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Conclusions

The detailed study of structural and stratigraphic conditions in the McLouth field has revealed many important facts as to the occurrence of oil and gas and their relation to structural features, Some of these facts relate particularly to the McLouth field but others have a wider importance in the search for oil in other parts of northeastern Kansas. The most important conclusions brought out by the investigation are recapitulated below.

1. Gas, oil (tar), and water have a normal gravimetric arrangement in the anticlinal traps. This is true both in the McLouth sand and in the productive dolomite zone of the Mississippian. The occurrence of heavy oil in the McLouth sand in isolated small wells and the shows of oil in certain other wells are exceptions which have not been fully explained. The oil in some of these wells occurs at or near the contact of the tar and gas, and it is perhaps in part oil locally protected, for some unapparent reason, from the desiccation which so generally reduced the oil to tar. In other wells, however, oil in small amounts has been obtained above the contact of the tar and gas. Because the analyses of oil from the sand so closely resemble those of oil from the underlying dolomite zone, it is probable that this oil entered the McLouth sand reservoir from below through faults, joints, and fissures after the period of desiccation of the oil originally trapped in the sand.

2. The accumulation of gas in the McLouth sand in anticlines is dependent upon the presence of porous sand bodies. There are many anticlinal areas in which the McLouth sand lacks porosity and, in consequence, does not yield gas. No gas, however, is found in porous sand bodies that do not occur in anticlines. Porous sand bodies not on anticlines carry water. No criteria have been determined by which the location or trend of porous sandstone zones in the McLouth sand can be predicted.

3. The oil that originally filled the pores of sandstones beneath and on the flanks of gas reservoirs in the McLouth sand has lost its volatile constituents and has been reduced to tar and hydrocarbon cement. This desiccated oil completely seals off the water on the flanks of the structures and prevents its encroachment into the gas reservoir as the gas is withdrawn.

4. The plane of contact between the gas and tar conforms to the plane of regional dip. The desiccation of the oil and the establishment of the limits of the gas reservoir are, for this reason, believed to have occurred prior to the development of regional dip during the interval between the deposition of the Permian and the Cretaceous rocks. The gathering areas for the desiccated oil in the sand must, therefore, have been in the adjacent synclines and the oil and gas did not migrate long distances up dip from remote source materials.

5. The structural deformation of anticlines and synclines increases with depth at least to the top of the Mississippian rocks. The earliest recognized local deformation warped the Mississippian limestones before the deposition of the first Pennsylvanian rocks in Kansas. The early structural features were increased by small increments of folding at intervals throughout Pennsylvanian time and possibly into the Permian. The oldest rocks were thus affected by all structural adjustments, but the younger rocks were affected only by adjustments that occurred after their deposition. The weak anticlines and synclines revealed by the surface rocks, therefore, are the result only of the closing structural movements and generally indicate the position of similar but more pronounced structural features at depth.

6. The post-Permian tilting of the region toward the west, although it does not seem to have affected the structural relief of the local anticlines, had an important effect in changing the contoured expression of the anticlines in the altered relation to sea-level datum. The change in expression of the steeper anticlines in the deeper rocks from this cause was not pronounced, and consisted mainly in reducing the amount of reverse dip of the anticline by the amount of regional dip. The change in the position of the crest in the deeper rocks was negligible. The effect of the westward regional tilting of the Permian and older rocks was to reduce or wipe out the closure of the weak surface anticlines. Of equal importance in many places was the shift in the position of the crest of the anticline in relation to the new sea-level datum. Inasmuch as there was little, if any, shift in the position of the crest in the more sharply folded anticlines in depth, the position of the crest in the surface rocks in some places is at considerable variance with that of the crest in the deeper rocks.

Where the dips in the surface rocks are low, the structure should be recontoured to eliminate the effect of regional dip and thus determine the unaltered position of the crest of the subsurface structure. The amount of shift in the position of the crest of the surface structure is in some places unimportant but in others it is enough to cause a test well to miss the productive area in the deeper anticlines.

Deviations from regularity of regional dip shown on the structure map of the base of the Hertha limestone (fig. 5) suggest areas favorable for exploration. The elimination of regional dip will show in a general way broad areas of anticlinal deformation not everywhere obvious on the structural map. Structural movements revealed in this way do not show local features, but detailed structural mapping of such areas may result in the discovery of local structures worthy of testing. The anticlinal nose in T. 8 S., Rs. 17 and 18 E. is an obvious structural feature on which detailed mapping may reveal more definite local anticlines.

7. The occurrence of oil in the Mississippian beneath an anticlinal gas pool in the Pennsylvanian at McLouth increases the hope that other oil pools may be found in the Mississippian and older rocks in similar relations to gas production in other parts of northeastern Kansas. Many gas pools have been developed in counties south of Kansas river, and although some of them are reported to have produced from lenticular sand bodies independent of structure many others have produced from anticlines. Very few wells located on structure have been drilled in these counties below the local gas sands, and still fewer have tested the Mississippian rocks.

