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still another increase to $3.05 in December, the highest mark 

 reached in recent years. 



The number of new wells drilled during the year was larger 

 than in 191 5 but still fell below the average. 



Production of petroleum in New York 



YEAR 



BARRELS 



1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 I9O3 

 I9O4 



I905 

 I906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 I9IO 

 I9II 

 1912 



1913 

 I9H 



1915 

 I916 



I 279 155 



I 205 250 



I 320 909 



I 300 925 



I 206 6l8 



I 119 730 



I 162 978 



I O36 I79 



949 5ii 

 1 043 088 

 1 052 324 

 1 160 128 

 1 160 402 

 1 073 650 



955 314 

 782 661 

 916 873 

 933 5ii 

 928 540 

 874 087 



005 736 

 098 284 



708 926 

 759 501 

 460 000 

 530 852 

 849 135 



709 770 

 566 931 

 721 095 

 736 335 

 071 533 

 914 663 

 458 194 



1 251 461 



1 338 350 



2 255 508 

 1 773 671 



1 476 378 



2 190 195 



The statistics of production for the 20-year period 1897-1916 

 are shown in the accompanying table. The figures up to the year 

 1903 are those published in the annual volumes of the Mineral 

 Resources while for the remaining years the statistics have been 

 collected directly from the pipe-line companies and shippers who 

 operate in the New York fields. For 1916 a canvass of the indi- 

 vidual producers was carried out by the United States Geological 

 Survey and the New York State Survey in cooperation, which 

 showed a total of 11,200 wells in production at the close of the 

 year. The wells were distributed as follows : Allegany county, 

 7794; Cattaraugus county, 3183; Steuben county, 223. 



From time to time efforts are made to extend the limits of the 

 oil-bearing territory by drilling to the northward and eastward of 

 the productive area. The results occasionally have seemed suc- 

 cessful at first, as oil in some quantity has been encountered in 

 such experiments. A few years ago a good deal of excitement 



