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eastern limit of the productive territory, with wells at Pulaski and 

 Sandy Creek. 



Production. The value of the natural gas production for the 

 last four years is shown in the accompanying table which attempts 

 also to divide it among the leading districts. The securing of figures 

 from each county or district separately has become a matter of 

 considerable difficulty in the last year or so, owing to the con- 

 solidations among the distributing companies who, operating in 

 many fields, do not keep separate records. 



The production for the year 1912 had a value of $1,882,297 and 

 was much the largest that has been reported. The gain over the 

 yield for 191 1 was more than 20 per cent. That the increase really 

 reflected a growth of the industry, not a mere rise of prices, is 

 demonstrated by the returns of the companies in regard to the well 

 flow which amounted to 6,564,659,000 cubic feet as compared with 

 5,127,571,000 cubic feet in 191 1, 4,815,643,000 cubic feet in 1910 

 and 3,825,215,000 cubic feet in 1909. These amounts include esti- 

 mates for some of the smaller producers who have no meters at^ 

 tached to their mains, but they are close approximations to the 

 actual yield. 



The average price received for the gas sold for general consump- 

 tion was 28.7 cents a thousand in 191 2, against 30 cents in the pre- 

 ceding year. This indicates a slight decrease in price, but may be 

 accounted for largely by the larger gain of output in the western 

 fields where the gas brings a relatively low price and little or no, 

 gain in the outlying districts that are favored by higher prices. 



Production of natural gas 



COUNTY 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



Allegany-Cattaraugus . . 



Chautauqua 



Erie 1 



Livingston 2 



$282 964 

 174 597 

 461 53i 

 59 888 

 12 310 

 14 402 

 40 001 



$337 427 

 202 754 

 717 038 

 60 997 

 12 733 

 14 783 

 65 967 



$402 931 

 222 023 

 813 279 



73 357 

 12 972 



14 913 

 7 602 



$1 503 274 



263 742 

 4 



81 740 



14 260 



16 366 



2 915 



Onondaga 



Oswego 



Wyoming 3 



Total 



$1 045 693 



$1 411 699 



$1 547 077 



$1 882 297 





1 Includes output of Genesee county for 191 1 and part of it for the preceding years. 



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



3 Includes Niagara and also some of Genesee except for 1909 and 1910. 



4 The production of Erie and Genesee counties in 1912 is included under Allegany-Cattaraugus 



