NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 

 Production of natural gas 



COUNTY 



1904 



i9°5 



Allegany-Cattaraugus 



Chautauqua 



Erie 



Livingston a 



Onondaga 



Oswego 



Wyoming b 



$183 830 



3 1 822 

 254 899 



3 2 45i 

 iS 35o 

 14 990 

 18 855 



S204 430 



26 232 

 281 253 

 41 805 

 16 825 



13 583 

 22 872 



Total 



S552 197 



a Includes also Seneca, Ontario and Yates counties. 

 b Includes also Niagara and Genesee counties. 



These quantities are approximately equivalent in heating value to 

 130,000 and 120,000 tons, respectively, of coal. The values reported 

 by the individual companies ranged from a minimum of 18 cents 

 to a maximum of 50 cents a thousand cubic feet. The average 

 for the greater part of the output was about 25 cents. 



Owing to the fact that some of the larger companies operate at 

 several localities, it is difficult to distribute the output according to 

 the districts in which it was made. The following statistics are, 

 however, close approximations, those for 1904 being inclosed in 

 brackets: Allegany-Cattaraugus field $204,430 [$183,830] ; Erie 

 county $281,253 [$254,899] ; Chautauqua county $26,232 [$31,822] ; 

 Niagara. Wyoming and Genesee counties $22,872 [$18,855] ! Liv- 

 ingston, Seneca, Ontario and Yates $41,805 [$32,451] : Onondaga 

 county $16,825 [$15,350] ; Oswego county $13,583 [$14,990]. The 

 largest increases were in Erie county, which showed a gain of 

 $26,354, and in the Allegany-Cattaraugus field which gained' 

 $20,600. In the other districts there were no important changes. 



There was a good deal of exploration carried cn during the year, 

 which has added some new territory to the proved gas fields of the 

 State. Two wells were drilled by G. W. Warner near Alpine in 

 southeastern Schuyler county. In the first, pockets of gas were 

 encountered at 720 feet in chocolate sandstone and at 055 feet in 

 shale, but nothing further was found to the depth of 1824 feet 

 where drilling ceased. The second well was put down to a depth 

 of 733 feet, with a little gas at 620 feet and a larger flow at 667 

 feet, registering 86 pounds. Salt water was encountered in both 

 wells. At Wellsburg, Chemung county, a well was drilled by the 

 Ashland Natural Gas Co., to a depth of 1700 feet, passing most 