It should be borne in mind, however, that the McLouth oil pool in Mississippian rocks underlies a relatively small part of the area of the anticline producing gas, and that the oil pool in the Mississippian is eccentric to the weak surface structures as expressed on the dip slope. Similar relations will probably be found elsewhere.

8. The Devonian limestones were tilted toward the northwest, beveled by erosion, and subjected to surface weathering before being covered by the Chattanooga shale. These events resulted in the exposure of different parts of the Devonian in various parts of the area at the time the Chattanooga shale was deposited. The younger Devonian beds underlie the Chattanooga shale toward the northwest. Some of the Devonian limestones are dense and do not lend themselves to the development of porosity. under weathering conditions. Other Devonian rocks do. Considerable variation, therefore, existed in the porosity of the beds exposed at the time they were covered by the Chattanooga shale.

The occurrence of dense impermeable rocks at the top of the Devonian beneath one anticline does not necessarily condemn the top of the Devonian in other anticlines where other rocks more susceptible to the development of porosity may underlie the Chattanooga.

9. Every discussion of the source beds for oil is subject to so many uncertainties that the conclusions are highly speculative. Nevertheless, the McLouth field provides some interesting, if not conclusive, data. As already pointed out, tar in the McLouth sand seems to have reached its present position prior to the development of regional dip. The source of the desiccated oil in the McLouth sand, therefore, lies in the synclinal basins adjacent to the pools, although the horizon of the source beds is not known. A large part of the McLouth sand, including beds of black shale and clay, is high in organic content. This fact, together with the conditions under which the junior author conceives the sediments to have been deposited, suggests that conditions suitable for the accumulation of source materials of oil and gas may have prevailed during McLouth time. Younger beds in the Cherokee, however, indicate similar conditions, but there is no evidence that oil or gas is present or ever was present in sand beds in the upper part of the Cherokee rocks in the McLouth field. Gas and some oil have been found, however, in these beds in other parts of northeastern Kansas.

Although the McLouth sand may have provided a suitable source for the desiccated oil in that sand, it could not have been the source of the oil found in the underlying Mississippian limestones nor for the more or less frequent shows of tar in the still deeper Devonian. The data are insufficient to draw any conclusions in regard to the upward migration of oil from possible deeper source rocks. However, flecks of tar are not uncommon in vugs and in the cavities of fossils in all parts of the Mississippian limestone in the McLouth field and surrounding territory where there is no apparent relation to anticlinal structure. These occurrences imply either that the oil originated in the Mississippian or passed through it from older rocks. The Mississippian rocks in general give little indication of organic content adequate to provide source materials for oil. The Chattanooga shale has frequently been appealed to as a source for oil, but a source in the Chattanooga would not explain the presence of oil in the underlying Devonian rocks.

It seems possible that there may have been more than one source for oil. The desiccated oil in the McLouth sand may well have been indigenous. The Mississippian oil and its counterpart, the oil in the McLouth sand in the Bankers Life pool and in scattered wells in other parts of the field, may have had a common source in some as yet undetermined deeper rocks. The desiccated oil in the McLouth sand seems no longer capable of contributing much gas to the McLouth sand reservoir. Gas from the Mississippian oil, though not in large amount, is similar to the McLouth gas, which shows ethane in amounts ranging from 0.86 to 3.41 percent. A sample of gas accompanying the Mississippian oil contained 5.13 percent ethane. It seems possible, therefore, that the gas in the McLouth sand reservoir has emanated, at least in part, from deeper sources by way of the accumulations of oil in the Mississippian rocks and that gas from this source has replenished the McLouth sand reservoir from which large quantities of gas seem to have escaped from time to time.

Table 27—List of wells drilled in the McLouth field and bordering areas, by townships, locations and depths of wells, and depth and altitude of datum beds in each well. (The numbers identify the wells in figures 10, 11, 14, and 15, and plate 3.)

