THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I9QI2 47 
eastern limit of the productive territory, with wells at Pulaski and 
Sandy Creek. 
Production. The value of the natural gas production for the 
last four years is shown in the accompanying table which attempts 
also to divide it among the leading districts. The securing of figures 
from each county or district separately has become a matter of 
considerable difficulty in the last year or so, owing to the con- 
solidations among the distributing companies who, operating in 
many fields, do not keep separate records. 
_ The production for the year 1912 had a value of $1,882,297 and 
was much the largest that has been reported. The gain over the 
yield for 1911 was more than 20 per cent. That the increase really 
reflected a growth of the industry, not a mere rise of prices, is 
demonstrated by the returns of the companies in regard to the well 
flow which amounted to 6,564,659,000 cubic feet as compared with 
5,127,571,000 cubic feet in I9I1, 4,815,643,000 cubic feet in 1910 
and 3,825 ,21 5,000 cubic feet in 1909. These amounts include esti- 
mates for some of the smaller producers who have no meters at- 
tached to their mains, but they are close approximations to the 
actual yield. 
The average price received for the gas sold for general consump- 
tion was 28.7 cents a thousand in 1912, against 30 cents in the pre- 
ceding year. This indicates a slight decrease in price, but may be 
accounted for largely by the larger gain of output in the western 
fields where the gas brings a relatively low price and little or no 
gain in the outlying districts that are favored by higher prices. 
Production of natural gas 
COUNTY 1909 I9IO IQII IQI2 
Allegany-Cattaraugus. . $282 964 $337 427 $402 931 $I 503 27 
Chantaugtar ss-en.e 174 597 202 754 222 023 263 742 
EET CRE AS eae sche epee Ms 461 531 717 038 813 279 a 
ILikahaVers Oya: a eo eae ogo) 59 888 60 997 TB Bsa 81 740 
G@rioncalran ye =. Sis: 12 310 TD Woe 12 972 14 260 
OS WetONe ine eta doe 14 402 14 783 14 913 16 366 
Way Otte eyes. et oe. 40 OOI 65 967 7 602 2 915 
portal 8 ese $1 045 693 | $1 411 699 | $1 547 077 | $1 882 297 
1Includes output of Genesee county for 1911 and part of it for the preceding years. 
2 Includes also Seneca, Schuyler, Steuben, Ontario and Yates. 
3 Includes Niagara and also some of Genesee except for 1909 and 1910 
4 The production of Erie and Genesee counties in 1912 is included under Allegany-Cattaraugus. 
