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  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
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  The 
  geographical 
  Hmits 
  of 
  the 
  gas 
  fields 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  broadly 
  de- 
  

   fined, 
  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 
  disturbed 
  condition 
  

   of 
  the 
  strata 
  has, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  militated 
  against 
  the 
  accumulation 
  of 
  

   gas 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  Production. 
  The 
  information 
  received 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1908 
  showed 
  

   that 
  there 
  were 
  about 
  1000 
  gas 
  wells 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  

   which 
  was 
  used 
  for 
  lighting 
  and 
  heating 
  purposes, 
  not 
  including 
  

   the 
  wells 
  in 
  the 
  oil 
  regions 
  of 
  Cattaraugus 
  and 
  Allegany 
  counties 
  

   that 
  supplied 
  gas 
  for 
  pumping 
  petroleum. 
  The 
  wells 
  were 
  operated 
  

   by 
  about 
  200 
  individuals 
  and 
  companies. 
  Chautauqua 
  county 
  had 
  

   more 
  than 
  one 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  producers, 
  though 
  most 
  

   of 
  them 
  were 
  individuals 
  operating 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  well 
  for 
  private 
  

   use. 
  Aside 
  from 
  them 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  the 
  fields 
  was 
  largely 
  con- 
  

   trolled 
  by 
  companies 
  who 
  have 
  pipe 
  lines 
  and 
  distribute 
  the 
  gas 
  

   for 
  general 
  consumption. 
  

  

  The 
  production 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  four 
  years 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  ac- 
  

   companying 
  table 
  which 
  gives 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  output 
  for 
  the 
  lead- 
  

   ing 
  counties 
  as 
  nearly 
  as 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  distributed. 
  The 
  total 
  value 
  in 
  

   1908 
  amounted 
  to 
  v$987,775 
  against 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $800,014 
  in 
  1907, 
  a 
  

   gain 
  of 
  $187,761 
  for 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  Production 
  of 
  natural 
  gas 
  

  

  1905 
  

  

  1906 
  

  

  1907 
  

  

  1908 
  

  

  Allegany-Cattaraugus 
  

  

  Chautauqua 
  

  

  Eriea 
  

  

  Livingston^ 
  

  

  Onondaga 
  

  

  Oswego 
  

  

  Wyoming^ 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  $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 
  TOO 
  

  

  $250 
  159 
  

   106 
  4TI 
  

  

  320 
  199 
  

  

  55 
  780 
  

  

  17 
  030 
  

  

  10 
  585 
  

  

  39 
  850 
  

  

  $607 
  000 
  

  

  $766 
  579 
  

  

  $800 
  014 
  

  

  $264 
  736 
  

   153 
  019 
  

   451 
  869 
  

   54 
  083 
  

   13 
  837 
  

   12 
  800 
  

   3 
  7 
  431 
  

  

  $987 
  775 
  

  

  ainclu-ies 
  a 
  nart 
  of 
  ths 
  oro 
  lu^tion 
  of 
  Gsne; 
  ee 
  county. 
  

  

  fe 
  Includes 
  also 
  Seneca, 
  Schuyler, 
  Steuben, 
  O 
  ntario 
  and 
  Yates 
  counties. 
  

  

  c 
  Includes 
  also 
  N.agara 
  and 
  Gane.^iee 
  couities 
  . 
  

  

  