The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-27
NATURAL GAS AND
| IT'S GREAT VALUE
:Ayells in Several of the States
{ Showing Decided Decrease
: in Production.
is THERE GAS UNDER VIRGINIA?
Ii So, Big Money Is Coming to
3 Some of Her
= People.

= A. Ia. been set forth In the Indus
Srial Section several times and 1ttener
IN the general news columns OF this
-caper. PENNSYLVANIA oil and gas experts
who have been investigating. believe
oil and natural gas may be FOUND IN
Sparts Of the counties OF NotlowaS'
amelia and Prince Edward. s, sure
.&sre these experts and the hnahcaai
-soackers behind them, that a strong
company OF Pittsburgh capitalists are
Willing and anxious to spend great
IDEAL Of money In working ana oorins
for the oil and gas near BurkeVille.
Gond "a that end they have been try
ing to obtain leases on a sumcienoy Oh
land, More than hat the owners OF
sahese lands are willing to lease ana
@aet the experiment go on at great
Expenditure Of none, IN the communa-
sty. and so, whether the borers and
workers for the oil and gas ind any
Cor not these land owners are sure 20
%reap some reward and II none OF the
valuable stuff be found only the Pitts
-bursh people stand to lose money.
@However, some of the people about
..Burkeville refuse to go into the leas-
ling proposition and are thus heading
isoff what may be a most valuable de-
sSelopment in that part Of the State.
- Some Facts ana fl8ureb.
: Perhaps they do not know what
valuable asset they may be drlvihS
away from their very door. There
~1ore, II may be well enough to furnish
f. some figures and Information concern
ing natural gas. They come from re-
ports furnished by the United States
! government and are accurate.
The value Of the natural gas pro-
duced in this country for 1911. was $74,-
coo, oo1 While there was a decrease in
quantity from the output Of 1910. the
figures for the two years being 519.-
i55.30s,eoo and 5oS352.c4i,00o cubic
feet, the value Of the production In
1911 was nearly four million dollars
greater than that Of 1870 a gain OF
4..S per cent
The Increase in the demand for nat.
ural gas from consumers OF all kinds.
according to David T. Day, OF the
United States Geological Survey. who
IS the author OF the government re-
port just published and now under DIS
cuSion, makes the supply OF natural
gas a matter Of seriousness.
In Ohio and Indiana the yield has
diminished so rapidly as to stop the in.
vestment Of the further capital neces-
sary t. increase production. One i'm
portant feature bearing on the produc-
ton Of natural gas during 1911 was
the excessive demand for it in Kansas
City. Mo. This caused a board Of pn0-
lie utilities to create commission.
headed by Eramus Haworth, State
Seologist Of Kansan, to investigate the
probable duration Of the supply OF gas
20 Kansas City. In his report Mr.
ILaworth expresses the opinion that
a supply Of natural gas sufficient for
the needs of the city is not possible
FOR longer than three or four years.
Homes Of Natural G;~s.
Pennsylvania was the greatest con-
sumner OF natural gas in 1911. with an
output of l54.47s,37S.o00 cubic feet:
Ohio was second. with liz. 1885 900
cubic feet: West Virginia was third.
With sG,s6s, ca 600 cubic feet and Kan
sas fourth. with .I.s61.1i3,0 900 cubic
feet. The Kansas figure includes gas
piped from Kansas and consumed In
Missouri also gas piped from Oklaho-
ina Into Kansas and Missouri. In 1911