Well Name Location Section Depth top Oread Altitude top Oread Depth base Hertha Altitude base Hertha Depth top McLouth Altitude top McLouth Depth top Mississippian Altitude top Mississippian Depth top Warsaw Altitude top Warsaw Depth B-K por. zone Altitude B-K por. zone Total depth of well
T. 8 S., R. 19 E.
1. Bird & Sheedy No. 1 H, T. O'Neill SE SW NW 34 315 850 965 +200 1708 -543 1748 -583 1765 -600 1883 -718 2685
2. W. D. Dunn No. 1 N, W, Everett S2 SE SW 36 210 +871 835 +246 1545 -464 1585 -504 1605 -524 1747 -666 1800
T. 8 S., R. 20 E.
3. Max Cohen No. 1 M, L. Decker** NW SW NW 12 41 +945 675 +311 1390 -404 1418 -432 1494 -508 1640 -654 1925**
4. McLaughlin & Sons No. 1 O. C. Bodde et al NW SW 28 222 +916 857 +281 1542 -404 1583 -445 1630 -492     1770
5. McLaughlin & Sons No. 1 George Miller SW SE 29 175 +912 808 +279 1510 -423 1544 -457 1612 -553 1740 -653 1750
6. McLaughlin & Sons No. 2 George Miller NE SE 32 85 +928 717 +296 1395 -382 1427 -414 1460 -447     1535
7. Lebsack & Wamhoff No. 1 J, Maduska SENE 36 96 +972 738 +330 1458 -390 1497 -429         1505
T. 9 S., R. 19 E.
8. Northern O. & G. No. 1 Edmonds
(Winchester) (drillers log)		 NW NW 13     820 +243     1590 -527          
9. E. V. Jackson et al No. 1 J. P. Sheldon NE SE 14 245 +896 888 +253 1612 -471 1699 -558 1685* -644*     1749
10. Bradley & Jackson No. 1 NW. Mu. Life Ins. Co. SENE 24 196 +915 840 +271 1542 -431 1590 -479 1635 -524     1734
T. 9 S., R. 20 E.
11. E. V. Jackson et al No. 1 N. Fevurly SW SE 1     570 +321 1300 -409 1365 -474 1388 -497 1482 -591 1501
12. E. V. Jackson et al No. 1 C. Shughart** SWSW 6 125 +882 758 +249 1468 -461 1521 -514 1554 -547 1686 -679 2007**
13. Frank Whitten et al No. 1 C. Courtney SW NE 15 70 +938 715 +293                 1392
14. McLaughlin & Sons No. 1 Tabor Edmonds SW SW 15 118 +953 780 +291 1478 -407 1516 -445         1531
15. E. V. Jackson et al No. 1 Francis Houston NW SE 15 70 +948 725 +293 1405 -387 1434 -416         1453
16. O. J. Connell No. 1 J. R. Locke SW NE 16 1 +942 655 +288 1342 -399 1398± -455         1415
17. Miller & Mosbacher.No. 1 Rachel Edmonds SE SW 16 64 +961 720 +305 1385 -360             1410
18. Miller & Mosbacher No. 2 Rachel Edmonds NESW 16 64 +959 714 +309 1408 -385 1478 -455         1497
19. Anderson & Bradley No. 1 Rachel Edmonds SW SW 16 15 +956 672 +299 1353 -382             1366
20. Hatcher & Fisk No. 1 Tabor Edmonds SW SE 16 53 +960 710 +303 1387 -374             1399
21. Hatcher & Fisk No. 1 Elijah Edmonds SE NW 17 130 +941 775 +296 1456 -385             1498
22. V-8 Drilling Co, No. 1 G. Makewski NW SW 17 170 +934 814 +290 1510 -406 1588 -484         1605
23. Ray Anderson et al No. 1 May Dick SE SW 17 130 +951 780 +301 1464 -383             1481
24. Ray Anderson et al No. 2 May Dick NESW 17 118 +943 760 +301 1440 -379             1456
25. Ward Schooler et al No. 3 M, M. Zachariah SE SE 17 35 +956 685 +306 1388 -397 1434 -443 1464 -473     1586
26. E. V. Jackson et al No. 1 Bank of McLouth SE NW SW 20 50 +952 703 +299 1398 -39.6 1428 -426 1492 -490 1590 -588 1600
27. E. V. Jackson et al No. 2 Bank of McLouth SE NW 20 37 +953 694 +296 1378 -388 1428 -438 1462 -472     1520
28. E, V. Jackson et al No. 3 Bank of McLouth SW NW 20 126 +930 774 +282 1450 -394 1482 -426         1487
29. T, Fred Hodge No. 1 M. M. Zachariah SW NE 20 25 +954 675 +304 1356 -377             1373
30. T. Fred Hodge No. 2 M. M. Zachariah NW NE 20 26 +974 700 +300 1380 -380 1420 -420         1422
31. W. Schooler et al No. 1 M. M. Zachariah NE NE 20 15 +954 665 +304 1348 -379             1365 1/2
32. W, Schooler et al No. 2 M. M. Zachariah SW NE 20 20 +957 671 +306 1354 -377             1371
33. Hatcher & Fisk No. 1 W. N. Schwinn SE SW 20 70 +962 727 +305 1422 -390             1444
34. Hatcher & Fisk No. 1 M. Hesse NE SE 20 75 +962 730 +307                 1423
35, Hatcher & Fisk No. 4 M. Hesse NW SE 20 30 +956 683 +303 1357 -371             1370
36. William O. Smythe et al No. 1 C. E. Todd SW SE 20 60 +960 713 +307 1403 -383 1418 -398 1470 -450 1543 -523 1558
37. Miller. Smythe et al No. 1 C, E. Todd NE SE SE 20 100 +959 744 +315 1425 -366             1453 1/2
38. Miller. Smythe et al No. 2 C, E. Todd E2 SW SE 20 56 +960 707 +309 1378 -362             1404
39. Hatcher & Fisk No. 1 Elijah Edmonds NW NW 21 40 +956 690 +306 1383 -387             1400 1/2
