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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  geographical 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  gas 
  fields 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  broadly 
  

   defined, 
  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 
  dis- 
  

   turbed 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  strata 
  has, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  militated 
  against 
  

   the 
  accumulation 
  of 
  gas 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  Production. 
  There 
  are 
  about 
  850 
  productive 
  gas 
  wells 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  among 
  the 
  different 
  counties 
  and 
  owned 
  by 
  150 
  indi- 
  

   viduals 
  and 
  companies. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  wells 
  in 
  Chautauqua 
  county 
  

   are 
  operated 
  for 
  private. 
  use 
  and 
  their 
  combined 
  output 
  is 
  small. 
  

   Aside 
  from 
  them, 
  the 
  production 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  a 
  relatively 
  

   few 
  companies 
  who 
  have 
  pipe 
  lines 
  and 
  distribute 
  the 
  gas 
  for 
  

   general 
  consumption. 
  

  

  The 
  production 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  four 
  years 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  

   accompanying 
  table, 
  which 
  gives 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  output 
  for 
  the 
  

   leading 
  counties. 
  The 
  total 
  value 
  in 
  1907 
  amounted 
  to 
  $800,014, 
  

   which 
  is 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  $33,435 
  over 
  the 
  value 
  returned 
  for 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  year. 
  

  

  Production 
  of 
  natural 
  gas 
  

  

  COUNTY 
  

  

  I904 
  

  

  J 
  9°5 
  

  

  1906 
  

  

  1907 
  

  

  Allegany-Cattaraugus 
  

  

  Chautauqua 
  

  

  Erie 
  

  

  aLivingston 
  

  

  Onondaga 
  

  

  Oswego 
  

  

  b 
  Wyoming 
  

  

  $183 
  830 
  

  

  31 
  822 
  

   254 
  899 
  

  

  3 
  2 
  45i 
  

   15 
  35o 
  

   14 
  990 
  

   18 
  855 
  

  

  $204 
  430 
  

  

  26 
  232 
  

  

  281 
  253 
  

  

  41 
  805 
  

  

  16 
  825 
  

  

  13 
  583 
  

   22 
  "872 
  

  

  $247 
  208 
  

   94 
  345 
  

   3i7 
  554 
  

   5 
  2 
  805 
  

   16 
  385 
  

   13 
  182 
  

   25 
  100 
  

  

  $250 
  159 
  

   106 
  411 
  

   320 
  199 
  

   55 
  78o 
  

   17 
  030 
  

   10 
  585 
  

   39 
  850 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  $552 
  197 
  

  

  $607 
  000 
  

  

  $766 
  579 
  

  

  $800 
  014 
  

  

  1 
  . 
  

  

  a 
  Includes 
  also 
  Seneca, 
  Schuyler, 
  Steuben, 
  Ontario 
  and 
  Yates 
  counties. 
  

   b 
  Includes 
  also 
  Niagara 
  and 
  Genesee 
  counties. 
  

  

  The 
  quantity 
  of 
  gas 
  produced 
  in 
  1907 
  Avas 
  approximately 
  

   3,052,145,000 
  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 
  their 
  wells, 
  the 
  estimate 
  is 
  very 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  actual 
  

  

  