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first day following the shooting of the well it produced 12 barrels, 

 and a year later was still producing 10 barrels per day. P"'ollowiEig 

 this other wells were drilled in sections 14 and 15. In all 25 have 

 been drilled, only 3 of which were dry holes. 



Other companies began work and the territory was rapidly leased 

 and tested. Naturally operations began near the round house where 

 oil had first been shown to exist. From this as a center the drill 

 moved out in all directions until the limits of the field had been dis- 

 closed. The later work has been along the northeast end of the ter- 

 ritory in Morgan county, where the oil seems to be shut out by reser- 

 voirs of salt water. During the present summer (1900) the valuable 

 pool in the Oakfield district has been developed, though small wells 

 had been found there several years earlier. The principal farms are 

 the Porter, Longstreth, Donnelly. Monahan, McDonald and Grenen. 

 The first well was on the Porter farm and was finished early in 1900. 

 Its production was 35 barrels the first day. The second well was on 

 the Monahan farm. It was completed soon after the Porter well and 

 had an initial flow of 45 barrels in 24 hours. The next two wells 

 were drilled on the Longstreth farm, and both were fair producers. 

 Early in the Springa well was completed on the Donnelly farm and 

 flowed 125 barrels the first day. Other wells on this farm are much 

 smaller. Two wells on the Grenen farm began flowing 675 and 90 

 barrels respectively. It is interesting to note that the development 

 of this, the richest part of the Corning field, occurred late in the ter- 

 ritory's history. Possibly other pools of equal richness may yet be 

 discovered lying near the principal field. 



An important step inithe development of the field occurred on 

 August 13th, 1893 when the Buckeye Pipe Line was completed. Be- 

 fore that the oil was transported by tank cars. The oil which is 

 brought to the tanks partly by gravity and partly by suction, the 

 latter being produced by an 8 horse-power gas engine, is stored in two 

 iron tanks, one of which has a capacity of 30,000, and the other 

 28,000 barrels. From these tanks the oil is forced to Elba, a distance 

 of 34 miles, through a 4 inch line. This work is done by a 35 horse 

 power engine which gives a pressure in the line of from 700 to 1000 

 pounds per square inch. The rate at which the oil is transported 

 varies with the temperature. In the summer when the oil is warm, 

 and hence thin, 128 barrels may be pumped in one hour, ])ut in the 

 winter when the oil is cold and thick the transportation may be re- 

 stricted to 11 barrels for the same period. 



When the pipe line was completed the production of the field 

 was about 500 barrels per day. It increased to 1300 barrels in 1896, 

 but since then has declined. At present it ranges from 800 to 900 bar- 

 rels per day. The total production of the field is shown by the fol- 

 lowing letter: 



