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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  square 
  miles, 
  mostly 
  in 
  Olean, 
  Allegany 
  and 
  Carrolton 
  townships. 
  

   The 
  pools 
  occur 
  at 
  several 
  horizons 
  from 
  600 
  to 
  1800 
  feet 
  below 
  

   the 
  surface. 
  The 
  principal 
  ones 
  are 
  the 
  Ricebrook, 
  Chipmunk^ 
  

   Allegany 
  and 
  Flatstone. 
  

  

  The 
  oil 
  field 
  of 
  Allegany 
  county 
  extends 
  across 
  the 
  southern 
  

   townships 
  of 
  Clarksville, 
  Genesee, 
  Wirt, 
  Bolivar, 
  Alma, 
  Scio-and 
  

   Andover 
  and 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  several 
  pools 
  that 
  are 
  considered 
  to 
  

   be 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  independent. 
  The 
  Bolivar, 
  Richburg 
  and 
  Wirt 
  

   pools 
  have 
  been 
  most 
  productive. 
  The 
  oil 
  is 
  found 
  at 
  depths 
  from 
  

   1400 
  to 
  1800 
  feet. 
  The 
  Andover 
  pool 
  lies 
  partly 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  

   West 
  Union, 
  Steuben 
  co. 
  and 
  is 
  tapped 
  by 
  wells 
  from 
  850 
  to 
  looo 
  

   feet 
  in 
  depth. 
  The 
  discovery 
  of 
  oil 
  in 
  the' 
  town 
  of 
  Granger 
  on 
  

   the 
  Livingston 
  county 
  border 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  some 
  respects 
  the 
  most 
  

   noteworthy 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  productive 
  area 
  of 
  late 
  years, 
  since 
  the 
  

   pool 
  is 
  much 
  farther 
  north 
  than 
  any 
  heretofore 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  There 
  has 
  been 
  little 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  petroleum 
  for 
  

   several 
  years 
  past, 
  though 
  the 
  drilling 
  of 
  new 
  wells 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  actively 
  

   prosecuted 
  as 
  formerly; 
  the 
  maintenance 
  of 
  the 
  output 
  at 
  a 
  nearly 
  

   constant 
  level 
  may 
  be 
  ascribed 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  degree 
  to 
  the 
  relative 
  

   permanence 
  of 
  the 
  pools. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  wells 
  drilled 
  25 
  years 
  ago 
  or 
  

   more 
  are 
  still 
  producing 
  a 
  sufficient 
  quantity 
  to 
  make 
  their 
  opera- 
  

   tion 
  profitable. 
  Practically 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  production 
  is 
  now 
  obtained 
  

   by 
  pumping.. 
  By 
  using 
  gas 
  engines 
  which 
  are 
  fed 
  by 
  the 
  natural 
  

   gas 
  that 
  accompanies 
  the 
  petroleum 
  the 
  pumps 
  can 
  be 
  worked 
  at 
  

   small 
  expense, 
  and 
  wells 
  yielding 
  less 
  than 
  a 
  barrel 
  a 
  day 
  are 
  

   remunerative. 
  The 
  product 
  is 
  transported 
  to 
  the 
  refineries 
  by 
  pipe 
  

   lines. 
  The 
  following 
  companies 
  handle 
  practically 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  out- 
  

   put 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  : 
  The 
  Allegany 
  Pipe 
  Line 
  Co., 
  Columbia 
  Pipe 
  

   Line 
  Co., 
  Union 
  Pipe 
  Line 
  Co. 
  and 
  Fords 
  Brook 
  Pipe 
  Line 
  Co., 
  

   all 
  of 
  Wellsville; 
  Vacuum 
  Oil 
  Co. 
  of 
  Rochester, 
  and 
  the 
  Tide 
  

   Water 
  Pipe 
  Co., 
  Limited, 
  of 
  Bradford, 
  Pa. 
  

  

  The 
  output 
  of 
  petroleum 
  in 
  1908 
  amounted 
  to 
  1,160,128 
  barrels 
  as 
  

   compared 
  with 
  1,052,324 
  barrels 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  The 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  total 
  in 
  each 
  year 
  since 
  1891. 
  The 
  statis- 
  

   tics 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  Mineral 
  Resources 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  

   Survey, 
  except 
  those 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  1904 
  to 
  1907 
  inclusive 
  which 
  

   have 
  been 
  compiled 
  from 
  the 
  receipts 
  of 
  oil 
  reported 
  by 
  the 
  com- 
  

   panies 
  above 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  