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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



In Wyoming county a few wells are in operation at Attica; in 

 Livingston county at Caledonia, Avon and Lima; and in Ontario 

 county in the towns of East Bloomfield and West Bloomfield. 

 Farther east in Onondaga county there are wells at Baldwinsville 

 and Phoenix which supply gas for local use. The pools are found in 

 the Trenton shales and Hmestone. Oswego county marks the east- 

 ern limit of the productive territory, with wells at Pulaski and 

 Sandy Creek. 



Production. The value of the natural gas production during the 

 last 4 years is shown in the accompanying table which is arranged 

 to show also, so far as practicable, ithe contributions from the princi- 

 pal fields. The returns for the year 191 1 indicated a total of 

 $1,547,077, against $1,045,693 for 1909, an increase of approxi- 

 mately 50 per cent in the two years. The quantity of gas produced 

 was approximately 5,127,571,000 cubic feet as compared with 

 4,815,643,000 cubic feet in 1910 and 3,825,215,000 cubic feet in 

 1909. These amounts include estimates for some of the smaller 

 producers who have no meters attached to their mains, but they are 

 believed to be close approximations of the actual production. The 

 average value of the gas was 30 cents a thousand, against 29 cents 

 and 27 cents a thousand respectively in the preceding years. 



Production of natural gas 



COUNTY 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



Allegany, Cattaraugus. . 



Chautauqua 



Erie ^ 



$264 736 



153 019 



451 869 



54 083 



13 837 



12 800 



37 431 



$282 964 

 174 597 

 461 531 

 59 888 

 12 310 

 14 402 

 40 001 



$337 427 

 202 754 

 717 038 

 60 997 

 12 733 

 14 783 

 65 967 



$402 931 

 222 023 

 813 279 



73 357 



Livingston ^ 



Onondaga 



12 972 



14 913 

 7 602 



Oswego 



Wyoming ^ 





Total 



I987 775 



$1 045 693 



$1 411 699 



$1 547 077 





1 Includes all the output in Geresee county for 191 1 and a part of it for the preceding years. 

 " Includes also Senega, Schuyler, Steuben, Ontario and Yates. 

 * Includes Niagara and also some of Genesee except for 191 1. 



The reports for 1911 covered a total of 1403 productive wells. 



A comparison of the figures shows that Erie county leads all 

 others in quantity and value of output. Its contribution including 

 also that of Genesee county, amounted last year to 2,444,721,000 