40. Hatcher & Fisk No. 2 Elijah Edmonds SW NW 21 80 +954 730 +304 1415 -381 1473 -439         1476
41. Hatcher & Fisk No. 1 Ralph Edmonds NE NW 21 65 +960 720 +305 1416 -391             1424 1/2
42. Hatcher & Fisk No. 2 Ralph Edmonds SE NW 21 90 +954 745 +299 1424 -380 1480 -436         1484
43. O. J. Connell No. 1 Russell Edmonds SW NE 21 128 +942 781 +289 1462 -392             1480
44. O. J. Connell No. 2 Russell Edmonds NW NE 21 87 +955 741 +301 1424 -382             1431
45. O. J. Connell No. 3 Russell Edmonds SE NE 21 134 +954 790 +298 1495 -407 1541 -453         1545
46. Hatcher & Fisk No. 2 M. Hesse NW SW 21 93 +957 752 +298 1445 -395             1460
47. Hatcher & Fisk No. 3 M. Hesse SW SW 21 116 +953 766 +303 1464 -395             1473
48. O. J. Connell No. 1 T. C. Moseberger NW SE 21 95 +953 747 +301 1437 -389 1465 -417 1490 -442     1538
49. Dave Wilson et al No. 1 J. S. Martz SW NW 22 93 +960 752 +301 1442 -389 1461 -408         1473
50. Charles E. Miller No. 1 fee NW SW 22 98 +966 755 +309 1430 -366             1447
51. Charles E. Miller No. 2 fee NE SW 22 70 +969 732 +307 1404 -365 1429 -390         1445
52. McLaughlin & Sons No. 1 Charles E. Miller SW SW 22 45 +973 704 +314 1373 -355 1402 -384         1420
53. William O. Smythe et al No. 1 O. Jacobson SW NW 27 20 +989 680 +329 1340 -331 1379 -370 1444 -435     1482
54. E, W, Mosbacher No. 1 M, A, Dolman NW NW SE 27 50 +981 705 +326 1382 -351 1411 -380 1467 -436 1605 -574 1615
55. Hatcher & Fisk No. 1 F, J, Harwood NW NW 28 100 +958 768 +290 1460 -402 1510 -452         1510
56. Hatcher & Fisk No. 2 F. J. Harwood SE NW 28 47 +968 701 +314 1392 -377             1396
57. Hatcher & Fisk No. 3 F, J, Harwood NE SW 28 85 +962 740 +307 1419 -372             1428
58. O. J, Connell No. 2 T. C. Moseberger NWNE 28 15 +975 687 +303 1383 -393 1420 -430         1452
59. O. J, Connell No. 3 T. C. Moseberger NE NE 28     651 +327 1310 -332             1332
60. McLaughlin & Sons No. 1 S. S. Miller SW NE 28 78 +975 729 +324 1394 -341             1419
61. Don Allen et al No. 1 S. S. Miller SW NE NE 28 12 +981 678 +315 1337 -344             1369
62. Willard Archie et al No. 1 Perry Shrader SE SW 28 112 +959 767 +304 1442 -371 1469 -397         1472
63. Willard Archie et al No. 2 Perry Shrader SW SW 28 60 +956 722 +294 1390 -374 1410 -394 1443 -427     1595
64. Hart Workman et al No. 1 Old Line Insurance NW SE 28 100 +967 746 +321 1428 -361 1454 -387         1470
65. Ray Anderson et al No. 1 McLeod-Wisdom SW NW 29 102 +951 759 +294 1434 -381             1453
66. Ray Anderson et al No. 2 McLeod-Wisdom NW NW 29 117 +954 777 +294 1464 -393             1470
67. Ray Anderson et al No. 1 R. E. Costigan NE NW 29 71 +957 724 +304 1418 -390             1434
68. Ray Anderson et al No. 1 Alvin Means SE NW 29 98 +959 752 +305 1434 -377             1454
69. Miller & Smythe No. 1 Fed. Land Bank NE NW NE 29 110 +953 748 +315 1440 -377             1459
70. Hatcher & Fisk No. 1 J. A. Black NE NE 29 100 +963 760 +303 1454 -391             1473
71. William Smythe et al No. 1 Fed, Land Bank SW NE 29 140 +952 795 +297 1485 -393 1520 -428 1568 -476 1662 -570 1676
72, Hatcher & Fisk No. 1 J, W, Shrader NW SW 29 100 +950 752 +298 1422 -372             1431
73, Hatcher & Fisk No. 2 J. W, Shrader NE SW 29 135 +948 790 +293 1474 -391             1495
74. Magnolia No. 1 Mathew C. Woodhead SW SW 29 135 +942 795 +282 1478 -401             1520
75. E. V. Jackson et al No. 1 Shrader-Haas NW SE 29 135 +939 793 +281 1495 -421 1538 -464         1557
76. O. J. Connell No. 1 Mary Garrett NWNE 30 85 +946 744 +287 1432 -401 1465 -434 1522 -491     1530
77. Hatcher & Fisk No. 1 Ray Kimmel NWSW 30 135 +942 790 +287 1487 -410             1530
78. E. V. Jackson et al No. 1 A. Shoemaker SE SW 30 100 +952 760 +292 1438 -386             1483
79. Hatcher & Fisk No. 1 J. A. Black NE SE 30 150 +950 803 +297 1490 -392 1515 -417 1568 -470 1684 -586 1687
80. E. V. Jackson et al No. 1 C. W. Shrader NW NE 31 165 +942 827 +280 1520 -413 1600 -493         1610
81. Hatcher & Fisk No. 1 E. Fowler SE NW 32 165 +937 820 +282                 1544
82 E. V. Jackson et al No. 1 Shrader-Haas NW NE 32 156 +932 811 +277 1490 -402 1520 -432 1550 -462     1600
83. O. B. Kilness et al No. 1 Perry Shrader NE NE 32 145 +948 798 +295 1460 -367 1502 -409         1520
