Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-29
ILLINOIS AS AN OIL PRODUCING STATE

m.sass sstf Hs OWE in 1910 ss ere
.a.Ff STATE ie tss laias sa tss Bsoiue-
tl5s of srtf9.rsas. uise q total at a.
si8.tt5 barrels. see9rdisE % tEe state
seef tsss made Pab3ie b. enc Csifed
States Eestasieal saFveT. WhieE c1ns-
piled Ftr statistics ta eaoasFstt6a with
ser t.aeass state geological sartey
rs uas "a teel.er ss t8Tf.tE9 barrels
compared uFe Ese aaEB4E .a 1919. Bot
l--trsErs e9fsblT i@EFas eazrng
eeea parcel uiEE ere fsesfas % 1875 per
erEf % ere Freti7as Fesr arf tsads 60
eaef" f.r aa.r51E tsss ere state has
passed FH- stage or rsEtt decline Or tk@
eretarr af Hs present Oh nrtts ard
rss esfrert ea period % settled pro
fsfe uita srstEsi freiige. snhi~cs.
eFs-fef. f1 egefsafi1es F~setfieE frora
.se discovery 90 rev pools
ne average price vas Sis a bar
col. "a price tsat Compares favurabIy
aiEs Fse average o. gt .zSE a barrel ia
1913 aEt ls E4EaFiF higher than the
average ~ So at "a barrel ia 1919 The
GOAL tailr at ere ftnais production CO.
.Fit aas fzs t-FJFs OF tae sells. ~x-
rrri.-s ere ssilF % tsr 1919 pr1duc-
Ei1e. aatea vas s.E110l1 barrels great
rF. bF uare ftaa a million dollars
stocks ~ tiiiE6ls petroleum. irrreas-
60 tgraF fHr year from sea. szL 90
-elf1.rfE barrels. 100000 barrels
less taaE 90 che era % 1919 The la-
crease resulted t4 a great extent from
ere pFers'oeEirE of Fe1uer.es 0r1iuar-
l.F taeeiiaE tuiaois petroleum vifh
eFgtrs from other states
ElT.1 activity ir Illinois in 1915 re-
slssr- ie ta~ c1mpirti1n % t.ETs wells
On go elartlrs- % these wells. IIs1.
7s araflF 20 per cent yielded az aver
csc iritsai daily Cii production % a1.-B
barrels a SELL Taea'y-e.Fht EeFc gas
w~lis
Tho total Estaber OF ueIis recorded
40 laairs been drilled for OIL in Ills
s7ts pst1r to lsauarT g. 1913. - zssss.
't waiea ti2e. representing l24 per
eeat were E4eeessfat
Ire s1asi8W-sara Esids o. Cumbsr- I
.zat. coles. CLARK and Edgar counties
asaFrt attractive dgrinE ths year on
aee9art pf the relatively low cost %
easa EistisE wells az depths % 900 90
200 fest TIE yield % Individual wells .
.eaaEa less thss rvs barrels a day. is 4
'alFsy steady. sad Whers q nurabsr OF
wells can b. pamped fron oae cen
rial power plant operation is proata-
BE. Eas fesg-saad aelfs % Crawford /
sa1 t.auFsaes c8uasfss conslaasd 20 /
Ftsl& enc buis % tss States pruduesioa.
.fea saads tqteE az depths % 500 20 .
&sa fsst be-oW the sgrfaes. % Law I
'ssrs eoasty. tss Fieasst osi-pFodueinx
5sossaetsE area % ths state. c1zsiAsr. /
sbls imRstgs vas Eivea 20 Otherwise \
'oatiss tFrsiapasass - ne eozpis-
a5es OF April g. % a st0o-harrsi veil n
"a ssetios sVs. uesafssu to~aship. K
, seFe pFees8as tsss wells kaa been
1f4ss Hset prodgeers % baFrea- This
'ssssrs Be- wsies tks OIL sara vas PEA
trassf a. = sspsa % t.*aE feet. was ths }
1rssusssF % rzseh active worE. re- 4,
sitlsE ta = ssbssassizi eastern and
aessssssssFa sGtistaa 60 tAs prndaet- /,
10 sFss o. taaWrsses eoastY. Because
e tsis Gsss,assasas tss pFasu~tioa %
~ egassF De- 1854 slowed 60 aprrrcl- I,
De Eeetiss fr8az tsas % tSia- IL x
; sa8ss eassssF ne IS rrodgcsive Wssfs
! tss Aiisrsafs pool a. tks Close %
ga we're iseresssd ~ sevs- o. 1914
fpse 80 Material sxss1sfo-s % pro !
arssse area Soc 1918 q tsnroaEh ses. !
see area tyfsx e~svs~e sss Atiea- !
ale Fnet. % sss soash- s-S sss .e~iy /
rogst sxtszstsa a me fswrsae~
gaGsv esiG. % tse zorrH. 70 proposed
II Cii=toe eoasfv e~ve,op=ssts 4
- csrTie poi. three zfies -orrhwes,
Carlyle. Sses@t r. April. 1911. re- Z
--ls9 = ne aaeitscs o. svo psoescs- 4