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wells have been drilled within the last five or six years, but without 

 establishing the existence of oil in quantity. The well was put down 

 on the Van Nostrand farm, 5 miles from Fillmore. At a depth of 

 568 feet oil began to flow unden natural pressure but soon subsided. 

 A yield of about 10 barrels a day has been secured by pumping. 

 The product is an amber oil of light specific gravity. Further 

 drilling has been undertaken to test the importance of the discovery. 



In the Bolivar district of southwestern Allegany county, a pos- 

 sible enlargement of the known productive limits is indicated by 

 recent drilling at a locality 8 miles south of the village of Bolivar. 

 Several wells were opened last year for gas, and one of them tapped 

 an oil-bearing stratum at 1000 feet depth, yielding about five barrels 

 a day. 



The output of petroleum in New York State amounted in 1906 

 to 1,043,088 barrels of 42 gallons, as compared with 949,511 barrels 

 in the preceding year. The estimated value of the yield was $1,721,- 

 095, or an average of $1.65 per barrel. On the same basis the pro- 

 duction in 1905 was valued at $1,566,93,1. In the compilation of 

 the statistics for these years, as well as for 1904, the receipts of oil 

 reported by the pipe line companies have been used. The list of 

 companies is as follows : The Allegany Pipe Line Co., Columbia 

 Pipe Line Co., Union Pipe Line Co., and Fords Brook Pipe Line 

 Co., of Wellsville, and the Tide Water Pipe Co., Limited, of Brad- 

 ford, Pa. 



o^Production of oetroleum in New York 



VALUE 



1891 

 1892 



1893 

 1894 



1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 190I 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 



1905 

 1906 



$1 061 970 

 708 297 

 660 000 

 790 464 

 240 468 

 420 653 

 005 736 

 098 284 



708 926 



759 SOI 

 460 008 

 530 852 

 849 135 



709 770 

 566 931 

 721 09s 



a The statistics for the years 1891 

 the Mineral Resources. 



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inclusive are taken from the annual volumes of 



