50 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
Production of petroleum in New York 
YEAR BARRELS VALUE 
TSQB eo so aaah id cas ooh eae ee ee Losi som $660 000 
DEOQM ee oh ivlo's is alah eee ee gle eee eee 942 431 790 464 
1s} ) Ree EME UPON colaay ol hare ehold Sq 440 o10 a0" g12 948 I 240 468 
10] ee PERM rMicteiniG Statice Mats csgra b dol IS 6 go 5 3 I 205 220 I 420 653 
ho 7 een we ade Re ARIS ONS g. Gila! Gia Sle ao 6.8.4 I 279 155 I 005 736 
ihe): Sa eae MA RC ee SY EMSIRS iainik ns Be a idse I 205 250 I 098 284 
TSO ies Wie este Oe he Eee I 320 909 I 708,926 
TQ OOS os tres ike aves Ot oe I 300 925 I 759 501 
DQOT S505. sce, oe oat Se mae ho RCE ae oe I 206 618 I 460 008 
TQOD SS seh che yo iel va dite Meta Che gore et ect ae ee | ae Ko iy 0) I 530 852 
iO Ofc Nonna cee Oe evn anid Mune e Neral iia hia Wirth alieg aa ot WelO2 nO 78 I 849 135 
10) Cy Nara ner Set ewe Mee RECN ye cary eid eee ales cee, ee /ees eee’ a I 036 179 I 709 770 
TOO Si Acolorsncrc fe a ceurl crete Bp aene ei eee ae year er 949 511 I 566 931 
LOO Gan mitre ey ree eR ee ar aera I 043 088 I 721 095 
TOOYE S635, 66 eps i se SEE ee ee me I 052 324 ty 736) 225 
DQOS iar iw: Bags jee aretha dk Wawa Ae Aes arene ae aes: I 160 128 2NOFiimaee 
TQOQ fo sacs ek eC ae RRs eee a Oe ee eee ee aa I 160 402 I 914 663 
TOMO ny eee atts, = este CLE Re eC EE 5 Ie I 073 650 I 458 194 
DOME je tet dts es SOO eee 955 314 | #L 250 461 
MODY ey wericr ha eihee 28.4, a ee Oe ee 782 661 I 338 350 
The total production in I9g12 amounted to 782,661 barrels, as 
compared with 955,314 barrels in 1911. The decrease was 172,653 
barrels, or about 20 per cent. The output in 1910, which was 
1,073,050 barrels, showed a drop of 158,336 barrels or about 15 
per cent from that of 1909 when the first break in the market prices 
began. The value of the output last year was $1,338,350, an 
average of $1.71 a barrel, against $1,251,461 or an average of 
$1.31 a barrel in 1911 and $1,458,194 and an average of $1.36 in 
1910 and $1,914,663, an average of $1.65 im 1909. 
The record of field work as compiled monthly by the Oil City 
Derrick showed that 246 wells were drilled in the New York fields 
during 1912. This figure indicates a slightly increased activity over 
the preceding year, when the number completed was 195. The 
number of wells completed in I910 was 283 and in 1909, when 
conditions were more normal, the number was 457. The incre- 
ment of production from the new wells amounted to only 278 bar- 
rels, as compared with 201 barrels in 1911, 368 barrels in 1910 
and 715 barrels in 1909. Of the number of wells completed, 66 
were dry against 59, 61 and 32 respectively in the preceding years. 
The oil pools found in the State constitute the northern extension 
of the Appalachian field which reaches its main development in 
