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PIPE-LINE RUNS FROM ILLINOIS, I907. 



January 752,670 barrels 



February 918,620 barrels 



March 1,494,598 barrels 



April 1,823,024 barrels 



May 2,094,194 barrels 



June 1,830,633 barrels 



July 2,376,281 barrels 



August , 2,398,895 barrels 



September 2,560,592 barrels 



October 2,8(8,952 barrels 



November 2,464,980 barrels 



December 2,201,265 barrels 



Total 23,734,704 barrels 



To these figures must be added something for the fuel oil 

 shipped by cars from Duncanville, the oil used by the local re- 

 tinery at Robinson, and the tank-car shipments of the Sun, 

 Cornplanter and other independent companies, amounting to 

 something over 800,000 barrels. The recorded production for 

 the year is 24,540,024 barrels, and probably the actual produc- 

 tion ran a little over this. The oil, in the main, grades 32 degrees 

 or better, and sold at the standard price of 68 cents per barrel. 

 Only a limited amount was lower and sold at 60 cents. Of the 

 year's production, 12,610,618 barrels are stored in the field by the 

 Ohio Oil Company and a large amount is in producers' tanks. 



OCCURRENCE. 



The oil occurs in a number of isolated pools which, how- 

 ever, arc being brought closer together by drilling. It is not 

 improbable that they will eventually be found to overlap. To 



