200 University Geological Survey of Kansas. 
rels, and in 1907 the magnificent amount of 47,556,905 barrels, 
making the Midcontinental field the most productive field in 
America. 
TABLE SHOWING PRODUCTION OF PETROLEUM IN KANSAS FOR 1886 TO 1907, 
INCLUSIVE. 
Figures for 1889 to 1896, inclusive, are taken from the reports of the U.S. Geological Survey. 
Price per 
YEAR. Barrels. YEAR. Barrels. Darrel. Value. 
TBSO nen KO) IN TVS ooo ooo 40,000 | 48 ets. $19, 200 00 
T1800 a eee 2X0 ll WG, c5cc0000 44,430 | 64 <* 28,435 20 
ASOT es MAO Ml MWB oon Sok 113,571 | 638 << 71,549 73 
ASQDED, SIL a ene wea [S97 ee 90,000 | 60 <“ 54,000 00 
1893 2s ee 18,000 Hee Se ere oe $2 00 176,000 00 
———— || 1899......... 5,215 | 75 ets. 52,167 00 
NOAM dhe dd oe ZOO OOO eee 91,294 | 80 << 79,035 20 
190TH eee 169,197 | 80 < 135,357 60 
LOO Dh ees 322.023 | 90 << 289.820 70 
1903s eee 1,018,199 | $110 | 1,120,018 90 
1904i ee eee 4,250,779 | 97 ets. | 4,123,245 63 
1905 eee 3.750.250 | 60 * 2,250,150 00 
1906. yee ee 3,627,875 | 41 ‘* 1,367,223 75 
100 7er Ae NDS Ths || aig) 96 850,110 00 
Totals..... SEBS lloscoo cons $10,625,633 71 
* Refined. 
PRICES. 
The price of oil has varied greatly. In 1902 it averaged 
about 88 cents a barrel in Kansas; in 1903, $1.04; in 1904, 97 
cents; from which time it dropped rapidly to 41 cents for the 
best oil throughout the entire Midcontinental field, from which 
point it did not vary more than a cent a barrel throughout the 
entire two years of 1906 and 1907. The heavier grades of oil 
uniformly brought a lower price. A short discussion of this 
subject has already been given in earlier pages of this volume: 
Gas. 
The tables here included show our best approximation of 
the total value of the gas produced in Kansas, and also the Mid- 
continental field. At the present time gas is much more in de- 
mand in Kansas than in Oklahoma. This is due principally to 
the presence of large factories in Kansas and to pipe-lines 
carrying gas to large cities, such as Kansas City, Topeka, 
Leavenworth, Atchison, St. Joseph, etc. In Oklahoma few fac- 
tories are yet built and legal conditions are such that no gas 
has yet been piped out of the state. For these reasons figures 
for production of natural gas in the two states will show a 
large preponderance of Kansas over Oklahoma, while the facts 
