C R R. ~
Breckinridge...
Todd
Mercer
Hopkins
Kirkmansville
Kirkwood
Kirkwood Springs...
Kise
U. S. B. M —
U. S. B. M
U S. B. M _
C & O R R
Kiserton
Bourbon
Knott
L & N R R
Kite
U S B M
Knob Lick
L & N R R
Knottsville
Daviess
U S B M
Kona
Letcher
L & E R R
Krypton
Kuttawa
Lackey
Lagrange _..
Lair
Laketon
Perry
L & E R R.
Lyon
I C R R
Floyd
Oldham
Harrison
Carlisle
U. S. B. M
L. & N. R. R
L & N. R. R
M & O R R
U S B M
Langford _
Rockcastle
L & N R. R
U S B M
Lawrenceburg
Layman P. O
Lebanon
Anderson
Harlan
Marion
U. S. B. M. C. H
U. S. B. M
L. & N. R. R
U S B M
Lebanon Junction....
Leburn.
Leitchfleld
L. & E. Junction —
L & E. Tunnel
Bullitt
Knott
L. & N. R. R
U S B M
Grayson
Clark
Clark
I. C. R. R
U. S. B. M. L & E. Station....
L. & E. R. R
C & O R R
Levias
Crittenden -..
Pendleton
Levingood
L. & N. R. R
L & N R R
Logan
U S B M
Lewisburg _.
L & N R R
L W in Ohio River
Hancock
Fayette
Kenton
Kenton
Kenton
Pendleton
Pendleton
Robertson
Nicholas
Nicholas
U S B M
Lexington
Licking River
Licking River
Licking River
Licking River
Licking River
Licking River
Licking River
Licking River
U. S. B. M
L. W. at Covington
L. W. at De Coursey
L. W. at Visalia
L. "W". at mouth of South Fork
L. W. at mouth of North Fork
L. W. at Claysville
L. W. at Lower Blue Lick
L. W. at mouth of Big Fleming
ELEVATIONS ABOVE SEA
Elevation Above Sea of Point* in Kentucky-Continued.
573
No.
Place
County
Station
11
H"
728
729
730
731
732
733
734
735
736
737
738
739
740
741
742
743
744
745
746
747
748
749
750
751
752
753
754
755
756
757
758
759
760
761
762
763
764
765
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773
774
775
776
777
778
Licking River
Licking River
Nicholas
Bath
L. W. at mouth of Upper
Blue Lio.k
692
597
623
644
676
733
742
766
776
806
820
840
792
1,072
631
410
468
401
422
370
858
450
546
485
613
471
681
1,209
618
417
1,019
605
630
446
968
711
751
526
687
386
626
982
799
636
456
661
1,045
614
832
878
L. W. at mouth of Flat Creek
L. W. at mouth of Slate Creek
L. W. at mouth of Salt Creek
L. W. at mouth of Beaver
L. W. at mouth of Elk Fork..
L. W. at West Liberty
L. W. at mouth of White Oak
L. W. at mouth at Rockhouse
L. W. at mouth of John-
son's Fork
Licking River__ _
Licking River
Licking River
Licking River —
Licking River
Licking River
Bath_
Bath™
Bath
Morgan
Morgan
Morgan
Licking River
Licking River
Licking River
Licking River
Lillian _
Morgan
Magoffin
Magoffin —
Magoffin
Perry
L. W. at mouth of Middle Fk.
L. W. at Salyersville
tT. 8. B. M
Lily
Limeville_
Laurel
T, Xr -H. R R
Greenup
Webster
O XT O R R
Lisman
TT. R R, M.
Little Cypress
Little Muddy
Marshall
T P R R
Butler
TT S R TW-
Livermore......
McLean
IT. R, R, M
Livia _
Livingston
Livingston
Lockport
McLean
T,, & N R R,
Crittenden
Rockcastle
Henry _
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station..-.
T,. fr N, ft. ft
TT, R. p, M,
Lockwood _
Boyd
C. & O. B. R
Lodiburg
Breckinridge...
Shelby
T, H * R*- T, R R
I/ & N R R
Logansport..-
Butler
Powell
Laurell
U S B. M.
Lombard
London
Long
U. S. B. M. L. & E. Station..
L & N R R
Warren
Meade
TT, R P. M, ,
Long Branch
L H & St. L. R. R.
Pike
U S P M
Hardin
Jefferson
Jefferson
Pike
I. C. B. B
Long Run _ _.
Longview
Lookout
Loretto
U. S. B. M. L. & N. Station..
U, S, B. M, ~,- ,
U. S. B. M
Marion
Breathitt
L. & N. R. R. .
Lost Creek
U. S. B. M
L W in Big Sandy River
Louisa
Lawrence
Jefferson
Jefferson
1- ft 0 R R
Louisville
L W above Filln
Weather Bureau
Lovell
L & N R R,
Garrard
Kenton
L & N R. R.
Q * <~* R. ft. : : :
U B B M
Lyndon
Lynn Camp
U S B M
L ft N R R
TJ S B M
Anderson
Henderson
TJ S R. M,
McClain
I. C. R. R
574
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Elevation Above Sea of Points in Kentucky— Continued.
No.
Place
County
Station
Ij
^
779
780
781
782
783
784
785
786
787
788
789
790
791
792
793
794
795
796
797
798
799
800
801
802
803
804
805
806
807
808
809
810
811
812
813
814
815
816
817
818
819
820
821
822
823
824
825
826
S2T
828
829
830
831
McDonald Ferry
U S B M,
503
691
484
656
427
381
1,008
610
427
593
520
470
617
899
860
378
451
525
427
423
915
1,165
583
981
719
604
924
557
450
905
699
1,334
343
498
612
365
438
986
421
1,208
905
448
507
1,015
590
446
770
609
893
533
500
471
494
McDowell
Floyd
Caldwell
U S B M
McGowan
LT S B M
McGowan Ferry
McHenry ..
U S B M .. , ,
Ohio _
McLean
U S B M
McKinley
U S B M
McKinley
Q & r- R R, __
McLeod
Logan
Muhlenberg
Boyd
L & N R R
McNary
I C R R
McNeal
U S B M
Macedonia.
Christian
U S B M
Madisonville
U S B M
Magan .
Ohio
U S B M _
Mahan
Whitley
Pike
L & N R R
Ma jpstir
Major
I C R R -. -
Lewis
L W in Ohio Rlvr
Manchester ..
C & O R. R. .-
Manitou
Hopkins
Christian
Garrard
U. S. B. M
U S B M
Marcellus
Maretburg
U. S. B. M
L & N R R
Marion
Marksbury
Crittenden
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station
U S B M
Marrowbone
Pike
Lawrence
C. & O. R. R
Marvin
U S B M
Mason
Q & C R R
Masonville
Christian
McCracken
T C R R
U S B M
Masu
L & E R R
Matewan, W. Va....
Mattie
Knott
N & W R R. ... .
U S B M,
Mattingly
Breckinridge...
Kenton
Boyd
McCracken
Ohio
L H & St L R R
Maurice
L & N R. R
Mavity
Maxon .
U. S. B. M
I C R R
Maxwell
U S B M,
Mayde
Madison
L & N R R
Mayfleld
Mayking
Graves
I C R R
L & E R R,
Mayo
U S B M
Maysville
Maysville.__ .....
L "W" in Ohio River
C & n R R.
May wood
Meads
L & N R R
Boyd
Jefferson
C & O R R
Meadow Lawn
Means Tennel
Meek
U S B M
C & <"» R R
Johnson
C & <~> R R .. ...
Melvin
U S G P
Memphis Junction..
Mentor
Warren
Campbell
Muhlenberg
Crittenden
L & N R R, .. — .
C. & O. R. R...~
I. C. R. R
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station
Mercer
Mexico
ELEVATIONS ABOVE SEA 675
Elevation Above Sea of Points in Kentucky Continued.
No. Place
County
Station
ii
832 Middlesboro
833 JMiddletown __
Bell
U.
U.
U.
U.
U.
I.
L.
L.
L.
U.
U.
L.
U.
U.
U.
L.
L.
Li.
U.
L.
U.
U.
U.
u.
M.
U.
u.
u.
L.
U.
L.
U.
I.
L.
L.
L.
U.
Co
X.
U.
L.
U.
T'.
X.
I..
X.
r.
r.
r.
r.
L.
S. B. M. at R. R. Station.,
a, R. M,
1,139
722
820
1.035
844
603
256
270
272
1,006
683
442
543
926
934
729
650
964
712
1,120
610
439
573
451
790
313
386
435
841
1.121
610
934
1,113
688
740
767
1,160
904
500
571
480
702
613
977
763
637
693
669
1,129
409
808
420
434
Jefferson
834 Midway,,,.
Woodford
Lincoln
s, R, M. on P. O.
835 Milledgeville
836 |Mill Springs
a R M
Wayne
a, R, M,
837 |Millwood
Grayson
Fulton
r. R. R
838 |Mississippi River_..
839 [Mississippi River
W at •mrkmnn
Hickman
Ballard
Boyle
840 [Mississippi River™.
841 [Mltchellsburg-
842 JMonica .
W. at mouth of Ohio River
a. R. TVT,
Lee
S. B. M. L. & E. Station
W. in Kentucky River
a -R TW,
843 [Monterey
Owen
Owen
844 [Monterey..... „
845 (Monticello
846 Montrose „
847 Moore
Wayne
Fayette
Anderson
Washington
S. B. M. on G. H
S. B. M. L. & E. Station
a R, R
848 [Mooresville
*• 1M R, R
849 [Moran's Summit
&• TVT R R
850 [Morehead
Rowan
Lincoln
& r> R H
851 [Moreland
s R -vr
852 [Morgan
Xr AT R R
853 [Morganfield _..
854 [Morgantown
855 Morton's Gap
856 [Mortonville P. O
857 [Moscow
Union
Butler
S. B. M. at C. H
a R, TVT,
a, R, M,
a R M
Hickman
£• n Ra B,
858 Moseleyville
859 Motherhead Ford
860 [Mouthcard
a R v
Bullitt
a R TIT
Pike..._
R R M,
861 [Mt Guthrie
Rockcastle
Carter
-ft TJ, R., R
862 [Mt Savage
a B M,
863 Mt Sterling
# o -R R
864 Mt Vernon
Rockcastle
«. W R R,
865 Mt. Washington.......
866 IMuldraugh
Bullitt
Meade
a. B, M. „,
<"*. R. "R.
Hard in
* N Tunnel , , ,
868 [Muldraugh Hill
Marion
* N ^ P,
869 IMullins
Rockcastle
ifr N. **. R.
a, R M,
Hart
Galloway
Carter
Nicholas
C. & St. L. R. R
S. B. M. -- -
874 [Myers
& N R R
S B M
876 Natural Bridge
877 [Naugatuck, W. Va
878 [Nazareth
Powell.
S. B. M. L. & E. Station.
& W R R ,
Nelson
& N R F
879 INeal W Va
& W R R
880 INeal y
Knott
g B M
Hopkins....
Breathitt
Muhlenberg
Nelson
S B M
882 |Ned
883 Nelson
S. B. M. at P. 0
S B M
S84 Nelsonville
& N. R. R -
576
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Elevation Above Sea of Points in Kentucky— Continued.
No. Place
1
County
Station
a! •
«!
H**
885
886
887
888
889
890
891
892
894'
£
897
898
900
901
902
903
904
905
906
907
908
910
911
912
913
914
915
916
917
918
919
920
921
922
923
924
925
926
927
928
929
930
931
932
933
934
935
936
937
Neon
Letcher
L. & E. R. R
L S R R
1,274
770
444
488
382
536
496
477
947
993
622
792
651
660
812
539
934
394
408
1,122
400
375
791
531
458
348
321
765
272
286
301
302
306
308
317
328
330
333
335
340
346
356
386
399
401
408
411
413
431
444
448
451
464
New Haven
Nelson
L. & N. R. R
L & N R R
Newman
Daviess
Campbell
Campbell
U. S. B. M _
C & O R R
New Richmond
C & O R R
Henderson...
Jessamine
Nicholasville
Nicholasville
N'ppa
B. M. in Court House
U S B M
U S G S
Nopel
Nolan, W. Va
Breathitt
U. S. B. M _
N. & W. R. R -
Nolin
Hardin
Woodford
L. & N. R. R __
Nonesuch
IVorm^)
U S B M
Boyd
Boyle
C. & O. R. R. _ .. „
North Fork
L & N. R. R.
North Siding
L & N R R.
No r to n v ille
Hopkins
Pulaski
U. S. B. M.
Q. & C. R. R.
McLeah
U S B M
Nunns
Oaksdale
Crittenden
Breathitt
U. S. B. M R. R. Station
U. S. B. M. L. & E. Station..
L & N R R
Oak Ridge
Oaks
Daviess
McCracken
I C R R
N C. & St. L. R. R. _
Oakton
M. & O R R
O'Bannon
Jefferson
U. S. B. M. .
Ohio River
L W at mouth
Ohio River.
Ohio River
Ohio River
Ohio River
Ohio River
Ohio River
Ohio River
Ohio River
McCracken
L. W. at Paducah
L. W. at Shawneetown
L W at Raleigh
Union
Henderson
Daviess
L. W. at Uniontown
L. W. at Mt. Vernon.
L. W. at Henderson
TJ, "\y. a,t Rockport «.
Li "W" at Lewisport
Ohio River
L. W. at Troy .. . _..
Breckinridge...
