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The statistics of production for the 20 year period, 1896-19 15, 

 are shown in the accompanying table. The figures up to the year 

 1903 inclusive are those compiled by the Mineral Resources, while 

 the statistics of subsequent date have been collected directly from 

 the pipe-line companies and shippers who operate in the New York 

 fields. The list of these companies follows: Columbia Pipe Line 

 Co., Union Pipe Line Co., Fords Brook Pipe Line Co., Buena 

 Vista Oil Co., and Madison Pipe Line Co. of Wellsville; Vacuum 

 Oil Co., Rochester; New York Transit Co., Olean; Emery Pipe 

 Line Co., Allegany Pipe Line Co., Tide Water Pipe Co., Limited, 

 and Kendall Refining Co., Bradford, Pa. 



The production of oil comes from three counties — Allegany, 

 Cattaraugus and Steuben. Altogether there are about 11,500 wells 

 in the State, of which 8200 are in x\llegany, 3000 in Cattaraugus 

 and 300 in Steuben county. 



The Allegany county wells are distributed over six townships 

 situated along the Pennsylvania boundary. The field was opened 

 about 1880 and in the height of its prosperity contributed 30,000 

 barrels a day. The principal pools are the Bolivar, Richburg, Wirt 

 and Andover; the last named lies partly in Steuben county and is 

 the source of its production of oil. The w^ells of Allegany county 

 range from 780 to 1900 feet deep, and the oil sands attain a thick- 

 ness of 50 feet or more in the best territory. 



Cattaraugus county contains the extension of the Bradford field 

 of Pennsylvania, with about 40 square miles of oil territory in the 

 towns of Olean, Allegany and Carrollton. The more notable pools 

 are the Ricebrook, Allegany, Chipmunk and Flatstone and are 

 found at depths of from 600 to 1800 feet. The first wxlls were 

 drilled in 1865. 



SALT 



A record year in the salt industry was indicated by the returns 

 received from the mines and brine-pumping plants for 1915. The 

 aggregate output of all grades of salt was 11,095,301 barrels, as 

 compared with 10,389,072 barrels in the preceding year, and larger 

 than the highest total previously reported, which was in 191 3, by 

 275,780 barrels. The increase w^as brought about by enlarged 

 operations of the producers and not by the development of new 

 sources of supply. There were no additions to the list of enter- 

 prises either among brine works or mines. 



As shown by the detailed statistical tables for 1914 and 191 5, the 

 increased output was not accompanied by any notable improvement 

 in the market situation, so far as relates to prices. The average 



