THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I913 



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Co., and Madison Pipe Line Co., of Wellsville; Vacuum Oil Co., 

 Rochester; New York Transit Co., Olean; Emery Pipe Line Co., 

 Allegany Pipe Line Co., Tide Water Pipe Co., Limited, and Kendall 

 Refining Co., of Bradford, Pa. 



Production of petroleum in New York 



1894 



i895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 



942 431 

 912 948 

 205 220 



279 155 



205 250 

 320 909 

 300 925 



206 618 



1 119 

 1 162 



1 036 



949 

 1 043 

 1 052 

 1 160 

 1 160 

 1 073 



955 

 782 

 916 



730 

 978 

 179 



5ii 



088 



324 

 128 

 402 

 650 



314 

 661 



873 



$790 464 



240 468 



420 653 



005 736 



098 284 



708 926 

 1 759 501 



460 00 



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 



There have been no notable discoveries of oil pools in many years, 

 and the productive territory remains restricted to the sections of 

 Cattaraugus, Allegany and Steuben counties which were marked out 

 in the early exploratory operations. The first well was drilled in 

 Cattaraugus county in 1865 so that production has been continuous 

 for half a century, a remarkable record for an oil field. 



The oil is found in fine-grained sandstones of dark color belong- 

 ing to the Chemung formation, at the top of the Devonic system. 

 In Cattaraugus county the productive area embraces about 40 square 

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

 pools, of which the principal ones are the Ricebrook, Chupmunk, 

 Allegany and Flatstone, occur at several horizons from 600 to 1800 

 feet below the surface. The oil district of Allegany county ex- 

 tends across the southern townships of Clarksville, Seneca, Wirt, 

 Bolivar, Alma, Scio and Andover and is divided into several pools 

 that are considered to be more or less independent. The Bolivar, 