Meade
Meade
Li. W. at Cloverport
L. W. at Concordia
L. W. at Brandenburg
L W at Louisville
Ohio River
Ohio River
Ohio River
L. W. at Bethlehem.
L. W. at Madison
L. W. at Vevay
L. W. at Warsaw
L. W. at Carrollton.
L. W. at Cincinnati
L. W. at Augusta
L. W. at Maysville
Ohio River
Ohio River
Ohio River
Ohio River
Ohio River
Gallatin
Carroll
Ohio River
Ohio River _..
Ohio River
Bracken
L. W at Manchester
Ohio River
Lewis
L. W. at Quincy
ELEVATIONS ABOVE SEA
577
Elevation Above Sea of Point* in Kentucky— Continued.
No. 1 Place
1
County
Station
=!
478
498
610
892
938 |Ohio River
939 |0hio River
940 |Oil City
Boyd
L. W. at Catlettsburg:
O R. R
941 |Oil Springs
Johnson
TJ. a. B, M
942 |Oil Valley
943 |O. & K. Junction ...
944 (Oklahoma
Wayne
Breathitt
Daviess
Jefferson
Ohio
U. S. B. M.
U. S. B. M. L. & E. Station
U S B M
966
737
440
470
430
463
559
752
563
751
601
976
479
756
1.188
412
528
589
664
544
629
328
396
580
286
341
794
620
649
1,328
473
377
408
826
863
1,052
1,685
en
847
1,873
600
884
631
662
830
930
783
427
861
945 (Okolona
U. S. B. M.
946 |Olaton
I C R R
947 |Old Deposit
L. & N R R
948 [Oldtown.. .
Greenup
Carter
TjOe-an
U S B M
949 |Olive Hill
950 |Olmstead
C. & O. R. R
L. & N R. R.
951 |Olympia Rath
C. & O. R. R
952 lOneonta
Campbell
Russell
Wphstpr
C. $• O R R
953 |Ono
U S B M
954 Qnton
TT, S. B. M,
955 Op hi r . Morgan
956 |Ore Knob
Pike
Jefferson
U S B M
957 |Orell
T, #. T«J, R, R,
958 |0rtiz
959 |Orville
Webster
TT, 8, R, M.
Henry
Hardin
Caldwell
U S B M
960 [Otter Cr Sta
I C R R
961 [Otter Pond
U. S B. M. ... . .. .
962 |Ottusville
Franklin
Daviess
Daviess
U S. B. M
963 lOwensboro
964 lOwensboro
L. W. in Ohio River
U S B M C H
965 IPactolus
U S B M
966 | Paducah
967 | Paducah
McCracken
McCracken
L. W. in Ohio River
I. C. R. R. „
968 Paint Lick
T,. * N. R. R. .. , , ,~.~
969 Paintsville
C. & O. R. R.
970 Palace P O
Wayne
Harlan
TJ. S R, M.
971 Pansy Creek
TJ. R. P. M,
U S B M,
973 Panther Creek
974 Paradise
975 Paris
L. & N. R. R „,- — .
Muhlenberg
Bourbon
U. S. B. M
L & N R R
L. & N. R. R
977 |Parksville
Boyle
L & N R R R
Letcher
U S. B. M. - —
U S B M,
980 | Paynes Depot
Scott
U S B M
Letcher
U S B M
Lawrence
C & O R R
S R R
U S B M
L & N R R
Henry
Marion
Pike
L & N. R R,
L & N. R. R. _
988 |Penny Station......
U S B M
Muhlenberg
Boyle
U. S. B M
990 [Perry ville
U. S. B. M
Oil & Gas— 19
578
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Elevation Above Sea of Points in Kentucky— Continued.
No. Place
1
County
Station
S53
991 Petersburg
L. &
U. S.
L. H.
N R R
400
497
35S
614
389
784
831
400
704
399
407
594
680
617
411
824
960
966
1,410
1,082
409
818
824
863
1,135
932
887
1,110
971
447
882
717
884
742
499
573
1,688
2,512
391
362
502
998
719
742
511
606
637
1,054
569
632
484
484
632
992 | Petersburg
B M
993 | Petrie
994 |Petroleum
Hancock
Allen
& St. L. R. R
995 |Pettit :
U. S.
U. S.
u. s.
u. s.
L. &
U. S.
L. H.
T. C.
C. &
U. S.
Weatl
U. S.
C. &
L. &
Q. &
U. S.
u. s.
u. s.
u. s.
u. s.
L. &
U. S.
u. s.
L. &
L. &
I. C.
L. &
L. &
L. &
C. &
U. S
C. &
U. S
U. S
u. s
L. H
U. S
U. S
B M
996 [Pewee Valley
997 | Phelps
Oldham
Pike
B . M
B M
998 (Philips Store
999 [Phillipsburg.....
1000 (Philpot
1001 Pierce „
1002 | Pierceton....-
1003 [Pikeville
1004 [Pilgrim
1005 1 Pilot Oak
1006 Pinckard
Muhlenberg
Marion
Daviess
Breckinridge....
Hopkins
Pike
Martin
Graves
Woodford
Clark
Rockcastle
B M „
N. R. R
B. M
& St. L. R. R
O. R. R
B. M
ler Bureau
B M
1007 Pine Grove
O R R
1008 Pine Hill.
N R. R.
1009 |Pine Knot
C R R
1010 Pineville
1011 IPiney „
1012 |Pink
1013 | Pinkard
1014 [Pisgah
1015 |Pitlsburg *.
1016 Pleasant Hill...
1017 Pleasant Home
1018 Pleasant Valley
1019 Pleasant View
Bell „....
Crittenden
Jessamine
Woodford
Woodford
Laurel
Mercer
Owen
Rockcastle
Whitley
Jefferson
Henry
Harrison
B. M _...
B. M
B. M
B. M
N. R. R
B. M
B. M
N. R. R —
N R R
1020 [Pleasure Ridge Pk.
1021 |Pleasureville
1022 |Poindexter
R. R „
N. R. R
N R R
1023 (Point Leavell
1024 [Pond Creek
N R R
Pike ._
O. R. R. _
1025 |Poole
B M
1026 | Potter
O R R
1027 [Potters Gap
Letcher
B M
1028 [Pound Gap
Letcher
B M
1029 Poverty
B M
1030 Powers
Daviess
Webster
& St. L. R R.
1031 Pratt
B M
1032 IPreachersville
B M
1033 [Preese
Martin . .
1034 [Preston
Bath
C. &
U. S
L. W
U. S.
C. &
N. &
C. &
U. S.
u. s
u. s
O R R
1035 |Prestonia
1036 [Prestonsburg
1037 [Prestonsburg
1038 Prewitt
1039 Prichard, W. Va....
1040 | Princess
1041 [Princeton
1042 [Prospect
B M
Floyd
Floyd
Montgomery....
. in Big Sandy River
B. M. C. & O. Station
0. R. R
W. R. R -
O R R _ ...
Caldwell
Jefferson
Lawrence
B. M. R. R. Station —
B M
1043 [Prosperity
j^ j£ _
ELEVATIONS ABOVE SEA
Elevation Above Sea of Point* in Kentucky-Continued.
579
No. | Place
1
County
Station
Eleva-
tion. |
1044 | Providence
Webster
U. S. B. M
1045 JPryors
1046 [Pryorsburg
Graves
Graves
I. C. R. R
I. C. R. R
420
411
1047 |Pulaski. ..
Pulaski
Q. & C. R. R.
1048 [Quality
1049 [Quarry Switch
Butler
Bullitt
U. S. B. M. at P. O
L. & N. R. R.
503
463
1030 [Quicksand
Knott
U. S. B. M _
1 700
1051 |Quincy
Lewis
L W in Ohio River
1052 |Quincy
Lewis
C. & O. R. R
1053 |Quinn
Caldwell
U. S. B M
1054 |Railey
"Woodford
S. R. R _
834
1055 |Raleig-h
Union
L W in Ohio River
1056 [Ralph
1057 [Rankin
Ohio
Henderson _
S. B. M
L. & N. R. R.
430
372
1058 [Raven
1059 IRedbush
Knott
Johnson
U. S. B. M
U. S. B. M
749
804
1060 [Red Hill
Christian
U. S. B. M ..
450
1061 [Red Hill
Hardin...._
I. C. R. R. .._
751
1062 [Red House
Madison
L. & N. R R
710
1063 [Red Oak
Logan
L. & N. R R
595
1064 [Red River
Logan
L. & N R R
622
1065 [Reed
Henderson
U. S. B. M.
379
1066 [Renick
Marion
L & N R R
1067 |Repton
1068 (Republican
1069 (Reynolds Station....
Crittenden
Knott _
Ohio
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station....
U. S. B. M.-... _
U. S. B. M.
485
804
497
1070 |Ricedale
Muhlenberg.....
L. & N. R. R.
387
1071 [Richardson
Lawrence
C. & O R R
599
1072 [Richardson
Lawrence
L W in Big Sandy
549
1073 [Richardsville.
Warren
U S, R. M, -
686
1074 [Richland
Hopkins
U. S B. M.
431
1075 (Richelieu
Logan
590
1076 [Richmond
Madison .
L. & N. R R.
926
1077 (Rich Pond ...
Warren
L. & N. R. R. .
564
1078 (Richwood
Q. & C. R. R.
924
1079 [Riley
L *• N R R
914
1080 (Rineyville .
Hardin
I. 0. R. R
808
1081 (Riverside
Clark
LT & N, R, R,
645
1082 [Riverside
T. O. R R.
445
1083 (Riverside
Warren
552
1084 [River Station
1085 (Riverton
1086 (Roachville
1087 [Robard .
Johnson
Greenup
Green
Henderson
U. S. B. M
C. & O. R. R _
L. W. In Green River
U. S. B. M..™
615
534
544
425
1088 (Robinson
Harrison
L. & N. R. R
674
Butler
U. S. B. M. ._ _
451
]0<M) (Rockfleld
L. & N R. R.
568
1091 (Rock Haven
1092 (Rockhold
Meade
Whitley
L. H. & St. L. R. R
L & N R R
412
955
Pike
n. & n, R. R, „ „,
880
1094 [Rockland
T. P. P. M
664
1095 (Rockport
Ohio ...
U. P. P. M, — -. , .,
436
1096 IRock Springs
Henderson
U. S. B. M..™.
486
580
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OP KENTUCKY
Elevation Above Sea of Foiuts in Kentucky— Continued.
No. 1 Place
County
Station
Eleva-
tion.
1097 |Rock Vale
1098 Rocky Hill
1099 1 Rockhou se
1100 Rodener
1101 Rogers Gap
1102 Roosevelt
1103 Rosine
1104 Ross
1105 | Rossi yn
1106 |Rothwell
Breckinridge...
Edmonson
Pike _..
Allen
Scott.
Breathitt
Ohio
Campbell
Powell
Menifee
Ohio
L.
Jj.
ol~
U.
C.
U.
c.
Lo
Ke
!<•
I*.
L.
U.
C.
U.
c.
L.
L.
U.
Q.
U.
S.
L.
C.
N.
U.
L.
L.
r.
L.
L.
N.
C.
L.
L.
Q.
U.
U.
u.
u.
u.
TT.
U.
U.
L,.
Lu
U.
r.
H. & St. L. R. R
& N. R. R
& C. R. R
S. B. M
& 0. R. R
S. B. M. L. & E. Station
& O. R. R „
435
596
858
749
913
748
564
494
668
993
381
784
844
610
1,039
425
703
384
639
549
534
493
497
857
890
754
677
656
584
808
840
392
652
488
737
547
966
674
1,115
744
521
762
375
500
500
1,222
426
888
825
615
991
705
1108 Roumine
1109 Rowland
1110 IRowletts
Taylor
Lincoln
Hart
ntucky Geological Survey..
& N R R
& N R R
1111 jRoxana
1112 |Rufus
1113 IRugless
& E. R. R
S. B. M
& O R R
Caldwell
1114 | Rumsey
1115 Rush
McLean
Boyd
S B M
1116 Russell
& O R R
1117 Russellville
1118 Ruth
Logan
Breckinridge...
McLean
Scott
Franklin _
Anderson
Simpson
Bath
& N. R. R
H & St L R R
1119 j Sacrament
1120 | Sadieville
1121 | Saff ell
1122 | Saff ells
1123 Salmons
1124 Salt Lick..
1125 Saltpetre, W. Va...
1126 Salvisa
1127 | Salyersville
1128 (sample
1129 | Samuel Hill
S. B. M
& C. R. R
S. B. M
& N. R. R
& 0. R. R
& "W R R
Mercer
Magoffin
Breckinridge...
Bullitt
Nelson
S. B. M
W. in Licking River
H. & St. L. R. R
S. B. M
& N R R
Carroll
& N R R
1132 |Sands, W. Va
1133 |Savag-e Branch
1134 |Saxton
1135 ISayers
& W. R. R -
& O R R
Whitley
Nelson
& N. R. R
& N R R
1136 [Science Hill
1137 Scott
1138 Scottsburg
1139 Scottsville
1140 Scuffletown
1141 Seatonsville
1142 ISebree
Pulaski
Shelby
Caldwell
Allen
& C. R. R
S. B. M. R. R. Station
S. B. M...._
Henderson
Jefferson
S. B. M.
S B M
S B M
1143 ISergent
Letcher
Crittenden
S B M
1144 | Shady Grove
1145 | Shannondale ,
1146 |Shawhan
S B M
S B M
Bourbon
& N. R. R
1147 | Shearer
& N R Tl
1148 | Shelby
1149 1 Shelby
Boyle
Pike
S. B. M
& O. R. R._...
