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tively common, and some producing thirty million are known. 
One well measured when open (by using the Pitot tube, the 
mouth of which was placed a little to one side of the center of 
an 8!4-inch pipe) gave a pressure of thirty-eight pounds on 
the gage attached; this is perhaps the largest well in the en- 
tire region. | 
A well drilled during October near the state line tested close 
to thirty-five million cubic feet. In the Indian Territory some 
enormous gas-wells likewise have been found, a number of — 
which range from fifteen to twenty million cubic feet. The 
strongest wells are near the line between the Osage and Chero- 
kee lands, some on one side and some on the other. In the 
vicinity of Bartlesville gas is found in the sand above the prin- 
cipal oil-sand. Frequently this gas is allowed to escape and 
the drill sent on down to the oil. In other places gas is in a 
sandstone corresponding to the oil-sand. Recently a number of 
strong gas-wells have been drilled two or three miles southeast 
of Bartlesville. Some of the strongest wells are found west of 
Ramona; in the vicinity of Pawhuska wells ranging from eight 
to fifteen million cubic feet have been obtained. 
The Kansas Natural Gas Company now has its pipe-lines 
laid northward beyond the Kansas river almost to Atchison 
and St. Joseph, with one branch leading west to Topeka and 
another line to Kansas City. A large pumping-station is es- 
tablished at the little town of Petrolia, on the west side of the 
Neosho river, about midway between Humboldt and Chanute. 
Pipes from all over the gas-field to the south converge at this 
point. Two sixteen-inch pipes are laid, side by side, from the 
pumping-station to Ottawa. Here they diverge, one going to 
Kansas City, the other north to Lawrence, Leavenworth and 
Atchison. About three miles south of Lawrence a side line is 
carried westward to Topeka. 
Gas is sold throughout these northern towns at twenty-five 
cents per thousand for domestic consumption, measured at 
about eight ounces above atmospheric pressure. For manufac- 
turing purposes it is offered at lower figures; but up to the 
present few factories have adopted its use, aS gas cannot com- 
pete with coal for manufacturing purposes unless sold consid- 
erably below any figures yet offered. All the important gas 
towns in Kansas and Indian Territory are still offering three- 
cent gas to manufacturers; some of them in the Indian Terri- 
tory are offering it at a lower price. 
