THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 



121 



Though there have been few new developments in the way of 

 extending the oil territory, the industry has shown remarkable sta- 

 bility. Compared with other fields of the country the records indi- 

 cate that the New York wells have a long life. The production is 

 also favored by the superior quality of the oil, which commands a 

 high price at the refineries, and by the occurrence of natural gas 

 in quantities that generally suffice to furnish the power required for 

 pumping. During late years the demand has been such that wells 

 yielding less than one half barrel daily could be profitably worked. 



^Production of petroleum in New York 



BARRELS 



VALUE 



189I 

 1892 



1893 

 1894 



1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 I9OI 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 



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 





759 501 



I 



206 



618 





460 008 



I 



119 



730 





530 852 



I 



162 



978 





849 135 



I 



036 



179 





709 770 





949 



511 





566 931 



cfThe statistics for the years 1891-1903 inclusive are taken from the annual volumes of the . 

 Mineral Resources. 



The output of the New York wells in 1905, as indicated by ship- 

 ments of the companies operating pipe lines, amounted to 949,511 

 barrels of 42 gallons. The value of the production at an average 

 of $1.65 a barrel was $1,566,931. In 1904 the total reported was 

 1,036,179 barrels, valued at $1,709,770, showing a decrease in quan- 

 tity of 86,668 barrels and in value of $142,839. The following 

 companies have pipe lines in this State : The Allegany Pipe Line 

 Co., Columbia Pipe Line Co., Unipn Pipe Line Co., Fords Brook 

 Pipe Line Co., and the Vacuum Oil Co., of Wellsville, N. Y., and 

 the Tide Water Pipe Co., Limited, of Bradford, Pa. 



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 Ashburner, C. A. Petroleum and Natural Gas in New York State. Am, 



Inst. Min. Eng. Trans. 1887. v. 16. 

 Bishop, I. P. Petroleum and Natural Gas in Western New York. N. Y. 



State Geol. i7tli A.n. Rep't. 1899. ._ . ._ 

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Rep't. 190 1. 

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