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The geographical Hmits of the gas fields can only be broadly 

 defined, but it is observable that with one or two exceptions they 

 are situated in the western section of the State in the middle and 

 southern tiers of counties. The wells of Oswego county, near 

 the end of Lake Ontario, represent the most easterly points at 

 which the presence of gas in quantity has been established, and 

 there the pools seem to be confined to small areas. The dis- 

 turbed condition of the strata has, no doubt, militated against 

 the accumulation of gas in the eastern section of the State. 



Production. There are about 850 productive gas wells dis- 

 tributed among the different counties and owned by 150 indi- 

 viduals and companies. Most of the wells in Chautauqua county 

 are operated for private use and their combined output is small. 

 Aside from them, the production is in the control of a relatively 

 few companies who have pipe lines and distribute the gas for 

 general consumption. 



The production during the past four years is shown in the 

 accompanying table, which gives the value of the output for the 

 leading counties. The total value in 1907 amounted to $800,014, 

 which is an increase of $33,435 over the value returned for the 

 preceding year. 



Production of natural gas 



COUNTY 



1904 



1905 



1906 



3 



1907 



Allegany-Cattaraugus 



Chautauqua 



$183 830 



31 822 

 254 899 



32 451 



15 350 

 14 990 

 18 855 



$204 430 



26 232 



281 253 



41 805 



16 825 



13 583 

 22 872 



$247 208 

 94 345 

 317 554 

 52 805 

 16 385 

 13 182 

 25 100 



$250 159 

 106 411 

 320 199 



55 780 

 17 030 

 10 58s 

 39 850 



Erie 



aLivingston 



Onondaga 



Oswego 



fc Wyoming 





Total 



$552 197 



$607 000 



$766 579 



$800 ,014 





a Inclu(3es also Seneca, Schuyler, Steuben, Ontario and Yates counties. 

 b Inclucies also Niagara and Genesee counties. 



The quantity of gas produced in 1907 was approximately 

 3>052,i45'000 cubic feet. In arriving at this total, estimates are 

 included for certain producers who were unable to supply exact 

 figures, but as it is only the smaller operators who do not keep 

 records of their wells, the estimate is very close to the actual 



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