The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-19
Jumps from Sixth to Fourth
Place in the Production
of OH.

gina mas Jumped IN Oue yea
sixth place among all the States to-
fourth in the quantity OF petro-
leum produced and from fourth
place to third in the value Of the
petroleum produced. only California
Oklahoma and Illinois, in the order
named, produces more petroleum
than West Virginia in the calendar
year 1909, statistics for which have
just been made public by the Geolo-
gical Survey, and only California and
Illinois exceeded West Virginia in
the value Of petroleum produced
during 1909.
In spite of what has been called
the decline Of the oil industry in
West virginia, the production Of Pc
troleum for 1909 exceeds that for
1908 by 1,221.sI6 barrels and the prof.
duction exceeded that Of 1908 in value
by $73O,41S. The production for 1903
was the greatest the state has had
since 1906 and the value of the pro-
duction the greatest since 1904 And
With the exception of 1903 and 1904
the value of petroleum produced in
1909 was the greatest the state has
ever had in the history of the oil de-
veIopment
Only two states showed greater
increase than West Virginia in Pc
troIeum production in 1909 over that
produced in 1908 exceptthat Utah and
wyoming, with a production of only
22,I37 barrels showed high rate OF
increase, because very little had
ever been produced there before. Cal
ifornia took first place both in amount
and value of production. having
shown an increase in amount of pro-
duction of 2135 per cent. Oklahoma
Increased As per cent in amount Of
production and dropped to fourth
place in value of production. West
Virginia increased 1888 per cent in
AMOUNT Of production, producing $50
per cent OF the total production of the
United States. In all -the other states
decreases in amount of production
were noted, the greatest decline-47.
15 per cent--being in louisiana
These and other figures are taken
from an advance chapter of the Geo
logical Surveys volume Mineral Re
sources of the United States for
1909. prepared by David T. Day and
dealing with petroleum production
The chapter is new in press and will
ne ready for distribution about the
frst OF January and will be sent upon
APPLICATION toEthe Director of the Geo
logical Survey at Washington.
According to Mr.. Days figures, the
production of petroleum for 1909 vas
the largest ever known in the United
states being s2,134.2T4 barrels as
compared with 1851, 1856 barrels in
I 1905. There was a decline in value
from 1928, 6791S4 in 1905 to $l2s,24S.-
7S3 in 1909. The gain in production
was caused by the development OF
fields in Illinois and great increases
in the fields of Oklahoma and Call
foru!a The decrease in vaiue was
caused by the cut in price In Penn
syIvania and West Virginia oils and
the growth of production in the
cheaper western oils. The average
price per barrel in 1908 was 1913
cents, while in 1909 it was 7O.4 cents.
J California exchanged places with
Oklahoma, becoming first instead of
second in amount of production. Cal
ifornia's production for 1909 was
about 6,5OO,OOO barrels more than any
other state has ever produced in a
year Should it show further pro
portionate increase in 1910, the total
Tor the year for that state will be
more than double the highest yield of
| Pennsylvania at any time.
| The total petroleum output for tho
world increased from 2S5, 1900 bar
res in 1908 to @97. 41@. 1871 barrels in
1909 of which the United states pro-
duced more than 90 per cent Besides
the United states the Following coun-
tries increased their production of oil
last year: Russia, Galicia. Dutch East
indies. Roumania. India and Peru.
The Introduction of fuel oil in the
United states navy has been rapid
and results have been fully az good as
had been expected, says the Geological
Surveys bulletin. During the last
year two battleships-the North Da-
kota and the Delaware-were equip
ped with auxiliary oil burning plants,
and four more battleships now build
ing viii each carry 400 tons OF fuel
oil T. burn as auxiliary to coal. FIT