84. Ray Anderson et al No. 1 Grant F. Woodhead NE SW 32 168 +963 825 +306 1487 -356             1505
85. Hatcher & Fisk No. 1 W. E. Myers SW SW 32 150 +970 805 +315 1495 -375             1510
86. Magnolia No. 1 W. E. Myers SE SW 32 169 +974 827 +316 1502 -359             1531
87. J, W. Longwell et al No. 1 S. Brose NW SE 32 174 +958 829 +303 1494 -362             1518
88. Willard Archie et al No. 1 S. Brose NE SE 32 122 +962 798 +286 1460 -376 1515 -431 1530 -446     1575
89. Magnolia No. 1 W. W. Harris SWSE 32 120 +976 776 +320 1430 -334             1450
90. Magnolia No. 1 Rachel Davidson SE SE 32 85 +982 747 +320 1388 -321             1411 1/2
91. Irving H, Knudson et al No. 1 I. H. Knudson SW NW 33 80 +956 742 +294 1403 -367             1431
92. Irving H, Knudson et al No. 2 1. H. Knudson NW NW 33 72 +952 735 +289 1393 -369             1408
93. Gordon & Poole et al No. 1 I. H. Knudson SE NW 33 120 +979 780 +319 1444 -345 1473 -374         1503
94. Gordon & Poole et al No. 2 I. H. Knudson NE NW 33 102 +966 757 +311     1460 -392 1508 -440 1602 -534 1606
95. J. W. Sherrod et al No. 1 Lange Estate SW NE 33 60 +994 728 +326 1377 -323 1426 -372         1427
96. McLaughlin & Sons No. 1 A. L. Bartlett SW SW 33 73 +979 739 +313 1394 -342 1433 -381 1466 -414 1602 -550 1608
97. McLaughlin & Sons No. 2 A. L. Bartlett SE SW 33 110 +989 775 +324 1431 -332 1473 -374         1485
98. H. T. Wiedenman et al No. 1 A. L. Bartlett NW SW 33 80 +962 747 +295 1403 -361             1433
99. J. W. Billingsley et al No. 1 A. L. Bartlett NE SW 33 134 +985 790 +329 1449 -330 1481 -362         1492
100, J. W. Longwell et al No. 1 A. L. Bartlett NW SE 33 105 +1002 768 +339 1425 -318             1462
101. J. W. Longwell et al No. 2 A. L. Bartlett SW SE 33 95 +1004 760 +339 1434 -335 1463 -364         1469
102. Hatcher & Fisk No. 1 George Kell NE SW 33 75 +998 738 +335 1396 -323 1427 -354         1448
103. Aladdin Oil Co. No. 1 M. D, Edmonds SW SW 34 68 +998 720 +346 1392 -326 1433 -367 1444 -378     1447 1/2
T. 9 S., R. 21 E.
104. J. B. Apperson et al No. 1 C. Geisen NW SE 5     625 +375 1332 -332 1380 -380 1417 -417     1549
105. Mosbacher & Miller No. 1 J. R. Locke NE SW 19 1 +1000 640 +361 1338 -337 1367 -366 1394 -393     1505
T. 10 S., R. 19 E.
106. E. V. Jackson et al No. 1 M. M. Chavanne NE NE 3 190 +895 843 +242 1564 -479 1595 -510 1605 -520     1658
107. Earl Sifers et al No. 1 F. H. Leonhard SE SW 9 245 +883 895 +233 1610 -482 1670 -542         1709
108. Frank Whitten et al No. 1 A. J. Meyer NE NE 12 225 +930 880 +275 1570 -415 1616 -461         1620
109. Workman & Sherrod et al No. 1 E. T. Riling SW SW SE 22 194 +923 860 +257 1551 -434 1589 -472         1604
110. Sherrod & Workman et al No. 1 C. J. Seitz SW NE 32 220 +889 873 +236 1600 -491 1634 -525         1643
T. 10 S., R. 20 E.
111. Magnolia No. 1 R. B. Kessinger SE NW 1 5 +1014 670 +349 1365 -346 1460 -441         1470
112. George O'Dea et al No. 1 W. F. Borst SWNE 1 45 +1010 705 +350 1405 -350 1472 -417         1502
113. McLaughlin & Sons No. 1 W. F. Borst S2 SE NE 1 26 +1005 682 +349 1386 -355 1471 -440         1474
114. V. W. McKnabe et al No. 1 R. B. Kessinger NW SW 1 15 +1016 685 +346 1371 -340             1386
115. Ward Schooler et alNo. 1 L. H. Schmidt NE SW 1 34 +1008 688 +354 1374 -332             1409
116. McLaughlin & McNerney No. 1 L. H. Schmidt SE SW 1 47 +1022 717 +352 1390 -321 1425 -356 1437 -368     1452
117. Miller, Cross, et al No. 1 J. W. Bell NW SE 1 5 +1023 670 +358 1341 -313             1368
118. Miller, Cross, et al No. 2 J. W. Bell SW SE 1 17 +1022 685 +354 1365 -326 1400 -361         1405
119. Miller, Cross, et al No. 3 J. W. Bell E2 SE 1 26 +1008 680 +354 1385 -351             1398
120. W, T, McNerney No. 1 A. Fidler NE NW 2     640 +335 1348 -344 1392 -388         1454
121. McLaughlin & Sons No. 1 H. D. Ragan NW NW 3 85 +1007 748 +344 1407 -315 1446 -354         1456
122. J. W. Longwell et al No. 1 W. H. Steenstry NE NW 3 38 +1006 696 +348 1364 -320 1405 -361 1429 -385     1429
123. J. W. Longwell et al No. 2 W. H. Steenstry SW NW 3 50 +1008 715 +343 1373 -315             1393
124. Apperson, Pundt, et al No. 1 W. H. Steenstry SW SE NW 3 70 +1001 738 +333 1428 -357             1473
125. J. W. Longwell et al No. 1 W. F. Moore NW NE 3 74 +1001 752 +323 1430 -355 1490 -415 1504 -429     1632
