HAWoRTH.| Commercial Conditions of Oil and Gas. 205 
The following discussions of the development in the Mid- 
continental field for the years 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907 are 
copied bodily from The Engineering and Mining Journal, from 
which publication they were copied into The Mineral Industry 
for the same years, having been written by the author of this 
chapter. : 
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDCONTINENTAL FIELD 
DURING 1904. 
During 1904 oil development in Kansas and the Indian Ter- 
ritory was unusually vigorous. At the beginning of the year 
less than 1600 wells were producing oil within the entire area; 
at the close there were fully 4000. The total production of oil 
during the year was 5,617,527 barrels, of which Kansas gave 
4,250,779 barrels and Indian Territory and Oklahoma the re- 
mainder. In 1903 the gross output was 1,071,125 barrels 
(Kansas, 932,214) ; and in 1902, 368,849 barrels (Kansas, 331,- 
749). During 1904 the daily average for the whole field rose 
from 9107 barrels in January to 24,353 barrels in December, 
averaging 15,287 barrels per day for the year. The average 
price per barrel was 97 cents in 1904, $1.04 in 1903, and 88% 
cents in 1902. 
The most productive areas in Kansas are found principally 
in Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Montgomery and Chautauqua coun- 
ties. Early in the year there was great activity in the Bolton 
field, near Independence, in Montgomery county; also rapid de- 
velopment in all of the other counties named, particularly 
Chautauqua. By the end of the year activity had moderated 
to a considerable extent in all parts of Kansas except Chautau- 
qua county. 
The new outlying fields that were developed during the year 
within the state were one in the vicinity of Erie, in Neosho 
county, and one in the vicinity of Paola, in Miami county, 
which together gave an output of 14,500 barrels. Some oil de- 
velopments began about Erie in 1903, but during 1904 a good 
supply of oil was obtained from many different wells. This has 
scarcely been marketed at all, on account of a lack of facilities 
for transportation. Activity about Paola began in earnest in 
midsummer, 1904, and continued to the end of the year. Here 
a Shallow oil-sand is found at a depth of about 350 feet, which 
seems to be as productive as the average oil-sand of Humboldt 
and Chanute. The Standard Oil Company has promised Paola 
& pipe-line. 
