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15-17-1aa--Drillers log of test hole drilled by Jungmann Bros. Drilling Co. for city of Overbrook in NE NE sec. 1, T. 15 S., R. 17 E., in January 1953. Altitude of land surface, ±1,133 feet.   Thickness, feet Depth, feet Soil 2 2 Clay 11 13 Limestone 7 20 Shale 2 22 Limestone 3 25 Shale 2 27 Limestone 15 42 Shale 1 43 Limestone 14 57 Shale 18 75 Limestone 7 82 Shale, sandy 33 115 Limestone 7 122 Shale 13 135 Limestone 15 150 Shale, black 3 153 Limestone 3 156 Shale 12 168 Limestone 12 180 Shale 40 220 Shale, sandy 30 250 Sandstone (water 12 gpm) 68 318 Shale 9 327

15-17-1ac1--Drillers log of well drilled by Jungmann Bros. Drilling Co. for city of Overbrook in SW NE sec. 1, T. 15 S., R. 17 E., in February 1953. Altitude of land surface, ±1,144 feet.   Thickness, feet Depth, feet Soil 2 2 Clay and gravel 11 13 Limestone 7 20 Shale, black 2 22 Limestone 3 25 Shale 2 27 Limestone 13 40 Shale 13 53 Limestone 7 60 Shale 11 71 Sandstone 20 91 Shale 2 93 Shale, sandy 3 96 Limestone 14 110 Shale 6 116 Limestone 17 133 Shale, black 4 137 Limestone 2 139 Shale 7 146 Limestone 16 162 Shale 16 178 Limestone 1 179 Shale 16 195 Sandstone (6 gpm water) 60 255 Sandstone 40 295 Shale, sandy 10 305 Shale 20 325 Sandstone, very hard 6 331 Shale, sandy 19 350 Shale 10 360 Shale, sandy 60 420 Sandstone (fresh water) 87 507 Shale, black   507

15-17-1ac2--Drillers log of well drilled by Jungmann Bros. Drilling Co. for city of Overbrook in SW NE sec. 1, T. 15 S., R. 17 E., in March 1953. Altitude of land surface, ±1,141 feet.   Thickness, feet Depth, feet No log 58 58 Limestone 4 62 Shale 40 102 Limestone 5 107 Shale 5 112 Limestone 18 130 Shale 5 135 Limestone 2 137 Shale 7 144 Limestone 21 165 Shale 30 195 Shale, sandy 48 243 Sandstone (water) 76 319 Shale, sandy 11 330 Sandstone 5 335 Shale, green 5 340 Sandstone 15 355 Shale 35 390 Shale, sandy 5 395 Sandstone (fresh water) 100 495 Shale, dark 2 497

15-17-2ab--Drillers log of test hole drilled by Jungmann Bros. Drilling Co. for city of Overbrook in NW NE sec. 2, T. 15 S., R. 17 E., in January 1953. Altitude of land surface, ±1,146 feet.   Thickness, feet Depth, feet Soil 2 2 Clay 23 25 Shale 10 35 Limestone 6 41 Shale . 2 43 Limestone 7 60 Shale 4 64 Limestone 12 76 Shale 25 101 Sandstone 32 133 Shale 2 135 Limestone 6 141 Shale 2 143 Limestone 25 168 Slate 2 170 Limestone 3 173 Shale 4 177 Limestone 16 193 Shale 17 210 Shale, red 5 215 Shale 15 230 Shale, sandy 50 280 Sandstone (water) 10 290

15-17-11ba2--Drillers log of well drilled by Charles Jungmann for Mr. McCarty in NE NW sec. 11, T. 15 S., R. 17 E., in August 1955.   Thickness, feet Depth, feet Soil 2 2 Shale 42 44 Limestone 35 79 Shale, sandy 39 118 Limestone 6 124 Shale 16 140 Limestone 13 153 Shale 5 158 Limestone 20 178 Shale 2 180 Limestone 5 185 Shale 10 195 Limestone 12 207 Shale 53 260 Shale, sandy 15 275 Sandstone (limy break at 314 ?) 85 360 Sandstone, broken, and shale 22 382

15-17-13dc--Drillers log of well drilled by Commerce Drilling Co. for R. E. Tutcher in SW SE see. 13, T. 15 S., R. 17 E., in 1934 (?).   Thickness, feet Depth, feet Soil and clay 9 9 Limestone 18 27 Shale, black 3 30 Limestone 3 33 Shale, gray 10 43 Limestone 12 55 Shale, blue 20 75 Shale, light 15 90 Shale, sandy 72 162 Shale, gray 13 175 Shale, dark 27 202 Limestone 7 209 Shale, gray 11 220 Sandstone (water) 75 295 Sandstone, broken 20 315

