Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-04
UNCLE SAM
HAS A REPORT
ON OIL FIELDS
Geological Survey Has Some
Interesting Figures to Pre-
sent-Texas Coming to the
Front in Oil Production. -

| WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. "a
total output far in excess of that of
any previous year, an unparalleled ac-
emulation of stocks, and high prices
for oil. of all grades characterized the
| petroleum industry of the United
States in 1907, according to David t.
Day, of the United States geological
survey, whose statistical report is now
in course Of publication by the survey
as an advance chapter from Mineral
| Resources of the United States, Cal
endar Year 1907"
! The total production of petroleum
( in this country in 1907 amounted to
! l66,095, 1886 barrels, or 22.149,S62 met
! rio tons. an increase of Sc, sol ,399 bar
rels over the production Of 1906, which
f, was 126,493, 1886 barrels, or 1855, 599
metric tons, the increase being great
er than the total product of petroleum
in euy year up to 1888 The total val
ne increased from S92,444735 in 1905
TO s120,106,749 in 1907 The average
price decreased slightly from $73f
per barrel in 1906 to $0.723 in 1907.
Rank of the States in Production.
The rank of the leading petroleum
states was changed materially during
the year, Kansas and Oklahoma, with
production of 1898, $40 barrels in
1907 as against 21,71S,64S barrels in
1906. attaining first place, and Cali
foTnia dropping to second place,
though her production amounted TO
9.74S375 barrels in 1897 as compared
with 33.09S, 59S barrels in 1906. The
greatest change however, was in IL
iinois. where the increased production
(from 4 1897 $50 barrels in 1906 to "a
2S1 1913 barrels) brought the state from
ninth to third place, with an output
more than fvefold- that of 1906 and
practically double that of Texas, which
stood fourth in both years.
Use of Oil as Fuel by Railroads.
During 1907 a total of Is. S55, 691 bar
rels of oil were consumed as fuel by
! the railroads of the United States, as
against a total of Is 577, SIT barrels in
! 1906. The estimted length of line op-
Grated by the use of fuel oil in 1907
4 was 1888 miles, and the total length
OF line covered by oil-burning engines
is estimated at 74.197,144 miles, an
average of 1895 miles per barrel of
\ oil consumed.
United States Greatest Oil Producer.
This country is the greatest oil pro
Queer in the world, according to DIR.
! Days table showing world production.
its output in 1907 being more than
100 100000 barrels in excess of its
closest rival. Russia.
Production of Lead in 1907.
The total domestic production of re-.
fined lead in 1907, according to c. z.
Siebenthal, of the United States geo
logical survey, was 414,1S9 short tons.
/ of which /314.241 tons was desilver-
| lied lead and 99,94S tons was soft
| lead The increase in production of
1907 over 1906 was $500 short tons
| The total for 1907 embraces all desil-
| verified lead produced in this coun-
try and pig lead recovered from the
! Mississippi valley lead ores, but is ex-
/ elusive of go tons of antimonial
lead reported by refineries. OF the pig
lead from Mississippi valley ores, 49,
S09 tons were desilverized and there
| fore not included under soft lead"
The production in Arizona in 1907
was 2349 tons as against 1854 for 1906;
in New Mexico in 1907 there was pro
duced 1927 tons as against $40 for
1906; in Texas the production for
1907 was 10 tons as against none the
year before.