bailey: natural gas and coal oil in KANSAS. 



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ORDWAY WELL 

 Temp. C. = Flash Foiiit. 



70 to no Below 27 



110 to 150 Below 27 



150 to 200 Below 27 



200 to 250 69.5 



250 to 300 Above 95 



300-I- Above 95 



Original oil Below 30 984 



37 Baume. 

 There remained a residue amounting to 12 per cent, that was not 

 distilled over. 



A graphic representation of the different distillates from this well 

 and their relative amounts is shown below: 



Amount. Temperature. 



1 10 to 150 

 150 to 200 

 200 to 250 

 250 to 300 

 Above 300 



It may be remarked in general in reference to the products of 

 distillation that those that come off at the lower temperatures are 

 good oils for burning and those that distill at higher temperatures are 

 valuable as lubricating agents. The manufacture of lubricating oils 

 was begun on a small scale in Paola several years ago, but was dis- 

 continued on account of competition. The claim for that oil at the 

 time was "No other natural oil combines the high fire test, 300 F., 

 and low cold test, 5 F., high viscosity, 220, and heavy gravity, 24 B." 



In the distillation of the oil as made above, the results arrived at 

 are not the same as those that would be obtained, on a commercial 

 scale, for the high temperature there obtained would no doubt 

 " crack" the oil more thoroughly, and thus change the quantity of 

 illuminating oil. 



In the oil fields of the state at present the great necessity seems to 

 be some economical method of storing the oil and of disposing of it. 

 In addition to the numerous wooden tanks of 200 to 300 barrels 

 capacity that have been built at the wells at Neodesha, a tank of 

 boiler iron about eighty feet in diameter was constructed last summer 

 and oil has been pumped into it from the various nests. Its capacity 

 is about 36,000 barrels. There is talk of a refinery here. 



