Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-11
Is Oil Peterins Out.
Professor CARL, the GeOloglst Tbl,.
the Pennsylvania Oil Fields
Are Being Exhausted
Everything 1t Seems Has Its Da,

Professor John f. Carl, as-istsr.
ogist of the State of Pennsylyania w..
for years been collecting statistics 80
all available information eopcs,,I-
petroleum and natural gas. sxn,sss
some rather sensational opinions regs,s
ing the future supply of oil. Notw,,t
standing other views are taken nv M
ducers, Professor CARL says the petroisr.-
fields of Penns ylvania are being rsnisI-
drained, and at the present rate Of a.,
haustion it will no. be many years n5,n
the question of supplyi ing the world Mir
petroleum will be most serious an.
For the past year." said Professor Carn
"the supply was 100000 barrels sbo,,
of demand, rs gagged by former wear.
and every day the demand is more ana
the supply muoh less. few years ago
the reverse was the case. Stocks w.
pill ng up at the rate of ? 100000 barrel.
Per month, or about that, and nov tbsy
are being decreased at the rate of 000'.
900 barrels month, and have been fo,
the past year. This shortage in the sun-
ply includes the large production of The
Ohio fl slds, where extraordinary respr.
have Ueen obtained in the way of largs
wells" There are now something Ike
100000 barrels of petroleum in tanks
IN the Ohlo field, but this was becsuse
Ohio oil was not yet used extensively az
an illuminaut.
Professor CARL was asked his opinion
regarding the probable extent of the
Ohio field and said he believed it would
be found much less In extent than the
trade and the public generally believed.
There have been opinions expressed that
the yiel1 of the 0lio field could be in
creased TO 100 600 barrels day. He
thought it would not last long at this
rate of production. "When this field
comes to be entirely defined" be said, 1T
is pretty sure TO fall very much below the
ex pectatons that are now held out f.!
it," When asked if he thought Ohio oil
would ever be successfully refued aud
enter the market as com petitor of the
Pennsylvania product, he said: ~ cer.
taiuly hope so. Without this oil | can
not see where the worlds supply is to
come from, and it would be a very great
hardship to the people if they had to
give up this cheap and popular illumin-
ant. Neither gas nor electricity IN my
judgment, can ever take its place as a
means OF ilIuminatioA for the masses.
Aud yet, with the known fields beipg ss
rapidly exhausted as they are, look be-
fore many years for great scarcity Of
OF petroleum." Bradford was the cid
that produced such an extraordinary
quantity of oil, piling up the stock in
tanks until they reached SO 600. 600 bar
rels, with the field still yielding 10000
barrels q day or thereatouts. In regar-
TO the possibility of another
such field being discovered, Pre-
lessor CARL said he believed ther
was absolutely no likelihood of it
The number of experimental wells TIA
/ had been drilled in search OF anOthe
Bradford sand in all parts of the countrl
seemed TO establish the fact that Brad
/ ford was unique and alone. He did no
! believe that such pretoleum deposit 81
| this would ever be found in any countr!
/ in the world. The Bradford field and 10
annex IN Allegheny county, n. Y. are ap
/ parently being drained to the dregs A
one time the production of the field VA
as high az 1O5 600 barrels every twenty
! four hours. Now it is down below 10000
/ possibly as low as $4,000 barrels. Brad
ford has produced about 56,OO0,OOO bar
rels of oil, and pool that will yield thu
| fifty. sixth part of this is something cha
| the oil producer is eagerly looking for
| Professor CARL said there we're yet pos
sibilities of opening small pools taa
would produce from 100000 to 3,0JJ,OG
! barrels, even in some of the old fields
such as Yenapgo, Warren and Butte
COUNTIES, in Pennsylvania, but even thes'
possibilities were growing more and NOR
remote. The CogIey field, which has pro
duced about 100000 barre.s, was th
last extensive field found il Vensng'
county, and this was perhaps as large
/ field es would ever be found there again
The opinion expressed By Prof. Carl
that the great oil fields can not muci
longer be relied upon to supply the work
with cheap illuminaut is likely to sc
commercial people thinking.
CARBUNIC ACID GAS.