208 University Geological Survey of Kansas. 
DISTILLATION OF KANSAS PETROLEUMS.'°® 
HUMBOLDT. NEODESHA. NEODESHA, 2. 
Temp. |Sp. er. Temp. Sp. gr. Temp. Sp. er. 
Deg. C. |Deg.B.| Deg. C. |Deg.B.| Deg. C. | Deg. B. 
Crude stati GO Syn acre ooo ceeaanr ein eaen erate ira epee Pag ors ee Unga th ut Cc SOR Sie Rais oust 31.5 
Mirstatenthiscasdce wee eae 95—160 40.1 95—201 bop! OSB) lasoocoae 
Seconditenthy: cannes saeco ee 160—190 40.1 201—298 38.8 200 — 235 uel Meee 
Thirdktentheeetin ener. oreo ence 190—250 82.5 298—320 33.9 PIS—BD |locoooccc 
Mourthstenthis-eee eee ee eee 250—265 SoD 3820—337 30.4 SABO loccacone 
Nitchitenthe ccd ene tae ane: 265—270 Sie 337—350 29.5 SBO= S45 lhoscoccoc 
Sixthitenth sere ae eee 270—278 Bi BAIS 5 5 6 29.0 BSR) Hocsoccoe 
Seventhiitenth yaar eis ene 278—305 SORDe ee ees ATR Wal sete tse rcs Wes | cece aneene 
IDNA MAN TMEV 6oc0a0gc0oG000000000006 805—340 BO inion inet ian cavers Billets || Goo Domne Oa ceoEee 
Ninthiitenthis ao tioctve seni 340 =360) | een eee WHO) Wh Soe O OCR elon aaEeD 
Menthetenthi a sisscie ce vs wiles oh dust ateea | evens Sey donate et | reat | eee GRO em eats ee ecr ts [ination Solos 
Coke, per cent. by weight......... RIAD memos Sao o so ORS Reaimnltivecsrcs OReilly etic 
and Indian Territory, and reaching every producer of reason- 
able magnitude. The prices paid at the wells for oil to be 
transported by the pipe-line ranged from 31 cents for the 
heavy oils (22°-28° B.) to 72 cents for the lighter (32° B.) oils. 
This stimulated a production greater than the refiners could 
handle, so that, with the successive reductions in prices, many 
producers failed to pay dividends. Resentment against the 
trust finally became so acute that, in the winter of 1904, the 
legislature was led to appropriate $410,000 to build an inde- 
pendent state refinery at Peru, seeking to avoid the constitu- 
tional prohibition of state participation in “works of internal 
improvement” by making the refinery an adjunct of the State 
Penitentiary. The supreme court has since ruled the act un- 
constitutional. The federal commissioner of the Bureau of 
Corporations, however, is investigating the whole matter. 
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN MIDCONTINENTAL FIELD IN 1905. 
Geography and Development.—The term “Midcontinental 
field” applies to the oil-and-gas fields of Kansas, Indian Terri- 
tory and Oklahoma. The area may be defined approximately 
as follows: From Kansas City draw a line westward to Law- 
rence, Kan., a distance of about forty miles; thence south and 
west, by way of Ottawa, Moody, Toronto and Sedan, to the 
south line of Kansas; continue in the same general direction 
to Cimarron river in the Indian Territory; from there extend 
the line nearly southeast by way of Sapulpa to Muskogee, and 
thence in a general northeasterly direction by way of Chelsea, 
Vinita and Oswego back to Kansas City. 
Outside of this area a number of outlying discoveries have 
108. Proceedings of the Western Gas Association, Chicago, May 17, 1905; in the 
Progressive Age, August 1, 1905, p. 396. 