ELEVATIONS ABOVE SEA 581
Elevation Above Sea of Pointg in Kentucky— Continued.
No. Place
County
Station
ii
1,431
696
760
446
529
924
458
804
796
906
387
704
403
912
875
286
413
607
632
1,004
950
879
699
389
456
364
629
967
981
546
462
478
529
507
579
497
1,207
783
1,069
365
690
620
609
738
387
816
981
427
674
no
420
733
550
1150 |Shelby Gap
1151 [Shelby Junction
Pike
Jefferson
L. & N. R. R.
1152 [Shelby ville
1153 |Shepherdsville
1154 [Sheridan
Shelby
Bullitt
U. S. B. M. C. H
TT S R M f! H
Crittenden
1155 |Sherman
Grant
Jefferson
Madison
Shelby
Rockcastle
Hancock
Oldham
Webster
McCreary
Henry
Q. & C. R R
1156 [Shively
1157 [Silver Creek Sta
1158 [Simpsonville
1159 [Sinks
1160 [Skillman
1161 (Skylight
1162 Slaughtersville
1163 [Sloans Valley
1164 [Smithfleld
1165 jSmithland
U. S. B. M
L. & N. R. R
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station....
L & N R R
L. H. & St. L. R. R _
U. S. B. M
U. S B M
Q. & C. R. R
T,, & N. n. R. , -„
Livingston
Henderson
Warren
L W in Ohio River
1166 [Smith Mills ,.
1167 [Smith's Grove
1168 [Smyrna
1169 [Snider
1170 | Soldier
1171 [Somerset
U S B M
L & N R R
Jefferson
Spencer
Carter
U. S. B. M _
L & N R. R.
C. & 0. R. R _ _..
B. M. on Cumberland Hotel..
L & N R R
Hardin
1173 [Sorgho
1174 [South Carrollton
Daviess
Muhlenberg
U S B M
U. S B.-M
M & O R R
1176 [South Covington
1177 1 South Elkhorn
Kenton
Fayette
L. & N. R. R -
U S B M
1178 [South Fork
1179 [South Hill
1180 [South Louisville
1181 [South Park
Butler
U S B M
L & N R R
U S B M
1182 South Portsmouth....
1183 [South Ripley
C & O R R
Mason
C & O R R
1184 South Union
1185 Sparta __
1186 |Specht
1187 [Spencer
Logan
Gallatin
Pike
Montgomery...
Knott
L. & N. R. R ~
L. & N. R. R
U. S. B. M
C. & O. R. R _
1188 fSpider
U S B M.
1189 [Spottsville
Henderson
U. S. B. M
1190 [Sprigg W Va
N. & W R. R _ -
1191 ISpringdale
Jefferson
U. S. B. M _
C & O. R. R -
1193 [Springfield
1194 [Spring Lick
Washington
Grayson
Woodford
L. & N. R. R
I. C R. R
1195 [Spring Station
U. S. B. M
L & N. R. R. .
U S B M - ..
1198 (St. Helens
Lee
U S B M L & E Station
Weather Bureau
U S B. M.
1201 (St. Mary
19A<> ISt Mnttbpws
Marion
Jefferson
L. & N. R. U.
U. S. B. M
582 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Elevation Atoove Sea of Points in Kentucky— Continued.
No.
Place
County
Station
Hj
S-
1203
St. Vincent
Union
I. C. R. R
413
1204
Stacey
Perry
824
1205
S tambaug-h
Johnson
U. S. G. S
649
1206 [Stamping Ground
Scott
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station
799
1207 | Stanford
Lincoln
U. S. B. M. C. H
912
1208
Stanhope
Webster
U. S. B. M
468
1209
Stanley
Daviess
U. S. B. M
385
1210 j Stanton
Powell
U. S. B. M. L. & B. Sttaion...
662
1211 [State Line
Christian
L. & N. R. R
535
1212 [State Line
Whitley
Q. & C. R. R
1,359
1213 [Stedman
Franklin
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station
711
1214
Stephensburg
Hardin
I. C. R. R
611
1215
Stephensport
Breckinridge...
L. W. in Ohio River
340
1216 [Stephensport
Breckinridge...
L. H. & St. L. R. R
390
1217 | Stepstone
Montgomery...
C. & O. R. R
777
1218 | Steuben ville
Wayne
887
1219 | Stine
Jefferson
L. S. R. R
484
1220 [Stithton
Hardin
I. C. R. R
686
1221 [Stone Coal
Knott
U. S. B. M
686
1222 | Strawberry
Jefferson
L. & N. R. R
432
1223
Stroud
Muhlenberg
L. & N. R. R
380
1224
Strunk
McCreary
Q. & C. R. R
1,397
1225 j Sturgis
Union
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station
375
1226
Sullivan
Union
U. S. B. M
395
1227
Sulphur
Henry
L. & N. R. R
683
1228
Sulphur Springs
Ohio
U. S. B. M
418
1229
Summit
Boyd
C. & O. R. R
664
1230
Summit
Mason
L. & N. R. R
905
1231
Summit
McCreary
Q. & C. R. R....
1,263
1232
Sunnydale
Ohio
-U. S. B. M
427
1233
Sutherland
Daviess
U. S. B. M _
400
1234
Button Knob
Whitley
U. S. B. M
1,515
1235 Swallowfleld
Franklin
U. S. B. M
527
1236 | Sweeney
Garrard
U. S. B. M
1,024
1237 | S witzer
Franklin
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station
735
1238 Tackitt's Mill
Owen
U. S. B. M
641
1239 Taffy ,
Ohio
U. S. B. M
480
1240 ITalbott
Bourbon
L & N R R
808
1241 [Tallega
Lee
U. S. B. M. L. & E. Station....
1242 | Tal mag-e
Mercer.
U. S. B. M
821
1243 | Tannery
Lewis
C. & 0. R. R
552
1244 [Tateville
McCreary
Q. & C. R. R •
877
1245 [Taylor Mines
Ohio
U. S. B. M
500
1246 [Taylorsville
Spencer
U. S. B. M. on Cl. H
490
1247 [Teresita P. O
Owen
U. S. B. M
687
1248 | Terrapin
Mercer
U. S. B. M
876
1249 [Thacker, W. Va
N. & W. R. R
716
1250 [The Forks
Pike
C. & 0. R. R
710
1251 [Thompson's
Montgomery....
C. & O. R. R
1,037
1252 [Thompson
Union
I. C, R. R
408
1253 [Thompsonville
Christian
T. C. R. R
542
1254 [Threlkel
Butler
U. S. B. M
430
1255 [Thurman
Hickman I. C. R. R
322
ELEVATIONS ABOVE SEA
Elevation Above Sea of Points in Kentucky-Continued.
583
No. Place
1256 Tichenor
County
1257 (Tilden
1258 (Tillie
1259 (Tip Top
1260 (Tomahawk
1261 Topeka Crossroads..
1262 Torchlight
1263 (Torrent
Webster
Letcher
! Hardin
Martin
Union
Lawrence
Wolfe
1264 (Tradewater
1265 (Trammel
1266 Trenton
1267 Tribune
1268 (Triplett Tunnel
1269 (Troublesome P. O.
1270 (Troy
1271 Tucker
1272 (Tunnel Hill
1273 j Tunnel Hill
1274 (Turners
Hopkins
Allen
Todd
Grittenden |
Carter
Breathitt
Woodford
Jefferson
Henderson
Hardin
1275 (Twin Tunnels
1276 (Typo
1277 (Tyrone
1278 (Tyrone
1279 (Ulvan .
Muhlenberg
Perry
Anderson
Anderson
Perry
Pendleton
Jessamine
1280 (Uma
1281 (Union Mills
1282 (Uniontown
1283 Uniontown
1284 Upland
1285 (Upper Bruce
Union
McCreary
Lewis
1286 (Upton
1287 (Utica
1288 |U. Z.
Hardin.....
Daviess
Letcher
1289 Vaden
1290 (Valley Hill..._
1291 (Valley Station
1292 (Vanarsdell
Washington
Jefferson
1293 (Vanceburg
1294 (Vanderburg
1295 (Van Lear
1296 (Van Meter
1297 jVeazeyJ
1 298 | Veech dal e
1299 (Venters
1300 (Verona
1301 (Versailles
1302 (Vest
Lewis
Webster
Johnson
Fayette
Hopkins
Shelby
Pike :
Boone
Woodford
Knott
1303 (View
1304 jvine Grove
1305 (Viol a
1306 |Virden
Crittenden
Hardin
Graves
Powell
Pike
Kenton
1307 |Virgie
1308 |Visalia
Station
. L. & N. R. R
383
U. S. B. M
425
1 "W
I. C. R. R.
760
U. S. G. S
656
. U. S. B. M
430
U. S. B. M
U. S. B. M. L. & E. Station....
I. C. R. R _
5S8
. 939
456
761
L. & N. R. R
r. s. B. M.
531
431
C & O R R
1 002
U. S. B. M
S. R. R !
831
828
719
U. S. B. M
443
L. & N. R. R
L. & N. R. R
U. S. B. M. L & N. Station
L & E R R
767
740
501
840
r,. W. in Kentucky River
U. S. B. M „
L. & E. R. R...:
L. & N. R. R _._...
U. S. B. M -
L. W. in Ohio River
I. C. R. R
Q. & C. R. R
483
738
951
597
939
306
354
1,253
C & O R R
553
L. & N. R R „
724
U. S. B. M .
417
L. & E R. R _....
L. & N. R. R
850
L & N. R. R. .
572
U S B. M. ,
452
U S B M
788
C. & O R. R
523
U. S. B. M
U. S. G. S
L S R R
M
612
880
U S B. M, „
564
L. S R. R. .. .
742
775
L & N R R.
862
U. S. B. M
U. S. B. M
923
1,044
441
I C R R
721
I. C. K. K
r. S. r.. M. L. & E. Station
i' s n .M
400
660
837
U \V. in Licking lM\«-r
453
584
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Elevation Above Sea of Points in Kentucky— Continued.
No.
Place
County
Station
Eleva-
tion.
1309
1310
1311
1312
1313
1314
1315
1316
1317
1318
1319
1320
1321
1322
1323
1324
1325
1326
1327
1328
1329
1330
1331
1332
1333
1334
1335
1336
1337
1338
1339
1340
1341
1342
1343
1344
1345
1346
1347
1348
1349
1350
1351
1352
1353
1354
1355
1356
1357
1358
1359
1360
1361
Waddy
Wagon Ford
Waitman
Walbridge
Wallace
Shelby
Crittenden
Hancock...
Lawrence
S. R. R
U. S. B. M
L. H. & St. L. R. R -
U. S. B. M
L S R R
854
353
344
588
814
2,004
449
912
445
703
587
411
1,025
468
386
498
408
702
1,215
380
601
64S
542
629
486
501
631
464
742
353
462
441
487
473
432
376
776
539
729
605
956
430
903
1,146
501
873
506
570
1,332
857
1,280
Walnut
Walnut Grove
Walnut Hill School.
Walton _
Wanamaker
Ward
Knott
Caldwell
Caldwell
U. S. B. M _
U. S. B. M
U S B AI
Boone
Webster
Pike
Q. & C. R. R
U. S. B. M
Wards
Warfield
Warsaw
Wasioto _..
Waterford
Water Valley
Water Works
Waverly
Wayland
Waynesburgr
Weaverton
Webb, W. Va
Webbville
Webster
Weir
Carter
Martin
Gallatin
Bell
Spencer
C. & O. R. R..-
L. W. in Big- Sandy
L. W. in Ohio River
U. S. B. M. L. & E. Station..
U. S. B. M -
I C R R
Campbell
Union
Floyd
C. & O. R. R
I. C. R. R
U S G S
Lincoln
Henderson
Q. & C. R. R
V & W R R
Lawrence
Breckinridge...
Muhlenberg
Muhlenberg-
Bracken
Grayson
Ohio
Morgan
Crittenden
Daviess
Hardin
Oldham
U. S. B. M
L. H. & St. L. R. R
U. S. B. M
L & N R R
Wellsburg-
West Clifty
Westerfleld
West Liberty
Weston
West Louisville
West Point
C. & O. R. R
I. C. R. R
U. S. B. M
L. W. in Licking River
u. s. B. M....:
U. S. B. M
U S B M
U S B M
U S B M
Wheatcrof t
Whick
Webster
Breathitt
U. S. B. M
L & E R R
Whippoorwill
L & N R R
Whitefleld
White House
White Oak
Bullitt
Johnson
Pulaski
U. S. B. M
C. & O. R. R
Q & C R R
White Plains
White's Station
Whitesburg
White Sulphur
White Sulphur
|Whitesville
Hopkins
Madison..
Letcher
Caldwell
Scott
I. C. R. R
L. & N. R. R
L. & E. R. R
U. S. B. M. R. R. Station
U. S. B. M
U S B M
L & N R R
|Whitley
| Whitney
Wiborg:
McCreary
Scott
McCreary
Q. & C. R. R.
Q. & C. R. R
Q. & C. R. R
ELEVATIONS ABOVE SEA 585
Elevation Above Sea of Point* in Kentucky— Continued.
No.
Place
County
Station
Ej
@5
1362
1363
1364
1365
1366
1367
1368
1369
1370
1371
1372
1373
1374
1375
1376
1377
r,7s
1379
1380
1381
1382
1383
1384
1385
1386
1387
1388
1389
1390
1391
1392
1393
1394
1395
1396
1397
1398
1399
1400
1401
1402
1403
Wickliffe
Ballard
Lawrence
Rockcastle
Campbell
Allen
I. C. R, R.
322
705
92S
492
764
677
625
939
665
943
SS2
377
372
643
981
1,032
466
•"01
1,080
610
412
623
TH.H)
790
643
512
382
695
478
616
539
990
484
364
401
582
730
823
706
567
436
486
Wilbur
Wildie
L. & N. R R
Wilders
L & N R R
Wildwood
Willard
Willard
Pike
U S G S
Carter
U. S B. M
Williamsburg
Williamson, W. Va.
