Scenery Hill, a small village in West Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, 25 miles southeast of the famous McKeesport field, was the scene of unusual activity in the spring of 1927, when the first gas well was completed in that field. Since that time thirty-six wells, sixteen of which were dry holes, have been drilled within a radius of 1 mile.

Local domes located on a plunging syncline afforded an ideal condition for the segregation of gas, oil, and water. Unfavorable sand conditions caused many dry holes.

Twenty wells produced 1,500,000,000 cubic feet of gas, with original rock pressures varying from 1,000 to 1,200 pounds. Production was largely from the Fifth sand. This compares on a small scale with the McKeesport field production of 22,000,000,000 cubic feet of gas from approximately 800 wells.

Production reached its peak during November, 1927, when fifteen wells produced 454,600,000 cubic feet of gas. By August, 1928, there were only four producing wells, sixteen having been abandoned. The four active wells produced only 3,556,000 cubic feet of gas in July, 1928, these being operated on a vacuum.