THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I909 6l 



been thought possible. The locality is in the town of Granger, 

 on the Livingston county border. About 30 wells were put 

 down, some of which flowed at first under natural pressure. 

 They soon gave out, however, and the entire yield amounted to 

 less than 3000 barrels. During the past year the exploration of 

 another section in the northern part of the county was started 

 by the drilling of a well near Swain, Grove township. The first 

 well was put down on the Fred Bennet farm ; a heavy pressure 

 of gas was encountered at 700 feet and a flow of oil at 740 feet. 

 A second well 400 feet from the first was immediately drilled to 

 the same depth but proved to be dry. The value of the discov- 

 ery can not be determined until further tests are made. 



A test well at Canaseraga in the town of Burns, Allegany co., 

 was drilled to a depth of 3200 feet. The record as reported in 

 the Petroleum Gazette (July 1909) gave the occurrence of a 

 small quantity of oil and gas at 275 feet in gray sand. Another 

 streak of gas sand was struck at 400 feet. At 975 feet the drill 

 tapped a 12-foot seam of chocolate sand with a light showing of 

 oil and gas. From 975 feet to 2650 feet the strata were chiefly 

 black and brown shales. At 2650 feet the drill entered limestone 

 which was very hard and may have been the Onondaga; at 

 least it was not the Niagara limestone as stated in the record. 

 At 3050 feet the drill passed through 65 feet of clean unbroken 

 salt. A blue shale was found at 31 15 feet which continued to 

 the bottom of the well at 3200 feet. 



The production of petroleum in 1909 amounted to 1,160,402 

 barrels, or almost the same as in 1908 when it was 1,160,128 

 barrels. The value of the output was a little lower than in the 

 preceding year due to a drop in the prices which fell off from 

 $1.78 a barrel in the early months to $1.43 a barrel in December. 

 The accompanying table gives the production and its value for 

 each year since 1891. The statistics for 1904 and subsequent 

 years have been compiled from pipe line receipts reported to 

 this office by the companies who handle the output. The earlier 

 statistics are taken from the volumes of the Mineral Resources. 

 The following companies have pipe lines in the district: The 

 Allegany Pipe Line Co., Columbia Pipe Line Co., Union Pipe 

 Line Co., and Fords Brook Pipe Line Co., all of Wellsville; 

 Vacuum Oil Co. of Rochester; New York Transit Co. of Olean ; 

 Emery Pipe Line Co., Kendall Refining Co., and Tide Water 

 Pipe Co., Limited, of Bradford, Ta. 