Williamstown
Whitley
L & N R R
N & W R R
Grant
Q. C. R R. ...
Wilmore
Jessamine
Henderson
Hopkins
Spencer
Clark
U. S. B. M.
Wilson
Wilson Bridge
Wilsonville
Winchester
Windom _
Wingo
I. C. R. R _
U. S. B. M _
U. S. B. M
U. S. B. M. L. & E. Station....
Q & C R R.
I C R R
Wolf Lick
Woodbine
Logan
Whitley
L. & N. R. R
L. & N. R. R
L. & N. R. R.
Woodbury
Butler
Hart
L & N R R
Woodlawn.
L & N R R
Pike
U S B M
Woods
Woodville
Worthington
Worthington
Worthville
Floyd
Christian
Henderson
Jefferson
Carroll
U. S. B. M
1 C R. R.
L. H. & St. L. R. R
U. S. B. M
L & N R R
Wirights
Wurtland
Taylor
L. & N. R. R _
C & O R R.
Wyandotte
Wyman
Clark
McLean
Union
U. S. B. M. L. & E. Station
U. S. B. M
U S. B. M. ...
Wysox
Ohio
U S B M
Yatesville
U S B M
Pike
C. & O. R. R - _
Yerkes
L & E. R. R
Youngs H. Bridge...
Zelda P O
S R R
Lawrence
Henderson
Bullitt
U. S. B M - -
U. S. B. M
Zoneton —
U. S. B. M _
CHAPTER XI.
A REVISED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PETROLEUM, NATURAL GAS,
ASPHALT AND OIL SHALE IN KENTUCKY.*
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A REVISED BIBLIOGRAPHY 587
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20. Oil Field of Barren County: Eng. and Mining Journ., Vol.
49, pp. 197-198, 1890.
Foerste, August F.
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22. Cincinnati Anticline in Southern Kentucky: Am. Geologist,
Vol. 30, pp. 359-369, 1 p\, Dec., 1902. And reprint.
23 Further Studies on the History of the Cincinnati Anticline:
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588 OIL, AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
24. Oil, Gas and Asphalt Rock in Meade and Breckinridge Coun-
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A REVISED BIBLIOGRAPHY 589
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592 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
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98. Report on the production, techno'ogy, and uses of Petroleum
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594 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
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APPENDIX.
PART I.
STATUTE REGULATING CONTROL OF PETRO-
LEUM, NATURAL GAS AND SALT-
WATER "WELLS.
(Chap. 100, Act of May 14, 1892.)
§ 3910. Person not using well to close it so as t-o
prevent waste. That from and after the passage of this
act, any person or corporation, and each and every one of
them, in possession, whether as owner, lessee, agent or
manager, of any well in which petroleum, natural gas or
salt-water has been found, shall, unless said product is
sooner utilized, within a reasonable time, not, however,
exceeding three months from the completion of said well,
in order to prevent said product wasting by escape, shut
in and confine the same in said well until such time as it
shall be utilized; Provided, however, That this section
shall not apply to gas escaping from any well while it is
being operated as an oil well or while it is used for fresh
or mineral water.
§ 3911. How abandoned wells to be closed. That
whenever any well shall have been put down for the pur-
pose of drilling, or exploring for oil, gas, or salt water,
upon abandoning or ceasing to operate the same, the per-
son or corporation in possession as aforesaid shall, for
the purpose of excluding all fresh water from the gas-
bearing rock, and before drawing the casing, fill up the
well with sand or rock sediment to a depth of at least
twenty feet above the rock which holds the oil, gas or salt
water, and drive a round, seasoned wooden plug, at least
three feet in length, equal in diameter to the diameter of
the well below the casing, -to a point at least five feet
below the bottom of the casing; and immediately after
drawing the casing, shall drive a round, seasoned wooden
plug at a point just below where the lower end of the cas-
ing rests, which plug shall be at least three feet in length,
596
APPENDIX 597
tapering in form, and of the same diameter, at the dis-
tance of eighteen inches from the smaller end, as the dia-
meter of the hole below the point at which it is to be
driven. After the plug has been properly driven, there
shall be filled on top of the same, sand or rock sediment
to the depth of at least five feet.
§ 3912. Penalty for violation of provision of this
law. Any person or corporation who shall violate any of
the provisions of sections 3910 or 3911, shall be liable to
a penalty of one hundred dollars for each and every vio-
lation thereof, and to the further penalty of one hundred
dollars for each thirty days during which said violation
shall continue; and all such penalties shall be recovered,
with cost of suit, in a civil action or actions in the name
of the State, for the use of the county in which the well
shall be located. (See salt and saltpetre works, sec. 4359.)
§ 3913. Who, besides owner, may close abandoned
well. Whenever any person or corporation in possession
of any well in which oil, gas or salt water has boon found,
shall fail to comply with the provisions of section 3910,
any person or corporation lawfully in possession of lands
situate adjacent to or in the neighborhood of said well,
may enter upon the lands upon which said woll is situ-
ated, and take possession of said woll from which oil, gas
or salt water is allowed to escape or waste in violation of
said section 3910, and tube and pack said woll, and shut
in said oil, gas or salt water, and may maintain a civil
action in any court of this State against the owner, lessee,
agent or manager of said well, and each and every one
of them, jointly and severally, to recover the cost thereof.
This shall be in addition to the penalties provided by sec-
tion 3912.
§ 3914. Person not owner closing \\vll may recover
costs of owner. Whenever any person or corporation
shall abandon any well, and shall fail to comply with sec-
tion 3911, any person or corporation lawfully in posses-
sion of lands adjacent to or in the neighborhood of sail I
well, may enter upon the kind upon which said well is
situated, and take possession of said well, and plug the
same in the manner provided by section 391 1, ami may
maintain a civil action in any court of this State against
the owner or person abandoning said well, and every one
of them, jointly and severally, to recover the cost thereof.
598 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
This shall be in addition to the penalties provided by sec-
tion 3912 : Provided, This section shall not apply to per-
sons owning the lands on which said well or wells are
situated and drilled by other parties ; and in case the per-
son or corporation drilling said well or wells is insolvent,
then, in that event, any person or corporation in posses-
sion of lands adjacent to or in the neighborhood of said
well or wells, may enter upon the land upon which said
well or wells are situated, and take possession of said well
or wells, and plug the same in the manner provided for
in section 3911, at their own expense.
§ 3914a. Abandoned oil or gas well to be closed —
penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons,
corporations or companies to abandon any oil or gas
wells, either dry or producing, in this Commonwealth, or
to remove casings therefrom whether same be either oil
or gas, either producing or dry, or for any cause abandon
said well or wells without first plugging same in a secure
manner by placing a plug of pine, poplar or some other
material which will prevent said well from becoming
flooded, said plug to be placed above the oil-producing
sand or sands, and filled in above for the distance of
seven fe'et with sediment or clay and placing upon same
another plug of similar material as that of the first and
also placing about ten feet below the said casing another
plug of like material as above referred to, seven feet of
sediment or clay, and then another plug, all plugs to be
securely driven in so that no water can pass the same,
before the casing is removed.
Any person or persons, corporations or companies
refusing or failing to comply with the foregoing provi-
sions as provided for in section 1 herein, shall, on convic-
tion, be fined in any one sum not less than one hundred
dollars, or not more than one 'thousand dollars, in the
discretion of the jury.
All acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith are here-
by repealed.
APPENDIX 699
PART II.
Kentucky Form.
OIL AND GAS LEASE.
AGREEMENT, Made and entered into the
day of 191 by and between
of Party of
the First Part, hereinafter called Lessor (whether one or
more ) and
Party of the Second Part, Lessee :
WITNESSETH, That the said Lessor, for and in consid-
eration of
Dollars, cash in hand paid, receipt of which is hereby ac-
knowledged, and of the covenants and agreements herein-
after contained on the part of Lessee, to be paid, kept and
performed, has granted, demised, leased and let, and by
these presents does grant, demise lease and let unto the
said Lessee, for the sole and only purpose of mining and
operating for oil and gas, and laying pipe lines, and build-
ing tanks, powers, stations and structures thereon to pro-
duce, save and take care of said products, all that certain
tract of land situate in the County of -
State of Kentucky, on the waters of
bounded and described as follows :
On the North by the lands of..... ~
On the East by the lands of -
On the South by the lands of -
On the West by the lands of
containing acres, more or
less, and hereby releasing and waiving all right under and
by virtue of the Homestead Exemption Laws of this State
in and to said land.
It is agreed that this lease shall remain in force for a
term of live years from date, and as long thereafter as oil
or gas, or either of them, is produced from said land by
the Lessee.
In consideration of the premises the said Lessee cov-
enants and agrees:
1st. To deliver to the credit of Lessor, free of cost,
into tanks or in the pipe line to which he may connect his
wells, the equal one-eighth part of all oil produced and
saved from the leased premises.
600 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OP KENTUCKY
2nd. To pay the Lessor Two Hundred Dollars each
year, payable quarterly in advance, for the gas from each
well where gas only is found, while the same is being
used off the premises, and Lessor to have gas free of cost
from any such well for all stoves and all inside lights in
the principal dwelling house on said land during the same
time by making his own connections with the wells at his
own risk and expense.
3rd. To pay Lessor for gas produced from any oil
well and used off the premises at the rate of Ten Dollars
per year, for the time during which such gas shall be used,
said payments to be made each three month in advance.
4th. If the Lessee shall operate any such well for
casing-head gasoline, then the Lessor shall receive as
royalty thereon one-eighth (1-8) part of the market value
in the field of the casing-head gasoline so saved, in addi-
tion to the royalty to which he may be entitled from the
oil produced from any such well.
If no well be commenced on said land on or before the
day of
191 this lease shall terminate as to both parties, unless
the Lessee, on or before that date, shall pay or tender to
in the manner
hereinafter provided, the sum of
DOLLAES, which shall operate as a rental and cover the
privilege of deferring the commencement of a well for
months from said date. In like manner,
and upon like payments or tenders, the commencement of
a well may be further deferred for like period of the same
number of months successively. And it is understood
and agreed that the consideration first recited herein, the
down payment, covers not only the privileges granted to
the date when the said first rental is payable as aforesaid,
but also the Lessee's option of extending that period as
aforesaid, and any and all other rights conferred.
All rentals or money due hereunder shall be paid by
Lessee's check, mailed, postage prepaid, to
at or to Bank of
for the credit of
on or before the date any such rental shall become pay-
able; said Bank, by a power irrevocable, is hereby made
the agent of Lessor to accept all rentals paid hereunder,
and the same shall continue as the depository of such
APPENDIX 601
rentals during the life of this lease, regardless of changes
in the ownership of said land or said rental.
If said lessor owns a less interest in the above de-
scribed land than the entire and undivided fee simple
estate therein, then the royalties and rentals herein pro-
vided shall be paid the lessor only in the proportion which
his interest bears to the whole and undivided fee.
Lessee shall have the right to use, free of cost, gas,
oil and water produced on said land for its operation
thereon, except water from wells of lessor.
When requested by lessor, lessee shall bury its pipe
lines below plow depth in cultivated portions of land.
No well shall be drillled nearer than 200 feet of the
house or barn now on said premises, without written con-
sent of the lessor.
Lessee shall pay damages caused by its operations to
growing crops on said land.
Lessee shall have the right at any time to remove all
machinery and fixtures placed on said premises, includ-
ing the right to draw and remove casing.
If the estate of either party hereto is assigned, and
the privilege of assigning in whole or in part is expressly
allowed — the covenants hereof shall extend to their heirs,
executors, administrators, successors or assigns, but no
change in the ownership of the land or assignment of
rentals or royalties shall be binding on the lessee until
after the lessee has been furnished with a written trans-
fer or assignment or a true copy thereof; and it is hereby
agreed in the event this lease shall be assigned as to a
part or as to parts of the above described lands and the
assignee or assignees of such part or parts shall fail or
make default in the payment of the proportionate part of
the rents due from him or them, such default shall not
operate to defeat or affect this lease in so far as it covers
a <part or parts of said lands upon which the said lessee
or any assignee thereof shall make duo payment of said
rental.
Lessor hereby warrants and agrees to defend the
title to the lands herein described, and agrees that the
lessee shall have the right at any time to redeem for
lessor, by payment, any mortgages, taxes or any oilier
liens on the above described lands, in the event of default
602 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OP KENTUCKY
of payment by lessor, and be surrogated to the rights of
the holder thereof.
In witness whereof, the parties have set their hands
and seals this the day and year first above written..
WITNESS
( ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO THE LEASE)
STATE OF KENTUCKY, I gg
County of (
County Clerk,
I, Notary Public, in and for said
County and State, do certify that this instrument of writ-
ing from : and wife
was this day produced to me in my county by the parties
and acknowledged by said and
= , his wife, to be their act arid
deed respectively.
Given under my hand and seal of office, this
day of _ 191
County Clerk.
Notary Public.
By Deputy Clerk.
My commission expires day of.. : .191
ASSIGNMENT.