126. J. W. Longwell et al No. 1 Bankers Life (Bessie McLeod) NW SW 3 100 +996 763 +333 1438 -342             1475
127. J. W. Longwell et al No. 2 Bankers Life (Bessie McLeod) NE SW 3 50 +992 715 +327 1375 -333             1420
128. J. W. Longwell et al No. 3 Bankers Life (Bessie McLeod) NW SW 3 80 +997 740 +337 1417 -340             1461
129. J. W. Longwell et al No. 4 Bankers Life (Bessie McLeod) SW NE SW 3 70 +996 730 +336 1406 -340             1456
130. Ward Schooler et al No. 1 Bankers Life (Bessie McLeod) SWSW 3 108 +996 772 +332 1455 -351             1491
131. W, W, Stark et al No. 1 E. P. Dark (McLaughlin) NW NW NW 4 89 +993 746 +336 1410 -328             1442
132. J, W, Billingsley et al No. 2 D. W. McLaughlin E2 NW NW 4 80 +999 738 +341 1400 -321 1442 -363 1466 -387 1599 -521 1607
133, McLaughlin & Sons No. 2 fee N2 NW 4 88 +999 752 +335 1410 -323             1457**
134. McLaughlin & Sons No. 1 fee** NE NW 4 95 +1008 763 +340 1426 -323 1475 -372 1503 -400 1624 -521 1915
135. Apperson-Stark et al No. 1 D. W. McLaughlin SW NW NW 4 80 +996 740 +336 1400 -324 1448 -372 1454 -378 1565 -489 1576
136. J. B. Apperson (T, W. Sowell) et al No. 1 D. W. McLaughlin NW SW NW 4 100 +1002 764 +338 1408 -306 1445 -343 1458 -356 1585 -483 1599
137. J. W. Billingsley et al No. 1 D. W. McLaughlin NE SW NW 4 85 +1006 740 +351 1410 -319 1457 -366 1467 -376 1597 -506 1601 1/2
138. McLaughlin & Sons No. 1 E. P. Dark (McLaughlin) NW SW NW 4 69 +1005 730 +344 1378 -304             1411
139. Aladdin No. 1 Bessie McLeod (Bankers Life) SW SE NW 4 135 +1004 800 +339 1474 -335 1504 -365 1525 -386 1652 -513 1682
140. W. W, Stark et al No. 1 H. B. Ragan N2 NW NE 4 125 +997 783 +339 1459 -337 1488 -366 1530 -408 1662 -540 1665
141. Aladdin No. 1 H. B. Ragan SE NE 4 105 +998 770 +333 1420 -317             1440 1/2
142. Young, Longwell et al No. 2 Bessie McLeod NW NW SW 4 77 +1009 730 +356 1384 -298 1423 -337 1447 -361 1575 -489 1596
143. Young, Longwell et al No. 1 Bessie McLeod** NW SW 4 102 +996 760 +338 1424 -326 1469 -371 1521 -423 1582 -484 1919**
144. J. E. Sherrod et al No. 1 E. R. Momyer NW SE 4 155 +989 834 +310 1498 -354 1573 -429 1612 -468     1682
145. Magnolia No. 1 George A. Kell NE SE 4 105 +999 775 +319 1450 -356 1539 -445 1568 -414     1645
146. Hatcher & Fisk No. 1 C. Kimmel NE NW 5 171 +971 825 +317 1496 -354             1526
147. Hatcher & Fisk No. 2 C. Kimmel NW NW 5 160 +974 820 +314 1503 -369             1530
148. Hatcher & Fisk No. 3 C. Kimmel SE NW 5 182 +974 845 +311 1513 -357             1536
149. J. W. Longwell et al No. 1 D. E. Bower NW NE 5 148 +981 815 +314 1464 -335             1500
150. Aladdin Oil Co. No. 1 D. E. Bower NE NE 5 120 +997 790 +327 1442 -325             1473
151. Luehring-Aladdin No. 1 D. E. Bower SW NE NE 5 152 +985 812 +325 1470 -333 1512 -375 1517 -380 1635 -498 1651
152. Apperson, Stark et al No. 1 Bower-McLaughlin SE NE NE 5 112 +995 769 +338 1430 -323 1476 -369 1484 -377 1595 -488 1603
153. J, E, Sherrod et al No. 2 D. E. Bower NE SW NE 5 145 +991 813 +323 1458 -332 1525 -389 1533 -397 1644 -508 1659 1/2
154. J. B. Apperson et al No. 2 D. E. Bower N2 SE NE 5 134 +999 788 +345 1445 -312 1483 -350 1491 -358 1623 -490 1628
155. J. E. Sherrod et al No. 1 D. E. Bower SW NE 5 160 +997 827 +330 1482 -325             1501
156. T. B. Swan et al No. 1 D. E. Bower SE NE 5 130 +1000 793 +337 1438 -308 1489 -359 1492 -362 1623 -493 1636
157. McLaughlin & Sons No. 2 E. P. Dark (Bower) SE NE 5 111 +1003 768 +346 1424 -310 1466 -352         1470
158. J.B. Apperson (Sowell) et al No. 1 D. E. Bower** SE SE NE 5 ***           1440 -335 1450 -345 1580 -475 2288**
159. Hatcher & Fisk No. 1 D. E. Bower NESW 5 197 +980 848 +329 1508 -331             1544
160. Hatcher & Fisk No. 2 Henry H. Kimmel SW SW 5 215 +965 868 +312 1520 -340             1569
161. Hatcher & Fisk No. 1 Henry H. Kimmel SE SW 5 200 +979 850 +329 1512 -333 1561 -382 1571 -392 1704 -525 1714
162, V-8 Drilling Co. No. 4 Bessie McLeod NE NW SE 5 140 +1000 810 +330 1440 -300 1503 -363 1513 -373 1644 -504 1645 1/2
163. V-8 Drilling Co. No. 1 Bessie McLeod NWSE 5 152 +987 818 +321 1484 -345 1501
164. Young, Longwell et al No. 3 Bessie McLeod NE SE 5 141 +1006 815 +332 1474 -327 1507 -360 1515 -368 1635 -488 1644
165. Young, Longwell et al No. 4 Bessie McLeod SW NE SE 5 157 +992 817 +332 1475 -326 1513 ~364 1518 -369     1659