15-18-1aa--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson for Mr. Briedhaupt in NE NE sec. 1, T. 15 S., R. 18 E., in April 1948. Altitude of land surface, ±1,085 feet.   Thickness, feet Depth, feet Soil 1 1 Clay, yellow 4 5 Limestone 10 15 Shale, dark 3 18 Limestone 2 20 Shale, light 60 80 Sandstone, gray 15 95 Shale, sandy, gray 85 180 Sandstone (water) 45 225 Shale, sandy 55 280 Sandstone 20 300 Shale 1 301

15-18-7aa--Drillers log of well drilled by Commerce Drilling Co. for R. C. Price in NE NE sec. 7, T. 15 S., R. 18 E., in August 1934. Altitude of land surface, ±1,035 feet.   Thickness, feet Depth, feet Soil 5 5 Limestone 3 8 Shale, gray 3 11 Limestone 3 14 Shale, gray 5 19 Limestone 10 29 Shale, gray 25 54 Limestone 3 57 Shale, gray 13 70 Limestone 3 73 Shale, gray 22 95 Limestone 10 105 Shale, gray 3 108 Limestone 18 126 Shale, dark 5 131 Limestone 2 133 Shale, dark 5 138 Shale, gray 5 143 Limestone 8 151 Shale, gray 2 153 Limestone 4 157 Shale, gray 38 195 Shale, dark 12 207 Shale, sandy 9 216 Sandstone 54 270 Shale, gray 55 325 Limestone 5 330 Shale, sandy 5 335 Sandstone, broken 7 342 Shale, sandy 5 347 Sandstone 54 401 Shale, light 4 405 Shale, dark 9 414 Shale, light 3 417 Sandstone 10 427 Shale 7 434

15-18-7ad--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson for Chris Straub in SE NE sec. 7, T. 15 S., R. 18 E., in 1952. Altitude of land surface, ±1,156 feet.   Thickness, feet Depth, feet Soil 2 2 Clay, yellow 5 7 Limestone, shell 6 13 Shale, black 3 16 Limestone 2 18 Shale, light 7 25 Limestone 8 33 Shale, light gray 22 55 Limestone 2 57 Shale, light 38 95 Limestone 3 98 Shale, light 14 112 Limestone 1 113 Shale, light 1 114 Limestone 15 129 Shale, black 17 146 Limestone 12 158 Shale, gray 7 165 Shale, sandy, gray 10 175 Shale, muddy 20 195 Shale, sandy 115 310 Shale, muddy, dark 5 315 Limestone, cap rock 3 318 Shale, sandy (water) 32 350

15-18-8ba--Drillers log of well drilled by Charles Jungmann for George Maichel in NE NW sec. 8, T. 15 S., R. 18 E., in March 1956.   Thickness, feet Depth, feet Soil 2 2 Clay 5 7 Limestone, broken 13 20 Shale 8 28 Limestone 19 47 Shale 23 70 Limestone 8 78 Shale 32 110 Limestone 9 119 Shale 8 127 Limestone 24 151 Shale 5 156 Limestone 4 160 Shale 15 175 Limestone 8 183 Shale 17 200 Limestone 2 202 Shale 24 226 Shale, sandy 54 280 Shale 69 349 Limestone 7 356 Shale 19 375 Shale, sandy 21 396 Shale 7 403

15-18-17bb--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson (O to 350 feet in January 1953) and Charles Jungmann (350 to 440 feet in 1955) for J. B. Price in NW NW sec. 17, T. 15 S., R. 18 E. Altitude of land surface, ±1,144 feet.   Thickness, feet Depth, feet Soil 13 13 Limestone 6 19 Shale, gray 23 42 Limestone 2 44 Shale, gray 38 82 Limestone 4 86 Shale, gray 19 105 Limestone 15 120 Shale, dark 4 124 Limestone, broken 12 136 Limestone, solid 9 145 Shale, gray 20 165 Shale, sandy, gray 137 302 Limestone, cap 4 306 Sandstone 10 316 Mud, dark blue 9 325 Sandstone 10 335 Sandstone, light gray (200 gal. per hour) 15 350 Shale, sandy (more water) 90 440

15-19-14bb--Drillers log of well drilled by Raymond Schutz for Leonard Newland in NW NW sec. 14, T. 15 S., R. 19 E., in 1955.   Thickness, feet Depth, feet Dirt and sand 10 10 Sandstone, brown 10 20 Soapstone, gray 3 23 Sandstone, brown 27 50

15-20-8aa--Drillers log of well drilled by Raymond Schutz for Jack Randell in NE NE sec. 8, T. 15 S., R. 20 E., in September 1955. Altitude of land surface, ±1,066 feet.   Thickness, feet Depth, feet Soil 10 10 Sandstone 25 35 Soapstone, sandy 8 43 Sandstone 12 55 Soapstone, sandy 22 77 Sandstone 10 87 Soapstone, sandy 2 89 Sandstone, white 12 101 Limestone   101

