Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-09
LATEST NEWS ABOUT OIL.
Interesting Facts Concerning a Great
and Growing Industry.

Interesting Facts Concerning Great
and Growing Industry.
The Union Oil company's we'll at
Rosemary, CAL, has reached depth OF
5,322 feet and still drilling.
In the year 1908 there were 1900
wells drilled in the United States at a
cost Of about $3O.0O0.0OO.
Ten years ago the Standard OIL COM
pany refined 80 per cent of the Oil pro-
duced; now it refines only 80 per cent
showing gain on the part Of the in
! dependent refiners.
| During the last two years the oil pro-
duction has doubled in America. The
production is s16,OOO,OOO greater in
value than the output Of gold and sill
yer in the United States.
| In the last nine years, since the strik-
ing of the famous Lucas-Guffey gusher
at Beaumont, the Gulf coast country
has produced more than 125,000,00O bar
rels Of oil.
| For the last fiscal year the exports
of petroleum and it's products from the
United States amounted to 1,4S3,S67, ,S1S
gallons, valued at s101,9S3,107, as COM
pared with 1,3sO,O37, 1863 gallons. valued
at $101, ,165, 1874, for the preceding fiscal
year.
| Last year the oil producers Of the
United States, fighting in the neutral
consuming countries Of the world, ex-
ported oil Of the value Of $104,OOO,OO0.
Since oil production began we have ex-
ported s4,OOO,O0O,OOO worth Of oil.
| The Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany saves about $4,OOO,OO0 year by
using oil for fuel. The company uses
annually more than 10000 barrels, at So
cents barrel.
There are about 10000 oil producing
wells in the United States, representing
directly and indirectly an outlay of
about $7OO,O0O,000, Of which the inde-
pendent producers own seven-eights.
The production Of Oil in the world is
100000 barrels a day. OF this number
100000 are produced in the United
States.
There are 100000 men engaged in
the production Of oil in the United
States on whose labor 2,500,00O people
depend, and the daily wages paid are
about s1,OOO,O 900, or approximately $780,
900, 900 a year. This includes the pro-
duction, refining and shipping Of pc
troleum, as also the manufacturing of
petroleum products.
The value Of the oil producing prop
erty of Independent concerns and in
dependent refineries is about eight
times greater than that Of the Standard
Oil company. The independent produc-
ers sell most Of their oil to the Stand
ard Oil company, because this company
has nearly all of the pipe lines to the
sea and does most of the refining.
Extensive tests made at both the
Mare Island and the Puget Sound navy
yards have resulted in big showing for
oil in the way of economy. Oil is being
used extensively in the shops on Mare
island and also on the monitor Chey-
enne, and 1t Is expected that within the
next year many of the big cruisers of
the Pacific fleet will be using oil as
fuel
| The United States bureau Of naviga-
ton has prepared plans for the estab-
lishment Of fuel oil depots to be locat-
ed at all the governments coaling sta
tions. Plans are also under way for
the building Of oil ships, the same as
coal colliers, and several coal barses
have been converted into oil carriers.
All the new vessels ordered for the
navy department are equipped to burn
either coal or oil and all the old ves-
sells will be converted into both coal
and oil burners as rapidly as practica-
| BILE.
In the course Of a report to his gov
ernment ]. L. Mum, British consul at
Vera Cruz, Mexico, says: Formerly the
Mexican railways consumed from 12O,-
| 900 to 100000 tons Of patent fuel drawn
from Cardiff and district, but during the
| latter half of 1908 they converted SO
per cent of their engines to oil burners,
and 80 satisfactory and economical has
the result been that it Is only matter
Of the erection Of the necessary storage
tanks for the use of coal as fuel to be
given up altogether.
1t is not generally known that oil
with an asphaltum base (fuel oiD Is
vastly different from the paraffine pro-
duct. The former is heavy and solid
and contains no explosive gases, while
paraffine oils are highly gaseous and
explosive. 1t is from the latter that
the by-products gasolene, naphtha, ben
zine &C.. are obtained. Fuel oil Is also
used on roads to a great extent in the
west and mixed with other ingredients
makes a good street pavement. In fact
fuel oil has only recently been appre-
ciated. Three barrels of it will supply
more heat units than ton Of coal and
can be handled by one-fourth the men
and with absolute cleanliness and safe
ty and no waste. We look to see all our
public schools and institutions as well
as many private families using fuel oil
in the very near future. Oklahoma is
to be congratulated on having such ex-
tensive fuel oil fields (those in the
Wheeler district covering several
square miles) and we will not be sur
prised to see them lead in value all the
assets this wonderful state has yet pro-
duced for the worlds comfort and
wealth.-From the Oil World.
ORIGINAL OF MILITARY SALUTES.