166. V-8 Drilling Co. No. 3 Bessie McLeod SE NW SE 5 152 +989 806 +335 1484 -343 1535 -394 1528 -387 1639 -498 1645
167. V-8 Drilling Co. No. 4 Bessie McLeod SWSE 5 160 +983' 825 +318 1479 -336             1533
168. Oscar Lofquist et al No. 1 Bessie McLeod NW SE SE 5 170 +985 825 +330 1485 -330 1530 -375 1535 -380 1654 -499 1660
169. J. B. Apperson (T.W. Sowell) et al No. 1 Bessie McLeod NE SE SE 5 135 +991 808 +318 1471 -345 1504 -378 1512 -386 1645 -519 1649
170. John B. Richard et al No. 1 Kate Sherman NE NE 6 170 +966 818 +318 1504 -368             1518
171. Ray Anderson et al No. 1 Woodhead Estate NE SW 6 180 +931 838 +273 1520 -409 1552 -441         1603
172. H. Luehring et al No. 1 Amiel Fryhofer NE NE 7 215 +952 868 +299 1580 -413 1635 -468         1637
173. J, B. Synhorst et al No. 1 McLeod-Wisdom N2 NW 8 220 +970 880 +310 1548 -358             1571
174. J. B. Synhorst et al No. 2 McLeod-Wisdom SW NW 8 208 +958 860 +306 1520 -354             1553
175. Mosbacher, Kilness et al No. 1 Neal Vandruff NE NW 8 220 +969 878 +311 1551 -362             1580
176. J. E, Sherrod et al No. 1 Alvin Means NE NE NW 8 190 +977 840 +327 1499 -332             1536
177. J, E, Sherrod et al No. 1 Wm. F. Benne NW NW NE 8 185 +977 856 +306 1516 -354 1610 -448         1623
178. J, B, Apperson et al No. 1 B McLeod (Hunter) NE NE NW 9 195 +980 862 +313 1535 -360 1574 -399 1616 -441 1701 -526 1706
179. Walter T McNerney No. 1 Earl Chapman E2 NW NW 12 40 +1008 694 +354 1367 -319 1421 -373         1428
180. W, T, McNerney et al No. 1 Fed, Land. Bank (Watson) NE NW 12 14 +1020 682 +352 1368 -334             1385
181. W. T. McNerney et al No. 1 J. M. Williams SW NW 12 32 +1006 695 +343 1390 -352 1448 -410 1474 -436     1495
182. E, W. Mosbacher et al No. 1 J. Bell Estate NW NE NE 12   +1002 662 +332 1330 -336 1372 -378 1414 -420     1487
183. J, W. Billingsley et al No. 1 D. Wilkins SW NE 15 30 +1011 703 +338 1370 -329 1425 -384 1460 -419     1575
184. Caufield & Sullivan No. 1 Ada Ragan SW SE 19 160 +960 820 +300 1510 -390 1562 -442 1579 -459 1706 -586 1708
185. H. Luehring et al No. 1 S. A. Petrie NE SE SE 19 148 +961 812 +297 1510 -401 1555 -446 1588 -479 1716 -607 1738
186. E. W. Mosbacher et al No. 1 C. L. Stroud SW NE 20 40 +977 704 +313 1402 -385 1420 -403 1435 -418     1531
187. Wm. O. Smythe et al No. 1 Charles E, Miller** NE SE 22 90 +1025 752 +363 1430 -315 1476 -361 1510 -395 1620 -505 1947**
188. McLaughlin & Sons No. 1 T. M. Thorpe** NE NE 27 4 +1055 671 +388 1354 -295 1398 -339 1426 -367 1549 -490 2209**
T. 10 S., R. 21 E.
189. Charles E. Miller No. 1 J. Bell Estate S2 NW SW 6 55 +998 712 +341 1401 -348             1438
190. Miller-Magnolia et al No. 3 J. A. Bell SE SW 6 36 +999 704 +331 1395 -360 1419 -384         1433
191. Charles E. Miller et al No. 1 J. A. Bell NW NW NW 7 31 +998 695 +334 1370 -341             1384
192. Charles E. Miller et al No. 2 J. A. Bell SW NW 7     612 +341 1305 -352 1335 -382         1342
193. Miller-Magnolia et al No. 1 E. E. Jeannin NE NW 7 6 +1006 670 +342 1367 -355 1412 -400 1412 -400     1414
194. Aladdin Oil Co. No. 1 C. W. Corlett SW NE 19 5 +1030 660 +375 1352 -317 1417 -382         1430
Wells completed April 1 to June 15. 1943
T. 9 S., R. 19 E.
195. B. O. Slottman et al No. 1 Bankers Life SE SE 25 120 +934 780 +274 1467 -413             1473
T. 9 S., R. 20 E.
196. O. B. Kilness et al No. 1 T. C. Moseberger S2 NE SE 21 83 +957 738 +302 1414 -374             1417
197. Charles E, Miller No. 1. Tullis SW SW SE 22 10   671   1349   1382           1421 1/2
198. Charles E. Miller No. 1 Moses SE SE 25     566 +349 1265 -350 1300 -385 1347 -432 1487 -572 1492
199. Byram et al No. 1 George Kell NW NW 34 70 +993 735 +328 1402 -339 1437 -374         1441
T. 10 S., R. 20 E.
200. J. B. Apperson (T. W. Sowell) et al No. 2
D. W. McLaughlin		 SW NW 4 83 +995 735 +343 1390 -312 1425 -347 1442 -364 1559 -481 1581 1/2
201. J. E. Sherrod et al No. 3 D. E. Bower SE SW NE 5 140 +998 810 +328 1460 -322 1520 -382 1527 -389 1649 -511 1654
T. 10 S., R. 21 E.
202. Charles E, Miller No. 3 J. Bell Estate S2 SW SW 6 4   666   1345               1402
* Top of Warsaw estimated. Well entered Mississippian below top of Warsaw.
** Drilled below Mississippian, see supplementary table 27
*** Rotary well, No samples or log kept above top of Mississippian.

