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A comparison o£ the statistics shows that Erie county leads all 

 others in the quantity and value of production. Its contribution last 

 year amounted to 2,241,660,000 cubic feet valued at $717,038, from 

 a total of 293 wells. The greater part of the output came from the 

 eastern townships where the principal producers were as follows : 

 Akron Natural Gas Co., Alden-Batavia Natural Gas Co., Lancas- 

 ter-Depew Natural Gas Co., Niagara Light, Heat & Power Co., 

 and the United Natural Gas Co. The company last named also 

 operated in the Allegany-Cattaraugus field and in southern Erie 

 county. The Springville Natural Gas Co. and the Angola Gas Co. 

 were large producers in southern Erie county. 



The production listed under Allegany and Cattaraugus counties 

 included mainly the gas collected from oil wells, but there was also 

 a small output from fields in the northern parts of the twO' counties 

 where no oil is found. It has been impossible to separate the fig- 

 ures of the two counties. The combined output taken from the 

 reports of the pipe-line companies and the individual producers 

 amounted in 1910 to 1,361,426,000 cubic feet, valued at $337,427, 

 from a total of 768 wells. The output of this district was mainly 

 handled by the Empire Gas & Fuel Co., the Potter Gas Co., the 

 Producers Gas Co., and the United Natural Gas Co. 



Chautauqua, which held third place in the industry, contributed 

 an output of 751,588,000 cubic feet valued at $202,754. The prin- 

 cipal supply came from the deep wells which have been put down 

 during the last few years in the belt along Lake Erie. The leading 

 producers were the Frost Gas Co., Silver Creek Gas & Improve- 

 ment Co., South Shore Gas Co., and the Welch Gas Co. Aside from 

 these companies who' operated pipe lines for the supply of gas to 

 the public, there were many individual producers owning one or 

 two wells for private use. 



Genesee county has recently taken an important place in the 

 natural gas industry through the development of a very productive 

 field near Pavilion. The output last year showed the largest rela- 

 tive increase of any county in the State. The Pavilion Natural 

 Gas Co. and the Alden-Batavia Natural Gas Co. have been the chief 

 operators in the district. 



The record for 1910 showed considerable activity in exploration 

 and new drilling, and to this may be attributed the large gain of 

 production. Genesee and eastern Erie counties continued to yield 

 good results, though the discovery of no new pools was reported. 

 The exploration of the abandoned Zoar oil field of northern Catta- 