KNOW ALL MEN. BY THESE PRESENTS:
That of
State of the within named grant ..„.
in consideration of the sum of
Dollars to in hand paid, the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged, do hereby sell, assign, trans-
fer, set over and' convey unto heirs,
and assigns, the within grant, TO HAVE AND TO
HOLD THE SAME FOKEVER, subject nevertheless, to
the conditions therein contained.
IN WITNESS WHEKEOF The said grant ha here-
unto set hand this day of......
191.....
APPENDIX 603
ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO THE ASSIGNMENT.
I> Notary Public, in and for said
County and State, do certify that this instrument of writ-
ing from and wife
was this day produced to me in my county by the parties
and acknowledged by said " and
, his wife, to be their act and
deed respectively.
Given under my hand and seal of oTice, this ...
day of 191
Notary Public.
My commission expires day of ....-1(0
(Author's Note — This is one of the most widely used
lease forms in Kentucky).
PART III.
Kentucky Form.
OIL AND GAS DEED.
THIS AGREEMENT AND CONTRACT entered into between
County of State of the grantors, party
of the first part and heirs and assigns
party of the second part, the grantee.
"WITNESSETH, That the party of the first part in con-
sideration of dollars paid by the party
of the second part, the receipt of payment of which is ac-
knowledged, do hereby grant and convey unto the
party of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever the
part of all the oil and gas in and underlying
or produced from the following described piece or parcel
of land together with the right and privilege of the land
for oil and gas and asphalt, which land is situated in
County of State of
Bounded and described as follows :
On the North by the lands of now or formerly
On the East by the lands of now or formerly
On the South by the lands of now or formerly
On the West by the lands of now or formerly
Containing acres, more or less, subject to any
valid lease for oil and gas now on the land while the same
remain in force, but hereby granting and conveying the
.part of all oil and gas royalty and routs re-
served in and under said land, with covenants of General
604 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Warranty, and to execute such other and further assur-
ances of title as counsel may desire, without expense to
the party of the first part.
Dated the day of 191
Witness the following signature and seals :
Seal
NOTARY'S CERTIFICATE.
STATE OF KENTUCKY,
County of ...Jss'
I, , a Notary Public, in and for
said County, in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
personally known to me to
be the same person whose name
subscribed to the foregoing instrument, appeared
before me this day in person, and in said County,
and acknowledged that he signed, sealed, and
delivered the instrument as free and voluntary act,
for uses and purposes therein set forth, including the re-
lease and waiver of right of homestead, dower and other
rights.
Given under my hand this -day of 191
: , Clerk County Court
By ... Deputy Clerk
RECORDATIOET.
STATE OF KENTUCKY,
County of
I, , Clerk of the County Court
within and for County, Kentucky, certify that
the foregoing instrument of writing from
to was produced to me in my office
and State tax paid thereon, the day of 1917,
whereupon the same with this and the foregoing certifi-
cates were duly admitted to record in my office.
Given under my hand this day of 191
Clerk County Court
By Deputy Clerk
APPENDIX 605
ASSIGNMENT.
For Full and Valuable Consideration, the receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, does
hereby assign and transfer to
this grant.
Witness my signature, this day of
STATE OF KENTUCKY,
County of Jss>
Before me the undersigned authority within and for
above named County and State, -personally appeared
who acknowledged that lie did
sign the above assignment and transfer for the uses and
purposes therein contained.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my signa-
ture and official seal, on the date last above written.
PART IV.
AGREEMENT.
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this the
day of 191 by and between
and his
wife, who reside on. the water of in........
County, State of Kentucky, parties of the first part and
hereinafter called the "Grantors," which expression
shall include their heirs and assigns, where the context so
requires or admits, and of
County, Kentucky, as party of the second part, and here-
inafter called the "Grantee," which expression shall in-
clude his heirs, successors, vendees and assigns where the
context so requires or admits.
WITNESSETH: That for and in consideration of $
cash in hand paid, receipt of which is hereby ac-
knowledged, and as first payment upon the sum of
$ per acre, pins oilier good and val-
uable consideration, for the property rights and priv-
ileges in, of, to, on, under, concerning or appur-
tenant to the hereinafter described tract of land,
balance whereof is to be paid one year I'min
this date and when the amount thereof is ascertained and
606 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
conveyed as hereinafter stated, the "Grantor" has sold
and hereby agrees to convey to the "Grantee" as herein-
after provided, all the coal, minerals and mineral pro-
ducts, all oils and gases, all fire and -potters clay, all iron
and iron ore, all stone, and such of the standing timber
as may be, or by the ' ' Grantee, ' ' be deemed necessary for
mining purposes, and including timber necessary for rail-
roads, or branch lines thereof, that may hereafter be con-
structed upon the said lands, and the exclusive rights-of-
way for any and all railroads and ways, and pipe, tele-
graph and telephone lines that may hereafter be located
on said property by the "Grantee," their heirs, succes-
sors, vendees or assigns, or by any person or corporation
under authority of said "Grantee," or assigns in, of,
under, concerning or appurtenant to the hereinafter de-
scribed tract of land, together with the right to enter
upon said lands, use and operate the same and surface
thereof and make use of and for this purpose divert
water courses thereon, in any and every manner that may
be deemed necessary or convenient for mining, and there-
from removing or otherwise utilizing the products of said
minerals, and for the transportation therefrom of said
articles, and the rights of use of such, as well for the re-
moval of the -products taken out of any other land, owned
or hereafter acquired by the "Grantee," and the right to
erect upon the said land, maintain, use and at pleasure
remove therefrom, all such buildings and structures as
may be necessary or convenient to the exercise and enjoy-
ment of the rights and privileges herein and in the use of
said land and surface thereof by the "Grantee," he, his
heirs, successors, vendees or assigns shall be free from
and are hereby released from liability or claim of damage
to the said "Grantors," personal representative, heirs
and assigns. Free access to, upon and over the said land
is hereby conferred upon the ' ' Grantee ' ' for the purpose
of surveying and prospecting the aforesaid property and
interest, but there is reserved in this agreement, and to be
reserved also in the deed made pursuant hereto, to the
"Grantors" all the timber upon the said land, except that
necessary for mining and the purposes hereinbefore men-
tioned, and the free use of land for agricultural purposes
so far as such use is consistent with the rights hereby
sold and the right to mine and use coal for his own house-
hold and domestic purposes.
APPENDIX 607
Before the " Grantors" can demand as matter of
strict right, the payment of said deferred purchase
money, the number of acres thereof is to be determined
by actual survey, made by, or under the direction of a
competent civil engineer, at the expense of the " Gran-
tors," and the " Grantors" shall furnish a complete ab-
stract showing title in them, and thereupon convey or
tender to the "Grantee" deed containing covenants of
general warranty, and the further covenants that they
are seized in fee simple of said land of the rights there-
under, in actual possession thereof, and have good right
and full power and authority to convey the same, and that
the "Grantee" shall and may have, hold and enjoy the
rights granted, free from eviction or disturbance by title
paramount to that conveyed by the said deed, and that
the land, including the interests hereby sold and thereby
conveyed, are free from all liens or encumbrances; con-
cerning which covenants it is hereby expressly declared,
that representation as to the same and the aforesaid
terms of said warrant y to be made, are declared an essen-
tial condition and moving consideration for the execution
of this agreement.
The following is a description of the lands and prop-
erty referred to as the subject matter of this piece of
writing, situate in County, State of Ken-
tucky, on the waters of Bounded as
follows :
On the North by the lands of.
On the East by the lands of
On the South by the lands of........
On the West by the lands of
and further
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF the said
and his wife, have hereunto
set their hands and seals, the day and year first above
written, and the said "Grantee" has hereunto caused his
name to be affixed.
(Seal)
„ -(Seal)
I (Seal)
IIZH (s
WITNESS
608 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
STATE OF KENTUCKY, 1 TO-WIT :
County of J
I, a Notary Public in and for
the County and State aforeasid, certify that
and his wife, who *e
names are signed to the writing hereto annexed, bearing
date the day of 191 , this day acknowl-
edged the same before me in my County aforesaid. My
commission as Notary Public will expire on the
day of 191
Given under my hand and seal of office this
day of 191
Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid.
STATE OF KENTUCKY, lTo.WIT .
County of J
I, , County Clerk in and for the
County and State aforesaid, certify that
and his wife, whose names are signed
to the writing above bearing date the day of
191 , this day acknowledged the same before me in my
county aforesaid.
Given under my hand this day of 191
County Clerk in and for the County and State aforesaid.
STATE OF KENTUCKY, 1 To_WIT .
County of J
I, , County Clerk in and for
the foregoing County and State aforesaid, certify that the
foregoing instrument of writing from
and his wife, to
bearing date this day of , 191 , was this
day produced before me in said County and State and the
acknowledgment thereof by the said grantors duly proved
as required by law by the oath of one
of the subscribing witnesses thereto, who having first
been duly sworn by me testified that said instrument was
signed in his presence and in the presence of
APPENDIX 609
the other subscribing witness thereto, by the grantors,
and that they as subscribing witnesses signed their
names as attesting witnesses thereto at the request of
said grantors and in their
presence and in the presence of each other.
Given under my hand this day of 191
County Clerk in and for the County and State aforesaid,
RECORDATIOX.
STATE OF KENTUCKY, TT<MVIT •
County of J
I, Clerk of the County Court in and
for the County and State aforesaid, do certify that the
foregoing instrument of writing from
and his wife, to
bearing date the day of 191 , was this day
lodged in my office for record, whereupon the same, to-
gether with this and the foregoing certificate, have been
duly recorded in my office.
Witness my hand this day of 191
Clerk
By Deputy
(Authors Note — This Agreement form is essentially
a Title Bond).
PART V.
ASSIGNMENT OF OIL AND GAS LEASE.
WHEREAS, On the day of 191 , a cer-
tain oil and gas mining lease was made and entered into-
by and between Lessor...,
Lessee..., covering the follow-
ing described land in the County of and State-
of to-wit:
Said lease being recorded in the office of the Register
of Deeds in and for said County in Book , page ,
and
WHEREAS, The said lease and all rights thereunder or
incident thereto are now owned l>y
Now, THEREFORE, For and in consideration of One
Dollar (and other good and valuable considerations), the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the iinder-
Oil & Gas— 20
610 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
signed, the present owner of the said lease and all
rights thereunder or incident thereto, do hereby bar-
gain, sell, transfer, assign and convey unto
of right, title and interest of the original lessee
and present owner in and to said lease and rights there-
under insofar as it covers the together
with all personal property used or obtained in connec-
tion therewith to and heirs,
successors and assigns.
And for the same consideration, the undersigned for
and heirs, successors and representa-
tives, .do covenant with the said assignee heirs,
•successors or assigns that the lawful owner
of the said lease and rights and interests thereunder and
of the personal property thereon or used in connection
therewith ; that the undersigned good right and auth-
ority to sell and convey the same, and that said rights,
interest and property are free and clear from all liens
and incumbrances, and that all rentals and royalties due
and payable thereunder have been duly paid.
tsr WITNESS WHEREOF, The undersigned owner and
assignor ha signed and sealed this instrument this
day of 191
(Seal)
(Seal)
(Seal)
OKLAHOMA FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT
STATE OF OKLAHOMA,
County of
On this day of , A. D., 191 , before
me, the undersigned, Notary Public in and for the County
and State aforesaid, personally appeared
to me known to be the identical person.- who executed the
within and foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me
that he executed the same as h free and volun-
tary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set
forth.
Given under my hand and seal of office the day and
year last above written.
My commission expires
Notary Public.
APPENDIX
KANSAS FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT
STATE OF KANSAS, 1
County of ............................................................ jss
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this ............... day of ......
A- D- 191 ..... , before me, a Notary Public in and for said
County and State, came .......................................... and ..................................... .
wn° personally known to me to be the same person ......
who executed the within and foregoing instrument of
writing and as such person ...... duly acknowledged the exe-
cution of the same.
I* WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
And affixed my notarial seal the day and year last above
written.
My commission expires ..............................
Notary Public.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR CORPORATION.
STATE OF
County of j
On this day of , A. D. 191 , before
me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the
County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
and to me known to be the identical person
who subscribed the name of the maker thereof to the fore-
going instrument as its and acknowl-
edged to me that lie executed the same as his free and vol-
untary act and deed, and as the free and voluntary act
and deed of such corporation, for the uses and purposes
herein set forth.
Given under mv hand and seal of office the day and
year last above written.
My commission expires
Notary Public.
GLOSSARY.
TERMS AND METHODS, AS APPLIED IN THE
OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY.
Crude Oil. — The raw oil product as it comes from the
well.
Fuel Oil. — The residue from the crude oil after the
gasoline has been extracted. Used as fuel by railroads,
steamships, factories and heating plants.
Oil Sand. — This term refers to the thick layers of
porous rock found at various depths below the surface or
the earth. This oil sand or porous sandstone is nature's
store-house for crude oil. Usually the thicker these lay-
ers of sand are the greater the production and the longer
the life of the oil well.
Derrick-Standard. — The tall framework which must
be constructed before the drilling of a deep well can start.
The average height of the standard derrick is seventy-five
feet. The great height is necessary on account of the
length of the drilling tools which must be lowered into
and hoisted out of the wrells.
A STANDARD RIG NEAR ESTILL FURNACE.
In the deeper drilling sections of the Estill-Lee-Powell Field drill-
ing rigs of this type secure better results than the portable ons. Photo
by W. R. Jillscn, 1917.
612
GLOSSARY
613
Rig.— The derrick and all that goes with it; the drill-
ing apparatus.
Portable Rig. — Movable drilling machine used for
shallow and medium shallow wells— five hundred to four-
ten hundred feet.
