THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 1914 49 



Production of petroleum in New York 



YEAR 



BARRELS 



VALUE 



1895 

 1896 



I897 

 I898 

 I899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 I904 



1905 

 I906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 I9II 

 1912 



1913 

 1914 



912 948 

 205 220 



279 155 



205 25O 

 320 909 

 300 925 



206 6l8 

 119 73O 

 162 978 

 O36 I79 



949 5ii 

 043 088 

 052 324 

 160 128 

 160 402 

 073 650 



955 314 

 782 661 

 916 873 

 933 5ii 



240 468 

 420 653 

 005 736 

 098 284 



708 926 



759 501 

 460 000 

 530 852 



849 135 



709 770 

 566 931 

 721 095 

 736 335 

 071 533 

 914 663 

 458 194 

 251 461 

 338 350 

 255 508 

 773 671 



The statistics of production for the last two decades are shown 

 in the accompanying table. The figures for the period 1895- 1903 

 have been taken from the annual volumes of the Mineral Resources 

 and those for the following years compiled from the individual 

 reports rendered by the pipe-line companies and shippers, who oper- 

 ate in the State. The list of these companies follows : Columbia 

 Pipe Line Co., Union Pipe Line l 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; Em- 

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

 Limited, and Kendall Refining Co., of Bradford, Pa. 



The oil is found in fine-grained sandstones of dark color belong- 

 ing to the Chemung formation, at the top of the Devonic system. 

 In Cattaraugus county the productive area embraces about 40 

 square miles, mostly in Olean, Allegany and Carrolton townships. 

 The pools, of which the principal ones are the Ricebrook, Chip- 

 munk, Allegany and Flatstone, occur at several horizons from 600 

 to 1800 feet below the surface. The oil district of Allegany county 

 extends across the southern townships of, Clarksville, Seneca, Wirt, 

 Bolivar, Alma, Scio and Andover and is divided into several pools 

 that are considered to be more or less independent. The Bolivar, 

 Richburg and Wirt pools have been most productive. The oil is 

 found at depths of from 1400 to 1800 feet. The Andover pool 



