THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I909 ! 59 



Production of natural gas 



COUNTY 



igo6 



1907 



1908 



1909 



Allegany-Cattaraugus 



Chautauqua 



Eriea 



Livingston^ 



Onondaga 



Oswego 



Wyomingc 



Total 



$247 208 

 94 345 

 317 554 

 52 805 

 16 385 

 13 182 

 25 100 



$250 159 

 106 411 

 320 199 

 55 780 

 17 030 

 10 585 

 39 850 



$264 736 



153 019 



451 869 



54 083 



13 837 



12 800 



37 431 



$282 964 

 174 597 

 461 531 

 59 888 

 12 310 

 14 402 

 40 001 



$756 579 



$800 014 



S987 775 



$1 045 693 



a Includes a part of the production of Genesee county. 



b Includes also Seneca, Schuyler, Steuben, Ontario and Yates. 



c Includes also Niagara and Genesee, 



The record for the year shows less activity in the drilling of 

 wells than usual, due perhaps to the unfavorable financial situa- 

 tion. The increment from new sources was insufficient to bal- 

 ance the natural decline in the output of the old wells, which 

 has not occurred before in many years. 



Among the notable developments of the year was the drilling 

 of a deep well in northern Cattaraugus county which was re- 

 ported to have encountered a pool in the Medina sandstone at 

 a depth of 3300 feet. A 40 foot bed of rock salt was also pene- 

 trated. The well was located on the Sanders farm between 

 Gowanda and Cattaraugus. 



The South Shore Gas Co. completed a very successful well 

 on the Griswold farm, near Forestville, Chautauqua co. The 

 company has 32 wells, principally in the vicinity of Silver Creek 

 and Dunkirk. The Frost Gas Co. added to its supply which is 

 obtained from the towns of Sheridan and Pomfret. A new well 

 in West Sheridan was reported to have shown a flow of 100,000 

 cubic feet a day. 



A discovery of gas was made near Swain, in northeastern 

 Allegany county, at a depth of 300 feet. The Burns Oil & Gas 

 Co. put down a test well near Canaseraga which encountered a 

 bed of rock salt at 3100 feet, but no gas in quantity. 



The Allen-Salem Oil Co. completed a well on the Walker 

 farm, 3 miles from Canisteo, Steuben co. Gas was found at a 

 depth of 740 feet. 



There was little change in the production of Erie county last 

 year. The contribution from the fields, which are principally 