A PORTABLE DRILLING RIG ON BIG SINKING.
In many parts of this notable Kentucky Oil Field, portable rigs
like the one seen above secure quite as good results as the more costly
Standard rigs.
Drilling Tools. — The steel bit about six feet long,
the steel beam about thirty feet long and the steel jars
about six feet long, which are all firmly fastened to the
end of the drilling cable. The combined weight of these
tools is from four thousand to eight thousand pounds,
depending upon the length and diameter of the stem.
Bailer. — This is a steel bucket, usually about thirty
feet long and from five to eight inches in diameter. It is
used in bailing out water and gravel produced by the
drill. The bailer has a false bottom, which i- nii-.-d
when it touches the bottom of the well, allows the bailer
to fill up with water, sand and gravel, and immediately
•closes when the bailer is lifted. This mud, water and
sand are emptied into a pond at the side of the riir m- der-
rick. The small particles of sand or gravel which come
up in the bailer are carefully examined by the driller, who
614 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
should keep an exact record of the formation found at
every foot of the well depth.
Casing. — Twenty-foot joints of steel pipe which is
used to case out water and prevent caving of the wells in
drilling. This casing is used in all sizes from sixteen
inch down to four inches in diameter. The twenty-foot
joints are fastened together as they are lowered into the
well. Casing begins from the top of the ground and each
time a string of casing goes into the wells the size of the
drill bit must be reduced, to go inside of the casing.
Each string of casing must start from the top of the well.
From two to a half-dozen or more different sizes of cas-
ings are used in each well — one string inside the other.
If the well is a producer, the inside string of casing is left
in the well and the other casing removed. If the well is
a non-producer, all of the casing is lifted out of the well
and used again.
Bonus Money. — If a land owner has a .piece of land in
t location highly approved by geologists or close to pro-
ducing oil wells, he requires the lessee to pay him, in
addition to one-eighth royalty, a bonus of from one dol-
lar to as high as one hundred dollars or more per acre
for the privilege of securing the lease. This bonus money
gives the lessee one year in which to begin drilling on the
land. If the drilling is not started within a specified
time, the lease may be cancelled or rentals are paid at the
rate of one dollar or more per acre per annum.
Assignment. — The legal instrument which is issued
when the lease owner transfers to an individual or cor-
poration all or part ownership in any lease.
Production.— The term used in designating the crude
oil product of oil wells. When producing wells are dis-
posed of, they are usually sold on the basis of the average
total daily production of all the wells producing oil on the
lease. In referring to a given well or lease as having
such and such production reference is made to the daily
production.
Settled Production. — The average total daily produc-
tion from all the wells on any oil lease where the wells
have been producing for four months to a year or more.
A ten-day gauge for all the wells on the property is
usually taken in order to determine the actual average
settled production per day so as to arrive at a settlement
GLOSSARY
615
PRODUCING WELL AND STORAGE TANK ON THE JACK WELLS
LEASE, IRVINE POOL EXTENSION.
Photo by McClure, Lexington.
price. At this time settled production in Kentucky is
selling for as much as one thousand to fifteen hundred
dollars per ham-!.
Flush I'rndm-tion. — Flush production means the
early, first production — the maximum production. This
usually settles down to about one-tenth in the ordinary
well. To illustrate: A well tint was "shot" and brought
in a five hundred barrel flush production will usuallv in
most cases, settle down in a matter of three to thirty days
to about fifty barrels per day "settled production."
I' dine of an Oil Well. — A producing oil well sells on
the basis of about one thousand dollars per day, for each
barrel settled production — some claim fifteen hundred
dollars per day. For example — If one owned a well with
a settled production of one thousand barrels per day, one
should be able to sell the same for a| pr«i\imati-ly $1,000,-
000 to $1,500,000.
Life of an Oil Well.— Nc man can tell how long .1
given well will produce a given production. Old oil men
usually say that a fair production will be kept up for ten.
€16
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
THE FAMOUS ANGIE McREYNOLDS GUSHER.
This well at the time it drilled into the pay produced an estimated
1,500 barrels. All of the wells on this lease were shut down to provide
immediate storage for it. Photo by W. R. Jillson, July 20, 1919.
years. Usually wells of a gusher character, with big pro-
duction, gradually slacken off. There are many wells that
have been producing for thirty and forty years or more,
in the State of Kentucky.
First Oil Well— The first oil well in Kentucky was
drilled in 1819 by Martin Beatty, of Abington, Virginia,
on the South Fork of the Cumberland River in what was
then Wayne, but is now McCreary County, Kentucky. It
was a shallow well and was not drilled with the purpose
of securing oil but salt brine. Rock oil or petroleum was
then unknown.
The Deepest Oil Well. — According to reliable infor-
mation, the deepest oil well in the world at the present
time, has been drilled seven thousand three hundred and
sixty-three feet in Northern West Virginia.
Oil Royalty. — An individual owns a piece of land,
usually farm land. For a certain sum, he gives the lease
for the oil and gas possibilities on this land to some oil
producer. The producing company agrees to pay him a
cash rental, per acre, per year, until oil is brought in, in
paying quantities. When the producing company drills
a well and gets oil in paying quantities, the cash rental
GLOSSARY 617
for the lease ceases, but in place thereof, the owner of the
land gets one-eighth of the oil produced on his land; the
producing company gets seven-eighths. The pipe line
companies, who operate separately and distinctly from
the producing companies, take the oil from the land and
settle with the owner of the land and the producing com-
pany twice every month. The pipe line companies send
a check for one-eighth of the oil, which is the oil royalty,
to the owner of the land, and send a check for seven-
eighths to the producing company who own the lease.
The owner of the land has no expense of drilling or oper-
ation, but gets his "royalty" as rental for his land.
Demand For Oil. — The demand for oil is "legiti-
mate.'' More than that, it is permanent, and is likely to
increase. There is consumed to-day ten times the quan-
tity consumed ten years ago. Automobiles, auto trucks,
railroads, airplanes, farm tractors, steamships, etc., are
the consuming agencies. In another ten years the de-
mand should be ten times what it is to-day. Sea carriers
have only recently begun to discard coal as a fuel. Oil
as fuel has every advantage. It is said that the steam-
ships of the world alone could use every barrel of oil pro-
duced to-day. Oil is the automotive force of to-day and
tomorrow.
Shooting a Well. — After a well is drilled and reaches
the oil sand, if this sand is found to be "tight" or com-
pact, it may be loosened by a method termed "shooting."
This is done in the following way. A block of tin tubing
(especially prepared for nitroglycerin purposes of six-
foot length) is inserted in the casing and allowed to go
down until it reaches the top of the pay sand. The nitro-
glycerin is poured into this special tube. The amount
of nitroglycerin used depends on the depth or thickness
of the oil sand. There are two methods used in exploding
this nitroglycerin. One is by hand fuse, which is timed ;
the other is by an electric spark, this is let off through the
batteries. This explosion fractures the sand, thereby re-
leasing the oil.
Initial Production. — The amount of oil produced l>y
a well during the first twenty-four hours after it has been
drilled in.
Test Well. — The first well to be drilled on an unde-
veloped lease.
618 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
Dry Well. — A well is called "dry" when it does not
produce crude oil. A dry well in Kentucky means the
loss of from one thousand to fifteen thousand dollars or
more invested in the expense of drilling. The lease may
be a separate loss.
Duster. — Another term for a dry well.
Gasser. — A well producing gas.
Salt Water Well— A well that finds the "pay"" sand
filled with salt water instead of oil.
Wildcatting. — The occupation of searching for gas
or oil in undeveloped territory.
Wildcatter. — The pioneer in the oil and gas business,
he who does the costly prospecting in unproven territory.
The nerve, faith, and money of this group of men have
brought into existence practically every great producing
oil and gas pool in the world.
Tank Farm. — A tract of land sometimes only a few-
acres, sometimes several hundred acres on which are
erected large steel storage tanks used by the oil refineries
and the big producing corporations.
OIL STORAGE AND DRILLING.
View of the property of the Bourbon Oil and Gas Company, on
Ross Creek (J. F. Harris farm), Estill County, Ky. Photo by R. L.
McClure, March, 1919.
Storage Tanks. — Large steel or wooden tanks which
have a capacity, usually from two hundred and fifty bar-
GLOSSARY 61fr
rels to fifty-five thousand barrels. A ten thousand barrel
tank, in Lee County, is the largest in the State of Ken-
tucky. The oil from the wells on a lease is pumped into a
small receiving tank. As fast as this tank is filled up
the oil is gauged and run to the storage tanks. The big
pipe line companies and oil producing companies run
their lines direct to these tanks. As fast as they are
filled the oil is gauged and emptied into the pipe lines.
A run ticket certificate as to the exact number of barrels
of oil taken out of each tank is issued to the lease owner
by the purchasing company or the pipe line company.
Pumphuj Station. — A house containing an engine
and pumping machinery, which is used to 'pump the wells
on a lease where pumping is necessary. Pumping equip-
ment is installed over each well and connected by iron
rods to the central station and this one station furnishes
the power which pumps all of the wells.
Lease Man. — The man in charge of the pump station
and all tlie gauging on each lease. This man earns from
seventy-five to two hundred and fifty dollars per month,
depending on the number of wells and the amount of pro-
duction. This is about the only operating expense con-
DRILLERS QUARTERS.
An important part of the equipment of the rapidly developini
portions of Se Irvine Pool extension. Photo by Mc^&re, Lexington.
620 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY
nected with oil producing leases after the wells have been
completed and equipped.
Drilling Crew. — A drilling crew consists of four men,
the driller, the engineer, helper and tool dresser. These
crews work in twelve-hour shifts, called towers. Two
crews are used in drilling each well, and drilling opera-
tions seldom cease from the tune the well is started until
it is completed.
Brought In. — The term used after an oil well has
been completed and the oil is being actually produced.
Flowing Well. — An oil well that flows naturally of its
own force without the aid of a pump.
Pump Well. — An oil well that requires the aid of
pump to bring the oil to the surface.
COMPLETED OIL WELL ON PUMP AND LINE.
View of the Moss St. John farm in Lee County, Kentucky. This
property is operated by the Big Sinking Oil Company, of Lexington,
Ky.
Gusher. — An oil well of tremendous force and excep-
tionally large production. Any large well which on being
brought in flows naturally, an artesian oil well.
Casing Head Gas. — Wet gas, escaping from oil wells.
During past few years, many plants have been erected to
extract the gasoline from casing head gas.
GLOSSARY
621
Deep Test. — First deep well drilling on certain lease
or in a certain section to prove up a deep pay stand
strata.
Proven Lease. — A lease which has producing oil wells
on it.
Offset Well. — If a producing well is brought in with-
in a certain distance, usually between two and three hun-
dred and fifty feet of an adjoining lease, the lessor, or the
producing company leasing this adjoining lease, is gener-
ally obliged to drill within a given time, usually sixty
days. This well is called an offset well. The state oil in-
spector in many states, notifies the producing company on
the adjoining lease that it is necessary to drill an offset
well. This law is based on the theory that a well within a
certain distance will drain some of the oil from the ad-
joining property. The offset law protects the property
owner. It is the bane of many a lease man. In many
states a party or company leasing a certain property are
notified that they must drill an offset well within a cer-
tain time, and if they fail to do it, they forfeit their lease
OFFSET WELLS DRILLED TOO CLOSE.
Less then twenty-five feet separate these two wells on the Y.
Oliver and T. Oliver -properties in the Gainesville pool. Within a
circle with a diameter of four hundred feet, the author counted 12
producting wells. Photo by W. R. Jillson, July 10, 1919.
622 OIL AND GAS RESOURCES OP KENTUCKY
to the property, and the owner of same can release to
someone else.
Origin of Oil and Gas. — The question of the origin
of oil and gas has been discussed many times and from
many different standpoints, but no one theory of origin
has ever found universal acceptance. Some geolo-
gists believe that oil and gas were part of the original
earth material and others believe that they were formed
from the decay of plant or animal life. Another com-
mon belief is that metallic carbides come in contact with
water and form hydrocarbons which, on contact with
great heat and pressure, are forthwith changed into oil
and gas. The organic theory has the most universal ac-
ceptance of scientific men.
CREST TEMPLE HILL ANTICLINE.
The view is in the big bend of Skaggs Creek on the Smith farm,
about ten miles south of Glasgow, Barren County, Ky. This struc-
ture was discovered by the author, March 4, 1919. Photo by Chas.
Butts, 1919.
FLOWING WELL ON MARTHA REYNOLDS LEASE.
This well came in flowing approximately 1,200 barrels per day.
On December 5, 1918, three months later it was judged at four hundred
barrels. It is located in Big Sinking Creek, Lee County, Kentucky.
Photo by R. L. McClure, March, 1919.
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGMENT; oil and gas,
form, 608.
ADAIR CO.: Cincinnati Arch in, 97, de-
scribed, 116.
AGREEMENT: oil and gas; form, 605.
ALLEN CO.- early drilling in, 7; Nia-
garan in, 73; Ononrtnea in, 77; Black
Shale in, 80; Waveriy in. *1 ; described,
116, 117; well logs, 179.
ANALYSES: distillation, 29 to 38.
ANDERSON CO.: described, 118.
ANTICLINE, Cincinnati: see Arch.
ARCH, Cincinnati: extent of, 97.
ASHLEY: see pools.
ASSIGNMENTS: denned. 614.
ATTRACTION, CAPILLARY: cause of
migration of oil and gas -19, 50.
BAILER: defined, 613.
BALLARD CO.: described, 118.
