Bound Volumes, Hometown Oneonta
July 11, 2024
90 YEARS AGO
Operations at the test well on the farm of Merritt Hazlett, about two miles from Treadwell on the road to Franklin, have been abandoned for the time being. Though a few small pockets of gas were struck, the flow was not sufficient to be of commercial value. The outside casing of the well is being left in place, with a block closing the opening. Ralph Sawyer of Bolivar, contractor in charge of drilling, explained that the apparatus in use was incapable of going deeper than the present depth of 4,550 feet, and that a steam-operated rig might be brought later for the purpose of sinking a deeper hole. The present rig is operated by a gasoline engine. Work on the well was started February 7, 1932, by E.S. Warner of Saratoga Springs. Drilling was commenced after extensive geologic surveys had shown certain rock strata underlying New York were the same as those found to bear oil and gas in other sections.
July 1934
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