The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-06-16
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
PUBLISHES STATISTICS
Comparative Prices, Production
and Other Figures Given
In Report

washington, June IT, WINE tnf
price Of crude oll during 1908 was
practically the same for tho entire
country, 722c per barrel as Il was ~
1907 the price for crude Oh paid lnI
Texas last year was 5sSc per barrel
against sf,lc per barrel IN 1901 Il
fell from A02c per barrel In OKLAHOMA
10 ss,6e. and II Louisiana from slseI
10 eO4o per barrel the production
Va Texas fell from 1882 ,6a6 barrels
hi 1907 10 ii.200,464 in 1903.
In Oklahoma Il increased from 4Sfl
524,12S to 45.7S97G5. and ~ Louisiana
Il Increased from 6iQo022l 20 6,Sssr
1870.
On Feb. 3, 1903, the Geological Sur
yey published statement showing
tke general progress In petroleum. pro
nnetlon during 1908, according to
which The phenomenal production q
1907 had been ecllpsed Ia 1903 By g
production Of between 175,00000o ana
ie0 600 .Un0 barrels. The Survey ls
Inow complllng The final iislHoa fns
1908, wbEeh wifi eheW that the total
production aggregated l79,578,a7g bar
reis. valued at si2a .70652s, an In,
crnnse IN quantity Of S.1i per cent
over 1907
Oklahoma led an the states IN pro-
ductiun. with q total Of 4b79S,1B6 bar
rels, an Increase of 5sz3 per cent over
1907 california was a close seentd,
with a4.sf47a7 barrels, an Increase
ni l2.S6 Der cent oYes 1907; but illin"
bls gaiHei ihe greatest percentage
dslnE frnm 2f2Si,9 harrels ln lsNi'
10 3s.esa. i06 barrels il laQs. gain
of 3g.72 per cent Colorado. Louisiana
Michigan. Missouri Utah Wyomlng
ana West Virginia also showea gains
M pfuduclon The declines 8efe ~
Indiana. where II vas nearly s per
cent il Kansas IS per cent ONO
| ll per cent Texas 3 per cent Pennayl
yanla nesrly 8 per cent New Iork
f.9 per cent and Kentucky and leh
ne5ses II per cent
The average price Of petroleum iof
ltar entire country In 1908 remain
"a ldentlcli with that IN 1867, but
there were considerable variations "
al Important character IA individual
states Tho most notable oI these
was the Increase IN price 10 galilor
MA from a2p "a barrel In 1907 80 81 l'4c
barrel IN 1908. The Gulf states,
Louisiana and Texas, showoi 7 de'
cllhe Id value from i llttle over soe
10 g0e. ghn Appalachian oil ahuWeu
slight Increase In value from SLID
In 1907 t1 sl.79 In 1908 On The whole
prices Ntre remarkably stnady, con-
I sldesine Aa nntqhle increase over the
large production of 1907.
TIE Increased activity la the three
great Fields California Oklahoma
and illinois was The dominant lea'
I inra If lln situation. rather than he
discovery and opening or any eonslf'
lerahle new fields.
The principal new fleia 70 gain
pfomlnehce was the Cdddo Reol -
Northwestern Louisiana The hoped
lor IneFeaso IN production fgNm ne
/ Markham and Goose crock fields ~
Texas did not materiallxe and The 70
iql from the state Showed decline,
I'm spite 81 the increased production
lin tho Humble POOL
III The Appalachian lleids Tile new
wells wefo drlilee Of which 5.292 were
lpfodueeff. with q total lnfial prrduc
ilnn 1T $4,000 barrels: lu the Lima
lind. region $50 new Wells were
H drilled. st which / i4eS we're pf9duc
ers in the new Illinois field 3ptl
wells weee drilled Of Which SNl'
were producers. With an ayefage in
,lIllal pnaduclion of tweniysix barrels
I well. n the mhtounlIneul ilolo
400 wells mero drilled Of which
4 l.FS7 uefe nrndueezs 81 OIL Al were
pfodAeels Of gaze and f22 were dsy
), he initial production uf the pfnduclnl
wells averaged SIT barrels n ih'
IGulf fIead only 81 new well4 vert
IdrIIled. gng being producers ami show
ling Al initial production Of 9a1 bar
rolls In California 6l7 wells mef'
drilled. n which 5ai were prodnc
tive. ani III other parts ~ the eqlinifl
ifortp four wells wefn drilled flelalnl
twenty Iung new producers. From lhl
; total 1920 productive wells drllle'
1.-The inIIIal production was f2.9 baffela