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58 GAS RESOURCES OF PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS.
Driller's log of Corsicana Petroleum Co.'s well No. 2 on Cora Harmonson farm,
in Archer County, Tex.
[Contractors, J. W. Dyson & Co. Drilled July 28 to Dec. 12, 1912. Casing: wooden conductor, 357 feet;
13; inch, 357 feet; 10 inch, 711 feet; 8 inch, 1,332 feet; 61 inch, 1,356 feet; 5 inch, 1,590 feet.]
Thick- Depth.
ness.
Feet. Feet.
Surface..................................................................................90 90
Sand,gray..............................................................................10 100
Red rock................................................................................85 185
Sand,gray.............................................................................. 20 205
Red rock............................................................................... 45 250
Slate..................................................................................55 305
Red rock.............................................................................. 2 307
Sand, water............................................................................. 83 390
Shale, blue..............................................................................15 405
Red rock............................................................................... 10 415
Shale, blue.............................................................................. 8 423
Red rock............................................................................... 7 430
Sand, gray, and coal ................................................................... 25 455
Red rock.............................................................................. 85 540
Sand, gray.............................................................................. 10 550
Sand, water.......................................................................... . .65 615
"Slate," white........................................................................ 5 620
Limestone.............................................................................20 640
"Slate," gray. ............................................................. 5 645
Sand, water............................................................................ 35 680
"Slate," gray.......................................................................... 6 686
Limestone.............................................................................. 66 752
"Slate," gray....................................................................... 123 875
Limestone.............................................................................. 10 885
Shale.. ... .. ... .................................................................. 31 916
Sand (show of oil)...................................................................... 5 921
Shale.................................................................................. 9 930
Limestone..............................................................................5 935
Shale.................................................................................. 17 952
Lim estone............................................................................ 5 957
Shale and water.........................................................................118 1,075
Sand.................................................................................. 10 1,085
Shale.................................................................................. 60 1,145
Sand................................................................................... 8 1,153
Shale, blue.............................................................................. 72 1,225
Limestone..............................................................................5 1,230
"Slate"' . . . 2............................. 8 1238
Sand, water............................................................................. 22 1,260
"Slate" .................................................................. 5 1,265
Sand, water............................................................................ 5 1,270
Limestone............................................................................. 8 1,278
Sand, water........................................................................... 37 1,315
"Shale" ................................................................. 82 1,397
Limestone............................................................................. 13 1,410
"Slate"............................................................................... 30 1,440
Limestone.......................................................................... 10 1,450
"Slate" .................................................................. 5 1,455
Limestone............................................................................. 10 1,465
"Slate .................................................................. 5 1,470
Limestone.............................................................................. 25 1,495
Shale.................................................................................. 25 1,520
Sand................................................................................... 40 1,560
Shale...................................................................................155 1,715
Limestone..............................................................................12 1,727
Shale................................................................................. 43 1,770
Limestone............................................................................ 15 1,785
Shale.................................................................................. 15 1,800
Limestone............................................................................ 35 1,835
Shale.................................................................................. 25 1,860
Limestone............................................................................. 15 1,875
Shale, blue............................................................................ 63 1,938
Abandoned May 1, 1913.
Small showings of both gas and oil in Montague County have been
reported, and a deep well has recently been sunk north of the town of
Montague. A log of this well is given below .