Supplement to Table 27, giving data on deep wells

Well Name Depth top Gilmore City Altitude top Gilmore City Depth top Chouteau Altitude top Chouteau Depth top Chattanooga Altitude top Chattanooga Depth top Devonian Altitude top Devonian Depth top Maquoketa Altitude top Maquoketa Depth top Kimmswick Altitude top Kimmswick Depth top Decorah Altitude top Decorah Depth top St. Peter Altitude top St. Peter Depth top Arbuckle Altitude top Arbuckle
3. Max Cohen No. 1 M. L. Decker 1680 -694     1801 -815 1874 -888                    
12. E. V. Jackson et al No. 1 N, Fevurly 1743 -736 1770 -763 1870 -863                        
134. McLaughlin & Sons No. 1 fee 1685 -582 1708 -605 1820 -717 1874 -771                    
143. Young, Longwell et al No. 1 Bessie McLeod         1775 -676 1828 -729                    
158. J. B. Apperson et al No. 1 D. E. Bower         1781 -676 1829 -724 2002 -897 2009 -904 2158 -1053 2165 -1060 2233 -1128
187. W. O. Smythe et al No. 1 Charles E. Miller 1688 -573     1821 -706 1872 -757                    
188. McLaughlin & Sons No. 1 T. M. Thorpe 1606 -547 1624 -565 1734 -675 1794 -735     1953 -894     2088 -1029 2164 -1105

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