BARREN CO.: early drilling in, 7; Cin-
cinnatian in, 7; Trenton sands in, 69;
Niagaran in, 73; Waveriy sands in, 83;
described, 118, 119; well logs, 191.
BARREN CO. "DEEP SAND": in table,
69.
BATH CO.: Ragland Pool, 9.
BATH CO.: Niagaran in, 73; Waveriy in,
82; Big Lime in, 84; described in, 119,
120; well logs. 203.
BE ATT Y, MARTIN: first discovers oil
in Kentucky, 3.
BE4.VER SANDS: in table, S9; in Martin
and Floyd Co., 90; in Leslie, Clay and
Knox. 91; oil from, 91.
BEDFORD, FORMATION: pinches out,
BEEKMANTOWN, FORMATION: cor-
relatives in Kentucky, 65.
BELL CO.: described. 121; well logs, 216.
BEREA, "GRIT," SAND OR FORMA-
TION: in Lawrence. 10; pinches out,
78; in table, 82; in Eastern Kentucky,
BERTHELOT, FRENCH CHEMIST: in-
organic theory of oil and gas, 45.
BIG INJUN SAND: in table, 82; in south-
eastern Kentucky coal, 83.
"BIG LIME": see St. Genevieve-St.
T.ouis Limestone.
BIG SINKING: see Pools.
BLACK SHALE. FORMATION: not
source of oil and gas in Onondaga, 55;
relation to Onondaga^ 75; of Upper De-
von'an time, 78; equivalents, Ohio,
Tennessee and New York, 78; in table,
79; described, 79, 80; oil and gas produc-
er, 80; not indigenous source of oil and
gas, 80, 81; source of petroleum by dis-
tillation, 81.
BOONE CO.: described, 121.
BOURBON CO.: described, 121.
BOYD CO.: Waveriy sands in, 83; Big
Lime in, 84; depth to Big Lime, 85;
thickness of Pottsville, 90; described,
121: well logs. 217.
BOYLE CO.: described. 122: well logs, 223.
BRACKEN CO.: described, 122.
BRASSFIELD FORMATION: see Clin-
ton.
BREATHITT CO.: natural gas in, 42;
Beaver, Horton, Pike Sands in, 91; de-
scribed, 122, 123; well logs, 223.
BRECKINRTDGE CO.: early gas pro-
ducer, 8; Bier Lime in, 85; described, 124;
well logs. 232.
BROUGHT IN: defined, 620.
BUCK VON, GERMAN CHEMIST: or-
tranic theory of, 46.
RUCK CREEK: see Pools.
BULLTTT CO.: Waveriy in, 81; describ-
ed, 124.
BURKESVILLE, WELL: discovered, 5:
in Trenton Sands, 68; from deepest
Kentucky o'l sands, 97.
BUTLER CO.: described, 125; well logs,
235.
CALCTFEROUS SAND: In table, 65,
place of, 65; underlies Trenton, 66;
oolitic phase. 66; source of salt and min-
eral water. 66: produces oil and gas, 66
CALDWELL CO.: described, 125; well
CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN: occurrence
of oil and gas in, 47.
CALLOWAY CO.: described, 125.
CAMPBELL CO. : described, 126.
CAMPTON: see Pools.
CANADIAN, SERIES: in Ordivlcian Sys-
tem. 65; in table, 65.
CANEY SAND: in table, 69.
OANNEL CITY: see Pools.
CANNELTON. INDIANA: well log, 538.
CARLISLE CO.: described, 126.
CARROLL CO.: described, 126; well logs,
237
CARTER CO.: Waveriy Sands In, 8
Big Lime in. 84; depth to Big Lime 85;
thickness of Pottsvillfe, 90; described,
126; well logs, 238.
CASEY CO.: Cincinnati Arch In, 97; de-
scribed, 127.
CASING OFF: defined, 614.
CENTRAL CITY, W. VA.: well log, 543.
CHAMPLATNIAN SERIES: in table. 95
CHATTANOOGA SHALE: equivalent of
Black Shale. 78.
CHESTER SERIES: descript'on of, 86, 87;
in table, 86. 93.
CHOLESTEROL: in animal fats, 47; In
petroleum, 47.
CHRISTIAN CO.: described, 127; well
CINCINNATI, OHIO: well lop. 539.
CINCINNATIAN SERIES: in table, 69.
95: stages of. 69; described 69: outcrop
of, 7«: thickness. 70; oil and gas hori-
zon. 71: sands of. 71.
CIVIL WAR, THE: effect of on oil pro-
duction, ': boom after, 7.
CLARK CO.: described. 128.
CLAY CO.: Beaver, Horton, Pike Sands
in, 91; described, 128; well logs, 243.
626
INDEX
CLINTON, FORMATION: described, 71; I
petroliferous, 72; in table, 72; in West-
ern Kentucky, 72.
CLINTON CO.: early drilling in, 7; Tren-
ton Sand in, 69; Cincinnatian in, 70, 71;
Waverly in, 81; Big Lime in, 85; de-
scribed, 129; well logs, 247.
COLORADO: oil shales of, 47.
CONTROL, of petroleum, natural gas
and salt water wells, 596.
COOPER SANDS: in table, 82; in Wayne,
83.
CORNIPEROUS LIMESTONE: see On-
ondaga.
CORPORATIONS, OIL: capitalization
CRETACEOUS SYSTEM: in Jackson
Purchase, 92.
CREW, DRILLING: denned, 620.
CRITTENDEN CO. : described, 129.
CUMBERLAND CO.: oil discovered, 5;
Trenton Sands in, 69; Cincinnatian in,
70; wells in, 96, 97; described, 129; well
logs, 247.
CUMBERLAND "SHALLOW" SAND: in
table, 69.
CUYAHOGA, FORMATION: part of
Waverly, 82; in table, 82.
DAVIESS CO.: described, 130; well logs,
258.
DEED, OIL AND GAS: form, 603.
DENSITY, BAUME: of crude petroleum,
28.
DERRICK: standard, denned, 612.
DEVONIAN, SYSTEM: source of oil and
gas, 47; described, 74; Black Shale of,
55; factors of, 55; Upper in table, 94;
Middle in table, 75, 94.
DOME: Lexington, 97; Nashville, 97.
DULIN, CHAS.: drills well in Estill,
1916, 1.
DUSTER: defined, 618.
EDMONSON CO.: described, 130, 131;
well logs, 261.
ELLIOTT CO. : natural gas in, 42; Wav-
erly Sands in, 83; described, 131; well
logs. 261.
EPPERSON SAND: in table 89, 93.
ESTILL CO.: discovery of oil in, 10;
Niagaran in, 73; Onondaga in, 75; Big
Lime in, 84; thickness of Pottsville in,
90; described, 132: well logs, 262.
EVALUATION, QUANTATIVE: of ten
structures, 43.
FARM. TANK: denned, 618.
FAULT. PINE MT.: result of, 100.
FAYETTE CO.: described, 133.
FIELDS. GAS: see Pools.
FLEMING CO.: Niagaran in, 73; Waver-
ly in, 82: described, 133.
FLOYD CO.: first well, 7; natural gas in,
42; evaluation, 43; Onondaga In, 77;
Black Shale in, 80; WaverTy Sands in,
83; Big Lime in, 84; depth of Big Lime,
85; gas from Big Lime, 85, 86; Chester
in, 87; the thickness of Pottsville, 90:
Beaver, Horton. Pike Sands in, 90; de-
scribed. 135; well logs, 274.
FORT CASSION: correlation in Ken-
tucky. 65.
FRANKFORT, KY. : unsuccessful wella
at, 66.
FRANKLIN CO.: described, 135.
FULTON CO.: described, 135.
GALLATIN CO.: described, 137.
GARRARD CO.: described, 137.
GAS, CASING HEAD: defined, 620.
GAS, NATURAL: production, 38; com-
pressor at Kermit, W. Va., 38; analysis,
41; production 1889 to 1919, 40, 41.
GASSER: defined, 618.
GENESEE, SERIES: equivalent of Black
Shale, 78: in table, 94.
GEOLOGIST. OIL AND GAS: value to
clients, 59.
GORMLEY, LOUIS H.: discovers oil in
Floy-:) Co.. 7.
GRANT CO.: described, 137.
GRAVES CO.' described, 137.
GRAVITY, SPECIFIC: cause of itera-
tion of oil and gas, 49, 51.
GRAYSON CO.: described, 137, 138; well
logs. 324.
GREEN CO.: described, 138, 139; well
logs, 335.
GREENUP CO.: Waverly in, 82; Waver-
ly Sands in, 83; Big Lime in, 84; thick-
ness of Pottsville, 90; described, 139;
well logs. 337.
GULF COSTAL PLAIN: occurrence of oil
and gas there, 46.
GUSHER: defined, 620.
HAMILTON FORMATION: part of Mid-
dle Devonian, 74; in table, 75; near
Louisville, 77; in table, 94.
HANCOCK CO.: Chester in, 87; describ-
ed, 1S9; well logs, 339.
HARDIN CO.: Calciferous in, 66; de-
scribed, 140.
HARLAN CO.: described, 140.
HARRISON CO.: described, 140; well
logs, 340.
HART CO.: Big Lime in, 85; described,
140; well logs, 340.
HENDERSON CO.: described, 141.
HENRY CO.: described, 141.
HICKMAN CO.: described, 141.
HIGH BRIDGE, FORMATION: in table,
67; exposed in Woodford and Mercer,
68; relation to calciferous, 68.
HOPKINS CO.: described, 141; well logs,
343.
HORTON, SAND: in table, S9; in Martin
and Floyd, 90; in Leslie, Clay and Knox,
91; oil from, 91.
HYDROCARBONS: inorganic origin, 45;
organic origin, 46; undistilled in shales,
47.
CUyen
IRONTON,
IRVIN
INDEX
I
Lime-
627
CREEK-WARF1ELD
t im FOLD: In Eastern Ken-
IRVINE, POOL: see Pools.
of pottsville
sediments '"•
JEFFERSON CO.: described 14">
JESSAMINE CO.: deep drilling in. 65-
JOHNSON CO.: natural gas In. 39, 40.
41: evaluation 43; Onondaga in. 77;
Waverly Sands in, 83; Big Lime in, 84;
gas from Big Lime. 86; Chester In. 87;
Pottsville in. W; thickness of Pottr-
ville, 90; described. 144; well logs. 344.
JONES. SAND: in table. 89.
.
KENOVA, W VA • well loe 540
KENTON CO. : descried. 145'. '
KENTUCKY RIVER FAULT: In Cen-
tral Kentucky, 102
KINDERHOOK, FORMATION: part of
M averlj-. 82; in table. 82.
KNOTT CO.: Natural gas in. 42; evalua-
tion, 43; gas from Big Lime, 85, 86;
Beaver, Horton, Pike Sands, 91; de-
scribed, 145; well logs, 355.
KNOX CO.: oil discovered, 7; natural gas
in, 42: Chester in, 87; Beaver. Horton.
Pike Sands, 91; described, 145. 146; well
logs, 362.
KNOX DOLOMITE. SAND: in table. «7;
thickness of, 6S; extent of. 68; "Deep1*
sand of Wayne, 68.
LAGRANGE: gas wells at, 71.
LARUE CO.: described. 147; well logs,
LAUREL CO.: described, 147; well logs.
LAUREL, LIMESTONE: part of Nia-
garan, 73; thickness of, 73
LAWRENCE CO.: oil discovered in, 10;
natural gas in, 39, 40, 42; Onondaga in.
77; Waverly in, 83; Big Lime in, 84;
depth to Big Lime, 85; thickness of
Pottsville, 90; described, 149; well logs,
LEASES, OIL AND GAS: manner of
writing, 59; prices for, 14, 15; form. 599;
assignment from, 609; proven, defined,
LEE CO.: Niagaran in, 73; described, 149;
well logs, 414.
LEE, FORMATIONS: part of Pottsville.
LENSES, SAND: origin of, 55.
LESLIE CO.: Beaver, Horfon, Pike
Sands in, 91; described, 150.
| LETCHER CO.: described. 151.
LEWIS CO.: Niagaran in, 73: Onondaga
in, 75; Waverly Sands in, 83; dcsi ril...!
in, 151; well logs, 420.
LEXINGTON, DOME: part of Cincin-
nati Arch, 97.
LEXINGTON, LIMESTONE: see Tren-
ton.
LEXINGTON, SAND: in table. 67.
LIASSIC. SHALES: of Wurtemburg. 46.
LINCOLN CO.: described, 151; well logs.
421.
LIVINGSTON CO.: described, 152.
LOGAN CO.: CIncinnatlan In, 71; describ-
ed. 152, 153; well logs, 422.
LOGAN, FORMATION: part of Waver-
ly. 82; in table, 82.
LOUISVILLE. KY.: unsuccessful wells
at. 66; Onondaga at, 77.
LOUISVILLE LIMESTONE: part of Nia-
garan, 73; thickness of. 73.
LYON CO.: described, 154.
MADISON CO.: Clinton formation in.
71; Niagaran in, 73; described, 154.
MAGOFFIN CO.: natural gas in, 40, 42;
evaluation, 43; Onondaga in, 77; Big
Lime in, 84; depth to Big Lime, 85; gas
from Big Lime, 85; Pottsville in. 89;
depth to Pottsville, 92; described, 154;
well logs, 423.
MAN, LEASE: defined. 619.
MANAGEMENT: problems of. 61.
MARION CO.: described. 154, 155.
MARSHALL CO.: described, 155.
