MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 169 



States Geological Survey and partly compiled from direct reports 

 from the field. 



Production of natural gas in New York 



YEAR 



1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 I9OI 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 I9IO 

 I9II 

 I912 



I913 

 I914 



I915 

 I916 

 I917 

 I918 



NUMBER OF 



WELLS 





359 





422 





447 





504 





557 

 626 





700 





744 

 839 





919 





925 





100 





280 





340 





403 

 660 





750 





797 



2 

 2 



051 

 068 



2 



078 



2 



114 



PRODUCTION 

 M CUBIC FEET 



399 987 

 639 130 

 007 086 



052 145 

 860 000 

 825 215 

 815 643 

 127 571 

 564 659 

 8 555 429 

 8 714 681 



7 810 040 



8 035 632 

 8 371 747 

 8 460 583 



$200 076 

 229 078 

 294 593 

 335 367 

 293 232 

 346 471 

 493 686 

 552 197 

 607 000 

 766 579 

 800 014 

 987 775 

 I 145 693 

 I 411 699 

 I 547 077 

 882 297 

 549 227 

 570 165 

 335 324 

 355 320 

 499 303 

 673 131 



A steady gain in production has characterized the course of the 

 industry during most of the period, a feature which may be attrib- 

 uted to the sustained flow of the pools supplemented by the incre- 

 ment obtained from a few new districts. 



FEATURES OF DISTRIBUTION OF NATURAL GAS 



The available area for the occurrence of natural gas may be 

 broadly indicated by reference to the main geological elements of 

 the State. 



It is to be noted in the first place that the sedimentary rocks 

 alone afford appropriate environment for the formation and storage 

 of natural gas and petroleimi. The derivation of both of these 

 materials undoubtedly is traceable to the organic matter enclosed 

 by the beds at the time of their deposition, and consisting probably 

 of animal remains in large part, just as coal represents the accumu- 

 lation of plant tissue under similar conditions. Of the different 

 kinds of sediments, shales often contain noticeable amounts of 



