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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  new 
  pool 
  which 
  was 
  still 
  further 
  developed 
  10 
  years 
  later. 
  The 
  

   wells 
  here 
  are 
  small 
  producers 
  and 
  appear 
  to 
  mark 
  the 
  northern 
  

   limit 
  of 
  oil 
  territory 
  in 
  the 
  county. 
  

  

  Pipe-lines 
  0, 
  

  

  In 
  1873 
  J. 
  H. 
  Dilks 
  organized 
  the 
  Olean 
  petroleum 
  co., 
  estab- 
  

   lishing 
  headquarters 
  at 
  Olean. 
  The 
  construction 
  of 
  a 
  pipe-line 
  

   to 
  New 
  York 
  was 
  immediately 
  begun, 
  and 
  on 
  Thanksgiving 
  day 
  

   of 
  that 
  year 
  the 
  first 
  oil 
  was 
  pumped 
  through 
  a 
  section 
  of 
  pipe 
  

   14^ 
  miles 
  in 
  length. 
  In 
  1876 
  this 
  company 
  was 
  succeeded 
  by 
  

   the 
  Empire 
  transportation 
  co. 
  In 
  1879 
  the 
  United 
  pipe-line, 
  

   afterwards 
  the 
  National 
  transit' 
  co., 
  bought 
  the 
  stock 
  and 
  inter- 
  

   ests 
  of 
  the 
  Empire 
  co. 
  and 
  began 
  the 
  erection 
  of 
  storage 
  tanks. 
  

  

  At 
  one 
  time 
  there 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Olean 
  300 
  tanks 
  hav- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  9,000,000 
  barrels. 
  From 
  Olean 
  as 
  an 
  initial 
  

   station, 
  two 
  six-inch 
  lines 
  now 
  extend 
  to 
  the 
  seaboard 
  through 
  

   which 
  35,000 
  barrels 
  of 
  oil 
  can 
  be 
  delivered 
  each 
  day. 
  

  

  Refining 
  

  

  In 
  1877 
  a 
  refinery 
  of 
  two 
  small 
  stills 
  was 
  erected 
  by 
  Mr 
  East- 
  

   man 
  on 
  the 
  site 
  now 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  Acme 
  works. 
  This 
  soon 
  

   passed 
  into 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  Wing, 
  ATilbor 
  & 
  Co., 
  who 
  added 
  a 
  500 
  

   barrel 
  still. 
  In 
  the 
  following 
  year 
  the 
  property 
  was 
  purchased 
  by 
  

   the 
  Acme 
  oil 
  co. 
  of 
  Titusville, 
  Pa., 
  which 
  immediately 
  began 
  the 
  

   enlargement 
  of 
  the 
  works. 
  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  1885 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   stills 
  had 
  increased 
  to 
  25, 
  with 
  boilers, 
  tankage 
  and 
  other 
  acces- 
  

   sories 
  in 
  proportion. 
  In 
  1894 
  an 
  additional 
  plant 
  was 
  erected 
  to 
  

   refine 
  the 
  Ohio 
  crude 
  oil. 
  The 
  plant 
  now 
  owns 
  49 
  stills 
  and 
  153 
  

   tanks 
  and 
  refines 
  5000 
  barrels 
  of 
  oil 
  a 
  day. 
  

  

  Explorations 
  for 
  gas 
  and 
  oil 
  

   In 
  the 
  northern 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  several 
  borings 
  have 
  been 
  

   made 
  for 
  gas 
  and 
  oil, 
  none 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  commercially 
  prof- 
  

   itable. 
  In 
  the 
  greater 
  number 
  of 
  instances 
  either 
  no 
  records 
  have 
  

   been 
  kept; 
  or 
  if 
  kept, 
  are 
  too 
  incomplete 
  and 
  inaccurate 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  

   much 
  value. 
  The 
  well 
  drillers, 
  usually 
  imported 
  from 
  the 
  oil 
  

  

  a 
  Information 
  from 
  W. 
  M. 
  Irish, 
  gen. 
  mgr. 
  Acme 
  works, 
  Olean, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  