THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 



121 



Though there have been few new developments in the way of 

 extending the oil territory, the industry has shown remarkable sta- 

 bility. Compared with other fields of the country the records indi- 

 cate that the New York wells have a long life. The production is 

 also favored by the superior quality of the oil, which commands a 

 high price at the refineries, and by the occurrence of natural gas 

 in quantities that generally suffice to furnish the power required for 

 pumping. During late years the demand has been such that wells 

 yielding less than one half barrel daily could be profitably worked. 



"Production of petroleum in New York 



1 89 1 . 

 1892. 



i893- 

 1894. 

 1895. 

 1896. 

 1897. 

 1898. 

 1899. 

 1900 . 

 1901 . 

 1902 . 

 1903. 

 1904. 

 1905 . 



I 



585 



030 



Si 



061 



970 



I 



273 



343 





708 



297 



I 



031 



39 1 





660 



000 





942 



43i 





790 



464 





912 



948 



1 



240 



468 



I 



205 



220 



1 



420 



653 



I 



279 



155 



1 



005 



736 



I 



205 



250 



1 



098 



284 



I 



3 20 



909 



1 



708 926 



I 



300 



923 



1 



759 



5oi 



I 



206 



618 



1 



460 



008 



I 



119 



73° 



1 



530 



852 



I 



162 



978 



I 



849 



135 



I 



036 



i79 



1 



709 



77o 





949 



5ii 



1 



566 



93i 



aThe statistics for the years 1801-1003 inrlusive are taken from the annual volumes of the 

 Mineral Resources. 



The output of the New York wells in 1905, as indicated bv ship- 

 ments of the companies operating pipe lines, amounted to <>4<>,5 1 1 

 barrels of 42 gallons. The value of the production at an average 

 of $1.65 a barrel was $1,566,931. In [904 the total reported was 

 1,036,170 barrels, valued at $1,709,770, showing a decrease in quan- 

 tity of 86,668 barrels and in value of $142,839. The following 

 companies have pipe lines in this State: The Allegan v Pipe Lino 

 Co., Columbia Pipe Line Co., Union Pipe Line Co.. Fords P>rook 

 Pipe Line Co.. and the Vacuum Oil Co.. of Wellsville, N. Y.. and 

 the Tide Water Pipe Co.. Limited, of Bradford. Pa. 



Bibliography 



Ashburner, C. A. Petroleum and Natural Ga- in New York State. Am. 



Inst. Min. Eng. Trans. 1887. v. 16. 

 Bishop, I. P. Petroleum and Natural Gas in Western New York. N. Y. 



State Geol. 17th An. Rep't. 1899. 

 Oil and Gas in Southwestern New York. N. Y. State Geol. 19th An. 



Rep't. 1901. 



Orton, Edward. Petroleum and Natural Gas in New York. N. Y. State 

 Mus. Bui. 30. 1899. ^ 



