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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Production of natural gas 



COUNTY 



[904 



1905 



Allegany- Cattaraugus 



Chautauqua 



Erie 



Livingston a 



Onondaga. 



Oswego 



Wyoming h 



Total 



$183 830 



$204 430 



31 822 



26 232 



254 899. 



281 253 



32 451 



41 805 



15 350 



16 825 



14 990 



13 583 



18 855 



22 872 



$552 197 



$607 000 



a Includes also Seneca, Ontario and Yates counties. 

 b Includes also Niagara and Genesee counties. 



These quantities are approximately equivalent in heating value to 

 130,000 and 120,000 tons, respectively, of coal. The values reported 

 by the individual companies ranged from a minimum of 18 cents 

 to a maximum of 50 cents a thousand cubic feet. The average 

 for the greater part of the output was about 25 cents. 



Owing to the fact that some of the larger companies operate at 

 several localities, it is difficult to distribute the output according to 

 the districts in which it was made. The following statistics are, 

 however, close approximations, those for 1904 being inclosed in 

 brackets : Allegany-Cattaraugus field $204,430 [$183,830] ; Erie 

 county $281,253 [$254,899] ; Chautauqua county $26,232 [$31,822] ; 

 Niagara, Wyoming and Genesee counties $22,872 [$18,855] ^ Liv- 

 ingston, Seneca, Ontario and Yates $41,805 [$32,451] ; Onondaga 

 county $16,825 [$15,350] ; Oswego county $13,583 [$14,990]. The 

 largest increases were in Erie county, which showed a gain of 

 $26,354, and in the Allegany-Cattaraugus field which gained 

 $20,600. In the other districts there were no important changes. 



There was a good deal of exploration carried on during the year, 

 which has added some new territory to the proved gas fields of the 

 State. Two wells were drilled by G. W. Warner near Alpine in 

 southeastern Schuyler county. In the first, pockets of gas were 

 encountered at 720 feet in chocolate sandstone and at 955 feet in 

 shale, but nothing further was found to the depth of 1824 feet 

 where drilling ceased. The second well was put down to a depth 

 of 733 feet, with a little gas at 629 feet and a larger flow at 667 

 feet, registering 86 pounds. Salt water was encountered in both 

 wells. At Wellsburg, Chemung county, a well was drilled by the 

 Ashland Natural Gas Co., to a depth of 1700 feet, passing most 