MARTIN CO.: early gas producer, 8; nat-
ural gas in, 38; Waverly in, 83; Big
Lime in, 84; depth to Big Lime, 85; ga«
from Big Lime, 85, 86; Chester in, 87;
Pottsville in, 89; thickness of Potts-
ville, 90; Beaver. Horton, Pike Sands,
90; described, 155; well logs, 431.
MASON CO.: described. 156.
MAUCII CHUNK. GROUP: see Chester
MAUCH CHUNK: channel deposits In,
McCRACKEV CO.: described. 156.
McCreary Co.: oil flrnt found there. 4:
Trenton in. 68. 69; described. 156; well
MCLE'AN"CO.: described. 166; well los»,
MAXON (MAXTON) SAND: In table 88;
oil and gas from. 87; thickness of, 88.
.MKM'K CO.: early gas producer. 8;
Black Shale In. NO; Big Lime In. 86; de-
scribed. 157: well logs. 437.
MENDEIJIEFF. RUSSIAN CHEMIST:
inorganic theory of. 45.
628
INDEX
MENIFEE CO.: Ragland Pool discover-
ed, 9; gas discovered, 9; gas in, 39, 40;
Niagaran in, 73; Big Lime in, 84; thick-
ness of Pottsville, 90; described, 157;
well logs, 437.
MENIFEE: see Pools.
MERCER CO.: described, 158.
METCALFE CO.: described, 158.
MEXICO: occurrence of oil and gas in,
46.
MIGRATION: of oil and gas, 48, 49.
MILLERS CREEK: see Pools.
MISSISSIPPI AN SYSTEM: productive
sands of, 10; source of oil and gas, 47;
described, 81; Lower in table, 82, 94;
Upper in table, 93; Middle in table, 93.
MOHAWKIAN, SERIES: see Champlain-
MONEY, BONUS: denned, 614.
MONROE CO.: Waverly in, 81; de-
scribed, 159.
MONTGOMERY CO.: Big Lime in, 84; de-
scribed, 160.
MORGAN CO.: oil discovered, 10; natural
gas in, 42; evaluation, 43; Caney Sand
of, 71; Big Lime in, 84; depth to Big
Lime, 85; thickness of Pottsville, 90;
described, 160; well logs, 450.
MT. PISGAH, SAND: in table, 82; in
Wayne Co.. S3.
MUHLENBERG CO*: described, 161; well
logs, 466.
NELSON CO.: described, 161.
NIAGARAN SERIES: in Allen Co., 12;
described, 72; in table, 72, 95; thickness
of, 73; important for oil and gas, 73.
NICHOLAS CO.: described, 161; well
logs, 469.
NICHOLASVILLE, KY. : well at, 161.
OIL: crude and fuel denned, 612; demand
for, 617; origin of, 622.
OHIO BLACK SHALE: equivalent of
Black Shale, 78.
OHIO: Cincinnati well log, 537; Ports-
mouth well log, 539; Ironton well log,
540.
OHIO Co.: described, 162; well logs, 467.
OLDHAM CO.: Cincinnatian in, 71; de-
scribed, 162; well logs, 470.
ONE1DA, SCOTT CO., TENN. : well log,
544.
ONONDAGA LIMESTONE: producer in
Ragland Pool, 9; in Wolfe Co., 10; in
Allen and Warren, 12; principal oil
horizon, 55; classified, 74; relation to Ni-
agaran, 74; in table, 75, 94; described,
75; porosity of, 75; pay sands in, 75; ex-
tent, 76, 77; pools in, 77.
ORDIVICIAN SYSTEM: produces from
Trenton, 10; source of oil and gas, 55;
groups of, 65; Upper, Lower, Middle in
table, 95.
ORIGIN, OF OIL AND GAS: organic, 44,
46; inorganic, 44, 45.
OSGOOD "SHALE: part of Niagaran, 73;
thickness of, 73.
OTTER SAND: in table, 82; in Wavne
Co., 83.
OWEN CO.: described, 162.
OWSLEY CO.: natural gas in, 42; de-
scribed, 163; well logs, 471.
PAINT CREEK FAULT: see Irvine-
Paint Creek-Warfleld Fault and Fold.
PENDLETON CO.: described, 163.
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM: source of
oil and gas, 47; described, 88; in table,
89, 93.
PERRY CO.: natural gas in, 42; describ-
ed, 163, 164; well logs, 473.
PHYLOSTEROL: in vegetable fats, 47;
in petroleum, 47.
PIKE CO.: natural gas in, 42; Big Lime
in, 84, 85; depth to Big Lime, 85; gas
from Big Lime, 85, 86; Chester in, 87;
thickness of Pottsville, 90; described,
164, 165; well logs, 477.
PIKE, SAND: in table, 89, 93; in Martin
and Floyd, 90; in Leslie, Clay and Knox,
91; oil from, 91.
PIPE LINES: Cumberland, 18, 19, 64;
Indian Refining Co., 19, 64; American,
19, 64; Smiths Grove, 19, 64; Kentucky,
38, 64; Louisville Gas & Electric, 64;
Central Kentucky, 38, 64; Paint Creek
Extension, 39; classes, 64.
POOLS AND FIELDS, OIL AND GAS:
Gainesville, 3, 11, 106; Scottsville, 3, 11,
108; Big Sinking, 3, 77, 110; Ashley, 3,
11, 77, 111; Bear Creek, 7, 105; Ragland,
9, 77, 112; Menifee, 77, 111; Irvine, 10, 11,
77, 110; Campton, 10, 77, 111; Cannel
City, 10, 77, 111; Ross Creek, 77, 110;
Station Camp, 77, 110; Millers Creek, 77;
Buck Creek, 77, 109; Cloverport, 104;
Rock Haven, 104; Hartford, 104; Caney-
ville, 104; Leitchfield, 105; Diamond
Springs, 105; Jewell, 106; Butlersville,
106; Halfway, 106; Sunnybrook, 10; Rode-
mer and Petroleum, 107; Adolphus, 107;
Steffy, 108; Oil City, 108; Hiseville, 108;
Oskamp, 108; Wayne Co. Associated,
108, 109; Frozen Creek, 109; Still water,
111; Olympia, 112; Fallsburg, 10, 112;
Busseyville, 10, 112; Georges Creek, 112;
Laurel Creek, 113; Paint Creek, 113;
Ivyton, 113; Beaver Creek, 113; Inez,
114; Green Hill, 114; Moulder, 12, 114;
McReynoids, 12.
POROSITY: influences gravity, 47; in-
fluences capillary attraction, 50; in-
fluences distribution, 51; relation to
production, 97.
PORTSMOUTH, OHIO: well log, 539.
POTTSVILLE CONGLOMERATES: chan-
nel deposits in, 55; early producer of
oil and gas, 88; described, 89; in table,
£9, 93; thickness of, 89, 90; first well
from, 91; character of oil from, 92.
POWELL CO.: Niagaran in, 73; Big
Lime in, 73; described, 165, 166; well
logs, 485.
PRESSURE: influences oil and gas accu-
mulation, 53, 54; relation to production,
PRICE OF OIL: American Oil, 6; Ken-
tucky crude, 6.
PRODUCTION: increase In, 10; depth of.
INDEX 629
1-'; h.nv handled, 1'.'; summary, 26; value
of. 27; life of, 62; cause i.f decline, ».J;
defined, Oil; settled, 614; flush, 615; Ini-
tial, 617.
PULASKI CO.: Clnclnnatlan In, 70; de-
scribed, 167; well logs, 493.
QUATERNARY SYSTEM: in Jackson Purchase, 92.
RAGLAND: see Pools.
REFINERIES: Standard Oil, 18; Etna,
18; Stoll, 18; in Warren Co., 18; in E.
Ky., 18; at Lawrenceville, 111., 19.
REGIONS: geological of Ky., 115; oil and
gas possibilities of, 115, 116.
RIG: varieties, 6l'; defined, 613; portable,
613.
ROBERTSON CO.: described, 167.
ROCKCASTLE CO.: Big Injun in, 83;
described, 167; well logs, 494.
ROSS CRKEK: see Pools.
ROUGH CREEK FAULT AND FOLD:
in W. Ky., 102.
RO\VAN CO.: Ragland Pool In, 9; Big
Injun in, 84; describ, d. His; well logs,
KOY.M.TY. OIL: doflned. 616.
RUSSELL CO.: Cincinnatlan in, 70; Cin-
cinnati Arch in, 97; described, 16S; well
logs, 498.
SALT WATER: in Warren Co., 13.
SANDS, OIL AND GAS: Mt. Pisgah, 10,
82, 94; Beaver, 10, 82, 89, 93, 94; Otter,
10, 82, 94; Cooper, 10, 82, 94; Slickford,
10, 82, 83, 94; Lower Sunny brook, 69;
Horton, 89, 93; Pike, 89, 93: Wages, 89,
93; Jones, 89, f«; Epperson, 89, 93; Maxon,
86, 93; Bier Lime, 84, 93; Keener, 82, 94;
Big Ininn, 82, 94; Squaw, 82, 83, 94; Wier,
82, 94; Berea, 82, 94; Stray, 82, 94; Amber
011, 82, 94; Black Shale, 79, 94; Strays,
79, 94; Corniferous, 75, 94; Irvine, 75, 94;
Ragland, 75, 94; Campton, 75, 94; Niag-
aran, 72, 95; Clinton, 72, 95; Caney, 69,
95; Upper Sunnybrook, 69, 95; Barren
Co. "Deep" 69, 95; Cumberland "Shal-
low", 69, 95; Upper Trenton, 67, 95; Lex-
ington, 67, 95; Lower Trenton, 67, 95;
High Bridge, 67, 95; Calciferous. 65, 95;
Knox Dolomite, 67, 95; defined, 612.
SCOTT CO.: described, 169.
SEDIMENTS: of cretaceous and quater-
nary, 92.
SHELBY CO.: described. 169.
SILURIAN SYSTEM: source of oil and
gas, 55; described, 71; in table, 72.
SIMPSON CO.: Onondaga in, 71; Waver-
ly in, 83; described, 1«9.
SPENCER CO. : described 170.
STATION CAMP: see Pools.
STATION, PUMPING: defined, 619.
ST. GENEV1EYE-ST. LOUIS SEKIES:
called Big Injun, 84: correlations, 84;
in table, 84, 93; described, 84: thickness,
84, 85; depths to, 85; petroliferous, 10;
produces gas, 85.
ST. LOUIS SERIES: see St. Genevleve-
St. Louis.
STORAGE: necessity of, 63; size of tanks,
64; varieties. 64.
STOKER AND WARREN .CHEMISTS:
work, of, 46.
"STRAY" SANDS: origin of, 55.
STRUCTURE: relation to production, '<7.
SUNHURY SHALE: on top of B'ark
Shale, 78; included with Black Shale. 78.
TANKS, STORAGE: defined, CIS.
TAYLOU CO.: Waverly in, 81; described,
176; well logs, 500.
TELL CITY, INDIANA: well log, P38.
TENNESSEE, SCOTT CO., ONE! DA:
well log, 544.
TEST, DEEP: defined, 621.
THEORY, ORGANIC AND INOR-
GANIC: see Origin.
TODD CO.: described, 170, 171.
TOOLS, DRILLING: defined, 613.
TRENTON GROUP: part of Middle Or-
divlcian, 66; oil from In Ohio, 66; over-
lies calciferous, 66: exposed at Ix>xlnK-
ton, Ky., 66; depth to at Owenslniro.
67; In Floyd. 67: In Ohio, 67: In table,
67, 95; oil and gna horizon, 68; sec also
TRIGG'CO.: described. 171.
TRIMBLE CO.: described. 171.
UNION CO.: described, 171; well logs, 501. | UTAH: oil shales of, 47.
\v
WALDRON SHALE: part of Niagaran,
73; thickness of, 73.
WAGES: see Sand.
WARFIELD FAULT: see Irvine-Paint
Creek- Warfleld Fault and Fold.
\\.\KHEN CO.: Clnclnnatlan In. 71: Nia-
garan In, 73; Onondaira In, 77; described,
172, 173: Well logs. 604.
WARRKN AND 8TORKU, CHEMISTS:
work of, 46.
630
INDEX
WARSAW FORMATION: included in Big
Lime, 85; part of Waverly, 82; in table,
82.
WASHINGTON CO.: described, 173.
WAVERLY SERIES: outcrop of, 81; de-
scribed, 81, 82; in table, 82, 94; extent
of, 83.
WAYNE CO.: early production in, 8;
Trenton Sand in, 68, 69; Cincinnatian
in, 70, 71; Upper Sunnybrook of, 71;
Waverly in, 83; described, 173, 174; well
logs, 516.
WEBSTER CO.: described, 175; well logs,
519.
WEST VIRGINIA: Kenova well log, 540;
Williamson well log, 541; Central City
well log, 543.
WIER: see Sand.
WELL: value and life of, 615; first in Ky.t
616; deepest, 616; test, 617; shooting a,
617; dry, 618; salt water, 618; flowing,
620; pump, 620; offset, 621.
WHITLEY CO.: Cincinnatian in, 70; Big
Lime in, 85; depth to Big Lime, 85;
Chester in, 87; described, 175, 176; well
logs, 525.
WILD-CATTING: defined, 618.
WILD-CATTER: defined, 618.
WILLIAMSON, W. VA. : well log, 540.
WOLFE CO.: Campton Pool discovered,
10; gas in, 42; Caney Sand of, 71; Big
Lime in, 84; depth to Big Lime, 85;
Pottsville in, 89; thickness of Potts-
ville, 89; described, 176, 177; well logs,
WURTEMBURG: Liassic Shales of, 46.
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