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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  quantity 
  of 
  gas 
  produced 
  in 
  1908 
  was 
  approximately 
  

   3,860,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  In 
  arriving 
  at 
  this 
  total 
  estimates 
  are 
  

   included 
  for 
  certain 
  producers 
  who 
  were 
  unable 
  to 
  supply 
  exact 
  

   figures, 
  but 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  the 
  smaller 
  operators 
  who 
  do 
  not 
  keep 
  

   records 
  of 
  the 
  flow, 
  the 
  estimate 
  is 
  very 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  actual 
  pro- 
  

   duction. 
  No 
  account 
  is 
  made, 
  however, 
  of 
  the 
  gas 
  consumed 
  by 
  

   oil 
  producers 
  for 
  pumping. 
  The 
  quantity 
  of 
  gas 
  yielded 
  by 
  the 
  

   wells 
  in 
  1907 
  was 
  3,052,145,000 
  cubic 
  feet; 
  in 
  1906, 
  3,007,086,000 
  

   cubic 
  feet; 
  and 
  in 
  1905, 
  2,399,987,000 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  

   natural 
  gas 
  reported 
  by 
  the 
  producing 
  companies 
  varied 
  according 
  

   to 
  locality 
  from 
  a 
  minimum 
  of 
  18 
  cents 
  to 
  a 
  maximum 
  of 
  50 
  cents 
  

   a 
  thousand 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  The 
  general 
  average 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  State 
  

   in 
  1908 
  was 
  about 
  26 
  cents 
  a 
  thousand. 
  

  

  New 
  developments. 
  There 
  was 
  unusual 
  activity 
  shown 
  last 
  

   year 
  in 
  the 
  drilling 
  of 
  new 
  wells 
  and 
  the 
  results 
  on 
  the 
  whole 
  were 
  

   very 
  encouraging 
  as 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  augmented 
  production. 
  

  

  In 
  Chautauqua 
  county 
  the 
  principal 
  developments 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  

   the 
  fields 
  near 
  Silver 
  Creek, 
  Sheridan 
  and 
  Westfield, 
  on 
  the 
  shores 
  

   of 
  Lake 
  Erie, 
  where 
  the 
  gas 
  is 
  found 
  at 
  depths 
  of 
  from 
  1900 
  to 
  

   2300 
  feet 
  in 
  what 
  is 
  considered 
  the 
  white 
  Medina 
  sandstone. 
  At 
  

   Silver 
  Creek 
  and 
  Sheridan 
  the 
  South 
  Shore 
  Natural 
  Gas 
  Fuel 
  Co. 
  

   and 
  the 
  Silver 
  Creek 
  Gas 
  & 
  Improvement 
  Co. 
  have 
  drilled 
  a 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  wells 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  years. 
  The 
  latter 
  company 
  

   alone 
  has 
  25 
  wells. 
  The 
  companies 
  supply 
  Sheridan, 
  Silver 
  Creek, 
  

   Forestville 
  and 
  Dunkirk. 
  The 
  Welch 
  Gas 
  Co. 
  at 
  Westfield 
  has 
  

   three 
  producing 
  wells, 
  of 
  which 
  one 
  was 
  completed 
  in 
  1908. 
  This 
  

   well 
  found 
  the 
  gas 
  at 
  2230 
  feet. 
  The 
  Frost 
  Gas 
  Co. 
  completed 
  

   five 
  new 
  wells 
  last 
  year 
  making 
  14 
  in 
  all. 
  The 
  wells 
  are 
  located 
  

   in 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Sheridan 
  and 
  Pomfret 
  at 
  depths 
  of 
  from 
  1900 
  to 
  

   2100 
  feet, 
  and 
  the 
  gas 
  is 
  piped 
  to 
  Dunkirk. 
  

  

  Important 
  developments 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  recently 
  near 
  Pavilion, 
  

   ij-enesee 
  co. 
  by 
  the 
  Pavilion 
  Natural 
  Gas 
  Co. 
  and 
  the 
  Alden-Batavia 
  

   Natural 
  Gas 
  Co. 
  The 
  former 
  company 
  has 
  nine 
  wells 
  which 
  sup- 
  

   ply 
  gas 
  to 
  Leroy 
  and 
  Pavilion. 
  The 
  Alden-Batavia 
  Co. 
  has 
  eight 
  

   wells 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  vicinity 
  the 
  flow 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  piped 
  to 
  Pavilion 
  

   and 
  Batavia. 
  One 
  well 
  was 
  completed 
  in 
  1908, 
  which 
  gave 
  a 
  flow 
  

   of 
  500,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  a 
  day 
  from 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  1700 
  feet. 
  The 
  same 
  

   company 
  drilled 
  a 
  well 
  at 
  Fargo 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Darien 
  finding 
  gas 
  

   at 
  1249 
  feet. 
  

  

  