The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-16
OIL PRODUCTIONS
IN ILLINOIS 1910
PRODUCED s6,194 BBLS.
GEOLOGICAL BUREAU SAYS 1873
WELLS SUNK DURING YEAR
--430 DRY.
Marion County, in Which Cairoites
Are interested, Has So Wells
Added $3.50 Barrels to
Product.


Springfield, H., Jan l5,-Illinois re-
sumed her continuous growth in oil
production in 1910, after the relapse
OF 1893 The estimated production
Tor the year Is 35,000.090 bhls as
against 30.S9S,33a, and 33.ES5,l LOG in
1909. The increase was due indirect
ly to general market conditions and
the ability of various pipe lines TO
cope with the supply The introduc-
ton of new pipe lines into the field
late in 1909 materially ailed in the
increased activity The basis of esti-
mating the production, since only
eleyen months returns are available
is to assume the December runs Of
the Ohio Oil Company equivalent to
those of November; the tank-car ship
nents TO be about 2,000,0G0 bbls. and
miscellaneous pipeline runs to be A.
Csc 900 bills The latter runs are
based upon daily average Of 10000
hbls, for the first six months, $1,000
hh|s for the next three months, and
$4,000 hbls. for the last three months
Of the year
The pipe line runs are those Of the
Ohio Oil Company, the Underwater
Pipe Line Company, and the Indian
Refining Company. The tank car ship
nents are those of the sun OH Com
pans, Cornplanter Refining Company,
| The Indian Refining Company, the
Missouri-Illinois Oil Company, Cen
trail Refining Company, w. f. Watson,
bridgeport, Illinois and railroad snip
nents from Sparta, Illinois.
The prices OF the two general
grades OF oil remained steady during
the year. Oil OF gravity over 30 de
grees b. commanded 60 cents per Dbl,
land under 30 degrees iB. ~ cents pei
bbl. But little oil ander 80 degrees
B. is marketed in Illinois.
! Work in Various Counties.
Clark county-The Clark county
and adjoining shallow oil-areas were
almost inactive, and little drilns
was done during the year. One pre-
itable deep test was drilled 10 a deptl
ol 1868 feet by the Ohio OH Company
on the X. and ~ Il. Young farm, nea'
Casey. oil and gas OF considerable
sulphur content were found at 276t
jeet. seemingly in the Trenton lime
stone The combined daily ompu
OF the Clark, Cumberland and Elgal
otHty wells was about 5000 bbls,
Crawford county Considerable
drilling in Crawford county failed Il
prevent the decline of new produc
ton over 1909. The drilling wa
chiefly scattered over the entire poo
turing tie greater part OF the year
4 tie lltrr months a concentration
NJ development took place in th'
Fol air Licking Township ares
Where new productive sands between
coo and ll00 feet Were found. Man.
good wells were completed The ave
age we'll in the county is far below
the previous initial yield, inditatin
the inevitable decline, unless mex
sands are discovered The yiel
reSched about 10000 bbls, daily i
1910 as against 100000 in 1907.
Lawrence county-Highly profIt'
bio but expensive drilling took pac
in Lawrence county where seven dix
tinct sands produce oil in yaryin
quantity and grade, They lie be
tween $50 and 1900 feet in depth, an
: in order are: The Bridgeport No.
and No. 2 sands, from $50 TO 30
feet deep; the Buchanan sand 1875 (
400 feet; the Kirkwood sand, 1859 {
{ 1850 feet; the Tracy sand, l700 t
. 1850 feet the McClosky sand. 1926 I
h 1860 feet, and the Green, Henry an
n People sands from 1850 to 1900 fet
= deep. possessing few wells each an