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56 GAS RESOURCES OF PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS.
Showings of oil have also been reported in some test wells, the logs
of three such wells being as follows:
Log of Corsicana Petroleum Co.'s well No. 1 on R. J. Garvey farm, in Archer
County, Tex.
[Contractors, J. W. Dyson & Co. Drilled May 11, 1912, to July 12 1912. Casing: 131 inch, 385 feet;
10 inch, 810 feet; 8} inch, 1,306 feet; 61 inch, 2,125 feet.]
Thick-
~*Depth.
ness.
Feet. Feet.
Red m ud............................................... ............................ 20 20
Sand, white.......................................................................... .10 30
Blue mud........................................................................... 30 60
R ed m ud .............................................................................. ,20 80
Sand................................................................... 20 100
Blue m ud............................................................................ 40 140
Red m ud.............................................................................. 25 165
Sand... .......... ................................................................... 10 175
Blue m ud............................................................................. 70 245
Red mud............................................................................... 15 260
S an d ... ... ............. ............ ............ ............ ............ ........... 40 300
Red mud............................................................................... 10 310
Blue mud............................................................................... 30 340
Shale...................................................... ............................ 25 365
Red mud...............................................................................20 385
1?................. ....................................................60 445
Shale. ...... ...... ................................................................. 65 510
Limestone, white....................................................................... 15 525
Shale................................ . . . ...... 25 550
Sand.. ............ .................................................................. 30 580
Red mud............................................................................... 25 605
Sand................................................................... 5 610
Limestone, hard....................................................................... 50 660
Shale.................................................................................. 30 690
Do ................................................................................ 50 740
Limestone............................................................................ 20 760
Sand... . ..... ................................................................... 10 770
Shale and mud................................................................ 60 830
Sand, show of oil and gas............................................................... 20 850
Shale, white............................................................................ 60 910
Shale, sandy .......................................................................... 30 940
Shale, dark........................................................................ 70 1,010
Shale, white............................................................ 30 1,040
Shale, dark............. ................................................. 50 1,090
Sand, white......................................................................... 20 1,110
Limestone............................................................................. 40 1,150
Shale......... .... .................................................................. 90 1,240
Limestone and shale................................................................... 45 1,285
Limestone .. ........ .............................................................. 30 1,315
Shale and limestone.................................................................... 240 1,555
Limestone............................................................................ 20 1,575
Shale................. ............................................................ 30 1,605
Limestone.......................... ...................................... 10 1,615
Shale, dark.......................... ................ 150 1,765
Shale, white........................................................... .51 1,815
Sand, dark..................................... ....................................... 10 1,825
Shale.... ............................................................................ 85 1,910
Shale, sandy............................................................................ 140 2,050
Shale, dark................ .................... 140 2,190
Shale, white............................................................. 90 2,280
Limestone, dark...................................................................... 20 2,300
Shale...................................... ......................................... 20 2,320
Sand................................................................................... 5 2,325
Shale.................................................................................. 5 2,330
Sand................................................................................... 20 2,350
Shale.................................................................. 27 2,377
Bottom dry. Abandoned July 18, 1912.
