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wells have been drilled within the last five or six years, but without 

 establishing the existence of oil in quantity. The well was put down 

 on the Van Nostrand farm, 5 miles from Fillmore. At a depth of 

 568 feet oil began to flow under natural pressure but soon subsided. 

 A yield of about 10 barrels a day has been secured by pumping. 

 The product is an amber oil of light specific gravity. Further 

 drilling has been undertaken to test the importance of the discovery. 



In the Bolivar district of southwestern Allegany county, a pos- 

 sible enlargement of the known productive limits is indicated by 

 recent drilling at a locality 8 miles south of the village of Bolivar. 

 Several wells were opened last year for gas, and one of them tapped 

 an oil-bearing stratum at 1000 feet depth, yielding about five barrels 

 a day. 



The output of petroleum in New York State amounted in 1906 

 to 1,043,088 barrels of 42 gallons, as compared with 949,511 barrels 

 in the preceding year. The estimated value of the yield was $1,721,- 

 095, or an average of $1.65 per barrel. On the same basis the pro- 

 duction in 1905 was valued at $1,566,93,1. In the compilation of 

 the statistics for these years, as well as for 1904, the receipts of oil 

 reported by the pipe line companies have been used. The list of 

 companies is as follows : The Allegany Pipe Line Co., Columbia 

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

 Co., of Wellsville, and the Tide Water Pipe Co., Limited, of Brad- 

 ford, Pa. 



^Production of oetroleum in New York 



BARRELS 



VALUE 



I 585 



030 



$1 



061 970 



I 273 



343 





708 297 



I 031 



391 





660 000 



942 



431 





790 464 



912 



948 





240 468 



I 205 



220 





420 653 



I 279 



155 





005 736 



I 205 



250 





098 284 



I 320 



909 





708 926 



I 300 



925 





759 SOI 



I 206 



618 





460 008 



I 119 



730 





530 852 



I 162 



978 





849 135 



I 036 



179 





709 770 



949 



511 





566 931 



I 043 



088 





721 095 



I89I 

 1892 



1893 



1894 



189s 



1896 



1897 

 1898 

 1899 



1900 

 I90I 

 1902 



1903 

 1904 

 1905 



1906 



a The statistics for the years il 

 the Mineral Resources. 



inclusive are taken from the annual volumes of 



