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  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
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  production. 
  No 
  account 
  is 
  made, 
  however, 
  of 
  the 
  gas 
  consumed 
  

   by 
  oil 
  companies 
  for 
  pumping. 
  The 
  quantity 
  of 
  gas 
  yielded 
  

   by 
  the 
  wells 
  in 
  1906 
  was 
  3,007,086,000 
  cubic 
  feet, 
  in 
  1905, 
  

   2 
  ;°39,i30,ooo 
  cubic 
  feet 
  and 
  in 
  1904, 
  2,399,987,000 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  The 
  

   average 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  natural 
  gas 
  varies 
  according 
  to 
  locality 
  

   from 
  a 
  minimum 
  of 
  18 
  cents 
  to 
  a 
  maximum 
  of 
  50 
  cents 
  a 
  thou- 
  

   sand 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  The 
  general 
  average 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  State 
  in 
  

   recent 
  years 
  has 
  been 
  about 
  25 
  cents. 
  

  

  New 
  developments. 
  There 
  has 
  been 
  an 
  average 
  amount 
  of 
  

   drilling 
  done 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  and 
  the 
  additional 
  supplies 
  

   from 
  new 
  wells 
  have 
  more 
  than 
  sufficed 
  to 
  keep 
  up 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   duction. 
  

  

  In 
  Chautauqua 
  county, 
  the 
  Frost 
  Gas 
  Co. 
  put 
  down 
  another 
  

   well 
  at 
  Sheridan 
  where 
  it 
  first 
  began 
  producing 
  two 
  years 
  ago 
  

   The 
  new 
  well 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  given 
  an 
  indicated 
  flow 
  of 
  2,500,000 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  a 
  day. 
  The 
  South 
  Shore 
  Gas 
  Co. 
  also 
  opened 
  a 
  suc- 
  

   cessful 
  well 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  2100 
  feet 
  at 
  Sheridan. 
  At 
  Westfield 
  

   the 
  Welch 
  Gas 
  Co. 
  drilled 
  its 
  fourth 
  well, 
  which 
  attained 
  a 
  depth 
  

   of 
  2340 
  feet. 
  After 
  shooting, 
  a 
  flow 
  of 
  350,000 
  feet 
  a 
  day 
  was 
  

   registered, 
  apparently 
  from 
  the 
  Medina 
  sandstone. 
  In 
  exploring 
  

   for 
  oil 
  at 
  Levant, 
  in 
  the 
  southeastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  county, 
  a 
  gas 
  

   reservoir 
  was 
  tapped 
  at 
  1200 
  feet 
  depth 
  showing 
  a 
  pressure 
  of 
  

   125 
  pounds. 
  The 
  exploration 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  tract 
  of 
  land 
  near 
  Gerry 
  

   is 
  in 
  prospect 
  where 
  options 
  have 
  been 
  secured 
  for 
  that 
  purpose 
  

   by 
  O. 
  M. 
  Burdick 
  and 
  A. 
  L. 
  Shaner 
  of 
  Bolivar. 
  

  

  A 
  well 
  flowing 
  200,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  a 
  day 
  was 
  put 
  down 
  at 
  Elma, 
  

   Erie 
  co., 
  and 
  others 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  drilled 
  during 
  the 
  current 
  year. 
  

   It 
  is 
  intended 
  to 
  use 
  the 
  gas 
  at 
  Elma. 
  A 
  successful 
  well 
  has 
  

   been 
  located 
  at 
  Ebenezer 
  by 
  William 
  Vogel, 
  the 
  reservoir 
  being 
  

   tapped 
  at 
  1600 
  feet. 
  

  

  The 
  Pavilion 
  Natural 
  Gas 
  Co. 
  continued 
  drilling 
  at 
  Pavilion, 
  

   Genesee 
  co., 
  where 
  important 
  discoveries 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  1906. 
  

   The 
  company 
  now 
  has 
  nine 
  producing 
  wells 
  with 
  an 
  indicated 
  

   capacity 
  of 
  10,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  The 
  gas 
  is 
  supplied 
  to 
  the 
  

   villages 
  of 
  Leroy 
  and 
  Pavilion. 
  A 
  well 
  drilled 
  on 
  the 
  Charles 
  

   Kane 
  farm 
  gave 
  an 
  estimated 
  flow 
  of 
  2,500,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  when 
  

   first 
  opened. 
  The 
  Alden-Batavia 
  Natural 
  Gas 
  Co. 
  has 
  begun 
  

   exploration 
  at 
  Darien 
  in 
  southwestern 
  Genesee 
  county. 
  

  

  A 
  new 
  development 
  at 
  Naples, 
  Ontario 
  co., 
  is 
  a 
  well 
  located 
  

   in 
  the 
  valley 
  just 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  village. 
  Gas 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  1092 
  

   feet 
  depth. 
  There 
  are 
  four 
  old 
  wells 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  