INDEX TO PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS IN NEW YORK 



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reservoir rocks, 420 9 -21, 422 3 -23°, 

 425 S -20 B ; rock pressure, 423 a -432 3 , 

 472 8 -75 B , 488*; transfer, 418 4 ; pro- 

 per use, 483 s -87 e . 



gas wells; relation between gas 

 volume and rock pressure, 438"; 

 volume, 488 5 ; continuance, 503°. 

 See also Trenton limestone. 



New York Mills, gas wells, 476 s , 

 478 2 . 



Newberry, J. S., theory as to petro- 

 leum formation, 415*-17 3 . 



Ohio, arches and monoclines, 402 9 -3 4 ; 

 analyses of gas, 468 5 ; oil fields, 

 402 9 -3 5 , 476 a ; rock oils in, 415"; 

 shale the source of petroleum, 

 415 s ; Trenton limestone field, 404 r, r 

 423 6 -25 8 . 



Oil, see Illuminating oil; Lubricat- 

 ing oil; Petroleum. 



Oneida county gas wells, 476 7 -83 7 . 



Onondaga county gas wells, 459 9 ~ 

 76 7 . 



Onondaga gas company, 463 1 , 466\ 

 466 8 -67 2 . 



Ontario, deposits of asphalt like 

 material in rocks, 409 7 . 



Orton, Edward, sketch of life, 398. 



Orton, Edward, jr, analyses, 470*- 

 71 8 . 



Oswego, gas wells, 456 6 . 



Oswego county, production of gas 

 in, 426 7 -56 7 ; geologic scale, 426 9 - 

 27 6 . 



Oswego river gas company, 430*. 



Oswego sandstone, in Fulton, 431 9 . 



Paleozoic system in New York, 

 419 9 -20. 



Paraffin, obtained from fish oil, 

 41P. 



Parish, gas wells, 450 7 -55 7 . 



Peckham, S. F., theory as to petro- 

 leum formation, 415 9 -17 3 . 



Pennsylvania, accumulations of 

 petroleum and natural gas, 402 7 ; 



shale the source of petroleum, 

 415 s ; gas wells, 453 3 . 



Periodic law, 407 s . 



Petroleum, accumulation of, 399 7 - 

 404 7 ; chemical composition, 405 s ; 

 of different ages, 418 s ; discovery, 

 422 2 ; fractures and faults as agen- 

 cies in accumulating, 40 1 9 ; geo- 

 logic distribution, 409 3 ; gravity, 

 405*; in Ohio and Indiana, 423 7 -24 2 ; 

 permanency, 417 8 -18 2 ; reservoir 

 rocks, 420 9 -21, 422 3 -23 5 ; found only 

 in fossiliferous rocks, 409^; sur- 

 face indications, 402 1 , 418 6 ; trans- 

 fer, 418*. 



origin; 404 7 -18 9 , 452 5 -55 5 ; theory 

 of inorganic origin, 406 7 -10 J ; the- 

 ory of origin from organic 

 sources, 410 5 -18 9 ; formation dates 

 to Cambrian time, 455*. 



Phoenix natural gas company, 464 7 . 



Plumbing, danger of carelessness 

 in, 469 s . 



Portage group in Chautauqua 

 county, 493 2 . 



Portland, gas wells, 507°-10 5 . 



Portland harbor lighthouse, gas 

 supply, 510 7 -13 9 . 



Potsdam sandstone, gas wells in 

 Pulaski, 45P-55 5 ; in Central 

 Square, 456 2 ; in Baldwins ville, 

 466 3 



Pressure of gas, 423 9 , 432 3 , 472 5 -75°, 

 488*. 



Pulaski, production of gas in, 439 7 - 



48*. 



Pulaski shale in Fulton, 43P-32 2 . 



Red sea, petroleum in certain coral 



rocks in, 413 6 . 

 Reservoir gas, 425 9 . 

 Ripley, gas wells, 516 6 -19 7 . 

 Rixburg gas streak, 403 7 . 

 Rock pressure of gas, 423 9 , 432 s , 



472 5 -75 6 , 488*. 

 Rocky mountains, structural lines, 



476 9 . 



