The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-08-31
"A BIG INCREASE
IN PETROL ELJlN
West Virginia in Seventh Place.
Kansas and Oklahoma
Go Ahead.

tolRA output lar in excess OF that
Of any previous year. an unparalleled
accumulation OF stocks, and high
prices for oil OF al grade character
lied the petroleum industry in 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 advanced chapter
from Mineral Resources Of the Uni
ted States, Calendar Year 1902
The total production OF petroleum
In this country in 1907 amounted to
tl66,O95,335 barrels, or 22.l49,s62
metric tons, an increase OF 39,80l, 1893
barrels over the production of 1906,
which was 126.493,936 barrels, or
i6.S6S.5ss metric tons the increase
being greater than the total product
o petroleum in any year up to 1889,
The total value increased from $92,-
444.735 in 1906 to $l2O,lO6.749 in
1907. The average price decreased
slightly from $0.731 per barrel in
1906 to s0.72s in 1907.
Rank of the States In Production
The rank OF the leading petroleum
states was changed materially during
Il kAAN SNeAAa NuAAaAS anu OhAdHbAAlh Win
a production OF 4s.933,649 barrels in
1907. as against 21.71s,64s barrels In
1906. attaining first place. and Cali
fornia dropping to second place.
though her production amounted to
Ss.74S,3T5 barrels in 1907, as COM
pared with S3,O9s,59s barrels in 1906.
The greatest change however was in
Illinois where the increased produc-
tion-from 4,3s7.050 barrels in 1906
to 24.2S1.97 barrels brought the
state from ninth to third place. with
an output more than five fold OF
that OF 1906 and practically double
that of Texas, which stood fourth In
both years. Ohio, which stood third
in 1906. with a production OF 14,7S9,-
763 barrels. dropped to fifth place.
its production amounting to 12,207.-
AS barrels. Pennsylvania output
in 1s07-9,se9.30 barrels-put It
sixth place instead of the fifth. West
Virginia with a production Of $685.
296 barrels in 1907, has seventh
place instead Of sixth: Indiana ia No.
3. with a production OF 5,12S,037 bar
rels, and Louisiana No. 8, with an
output of 5,000.221 barrels in 1907,
whereas in 1906 Louisana's produc-
ton was in excess Of that of Indiana,
and the states occupied respective
seventh and eighth places. New York,
Kentucky and Tennessee, Colorado,
Utah and Wyoming. and Michigan
and Missouri, complete the list in the
same order as 1906.
Rank in Value OF Product.
The rank OF states according to val
ne OF product is more significant
than their rank according to quanti-
ty, as the value reflects the utility Of
the product. In this respect changes
were also radical. In spite of COM
paratively low price per barrel, the
mid-continent product rose in value
from fourth to first place because OF
the great yield of the Glenn pool and
because the completion OF two pipe
lines to the gulf gave an outlet which
together with the decline in Louis
ana oil, steadied the mldcontinent
price. The price OF Illinois oil was
also sustained well enough, notwith-
standin gthe great output, to make
the value OF the product advance
from ninth to third place, while Cal
ifornia's increased production and
price sufficed only to leave the value
in sixth place as in 1906.
Use of OIL as Fuel by Railroads.
During 1907 a total of 1856, 691
barrels of oil were consumed as fuel
b ythe railroads of the United States,
as against total OF 1851 ,677 barrels
in 1906. The setimated length OF
line operated by the use OF oil as
fuel in 1907 was 1888 miles. and
the total length Of line covered by
oil burning engines is estimated at
74.197,144 miles, an average OF 1886
miles per barrel OF oil consumed.
Most of the oil consumed was crude
oil the remainder being residuum
from the refneries, the product re-
naming after the lighter oils have.
been extracted.
United States Greatest OIL Producer
This country is the greatest oil
producer in the world. according TO
DR.. Days table showing world pro-
ductnon, its output in 1907 being
more than 100000, 900 barrels in ex-
cess of that OF its closest rival. Rus
sia.
The petroleum report win be ready
for distribution in a few weeks, when
1t may be obtained by applying to the