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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



In Wyoming county a few wells are in operation at Attica; in 

 Livingston county at Caledonia, Avon and Lima ; and in Ontario 

 county in the towns of East Bloomfield and West Bloo ■nfield. 

 Farther east in Onondaga county there are wells at Baldwinsville 

 and Phoenix which supply gas for local use. The pools are found in 

 the Trenton shales and limestone. Oswego county marks the east- 

 ern limit of the productive territory, with wells at Pulaski and 

 Sandy Creek. 



Production. The value of the natural gas production during the 

 last 4 years is shown in the accompanying table which is arranged 

 to show also, so far as practicable, the contributions from the princi- 

 pal fields. The returns for the year 1911 indicated a total of 

 $1,547,077, against $1,045,693 for 1909, an increase of approxi- 

 mately 50 per cent in the two years. The quantity of gas produced 

 was approximately 5,127,571,000 cubic feet as compared with 

 4,815,643,000 cubic feet in 1910 and 3,825,215,000 cubic feet in 

 1909. These amounts include estimates for some of the smaller 

 producers who have no meters attached to their mains, but they are 

 believed to be close approximations of the actual production. The 

 average value of the gas was 30 cents a thousand, against 29 cents 

 and 27 cents a thousand respectively in the preceding years. 



Production of natural gas 



' Includes all the output in Geresee county for 1911 and a part of it for the preceding years. 

 : Includes also Sene-a. Schuyler. Steuben. Ontario and Yates. 

 3 Includes Niagara and also some of Genesee ex:ept for 191 1. 



The reports for 191 1 covered a total of 1403 productive wells. 



A comparison of the figures shows that Erie county leads all 

 others in quantity and value of output. Its contribution including 

 also that of Genesee county, amounted last year to 2,444,721,000 



