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production. No account is made, however, of the gas consumed 

 by oil companies for pumping. The quantity of gas yielded 

 by the wells in 1906 was 3,007,086,000 cubic feet, in 1905, 

 2,639,130,000 cubic feet and in 1904, 2,399,987,000 cubic feet. The 

 average value of the natural gas varies according to locality 

 from a minimum of 18 cents to a maximum of 50 cents a thou- 

 sand cubic feet. The general average for the whole State in 

 recent years has been about 25 cents. 



New developments. There has been an average amount of 

 drilling done during the past year and the additional supplies 

 from new wells have more than sufficed to keep up the pro- 

 duction. 



In Chautauqua county, the Frost Gas Co. put down another 

 well at Sheridan where it first began producing two years ago 

 The new well is said to have given an indicated flow of 2,500,000 

 cubic feet a day. The South Shore Gas Co. also opened a suc- 

 cessful well at a depth of 2100 feet at Sheridan. At Westfield 

 the Welch Gas Co. drilled its fourth well, which attained a depth 

 of 2340 feet. After shooting, a flow of 350,000 feet a day was 

 registered, apparently from the Medina sandstone. In exploring 

 for oil at Levant, in the southeastern part of the county, a gas 

 reservoir was tapped at 1200 feet depth showing a pressure of 

 125 pounds. The exploration of a large tract of land near Gerry 

 is in prospect where options have been secured for that purpose 

 by O. M. Burdick and A. L. Shaner of Bolivar. 



A well flowing 200,000 cubic feet a day was put down at Elma, 

 Erie co., and others are to be drilled during the current year. 

 It is intended to use the gas at Elma. A successful well has 

 been located at Ebenezer by William Vogel, the reservoir being 

 tapped at 1600 feet. 



The Pavilion Natural Gas Co. continued drilling at Pavilion, 

 Genesee co., where important discoveries were made in 1906, 

 The company now has nine producing wells with an indicated 

 capacity of 10,000,000 cubic feet. The gas is supplied to the 

 villages of Leroy and Pavilion. A well drilled on the Charles 

 Kane farm gave an estimated flow of 2,500,000 cubic feet when 

 first opened. The Alden-Batavia Natural Gas Co. has begun 

 exploration at Darien in southwestern Genesee county. 



A new development at Naples, Ontario co., is a well located 

 in the valley just west of the village. Gas was found at 1092 

 feet depth. There are four old wells on the east side of the 



