INDEX TO PETROLEUM AND 



NATURAL GAS IN NEW YORK 525 



reservoir rocks, 420^21, 422 3 -23 5 , 

 425 S -2U"; rock pressure, 423*-432", 

 472 4 -75 B , 488 4 ; transfer, 418* ; pro- 

 per use, 483 s -87". 



gus wells; relation- between gas 

 volume and rock pressure, 438-; 

 volume, 488 s ; continuance, 503\ 

 See also Trenton limestone. 

 New York Mills, gas wells, 47G 8 , 

 478*. 



Newberry, J. S., theory as to petro- 

 leum formation, 415 4 -17 s . 



Ohio, arches and monoclines, 402 9 -3 4 ; 

 analyses of gas, 4G8 5 ; oil fields, 

 402' J -3 5 , 47G U ; rock oils in, 415°; 

 shale the source of petroleum, 

 415 s ; Trenton limestone held, 404\ 

 423 e -25 8 . 



Oil, see Illuminating oil; Lubricat- 

 ing oil; Petroleum. 



Oneida county gas wells, 47G 7 -83 7 . 



Onondaga county gas wells, 459 a - 

 7G 7 . 



Onondaga gas company, 403\ 4GG\ 

 466 s -67 2 . 



Ontario, deposits of asphalt like 



material in rocks, 409 7 . 

 Orton, Edward, sketch of life, 398. 

 Orton, Edward, jr, analyses, 470 4 - 



71 8 . 



Oswego, gas wells, 456". 



Oswego county, production of gas 



in, 42G 7 -5G 7 ; geologic scale, .426*- 



27°. 



Oswego river gas company, 430 4 . 

 Oswego sandstone, in Fulton, 431 e . 



Paleozoic system in New York, 

 419 a -20. 



Paraffin, obtained from fish oil, 

 41P. 



Parish, gas wells, 450 7 ^55 7 . 



Peckham, S. F., theory as to petro- 

 leum formation, 415 tf -17 3 . 



Pennsylvania, accumulations of 

 petroleum and natural gas, 402'; 



shale the source of petroleum, 

 415 s ; gas wells, 453". 



Periodic law, 407 s . 



Petroleum, accumulation of, 399 7 - 

 404 7 ; chemical composition, 405 s ; 

 of different ages, 418 3 ; discovery, 

 422 2 ; fractures and faults as agen- 

 cies in accumulating, 401"; geo- 

 logic distribution, 409 3 ; gravity, 

 405 4 ; in Ohio and Indiana, 423 7 -24 2 ; 

 permanency, 417 8 -18 J ; reservoir 

 rocks, 420 u -21, 422 3 -23 5 ; found only 

 in fossiliferous rocks, 409 3 ; sur- 

 face indications, 402 1 , 418 u ; trans- 

 fer, 418\ 



origin; 404 7 -18 u , 452 6 -55 5 ; theory 

 of inorganic origin, 40G 7 -10'; the- 

 ory of origin from organic 

 sources, 410 5 -18"; formation dates 

 to Cambrian time, 455\ 



Phoenix natural gas company, 4G4 7 . 



Plumbing, danger of carelessness 

 in, 469 s . 



Portage group in Chautauqua 



county, 493*. 

 Portland, gas wells, 507°-10 5 . 

 Portland harbor lighthouse, gas 



supply, 510 7 -13 9 . 

 Potsdam sandstone, gas wells in 



Pulaski, 45P-55 5 ; in Central 



Square, 450* ; in Bald wins ville, 



4GG 2 



Pressure of gas, 423 a , 432 s , 472'-75 8 , 

 488 4 . . 



Pulaski, production of gas in, 439 7 - 

 48\ 



Pulaski shale in Fulton, 43P-32 2 . 



Red sea, petroleum in certain coral 



rocks in, 413 8 . 

 Reservoir gas, 425*. 

 Ripley, gas wells, 516 9 -19 T . 

 Rixburg gas streak, 403 7 . 

 Rock pressure of gas, 423", 432 s , 



472 6 -75 8 , 488 4 . 

 Rocky mountains, structural lines, 



476\ 