15-20-11cda--Sample log of test hole in NE SE SW sec. 11, T. 15 S., R. 20 E., drilled May 9, 1956. Altitude of land surface, ±1,056 feet.   Thickness, feet Depth, feet PENNSYLVANIAN--Virgilian Lawrence Shale Soil, friable, silty, dark 0.5 0.5 Clay, oxidized and leached, mottled red and tan 7.5 8 Lawrence Shale-Ireland Sandstone member Sandstone, micaceous, very fine to fine, chiefly quartz, slightly cemented, oxidized, tan 30 38 Shale, olive gray 1.5 39.5 Sandstone, micaceoils, very fine to fine, quartzose, slightly cemented, tan 22.5 62 Sandstone, calcareous, micaceous, chiefly fine quartz, blue gray to green gray; contains abundant fragments of coal 9.5 71.5 Conglomerate; chiefly fine-grained unfossiliferoiis light-tan silty limestone, light- to medium-gray fossiliferous limestone, coal fragments, and micaceous fine to very fine grained gray quartzose sandstone 4 75.5 PENNSYLVANIAN--Missourian Weston Shale Shale, clayey, blue gray; contains hard clay-ironstone concretions, carbonized plant fragments and sparse crinoid fragments 24.5 100 Shale, clayey, slightly silty, medium gray; contains sparse carbonized plant fragments 30 130 Shale, clayey, fissile, hard, gray 52 182 Stanton Limestone-South Bend Limestone member Limestone, hard 182

15-20-15ad--Drillers log of well drilled by Lon Dietrich for city of Baldwin in SE NE sec. 15, T. 15 S., R. 20 E., in March 1954.   Thickness, feet Depth, feet Soil 3 3 Sandstone 38 41

15-21-3bbb--Sample log of test hole in NW NW NW sec. 3, T. 15 S., R. 21 E., drilled May 1956. Altitude of land surface, ±1,091 feet.   Thickness, feet Depth, feet Road fill 1 1 PENNSYLVANIAN--Virgilian Lawrence Sliale-Ireland Sandstone member Sandstone, micaceous, ferruginous, slightly cemented, brown red 2 3 Sandstone, micaceous, slightly cemented, tan; contains thin ferruginous zones 20 23 Sandstone, micaceous, light gray tan; contains red-brown ironstone fragments 22 45 Sandstone, micaceous, chiefly fine to very fine quartz, gray; contains abundant fragments of coal 10 55 Conglomerate, chiefly hard fine-grained light-gray silt-stone, gray limestone, and gray sandstone 2 57 PENNSYLVANIAN--Missourian Weston Shale Shale, clayey, slightly silty, thin bedded, gray blue 43 100 Shale, clayey, fissile, hard, medium gray; contains abundant clay-ironstone concretions in lower part 50 150 Shale, thin bedded, light gray; contains thin soft clay-ironstone concretions 6.6 156.6 Stanton Limestone-South Bend Limestone member Limestone, hard, fossiliferous, gray brown 0.4 157

15-21-4bb--Drillers log of well drilled by Carl Moore & Son for city of Wellsville in NW NW sec. 4, T. 15 S., R. 21 E., in March 1956.   Thickness, feet Depth, feet Sandstone 69 69 Shale 27 96

15-21-4bcc--Sample log of test hole in SW SW NW sec. 4, T. 15 S., R. 21 E., drilled May 1956. Altitude of land surface, ±1,070 feet.   Thickness, feet Depth, feet PENNSYLVANIAN--Virgilian Lawrence Shale-Ireland Sandstone member Sandstone, micaceous, chiefly fine to very fine quartz, very slightly cemented, speckled brown and tan 6 6 Sandstone, micaceous, chiefly fine to very fine quartz, slightly cemented, tan to olive tan 52 58 Shale, silty, gray 1 59 Sandstone, micaceous, fine to very fine, gray; contains abundant coal fragments 10 69 Conglomerate; approximately 50 percent hard fossiliferous gray limestone and fossiliferous and unfossiliferous gray siltstone, 45 percent fine to very fine gray, quartzose sandstone, 5 percent coal 19.5 88.5 Shale, blue green 3.5 92 Sandstone, gray; contains thin shaly streaks, gray lime-stone pebbles, and coal fragments 8 100 Conglomerate, comprises about half limestone and half sandstone fragments. Drills very uneven, hard and soft 15 115 PENNSYLVANIAN--Missourian Weston Shale Shale, clayey, fissile, hard, medium gray 11 126 Shale, clayey, fissile, hard, medium gray; contains abundant clay-ironstone concretions 15 144 Stanton Limestone South Bend Limestone member Limestone, hard, gray brown 0.2 144.2

15-21-16dc--Drillers log of well drilled by Carl Moore for Densil Cox in SW SE see. 16, T. 15 S., R. 21 E., in 1954. Altitude of land surface, ±1,145 feet.   Thickness, feet Depth, feet Soil and clay 6 6 Shale 8 14 Sand and clay 14 28 Shale 71 99 Limestone 27 126 Shale 9 135 Limestone 9 144 Shale 5 149 Limestone 21 170 Shale 25 195 Sandstone 5 200 Shale 5 205 Prev Page--Township 14 Logs || Next Page--References

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